Gelisgesti Poets Cranny

Out damned clouds ... out I say
remove yourself from my tomb

There you go Let, if you don't acept death for what it is where ya gonna go when this gig is up? Don't you think, if you were cognizant of it before it took place but knew nothing of the details, that birth or the notion of being born, would scare the living poop out of you?


Morbidity is in the eye of the beholder.

Sage advice, Ge.

We used to have a cat named Spot. (really) Every time he didn't pee in the litter box, my husband would say: "Out damned Spot. Out I say"...

"The Contest"

I engaged in battle with myself.
My plans were flawlessly devised.
Hell, no. I will not go, I said.
My weapons chosen numbered stealth
And stones and slings both real, contrived.

But then they came for both one night,
And though we dug our heels in deep,
They dragged our waking bodies out
And vandalized our sweetest sleep.
Then as we merged as one, retreat.

Yes, Letty...

Moving
From born
to bourne.

And if you define bourne as a place, or a stop in time, both words mean the same thing, essentially.

I'm in FL, staying at a friend's condo in Ponte Vedra Beach. It was in the 40's this morning; everyone here is complaining but I like it. I'm a cold weather person. (But with a warm heart

Kara, are you where I think you are?

LOL, Letty. Probably not, if you are shocked or worried or wondering.

Some friends from JAX, the Masons, heard we were coming to do personal business in the Palm Coast and offered us their condo at Ponte Vedra. So I've been driving back and forth to the Palm Coast every day...borrrrring. The weather has been weird: pouring rain, then sunny and hot, now unseasonably cold. (My weather alert on AOL is telling me that it is freezing in Durham, too, down to the mid-20's tonight.)

All of which has NOTHING to do with poetry. :wink:

Haveyou visited Abuzz recently? Talk about sad. I posted thison one of the total of three new threads. It was from someone named cat .... she was very dissapointed with her Abuzz expierence.


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It was not always so. Spend some time looking about and you will
know the former glory of this burnt out asteroid. The sound of
laughter, minds engaged, the reparte.
Good souls linger ....remembering the halcyon days of a youth
still vivid to the very edge of reality, but when you turn to
face the cacophany of the myriads left behind you face silence
.... with only the howl of the wind ripping at the eaves ... and
the silence of a falling tear ..............

Hey love your work dude...RATFLMAO

Gelisgerti have you read that poem " Memoirs of a Tearoom"? BTW cognisant is not spelt with a z.

ketamine - z or s, depends on what part of the world you're from.

I am be knowing this matter madam.

Hey you guys ....2drink minimum ..... whater you drinking

None for me, thanks, Gelisgesti; I'm working. You folks go right ahead and enjoy yourselves, I'll jus hang out in the shadows here and be unobtrusive for a while

I'll have some of your pills Gelisgerti....I wanna get high.

Sorry, mine won't get you high... they let me walk .... when they work
Look up sinemet

Parkinson's disease????? Bummer dude.

ketamine, good souls can differ on cognizant, but there is only one way to spell Gelisgesti.

Thanks Kara ....

I went down to the well
well I was feeling mighty dry
I went down to the well
Well I was feeling mighty high
Met a frog on the way there
Frog could jump up to the sky
I said how long can you stay there
He said 'til the bye goes bye'
To the sky to the sky to the sky
Frog said Mr. can you help me
Frog said Mr. ... can you help me
Seems I've forgotten how to fly
I said how'du think I could teach you
I never learned myself to fly
Never learned myself to fly
I said how'du think I could teach you
Frog let out a mighty sigh
Look like we reached the bye and bye
Let out a sigh

Stone frog rag
Doug

What.... nobody likes Scott Joplin?????

I love it, Ge! I read a lot more than I post these days, and your poems are always something I look forward to. Stone frog rag is one of my all-time favorites!

Hmmm. I liked him in "The Sting."

Well, I'll be, Chat. Sunniegirl, huh! Great!