carlotta
 
  1  
Reply Tue 15 Nov, 2005 10:41 pm
Tonight is the Night

Tonight is the Night
When Mars races the Moon
Across the arched bowl
Of heaven
I can see them in tandem
Through the window
Without raising my head
From my pillow

Such celestial sights
Rare wonders to behold
Cross paths with me in
This universe, but
My pleasure would be
More complete
If only you were here
To share it
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carlotta
 
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Reply Wed 16 Nov, 2005 03:29 pm
#61

Hope is for agnostics
Those tentative base-touchers
Sitting on the fence.

Faith is for Believers who
Know where they're going
Faith is for the Unbelievers
Who have Faith in themselves

Hope lies low in the breast
Of the uncommitted
Who can't see, can't feel
Can't smell, or taste, or hear
And can't tell why, but
Oh, how they secretly hope
To live forever
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carlotta
 
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Reply Thu 17 Nov, 2005 08:45 am
#62

Haiku Times Two


Every morning
Pink-tongued Dawn rebirths itself
In the eastern sky


Three ash trees fell down
The empty place where they stood
Makes my green heart mourn
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aidan
 
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Reply Thu 17 Nov, 2005 03:49 pm
carlotta wrote:
#62



Three ash trees fell down
The empty place where they stood
Makes my green heart mourn


I find this beautiful Carlotta - especially the last line.
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carlotta
 
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Reply Fri 18 Nov, 2005 01:25 pm
#63

The day you were born
Wispy tongues of fog
Wove among the sugar pines
Weighing the branches with dew

And it seemed the world waited
Still and breathless in the snow-clad
Corners of the silent forest
Hoping that it would be you

And it was
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carlotta
 
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Reply Fri 18 Nov, 2005 01:26 pm
Thank you, Aidan.
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Piffka
 
  1  
Reply Fri 18 Nov, 2005 01:49 pm
Here's a poem I wrote for a friend today:

Victory Chimes in glory as Our Girl
Rushes
Forth - Uncharted Territory
Celebrated by Cronies.
Loved, too.

Remembered this cold November
Day and night and
Blessed by us with Chocolate
Intentions
Filling each moment
Sails aloft in an airy breeze.

Contented
Deck cat drifting through blue water.
No man is an island
Yet
Every woman is a ship.

Victory Chimes in glory as Our Girl!



note: Victory Chimes is a sailing ship from Maine. You may have a picture of it in your pocket, it is engraved on all the new Maine quarters.

http://www.usmint.gov/images/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/ME_winner.gif
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CrazyDiamond
 
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Reply Fri 18 Nov, 2005 11:42 pm
How Long

How long before I wake up?
Before I leave this city?
Slowly trudging, walking up
Sidewalks of conformity.

How long before I can go?
Before I give up the cause?
Move on, my morals to throw,
As from the streets comes applause.

How long before I give in?
Before I throw down and run?
I always wanted to win,
Wasn't there a chance, just one?
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carlotta
 
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Reply Sat 19 Nov, 2005 12:57 pm
#64

No more wisdom,
I say
It's all nonsense
Anyway
If I could, I would
Erase
The burden Knowledge
Put in place
I want a new
Naivety
To see the world
I used to see
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 20 Nov, 2005 09:38 am
i ate the can of peaches
like steve mcqueen
pouring
it in my mouth
spilling sweet syrup
from the gaping can
o sweet jesus
tasting so good
i ate the can of peaches
free
im free at last
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Algis Kemezys
 
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Reply Sun 20 Nov, 2005 09:52 am
UUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Gummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsheeeeeeeeeeeee.MICKleVVVisssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee once more.
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carlotta
 
  1  
Reply Sun 20 Nov, 2005 10:29 am
#65

Grace

To ride the fluctuating tides with grace
Is all one can ask sometimes, when fortunes
Rise and fall on whims of those who race
To toss you back upon the dunes

With grace, you set your sails again
And chart the course anew, better this time,
Without the drag of recriminations or blame
But straight ahead to better climes.
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CrazyDiamond
 
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Reply Sun 20 Nov, 2005 12:49 pm
When Disappointment and Regret Combine

When disappointment and regret
Combine inside
One does quickly become a threat,
And look ahead, his soul to whet,
As if a battle was implied,
As if you raised a hand in rage,
And these emotions to him lied,
Made him engage
Straight thoughts of pride.
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Algis Kemezys
 
  1  
Reply Sun 20 Nov, 2005 08:19 pm
Cool, cold , cuddles
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CrazyDiamond
 
  1  
Reply Sun 20 Nov, 2005 10:47 pm
that's the strangest haiku I've ever heard...
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Algis Kemezys
 
  1  
Reply Mon 21 Nov, 2005 08:10 am
wow really is that really an haiku ?
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CrazyDiamond
 
  1  
Reply Mon 21 Nov, 2005 08:56 am
if you want it to be Wink
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carlotta
 
  1  
Reply Mon 21 Nov, 2005 02:08 pm
#67

A pestilent notion
Like a pain in the side
Disturbs my sleep
Lets my fantasies ride
It's a powerful image
When nightmares collide
With no safe havens
Where innocents hide.
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carlotta
 
  1  
Reply Tue 22 Nov, 2005 01:50 pm
#68

Tell me what is real.
The things that unsettle me
are those things unseen.
The spaces between
twilight and dark,
sleeping and waking,
yesterday and today
The breath between
the ticking seconds
These things, and others,
press me as I pass
solidly through my days
They remain untouchable,
perhaps unknowable
yet, they shape my life
So I ask, what are these things
that can't be found?
What is real?
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CrazyDiamond
 
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Reply Tue 22 Nov, 2005 07:31 pm
The Men Who Are Sheep

All their lives they follow blindly,
Complaining, but not worrying
Who's leading, just going kindly
Into that deep darkness fleeing.

Like little sheep they just give in,
To the thing chasing them around,
If they would try they just might win,
They just let it run them aground.

Why do they ever leave their homes?
Into the world, cold and unknown,
Imagination never roams,
And all do heave an endless groan.

(this poem doesn't flow at all. I can't figure out why.. Confused )
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