Spontaneous Poems

#53

After the tempest passed
Neon dawn flushed the skies
And mountains lay in purpled hues
By twilight's morning light

The sun rose and the hills glowed
In a layer of wedding cake white
Behind greener fields and redder trees
Than fancy's wildest flight

Foulness, oh most dire
Rising from the earth below
Or my shoe, damn dog

#54

I wish I had a dog
A wet-nosed, big-pawed friend
Who only lives to please me
From end to wagging end

I used to have a dog
Who kept me warm at night
And only smelled a little bit
And wasn't very bright

He didn't care if I was fat
Or lazy, or unhinged
He didn't care if I had germs
Or went out on a binge

I wish I had a dog
Like the one I had before
To rest his head upon my knee
And greet me at the door

I'm mostly following what you talented folk are posting for now. I am putting together a book of poems to be published by Lulu, a print on demand publisher, and handling other projects.

#55

Mars in the morning
A red winking eye
Almost close enough to pluck
From the star-studded sky
It watches Earth quite boldly
An unapologetic spy
Until its orb begins to slip
Ahead of dawning day

Give me something to depend on,
As I'm running this blade through you,
Be sure to smile until I'm gone
And, of course, until you are too.

what's that itch that eternal twitch
cant think, can blink
can scratch but cant itch
im still scratching in fact
im thrashing
what's that itch
that eternal twitch??
does it help me think
or hurt me
blink
blink

#56

A E I O U

It matters what I say
What I manage to convey
Let the words flow free
Between you and me
Tell me, tell me why
You made me cry
And brought me low
With nowhere to go
So I plead with you
Don't say we're through.

Great news edgar, I wish you luck! Have any of these poems been previously posted on a2k?

Yeh, quite a few.

I picked some lotto numbers
bought a ticket, stood in line
watched TV as they picked the winning numbers
none of them were mine

#57
Panther Dreams

Last night I dreamed I was a panther,
black as coal, strong as steal,
waking to another jungle day.

The dewdrops glittered
like jewels upon the leaves,
and I moved with silent paws
to the river's edge.

My coming shook the nesting birds.
They rose in a fluttering wave
to perch among the highest branches.

"Caw! Caw!" the parrot chimed,
hidden in the tangled depths,
"Sister Panther has arisen.
Give her room."

The silent jungle waited.

I smiled, and my watery image
smiled back with eyes
as blue as the reflected sky.
My tongue dipped into cool water.

I waded with the easy current,
past trailing vines and floating flowers,
past the hushed green banks of trees.
I left them all behind.

Soon the stillness broke.
The noisy chirp and chatter
of the natural jungle rang again.
The danger was forgotten.

When I reached the other shore
I shook off a thousand rainbow drops
before I slipped into the underbrush,
and found the well-worn path.

The monkey tree was near.
Raucous monkeys, always out of reach.
With one cool look I sent them
clamoring into the highest branches.

A milkgreen python coiled
around a yellow limb
wisely slithered into dappled foliage
camouflaged until I traveled past

All the jungle fears the panther
when she walks her emerald realm

I reach a hidden bower and licked
the jungle dust from my midnight fur
As I curled down to dream

I dreamed I was black-haired woman

I like this Carlotta - in fact, I used your last line for the first line of mine. I hope you don't mind - it inspired me ( along with the fact that I just read a story about a woman who wrote fairy tales and I know a song about a red bird)

Have You Seen the Redbird?

"I dreamed I was a black haired woman"
Who had strange liquid amber eyes
I was holding my changeling child
Who had eyes blue as pieces of sky

We sat in a darkening wood
As the sun sank and shadows grew long
Clouds in shreds of violet and mauve
Streaked the twilight and I sang a song

I sang of seeking the redbird
Who flies on flame- burnished wings
She soars above earth's sullied surface
Of fire and freedom she sings

It's said that she flies in the sunset
Her red wings paint fading blue skies
But if her delight in air takes her
Too close to the sun, she will die

Her feathers will fall all around us
Like blood they will mark the dark ground
Like petals that fall from red roses
when summer's warmth cannot be found

Have you seen the redbird?
I asked the small child as he slept
His eyes closed hastening twilight
His slumbering secrets he kept

The sun has abandoned his throne now
Moon rises, her dark song to sing
Earth's children are sleeping in dreams now
As I sing of flame-burnished wings.

Good idea aidan! I will use your last line.


Wings


As I sing of flame-burnished wings
Wings that are no more
That were exchanged
For one night of human love

As I sing
Of the high price paid
For the short moments
That we both lived

The flames of my tears
Burn my newly acquired form
Sending a torrent of emotion
Through my whole being

I dare not look back
To the place to you
Fire in your eyes
That would enslave me

As I sing
Trying to understand and
Control these feelings
That take over my soul as well

There is no escape now
And here I will live
Solitude will be my companion
Since I'm just a dream to you

Something you cannot really love
Because I'm not real
My sacrifice has been in vain
So I sing of flame-burnished wings

this is a great game, aidan, angelique.
here's my entry -


#58

So I sing of flame-burnished wings
Translucent red when the sun burns through
Soaring over me, adrift upon the sea
A bit of jetsam on the dazzling waves of blue

And the wings of flame throw a mantle
To shield my parched skin from the killing sun
And it sings of another paradise
Where unfettered spirit songs are sung

I give myself and rise with the flame-bird
The span of my feathered wings grows wide
Don't look at the bobbing shell upon the water
Rejoice, and embrace the universe inside

"Rejoice, and embrace the universe inside"

The universe inside


Rejoice, and embrace the universe inside
Fear not, that thin dark veil as you enter
For it is just a curtain leading to radiant light

Rejoice, and embrace the universe inside
For inside you will find great treasures
And untold knowledge, come discover

Rejoice, and embrace the universe inside
Travel in freedom like the world has never known
Meet beings of your past, present, and future

Rejoice, and embrace the universe inside
Come count the stars in the all the universes
Follow the comets path that leads to god

Follow the comet's path that leads to god
Freefall through space to another world
Touch down where exotic creatures dwell
With open arms to welcome you, my love

Go to the light, or sail through the dark
The countries of god are the same at the end
I want you to stay, but I want you to go and
Live again

Follow the comets' path that lead to god
Trace the stars, see angels in the pattern,
Take heed, the moon's reply is iron-shod,
Trust the bright golden circles of Saturn.

See all the conflict that happens up high,
No need to be brave, feel fright at the sight,
Fear for your life, fear the war in the sky,
Fight, rage against the dying of the light.

Live again


You crazy bro

Live again
You crazy bro
Who wants to
Live again

Nah bro
Thats not for me
Come back again
You crazy bro

Come back to
Pain and death
You crazy bro
Not me not me again

To a different
And new world maybe
But to the same old thing
You crazy bro not me

When death is no more
And pain not even a word
Then maybe bro
Maybe I will live again

You live again
You crazy bro
Not me not me again
I'm going to stay dead



*giggles*

Fight, rage against the dying of the light.

Fight, rage against the dying of the light.
Light that lives inside each man, don't let it die.
Killed by those that would control your life.
Fight with all your might, destroy the gods of
Stone that cannot comfort or help you. Burn down
Governments that would tie your hands, cover your
ears, and your eyes to the truth. Fight with rage.
Before you are nothing but a puppet.