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There has been so much suffering in the world this week, that I hesitate to post the poem that I wrote this evening. Yet... even in our darkest times, Nature calls our spirits to refresh ourselves in her Beauty. I hope and pray that God will comfort the hearts of those who have lost loved-ones in Burma and China and the USA, and that they will also be refreshed by Beauty, in time...

While I Swing

Swinging in the back yard
Gravity tussling with the sky
Sunset kissing the treetops
Copper-edged clouds
Too high to touch
Reflect the fire
Of a retreating sun
The half-moon
Switched on full
Gloats in triumph, high above
But down below
The lawn needs cutting
Shall I pick spinach for dinner?
Autumn is claiming the grape vine—
Valiant sentinel of the laundry…
Yet…
The washing basket lies abandoned
Pegs spilling from a yellow container
While I swing
And breathe
And smile

Dimity
May 14/08
 
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:) thanks dim your poem gave me a moment to feel carefree
 
Your Love Divine



Come Dance with me and trip the light fantastic into the beautiful
Portal of this thing called Love and I shall admire you for always.
Please share with me my hearts endeavors to bring you closer to
My Soul and the emotions of me so that you will feel my inner stirrings
Kiss deeply your lips to mine and I shall feel blessed to breathe the same
And very breath of you and drink in the essence of all that makes you glow.
I am moved beyond words beyond anything for when in your presence all
That was has gone away and I feel healed by the mere touch of your caress.
Lift me to your heights of passions so that I too may know the precious and
Sweetest of loves domain and dwell therein with you for always and ever.
Lost am I when you are about that it sets my heart aflutter and I cannot contain
The joy and revelations I find just sitting close to you and gazing into your eyes.
I am overwhelmed when you speak my name and time stands still when I am
In your arms loving the way your fingers in my hair makes me lose my senses.
Hold me fast and love me long keep me suspended in this moment so that I may
Save it for times when you are not near unto my being and I need your love divine
 
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[FONT=&quot]My Dearest Muse

Oh Inspire me like you always do be my muse
put into me something spectacular and lovely.
Bring to me the charm of the ages that only
you hold deep within the resources divine.

I am taken in Dear Muse by a certain flair
that you give holding me beguiled yet again.
Help me to create that magnificent magic
that only you know and show so well.

Take me Dear Muse to other places and
long lost times from far away long past.
Show me the beauty of you and make me
burst with ideas even I am astonished with.


Let us invent that something new never
tried and or dared to be ventured upon.
I in return Dearest of Muses shall and
will always bestow my deepest thanks.[/FONT]
 
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It's a crying shame


all in this life has gone awry
I keep asking myself why?
I can not even find a place for the blame
and all I can say is it's a crying shame.


People need to somehow get along
bringing out Love can make you strong.
Placing it in another’s hands brings strife
mind your own business and back off my life.

This is ironic and I need to finally say
you can now not come and ruin my day.
Why must we always struggle to prove the truth
look inside your own self there's the living proof?

It's a crying shame
no one takes the blame
always talking never still
can your type be for real?

Because it’s a crying shame
No one takes the blame
I am not of this unkindly way
I'm wishing for a brighter day.

Be you gentle and yet be kind
don't give it over to a reprobate mind.
For in doing so things can get out of hand
how in the world can I make you understand?

Love is gentle Love is caring Love is real
Hate is unkindly Hate is the end it kills.
Can you imagine turning all of it around
and standing on a secured and higher ground?


It's a crying shame
no one takes the blame
always talking never still
can your type be for real?

Cause its a crying shame
No one takes the blame
I am not of this unkindly way
I'm wishing for a brighter day

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[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Oh The Humanity


Can someone for once even try to put themselves into someone else’s shoes?
Open your eyes and take a look around devastation lies right in front of you.
Oh the Humanity and all the loss of loved ones and homes never found again.
Are they all abandoned and forgotten by the most terrible of events come down?

All we need to do is give and open our hearts in prayer send something anything?
Let us all give them a new foundation on which to build upon to start again anew.
Think of others for a change and open up and give until you cannot give anymore.
This could be your Mother, Sister, Father and even your own Brother will you care?

Don't sit and wish and say would be could be show it by some actions from within.
In a Land that deems us all to have so much Freedom where is the ultimate cost?
It lies within the Authority given to those who seemed to act as if it’s not happening.
All those lives wiped out in various and dreadfully unbelievable ways by natures force.

How my heart bleeds for those who have lost their loved ones never to return home.
Can anyone even imagine the despair and sorrow let alone the fear invoked by Katrina and Now Myanmar and this Cyclone and China with these Earthquakes? Lives lost
In the USA as well homes taken by Tornadoes leaving them all victims to despair.
We all need to count our blessings and count on one another to rescue other lives.
Being compassionate is a given but to put forth something anything at all would help.

They all still need our help. It's not over until it’s over! It's not Over for them over there.

Donate funds to your local Red Cross.

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amazing poems poefiend. goes to think on them for a while. ty for posting these.
 
Beautiful poems Poe.
"Oh The Humanity" is a powerful reminder to help and pray. Thank you for that.

Ebony and ivory
Two gum trees stand close together—
One trunk black and silhouetted
Against the cold, grey sky,
The other, with birch-like luminescence
Reflecting the diffuse light
Of a wintry morn.
A wattle tree crouches between them
Listening to the whispers of the charcoal gum
As it leans in the wind.

They do not mind the rain…


Are You There?

Can two souls meet in mid air?
Can they?
Is it an illusion
Or a deliciously elusive reality?
Do I know you?
Really?
Or is it only my assumptions that I know…
The ‘you’ that I’ve created in my mind?
I want to know you.
I’d like to think it was real—
This sense of connection
Touching the ethereal ‘you’
Hearing your voice in the silence of my heart
Are you there?
Really?

ET, phone home…
 
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poefiend said:
Your Love Divine



Come Dance with me and trip the light fantastic into the beautiful
Portal of this thing called Love and I shall admire you for always.
Please share with me my hearts endeavors to bring you closer to
My Soul and the emotions of me so that you will feel my inner stirrings
Kiss deeply your lips to mine and I shall feel blessed to breathe the same
And very breath of you and drink in the essence of all that makes you glow.
I am moved beyond words beyond anything for when in your presence all
That was has gone away and I feel healed by the mere touch of your caress.
Lift me to your heights of passions so that I too may know the precious and
Sweetest of loves domain and dwell therein with you for always and ever.
Lost am I when you are about that it sets my heart aflutter and I cannot contain
The joy and revelations I find just sitting close to you and gazing into your eyes.
I am overwhelmed when you speak my name and time stands still when I am
In your arms loving the way your fingers in my hair makes me lose my senses.
Hold me fast and love me long keep me suspended in this moment so that I may
Save it for times when you are not near unto my being and I need your love divine
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poefiend said:
[FONT=&quot]My Dearest Muse[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Oh Inspire me like you always do be my muse[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]put into me something spectacular and lovely.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Bring to me the charm of the ages that only[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]you hold deep within the resources divine.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I am taken in Dear Muse by a certain flair[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]that you give holding me beguiled yet again.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Help me to create that magnificent magic[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]that only you know and show so well.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Take me Dear Muse to other places and[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]long lost times from far away long past.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Show me the beauty of you and make me[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]burst with ideas even I am astonished with.[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]Let us invent that something new never[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]tried and or dared to be ventured upon.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I in return Dearest of Muses shall and[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]will always bestow my deepest thanks.[/FONT]
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wow ...stunning ..... lost for words at your heartfelt emotion here poe . all your poems are breathtaking and yes , they are very powerful ,they made me sit and think too. thanx you for sharing your beautiful expressions *hugg*

Dimity said:
Beautiful poems Poe.
"Oh The Humanity" is a powerful reminder to help and pray. Thank you for that.

Ebony and ivory
Two gum trees stand close together—
One trunk black and silhouetted
Against the cold, grey sky,
The other, with birch-like luminescence
Reflecting the diffuse light
Of a wintry morn.
A wattle tree crouches between them
Listening to the whispers of the charcoal gum
As it leans in the wind.

They do not mind the rain…


Are You There?

Can two souls meet in mid air?
Can they?
Is it an illusion
Or a deliciously elusive reality?
Do I know you?
Really?
Or is it only my assumptions that I know…
The ‘you’ that I’ve created in my mind?
I want to know you.
I’d like to think it was real—
This sense of connection
Touching the ethereal ‘you’
Hearing your voice in the silence of my heart
Are you there?
Really?

ET, phone home…
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Dimity , these are so touching ,your words .....well , the last one is beyond beautiful .

thanx you for sharing everyone :wub:
 
I was playing around with "Your Love Divine" because when I went to read it, I noticed a diagonal line of words. So I wrote them down and I like the little poem that came out of it.

moved

Please
kiss my soul deeply
breath beyond your loves heights
you speak revelations
when
your fingers
keep me near unto you



OK another one....please forgive me for using the words from your poem. It was just fun. (just look at it as your poem inspired me) This one sounds like it needs some of my own words added to it but ...maybe another time. I am too tired now. Have to get myself to bed.

my soul stirrings

Come share my kiss
precious and sweet
you glow and I am moved

all that was your caress
lifts me

I am lost

Cannot contain the joy in your eyes
I am ... I am in your arms
my senses hold me fast
so that I may save it for your divine love.




I just noticed that this took a while to actually post. Bad connection, because there was about a half hour between posts.
 
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just wrote another

Beautiful


The sky holds up a bright luminescent ball
Imperfect when examined
She looks out at me
Outlined in the lashes of a cloud

She senses my scrutiny
And shuts behind the pillowy lid
Hiding from me

I try to explain that I was only
Noticing
The texture
I wonder what she had experienced
To make her look the way she does

I expressed that
I love those imperfections
They make me want
To search deeper
And are beautiful
To me

She must see my sincerity
The clouds part
To let her peek out at me again

And we both smile
 
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Oh Ape! Your poems are sublime! Thank you so much for sharing them. They really touched me.
 
:) Thank you Dimity very much. Your poems, I love. They are so rich and beautiful. The swing one was peaceful.
 
here's a nice corny poem that my professor would cringe at..but since I am no longer in uni..I can write as corny as I wish to :yes:

Friendship

how do you do it
you ask me
and I wonder
the same in return
each moment that I feel insecure
you do something to make my heart burn
you bring me to life in my sorrow
and instantly sooth all my pain
your friendship is freely given
I hope mine keeps you out of the rain

do you realize how precious you are
do you know all the joy that you bring
it amazes me hearing you saying
the things that my heart wants to sing
what is this secret
you’ve hidden
what is this magic
you hold
I believe there is only one answer
your love brings me in from the cold

so thank you for your special friendship
thank you for all of your love
thank you for your precious heart
and I thank the good Lord from above
for helping us find each other
and holding us close through our fears
for keeping us bound in our anger
and wiping away all our tears

I believe you with all of my heart
when you say it will all be ok
I know now no matter what happens
that forever with you I will stay
 
Awww, that's so beautiful Ape. I love your poems!

Here's one that I wrote about my daughter when she was 14 (her name is not actually Emma Jane, but something similar...)

Emma Jane

Whatever became of Emma Jane?
Sweet child so young, so full of fun?
And when did innocence exchange
Her smile for “come and get me” love?
When did her clothes become a tool
Her attitude “I’m no one’s fool”.
And how can love protect the bird
Who leaves the nest without a word?

Discovering now within her mind
New thoughts, ideas, so much to find
And in her body urgent force
To try the limits of every course
There’s no tomorrow—only now
Don’t interfere—you don’t know how
And feelings brimming overflow
How could you understand or know?

As fledgling talents prove her right
Her wings emerge to give her flight
Can’t clip them now and who would try?
Just give her space to learn to fly
A first time round for everything
I know you’re not the kind to cling
But as you leave take care, go slow
There’s so much more for you to know

Dear Emma Jane, where have you gone?
I see you now, at rising dawn
Your silhouette against the sun
Your dreams in dappled sunlight spun
I’m letting go, but here I’ll stay
To catch you if you fall or stray
Fly back to me when day is done
Rest in my folded wings of love.

Here's one that I posted last year sometime, before the original poetry thread evaporated.

Sunrise—Sunset

In the pre-dawn darkness I hear a bird call
Its melody pierces the gloom, awakening me from my slumber.
Invisible in the darkness, I lie motionless, breathless
Poised on the edge of something brilliant
The sun begins to rise, breaking through my window
Filtering into my space
The soft rays of dawn fall upon me, giving me form
Greyness erupts into colour
No longer invisible
I am beautiful, radiant
Here in my room—my small room
I reflect the glory of the sun
So far beyond, so powerful, so brilliant
Seeping into my soul
Warming me from within and without
Contentment, excitement, bliss unspeakable
A prism of variations—colours to light my day
I soak in it, dance in it
Letting the warmth fill me to overflowing

Afternoon shadows herald the waning of light
Sparkling clarity submits to a soft hazy glow
There is nothing to be done
No power on earth can keep the sun
From sliding off the edge of my world
Moving on to illuminate another room
Another heart, in another place
To light up another face by the eternal glory
Of the sovereign orb
A source of loving heat—bewitching, hypnotizing
Uncontainable, unreachable, and yet pervasive
I miss his warmth, even as he fades from my sight
A deep longing, a sad yearning
Fills my soul

But waiting for me in the cool of the night
I see a crescent moon
Her gentle fingers of light caressing my cheek
Assuring me that the sun shines still, always
Sharing his light, his heat, his life
Over all the earth
She whispers a promise to me on the wind

Let not your heart be troubled
Tomorrow is another day
He will come to you and shine
And warm you as he may
Reminding you of your colours
For your colours remain.
See! Regard them in my moonbeams!
All that you are in the light,
You are still in the darkness
There is a lamp inside of you
A sun within
Let it illuminate the shadows
And be of good cheer
I will stay with you throughout the night
I will hold your hand through the silent hours
I will never leave you,
For you have tucked me into your heart
Always and forever, your gentle moon”
 
That was breathtaking :) lovely. Your sweet poem about your daughter is a heart tugger too. I bet you are a wonderful mom. (oh..I just assumed you are a woman...sorry if not) I love your Gustav Klimt too.
 
I'm glad that you enjoyed my poems. I try to be a good mum. I have the most wonderful children! I am very blessed.
Yes, I absolutely love the mother and child picture. It really touches me.
 
Thank you Dimity. I'm sorry I erased them. Just a bit too personal once morning came. Maybe I will try to fill it with something later on.
 
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Those are very lovely and moving poems Ape. Thank you for sharing... :flowers:

Thank you Dimity. I'm sorry I erased them. Just a bit too personal once morning came. Maybe I will try to fill it with something later on.
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I understand Ape. (((hug)))
 
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just sharing some lyrics from Plumb... love this group!

God Shaped Hole

Every point of view has another angle
And every angle has its merit
But all comes down to faith
Thats the way I see it

You can say that love is not divine and
You can say that life is not eternal
"All we have is now"
But I don't believe it

There's a God-shaped hole in all of us
And the restless soul is searching
There's a God-shaped hole in all of us
And it's a void only he can fill

Does the world seem gray with empty longing
Wearing every shade of cynical
And do you ever feel that
There is something missing?

That's my point of view...
 
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sailing on the sea
two sockpuppets played the chess
the hands was so fast with the flash of diamond
each time they turned around
our boat sank a bit
hugging the paddle, i stuck to the seawater against my face
the peaceful scene...
like a huge glass. sometimes
they both took a break
and jumped across the foams over my head
they flied
higher than the moon
threw down a rope to me
with the distance life seemed so hopeless
while i held the rope
up to the starsky
the sea kept silent as a mirror
refleting the empty inner of the shell that i had lived in

　　　　　　　　
（sorry, wrong post, it seems the forum banned cancel... had to post sth. here to fill with :DDD）
 
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It is hard for me to understand this, but I really like the imagery. It's interesting. I keep reading it over.
 
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