Tag: poetry
group name: writing
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September 09, 2007 04:21 AM EDT --
Lead me thru the garden gate and show me what grows there.
Or' the walls grown grey with age hang stalks of maiden hair.
Take my hand my one true love I am yours . . . more
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July 20, 2007 10:27 PM EDT --
I have been asked by Lisa to write something of an introductory nature about myself and perhaps share some of my poetry with the group. I have been given the unique honor of judging the Express Yourself . . . more
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May 14, 2008 12:55 PM EDT --
One is hope
Two is trust
Three is certainty
One is free
Two are bound
Three are hurting me
One is sure
Two is choice
Three distracted me
One alone . . . more
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October 12, 2007 08:27 AM EDT --
Welcome to Friday Writing Essentials ....
My very first article here got overwritten by my next one...
Doris Lessing had just won the Nobel Prize, and Auden's poem on the death of Yeats . . . more
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February 06, 2008 11:51 AM EST --
If I could reach the stars,
I would give them to you;
If I could paint your heart,
it would never be blue:
I would dry every tear
from your eyes;
I would give . . . more
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June 11, 2008 07:15 AM EDT --
Growing Older
My age?
Seventy-five.
"Over the hill" some ways,
Slow body, active mind to delve
Mysteries of aging, life's challenges.
I think, . . . more
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October 09, 2007 09:55 PM EDT --
Due to other obligations, Ed Nudelman recently stepped down from his position as a Member Editor of the Writing Essential. The dilemma? Who could possibly fill Ed's shoes? Thanks . . . more
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February 12, 2008 10:48 AM EST --
Good morning :)
First, an update re: last week
So... I'm still getting some more best articles , which is wonderful.... I will be putting up an article with links to those as soon as I . . . more
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February 12, 2008 09:21 PM EST --
Ok... so flit learned a lesson tonight.
When you are having so many problems that eating just isn't that appealing STAY AWAY FROM THE COOLERS!
Only had one but it hit me like a ton of bricks...so . . . more
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March 31, 2008 06:43 AM EDT --
(This was published to gather last week; I'm re-publishing it for Humor Monday on Gather Essentials: Writing)
I cleaned my fridge, cleaned it well-
didn't know . . . more
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April 15, 2008 05:02 PM EDT --
Round and around
From morning, noon to night
Round and around
From shadows, dark to light
Round and around
From sorrow, hope to fear
Round and around
From tears to smiles . . . more
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March 25, 2008 01:40 PM EDT --
...and I am the Tuesday Writing Essentials editor.... OMG I am sorry! I SUCK!
Holiday weekend would be a good excuse for not knowing what day it was - or at least not making the connection.... but . . . more
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December 11, 2007 03:13 PM EST --
When teaching students of Spanish
To write with poetry
You'd think I'd poured pure hot latex
Over their naked brains
As soon as I'd announced
The . . . more
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October 13, 2007 12:33 PM EDT --
Of course you are spiritually bereft. No one needs to tell you that. From inside the bars of your rib cage, you can barely get a glimpse of blue sky. You are ready for some good news and overjoyed . . . more
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July 08, 2008 01:31 PM EDT --
Rag rug for the rag -n-bone man
Rag ged memories ran
Like the colors left out in the rain.
Here's the red rag s of cou rag e
The . . . more
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November 02, 2007 01:46 PM EDT --
I've been sitting on this for awhile-note the dead metaphor there. It's something I dashed off one day while pondering the collaboration on constructive criticism that Amy George . . . more
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June 02, 2008 11:04 AM EDT --
. . . .One day he will find me here
playing amongst the violets with butterflies
dancing off my skin to the delight of a thousand lonely pixies
who hunger only for the words to drink out of my . . . more
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April 11, 2008 02:55 AM EDT --
Welcome to Gather Essentials: Writing for Friday April 11th.
"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'" . . . more
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June 06, 2008 03:44 PM EDT --
What were you thinking?
When you were bored and the war went bad
And you signed up for aircrew
Even though you knew
That aircrew always died
What were you thinking Dad?
. . . more
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July 08, 2008 01:02 PM EDT --
I forgot to link y'all to this: How To Write a Sestina
Try it, you'll be glad you did.
No one
Can write a poem using two
Hands, a sheet of . . . more
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