Tag: poetry
member name: Granny Janny H.
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September 19, 2009 01:20 AM EDT --
"A Than-Bauk, conventionally a witty saying or epigram, is a three line "climbing rhyme" poem of Burmese origin. Each line has four syllables. The rhyme is on the fourth syllable of the first line, the . . .
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October 08, 2006 01:19 PM EDT --
Purple peppers top the nuptial table
Before the wedding service
Empty glasses waiting to be filled
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August 12, 2007 01:40 PM EDT --
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977037962
Cindy T. has inspired several people with the above Haiku. She agreed to collaborate with me in sharing the haiku responses . . .
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September 04, 2007 08:24 PM EDT --
Mourning Song
As a Merchant Marine he entered the war
My father had never sailed before
He witnessed the harsh naval clashes
Past the Golden Gate to follow his wishes
To rest in the water, with all of . . .
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July 25, 2006 07:03 PM EDT --
We have not met
And yet
I know your sorrow and your joy
Not face to face
But I embrace
The man the saint the boy
Your written words
Like flying birds
Have stirred . . .
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February 13, 2007 11:21 AM EST --
It's all Amy's fault. Her bad poetry contest is such a GOOD IDEA that I decided to hold my own contest. The best Valentine rhyme submitted in comment to this article between now and . . .
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June 28, 2007 05:25 PM EDT --
As I sift through the boxes and drawers
Treasures appear and nostalgic tears
Blur the ragged edges of my heart
. . .
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October 16, 2007 06:15 PM EDT --
I want to write well
To be read by the masses
Like Tom Eliot
If only I had
His thorough education
And his brilliant mind
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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!'" . . .
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May 22, 2006 08:25 PM EDT --
A hedgehog, a mole, and a shrew
Were looking for something to do
They sang as a trio
A little off key. Oh
And so they were put in a stew
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August 04, 2009 09:05 PM EDT --
Song For Your Supper
A hedgehog, a mole, and a shrew
Were looking for something to do
They sang as a trio
A little off key. Oh
And . . .
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August 07, 2006 02:13 PM EDT --
Wind chime sings crystal
Summer song breeze caresses
My skin like a glove
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November 15, 2006 08:32 AM EST --
A Promise to You Answered by a Haiku
I promise you dear
When I get old
If I ever do
(I don't think I will ~ do you?)
You'll never catch me rambling
On and on and on and on
Ignoring your . . .
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May 28, 2007 11:16 AM EDT --
Simply reading your words
Fills my moody cup with joy
I taste your presence through the sense of them
Wandering through the spaces in between them
I bask in the warm comfort of their . . .
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August 17, 2007 02:00 PM EDT --
She scintillates she sparkles
Clear energy clean and bright
Goodness is her mantra
As . . .
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October 12, 2007 08:07 PM EDT --
some flow slowly
and gently
down the stream
. . .
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February 17, 2009 03:14 AM EST --
Gather For A Feast
Feeling peckish for a nosh, a tasty bite, a tender tidbit?
Gather round you hungry hounds and at the table sit
Feast your eyes, a lavish spread - a . . .
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November 30, 2007 10:47 AM EST --
Autumn falls away
On the path to yesterday
December descends
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October 30, 2009 03:10 AM EDT --
Sister Faith had a horrible dream
Her eyes opened wild and red
Mouth let out a bloody scream
Terrified she bolted from bed . . .
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August 31, 2006 10:44 AM EDT --
Thirty-one years now
And I can still see your face
Under our chupah
Oh Sam
I love
Paris- any season
Raw oysters and champagne
Skiing in the sunshine
Dancing in the rain
Picnics in . . .
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