It's raining poetry

[Angeline]

Oh my. A New Poet with real talent!

Welcome, TRM, I look forward to reading more of your work!

He is VERY good, fly.

Duckiesmut recommended one of his poems the other day and I had a similar reaction to yours. I went to his submissions page and read all his poems. He's goood.

Mr. RainMan, I very much enjoyed the poem you posted here. I'm glad you decided to participate and look forward to reading more from you.

A sig line is the stuff under your post, like a quote or a link to your submissions page or whatever you want. If you go to your user control panel ("User CP"), you'll find an option to put something in your signature line as well as other options for creating a profile on yourself, etc. Let us (or me) know if you have questions. We'll help you get your housekeeping here together.

 

[gypsywitch]

write now
the world comes to me
in droplets that have flown
across a mighty vast sea

so loud
so strong
my dog hates me
he'll come runnin' later
didn't respond to volume
from between my teeth

Singapore
Samoa
Mongols perhaps
Japan
Alaska
I want to taste them
it will soak me
I don't care

blasted machine

 

[Angeline]

write now
the world comes to me
in droplets that have flown
across a mighty vast sea

so loud
so strong
my dog hates me
he'll come runnin' later
didn't respond to volume
from between my teeth

Singapore
Samoa
Mogols perhaps
Japan
Alaska
I want to taste them
it will soak me
I don't care

blasted machine

Welcome to the poetry forum.

Keep raining or shining as you see fit. It's nice to have you here.

 

[Guest]

write now
the world comes to me
in droplets that have flown
across a mighty vast sea

so loud
so strong
my dog hates me
he'll come runnin' later
didn't respond to volume
from between my teeth

Singapore
Samoa
Mogols perhaps
Japan
Alaska
I want to taste them
it will soak me
I don't care

blasted machine

Another welcome to the poetry forum. Write NOW - that's what I like. Thanks for stopping by, gypsy!

 

[Matthew Craig]

By me,

They trickle down, the drops of life.
The glistening light, the course unknown.
The thunder roars with a flash of sound.
The trees bow down, and the world takes hold.
Fire hides and cowers low,
The sea swells up and welcomes home,
The morning dews of days gone by,
Together again until it's time.

 

[gypsywitch]

Thanks 8o)

the only thing kinky around here is my hair

 

[Guest]

They trickle down, the drops of life.
The glistening light, the course unknown.
The thunder roars with a flash of sound.
The trees bow down, and the world takes hold.
Fire hides and cowers low,
The sea swells up and welcomes home,
The morning dews of days gone by,
Together again until it's time.

Sweet Matty. Did you have this saved somewhere or did you just whip it out? (no pun intended )

 

[TheRainMan]

He is VERY good, fly.

Duckiesmut recommended one of his poems the other day and I had a similar reaction to yours. I went to his submissions page and read all his poems. He's goood.

Mr. RainMan, I very much enjoyed the poem you posted here. I'm glad you decided to participate and look forward to reading more from you.

A sig line is the stuff under your post, like a quote or a link to your submissions page or whatever you want. If you go to your user control panel ("User CP"), you'll find an option to put something in your signature line as well as other options for creating a profile on yourself, etc. Let us (or me) know if you have questions. We'll help you get your housekeeping here together.

Thank you, for both the kind words and the instructions. I can barely get a toaster to operate properly, so I'm quite sure figuring out the CP will be akin to molecular physiology.

I'll give it a try, though. You can expect a housekeeping call.

 

[jthserra]

A Reign Again

... "The enchantment is over but the spell remains."
.......... from "Muhammad Ali at the Ringside, 1985
.......... by Wole Soyinka

In my dusty rush to beat the rain
that beat the plain like drums
I heard drops resound a rhythm
as cracked earth healed
into a well-heeled soil -- rich and dark
that flowed away in rivulets.

To have reigned three times
the broad, golden belt held high
for a time, a time as time passed
and the reign faded, bout after bout
the brutal drought parched the man
and the rhythm slowed to a dusty slur.

In my dusty rush to beat the rain
that beat the plain like drums
I heard drops resound a rhythm:
distant voices called his name
and as he rose -- he reigned
to shake up this world -- again.



Listen to this poem here.

jim : )

 

[Matthew Craig]

Sweet Matty. Did you have this saved somewhere or did you just whip it out? (no pun intended )

I wrote it especially for this thread. Glad you liked it.

 

[TheRainMan]

Let us (or me) know if you have questions. We'll help you get your housekeeping here together.

rrrrring . . . rrrrring . . .

Is the housekeeper home?

 

[Guest]

rrrrring . . . rrrrring . . .

Is the housekeeper home?

If not the palour maid is.

 

[TheRainMan]

If not the palour maid is.

After you ladies are done dusting, could one of you tell me how to make that H / L weather center at the bottom of my post link to my page of poems?

Thank you kindly.

 

[Guest]

At the top of your posting window is a line of links - B, I, U etc.

the fourth one is the centering one, click on it and it's pretty straightforward from there.

You've obviously got the Bold and COLOR already. Just combine all three.


Hope that helps.

H / L​

 

[Angeline]

After you ladies are done dusting, could one of you tell me how to make that H / L weather center at the bottom of my post link to my page of poems?

Thank you kindly.

I pm'd you. The parlour maid may do the same.

And I think I just figured it out.

 

[Guest]

I pm'd you. The parlour maid may do the same.

And I think I just figured it out.

 

[Angeline]

pokes you with the feather duster, Ms. Cheshire Cat.

 

[TheRainMan]

Thank you ladies. All linked up.

You may have the rest of the day off, with pay, to frolic in the park. Leave the French maid's attire, though. It wouldn't become you there.

Kite-flying is so English, don't you think?

 

[Guest]

Thank you ladies. All linked up.

You may have the rest of the day off, with pay, to frolic in the park. Leave the French maid's attire, though. It wouldn't become you there.

Kite-flying is so English, don't you think?

Are you saying "Go fly a kite"?

Didn't it work?

(my maid's costume has been stretched out of shape as if someone has been wearing it.)


*suspicious glare*

 

[cward2]

Just A Puddle

Puddles glow
with the incandescent
light of the streetlamps,
their thin metal necks
bending to take a look at
something so old and fragile -
a perpetual memory coming
back again and again

 

[ewopper]

A Raindrop Peered

A raindrop into my window peered
as I sat there in the room
while other raindrops cheered
ecstatic by my gloom

yet the raindrop that peered in my window
seemed with me to sympathize
and my heart began to glow
as I started to realize

the last words my love said to me
before she passed away
was if it took an eternity
she'd return to me someday

as I stared at the raindrop
glistening on my window pane
above the ticking of the clock
I heard someone call my name

I quickly turned to see
but there was no one there
in the room but me
no one anywhere

I turned back to my window
the raindrop to look upon
but to my chagrin and sorrow
the raindrop was now gone

H. Wilson