Roll Call ~ Poetry Forum

[PandoraGlitters]

Hi from the shy girl

I have put this off because I just can't think of how to do it without seeming dull or saying what almost everyone says here. But because I was always a good girl in class, I feel I should sign in so I don't get counted absent.

I hope to get encouragement here to keep writing when people around me act as though it is a waste of time or bit of silliness. And of course, I would like critique at any level. I am a bit of a masochist, probably, so I'll take it like it comes. I confess I feel unworthy to offer much of my own at this point, though. And a bit shy and afraid of offending.

Most of my poems are in a file folder on bits of paper. I don't think anyone could read them but me, even if they wanted to, due to the scribbles and random, suspicious stains.

I had fun writing the five poems this week. Even if I never write another poem here, that was worth 10x the price of admission. As for favorite poems, it would really be hard to pick one, since I have really enjoyed lurking here and reading everyone's writing, but I liked minervous's infidelity poem. That inspired one of my five poems.

 

[lorencino]

I hate doing this so I'll enjoy it with a poem.

Besides the note on my profile, a few things:
I'm opinionated, marinated, regurgitated;
I'm only any good in areas I feel inferior;
I am given to infuriating hyperbole.

Sixty years old, I was born on the same day
Modern India uncoiled from Britain's rapacious
Imperial plundering, fracturing in the first
Great Partitioning. Born the year before
Palestine's Partitioning, and the Afrikaner came
To power bearing partition-inspired Plans
Of lily-white lands and pure blacklands.

I felt the rawness of rebellion in Elvis
And James Dean, the sexual angst in
Home from the Hills before I was sexual.

The heaviness of DeathChurch Pontiff's scorn
when the electric potency feelings making
my body ring with joy was turned to sinful abuse.
Oh how I wrestled with Church, with self
my irresistible self, between Confessions
And Pleasure, Confessions, self-pleasure, Confessions,
Pleasure, irresistible pleasure, needed pleasure,
but time between confessions grew
guilty pleasures helplessly self-pleasuring
while the church shredded this little boys heart.

In Manhood the drifting boy converted, becoming,
over time, a Jewish Atheist and proud to be Jewish
thrilled with the universalism of the Prophets
Learning along the passages of life, what better thing
could friends share than intimacy, and mental intimacy
is more intimate than fucking intimacy, that the eye is
more intimate than the groin, but the groin
Is led by the eyes and the mind. Finally to know
that the unity of existence is the greatest intimacy,
and humility the strongest guardian.

I want from this community
Honesty that never allows me to delude myself into thinking that there is some worth in my mediocrity. Either I get it right or you tell me to wake up.

I offer this community
My impulsive reactions, my carefully considered reactions, my joyful enthusiasm for life, and my sympathy for having to put up with my bullshit, my loyalty.

 

[Mayhem377]

Your so wrong

Your so wrong.
Mayhem.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Goodness Pandora you are talking about me .. afraid of offending and poems scribbled on bits of paper

 

[lorencino]

Your so wrong.
Mayhem.

Who? What? Why?

 

[Angeline]

Who? What? Why?

I'm guessing Mayhem is a troll. We get them here sometimes.

 

[WhiteWave48]

Welcome

*****

 

[sophieloves]

It would be obvious overworn cliche for me to say that life up this point has been directionless and random, tried this, tried that, like this but then I liked something else. Always seeking or attempting to understand some semblance of identity but nothing became clear or nothing seemed to fit best.

I'd been complimented in the past for my 'way with words' but I often took their words for granted ...


While in the questive mood I took down the old tattered Webster's from 1973. And I found something that literally turned things around. Under the definition of 'poet' it has the usual stuff about poetry and verses and stuff, but then one little subordinate line goes like this: "a creative artist of great imagination and expressive gifts and special sensitivity to his medium."
Then I went across the top of the next page to 'poetry' and found this: "the productions of a poet."

I then glanced up at a couple pictures I matted a framed a couple years ago, and like a gauzy veil fell away from them they practically identified themselves as "poetry". I ran a few bars of some instrumetal guitar pieces I've labored over, and the same thing happened, "poetry". I then looked at a picture of when I was about 5 or 6, then recalled others and times through life, flashes of the past coming and going like a slide show. I tried putting the words, "musician", "writer", "Guitar player", "photographer", "songwriter", to those images and they all fit to some extent but not quite. And then, as though a final piece of a million piece puzzle that has taken 45 years to put together, I used the word "Poet" and I tell you the fit was a revelation.

This was and remains the first and only time that I felt a comfort in assurance of anything near the semblance of identity.

i wish i'd read this sooner

this is

pure

 

[sequelae]

Dipping in slowly, toes first.

 

[wolfknight20]

hellow

hi my names not realy inportent but my freinds call me silver for short the hol of my name is silverfang wolfiean nightwing but any way im a aspireing poet and song writer but two things my spellings not that good ive add so im sorry in advance if things are a little hard to desiefer but id like feed back on my work the other is most mine are like the old medival balleds in some ways so heres me frist one lads and lasses
*What you hope to get out of your time at lit (please include level of critique you are looking for im just looking for thoughts on my work and constructive critisisem i dont care how blunt it is long as its constructive

*What do you hope to contribute to the poetry community at literotica? What role do you see yourself playing here?
i make a good sound bord and i think out side the box so im good with ideas and jumpstating the old brain cells
*How would you describe your writing?
mostly wriming balleds on love and my feelings with alot of heart and soul in them
*URL to your work at lit, personal website etc.
none
*List of some of your favorite poems/stories you have at Lit, in case anyone wants to get a taste of your work
none

A WILLOWS SORROW

A wind thoue the willows a heartachek too
all becaus im missing you
I used to think i could do no wrong
till I woke up and found you gone

But come what will and come what may
I should known the price id pay

For eight years of heartbrake is too much to bare
even if you act like you dont care
cause for eight years of living with a heart of ice
sooner or later you gota pay the price

But come what may and come what will
i loved you than and love you still

So pleaze forgive this fools mistake
my love for you was never fake
but i lost you love to a cowards mistake
my wages of wich where pain and heartbrake

So come whats old and come whats new
wont you help stop me from feeling blue

for the loss of a love so true and hard to find
is just about to drive me out of my mind.

 

[SweetMerry]

wow, after reading the great poem intros and the stories of self discovery, I'm not quite sure what to put here.

I've been a fan of lit for a few years now, and am now taking the plunge into submitting. I don't have any formal training (yet), just a love of emotion and words thrown together, so my poems will probably be a bit raw and uncultured. Please excuse their country manners, as they are not used to polite society.

As for what I hope to get out of this experience? Well, experience, I guess. A chance to read, write, ask questions and get some opinions sent my way. Feel free to critique away. I'm returning to school in January to pursue a degree in English, so I'll be getting it pretty soon, anyway.

I'm also trying my hand at short story writing, so I'll be here, there and yonder in the forums. Um, what else?

I could post a link to my first contribution, but I don't know if that's ok to do in this thread. I really don't want to be one of those people who goes around shouting, "Look at me! Look at me!" (ok, so maybe I secretly do, but I'll try to keep it to a minimum...and in its appropriate place. )

 

[lorencino]

Dipping in slowly, toes first.

A poetic vision transpired as I watched your toes tentatively reaching into the heady waters of this world. Welcome, and may you become fully immersed in joy here.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

I really don't want to be one of those people who goes around shouting, "Look at me! Look at me!" (ok, so maybe I secretly do, but I'll try to keep it to a minimum...and in its appropriate place. )

Darlin', that's what we're ALL here for. Whether we admit it or not.
Just put a link in your sig line. It makes it easier for people to go and read your stuff and is very much allowed.

Welcome
bijou

 

[SweetMerry]

Darlin', that's what we're ALL here for. Whether we admit it or not.
Just put a link in your sig line. It makes it easier for people to go and read your stuff and is very much allowed.

Welcome
bijou

thanks for the welcome and the advice. I now have a glowing pink link to my submissions page. yea!

 

[UnderYourSpell]

It's very odd if I come onsite whithout loggin in I can see everyones 'pnk lines' etc but if I am logged in like now I can't see a damn thing ... very arse about face if you ask me ... which you probably didn't

 

[UnderYourSpell]

That of course should read 'pink links' ... sigh

 

[champagne1982]

It's very odd if I come onsite whithout loggin in I can see everyones 'pnk lines' etc but if I am logged in like now I can't see a damn thing ... very arse about face if you ask me ... which you probably didn't

UYS, good morning! The forum settings and board styles are at the bottom of the page. That decides how post content shows up.

Signature and avatar settings are inside your user Control panel (aka User Cp), there should be a clickable link up at the title bar of the page in the window. You can either turn these things off or on. A lot of people turn them off because of the obnoxious gif files and pics displayed in these blocks, but some of us masochists leave them on.

I don't know for sure if you'll be able to see the signature blocks of other members (if they're selected off) by cursoring over their name and clicking. Just check out their public profile and I'm betting it will show up there, too.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Good Morning to you too! Well I have had a fiddle and I seem to have done it right which makes a change lol One thing I noticed I keep clicking on 'unable to send me email' and still I get email from strange folks ... is that the same as getting them sent on from Literotica? I wouldnt open them if that name wasn't on them .. no offence dear readers but I don't want your viruses. In my other life away from here if I don't know you .. you don't get read I've been let down by virus checkers before.

 

[champagne1982]

You're actually safer if you accept feedback through literotica, you don't have to allow anonymous stuff but that's irrelevant since any feedback emails that come through the lit server are cleansed of links and code.

I suspect the source of the other unsolicited emails is from the random mailer bots that spew the spam out into the servers, like auto-dialers for spam phone calls do through the phone book. If you don't know the sender and they have really strange email addresses, then yeah, just click them away. If they are legit people, they'll find another way to get in touch with you.

Your email settings and feedback preferences for your submissions are found on your main member's control panel, you need to be logged in over there to view it.

 

[wolfknight20]

greetings to al i was wondering how to post your work and where help plz and thank you

 

[Tzara]

greetings to al i was wondering how to post your work and where help plz and thank you

the faq sez how 2 post ur work f u have mor ?s ask

 

[unpredictablebijou]

the faq sez how 2 post ur work f u have mor ?s ask

u spk lolcat ? kwl!

im in ur bed, eatin ur waffelz.
bj

 

[Angeline]

u spk lolcat ? kwl!

im in ur bed, eatin ur waffelz.
bj

better not b cheez waffelz. them r mine!

 

[DeepAsleep]

u spk lolcat ? kwl!

im in ur bed, eatin ur waffelz.
bj

i made you a cookie,



but i eated it.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

i made you a cookie,



but i eated it.

im in ur forumz
jackin ur threds

(see you somewhere more appropriate)

bj