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Is Poetry a Dead Art? (Part 4) |
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Thanks for posting everyone, I'm looking forward to reading all the latest poems next time
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Boom a tish
Boom a tish bobbly dobbly sillily bibbily grollickly molisley (Friday, sometimes, nice to be randomly versed )
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Originally Posted by IzzyS
Okay, here's another poem I wrote last May I believe.
Who Are You? by IzzyS Remembering by IzzyS |
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Two very different poems -
I’m OK, You’re OK Sitting in my usual place in the circle throwing out the rotting ghosts and spooks of the past for the others to peer at pick over with a glint of satisfaction. There’s the skewed form of my father - look – turn him over with a stick, can you tell what made him tick? What do those white pebble eyes say to you? Tell me what you think – I really want to know the truth. And here’s the shored-up fragments of my mother – what do you make of her? an evil sow? or flawed saint? She’s here for your delectation, your pathological dissection - now tell me something – I don’t know. Yes, they did that to me and theirs before did that to them they tried their best with what they knew (forgive them for they know not what they do) and so on & on & on . . . Lay off ‘the bleedin’ obvious’ lay off the insults the calm the obvious connections the words caught in a book. Lay off me off me while I smile sweetly and nod my head. And I note them all - and note them all – and when it’s their turn – you were deprived you were hated unwanted despised an inconvenient blip on their lives and so how does that feel? And you know what? an explanation doesn’t heal. It may explain - a little – but you were never loved or understood – abused and used a mask to cover their inadequacies. A social necessity the expected thing. Yes – I’ll tell you how it is – you’ve chosen to live with the past in your present your trophy scars scarcely cover a wallowing amongst the grit-skin of the dead your eyes fixed ahead so keen to prise your way into the spread of other people’s lives. I’ll twist the knife a full round and make your life’s worth a shadowless reflection of the corpses scattered pile-high in our midst. Lost In The Snow The snow falls as white as feathers, Drifting lazily all around, And the ice on the pavement is as glittery As diamonds on the ground. My breath, as thick as cloud, Hangs frozen in the air And the cold nips my nose Like fingers that are not there. Then the dark settles, thick as a blanket, Changing everything I see. I’m now in a strange land, All there is, is the snow and me. As lonely as an Arctic explorer I feel far away from home, Lost in a world of whiteness, Cold and all alone. My feet sink into the snow, The cold holds as tight as a claw, I’m frightened and I’m lonely, Trapped, frozen, raw. Home seems so far away, As distant as a memory, Buried in the drifting snow With all my family. Through valleys of ice, Over glacial flow, somewhere, yet nowhere, A world lost in snow. But then, around a corner, I catch a familiar sight, It’s my home, my long lost home, Magical, frozen in white. And as I walk inside, My home is as warm as a hug And I close my eyes tight, Found, safe and snug. |
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Lost In The Snow The snow falls as white as feathers, Drifting lazily all around, And the ice on the pavement is as glittery As diamonds on the ground. But then, around a corner, I catch a familiar sight, It’s my home, my long lost home, Magical, frozen in white. And as I walk inside, My home is as warm as a hug And I close my eyes tight, Found, safe and snug. |
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Thoughtful and insightful poetry Izzy. Do you feel you have changed in any way since writing your poetry from that time to now?
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I just wrote this today - I know my pieces tend to be quite repetitive but people have encouraged me to keep writing *shrug*
Whats Right?. So much choice so little direction, no sense of assurance as to whats right for you. How do you stay balanced, forge ahead towards the goal unknown, with all that exists, decisions constantly confuse, whats right for them isn't necessarily for you. Walking on eggshells, or so it may seem, who is it your trying to please?. Perceptions can weigh you down, the fear of ridicule rules supreme, so once again I question what matters most - Should I fear the judgements felt inside? if you only show that which you feel others approve of, can you still be true to you, or are you simply prolonging self suffocation? who writes the rules and ultimately is the penalty found in adhering to them too closely?. |
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The Neighbourhood Boss“My poor Puss,” said she, “That man, och, how he liked to goad,
That’s why my pretty, I’ve turned him into a toad.”
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The make up's turned into a cross between Gene Simmons and a wee bit Alice Cooper
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Tempers may flare in seconds flat
but don’t let it consume you
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so I’ll not lay out tonight
and map out our future in the stars
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it all seemed so clear, back when everything
was seen through a childs eye. |
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all alone and frail, 'I'm lost' says she,
blurred vision, withering away
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they did that to me
and theirs before did that to them Two more intriguing efforts Scottie
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I just wrote this today - I know my pieces tend to be quite repetitive but people have encouraged me to keep writing *shrug*
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Keep 'em coming Izzy, I enjoy all your poems
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Night Visit
On the window lightly Came a tap, tap, tap, Fear rose in me slightly, What made that soft rap? Red eyes for a second Glowed and fangs were bared, Deathly-white he beckoned, Full of hate he stared. Gone, but still each lingers Like a dark bloodstain: Nosferatu's fingers On my window pane. © |
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You don't think their too cheesy? thanks
![]() And even if I did (which I don't) I like cheese
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Good question, you do know there is a song about words
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No, definitely not!
And even if I did (which I don't) I like cheese ![]() ok well I wrote this last night as well:-What Awaits by IzzyS Look up at the sky what do you see? sun shining bright, heat radiates, light flows and hope awakes once again. All around the land, potential is stirring for those who see and grasp, carpe diem - for the time is now, to open your eyes as to what has always been, your surroundings proudly clear, all it takes is the clarity of vision and the strength of determination, to get out there and experience the beauty that exists, embrace the world around you, for it is waiting for you. |
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to get out there and experience the beauty that exists,
embrace the world around you, for it is waiting for you.
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You've summed up my attitude to life Izzy - such an uplifting write
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Garden Glimmers
Once around the dahlias And twice around the roses, Fast along the wooden fence When the daylight closes. On the lantern by the pond The faerie rests and poses, Nobody believes me though For nobody supposes. © |
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