Tag: poetry please
group name: poetryplease
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October 14, 2008 08:43 PM EDT --
Dressed in scarlet she's prancing.
"Harlot," he cries;
Scarlet harlot despised
Dancing summer's last chance in the skies.
Dressed in scarlet she's . . . more
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September 19, 2008 10:16 AM EDT --
Staring
Through the transparent pane
Separated
From a world of vibrant colors
Vision
Blocked by a faint refection of
Me
And all I have left behind me
Hindering
Me from seeing . . . more
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September 15, 2008 06:50 PM EDT --
The image in the glass won't let me pass
But gazes back at me censoriously.
It whispers words unheard; the glass has blurred
Its sound to silent noise ingloriously.
The image has no depth . . . more
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September 17, 2008 12:23 AM EDT --
As Time Flies
She sits at the window
waiting for time to stop
but it never does
She simply carries on
and on an on
She has outlived all those . . . more
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October 04, 2008 11:43 PM EDT --
Your Fifty Second Prompt is "Autumn"
Welcome all Poetry Please members!
The seasons - they are a changing. Let's write about . . . more
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October 25, 2007 11:56 AM EDT --
Suffering eyes
faces of grieving
we sit and watch
growling tummies
and cries
We see and forget
find hard
for an extra buck
but find soon price for
smoke . . . more
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February 02, 2008 03:07 AM EST --
Her soft hands weaving my tight braid
As growing the relationship more strong
Unfold layers, one untouched one unbraid
A nameless mantra I heard in her song
A drop . . . more
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July 15, 2008 09:20 PM EDT --
He plied his trade before the pearlier gates
And holier dreams implied
And heavenliest guide.
She buried all her hopes in costliest crate
Belief likely belied
Left unallied.
. . . more
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October 05, 2008 08:37 PM EDT --
It has been awhile since I entered a piece to the group, and even now it is actually a repost!
Golden Autumn
Russet and bronze leaves falling . . . more
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January 25, 2008 06:54 PM EST --
He is mighty and invincible
Infinite miracles he performs
Managed his incredible feat
Of being worshipped with
Revealed, unrevealed axioms
Sitting on a throne . . . more
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May 06, 2008 11:00 AM EDT --
The question has been raised with regard to a specific form - the sestina , which has 39 lines. I have no objection to increasing the line limit to 40 for everyone. I wanted . . . more
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May 22, 2008 08:34 PM EDT --
Although Anzac day has passed, I thought in the spirit of the Veteran's Day articles, I would like to honour Australian soldiers. This particular poem was inspired by the battle of the Kokoda Trail . . . more
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October 06, 2008 04:20 PM EDT --
Welcome all Poetry Please members and honored guests!
"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick . . . more
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August 21, 2008 07:03 PM EDT --
We live in different time-zones: They
Wake up at noon, sleep through the early day
And light the night
Where wild computers fight.
We live in different time-zones: Soon . . . more
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August 26, 2008 03:21 PM EDT --
Search for me
Tell me you'll find me
Try to remind me
What we've begun.
Search for me
Warm getting hotter
Ought to and got to
Coming undone.
Search for . . . more
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September 03, 2008 07:41 PM EDT --
Pride comes before
What follows, sore
And aching heart
And sorrows, more
Deserved; they start
To swallow, store
All pride imparts
To hollowed core
Of hope; depart
Unhallowed . . . more
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February 23, 2008 08:58 PM EST --
Twinkle Star
Twinkly, Twinkling
Twinkler Star
Twinkilingest Star
Blink and Twinkle
Twinkle and Blink
Send me a Message
Very succinct
Blink the secrets of eons ago
Of Mankind To Me Pleading . . . more
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May 13, 2008 11:30 AM EDT --
This week's prompt is the number three
Rictameter is a form of unrhymed poetry of nine lines with the syllable count 2,4,6,8,10,12,10,8,6,4,2 with the first and last line being the same. You can . . . more
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March 03, 2008 04:16 PM EST --
Here are the rules. I will supply the first three lines, then the next person, or team, will supply the next two line stanza. In Renga, the first three line stanza typically . . . more
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June 28, 2008 08:43 PM EDT --
"Parting"
How striking our ties,
our quickened senses;
our broken hearts,
our recompenses.
We'll add to the waters
a floodgate . . . more
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