Poems

CaptainFantastic01

I looked, but did not find one

WhisperingNighthawk

I've always liked this one!

WorkerDrone83

^^Darn. I kept waiting to read "You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake..." I'm very uncultured.

81Katz

She walks in beauty
Lord Byron

My most favorite poem ever!

She Walks in Beauty
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

CaptainFantastic01

CaptainFantastic01

Bridge_marie wrote: »

Daww!

goatg

There are a lot I love in different moments.

This one possesses a very special, unforgettable association:

And one by one the nights
between our separated cities
are joined to the night that unites us.
The light of each day,
its flame or its repose,
they deliver to us, taking them from time,
and so our treasure
is disinterred in shadow or light,
and so our kisses kiss life:
all love is enclosed in our love:
all thirst ends in our embrace.
Here we are at last face to face,
we have met,
we have lost nothing

goatg

leut_underpants wrote: »

A reference thread from ago on my old account:

Do people usually create new accounts (& why)?

CaptainFantastic01

goatg wrote: »

leut_underpants wrote: »

A reference thread from ago on my old account:

Do people usually create new accounts (& why)?

No nobody does that ever

Wheelhouse15

I liked e e Cummings when I was younger and forced to read poetry. He really plays with the form of poetry

Anyone lived in a pretty how town

Anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did
Women and men(both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain
children guessed(but only a few
and down they forgot as up they grew
autumn winter spring summer)
that noone loved him more by more
when by now and tree by leaf
she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir by still
anyone's any was all to her
someones married their everyones
laughed their cryings and did their dance
(sleep wake hope and then)they
said their nevers they slept their dream
stars rain sun moon
(and only the snow can begin to explain
how children are apt to forget to remember
with up so floating many bells down)
one day anyone died i guess
(and noone stooped to kiss his face)
busy folk buried them side by side
little by little and was by was
all by all and deep by deep
and more by more they dream their sleep
noone and anyone earth by april
wish by spirit and if by yes.
Women and men(both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain

bojack3

From Charlie Chaplin

As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.

As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.

CaptainFantastic01

I was not broken at the start.
I was one piece.
You were pieces.
I wrapped myself around you
Because that's what husbands do.
And time and time and time again
I supported you.
But you shattered.
You refused to glue
And now for some reason
I am broken too

goatg

CaptainFantastic01 wrote: »

I was not broken at the start.
I was one piece.
You were pieces.
I wrapped myself around you
Because that's what husbands do.
And time and time and time again
I supported you.
But you shattered.
You refused to glue
And now for some reason
I am broken too

: (

cee134

Candy, candy

I need candy, bubblegum and taffy
Get in my way punk, you're gonna get your *kitten* beat, nasty
Do it 'til your dad sees embarrass your whole family
Just because you came between a kid and his candy

I need candy any kind'll do
Don't care if it's nutritious or FDA approved
It's gonna make me spaz like bobcats on booze
A hyperactive juice that only I can produce

That fuels a giant drill that bores straight into hell
Releasin' ancient demons from their sleep forever spell
So they can walk upon the earth and get re-situated

slimgirljo15