This year I'd like to write poetry inspired by pics which , of course, can be seen.
Thanks again for comments and participation!
I shall, though, also continue writing poems without pictures, as some of you have expressed in their
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This year I'd like to write poetry inspired by pics which , of course, can be seen.
Thanks again for comments and participation!
I shall, though, also continue writing poems without pictures, as some of you have expressed in their
wishes![]()
Last edited by amaryn; 01-15-2013 at 12:32 PM.
The first one is one of the last published last year:
true friendship
smells like apple blossom
in the Garden of Eden
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feelings
entangled shrewdly
like a spiderweb
in natures'lap
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in between the carton walls
play little girls with little dolls
feet in mud and water brown
shamefull quarter of a town
yet the sky above is blue
the air is damp, the sun shines, true
but in my heart I'm raving mad
'coz little dolls is all they had
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How'd you get that picture of my apartment?
LolDoug, sometimes you remind me of Groucho Marx!
"Home is where you hang your head"
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Last edited by amaryn; 01-09-2013 at 03:04 PM.
feelings are like clouds
colours mingle, turn around
just like roundabouts
take me of the ground
on the beach I walk
keeping the sky company
to myself I talk
wond'ring where is she
feelings strain my heart
colours mingle, and at night
slowly drift apart
while I await the light
the earth showed its face
it was holocaust day
an unstoppable pace,
all was fading away
not wanting to hear
what's happening around
a child hides his ears
from a terrible sound
a ghosttown it is
on this planet somewhere
please open your eyes,
all is withering there
though
nobody laughs, nobody cries:
the silence of birds
will tell you no lies
picture taken in Chernobyl
I think the saying is,"Home is where you hang your Hat."Either way,since your hat usually goes on your head,it's has the same meaning.Unless you pull your hat down over your face,as I regularly do.'(See "Walking Contradiction)I always try to plug my work whenever possible!
Re:Feelings.Absolutely Love It!
Last edited by Doug Denslowe; 01-11-2013 at 10:29 AM.
who likes to swim in an ocean of love
carry an olive branche, just like a dove,
proudly present the world with your own words
even though you know it hurts?
who would not dance in the shade of the moon
like to forget that the end comes too soon
rock on the sound of his favourite band
no need now to understand
if you ask me, I would give you a smile
sure, I'd prefer that you guess for a while
sit by my side , just let life tell its tale
may wondrous ones prevail
Last edited by amaryn; 01-12-2013 at 09:03 AM.
Doug, I don't know, must be Groucho to write "head" instead of "hat". He has plenty of very smart lines in his repertoire of often burlesque humour
"Feelings" got the inspiration really from the picture. This experiment has proven less easy then I expected and I am glad if /when I sometimes succeed.
Thanks a million, Flower Bro![]()
pledge
Push me to the edge
let me see how frighening a sudden fall can be
but when you see me crumbling
have the courage to take my hand
while embracing me
slums
are the confession
of a shameless mankind
Last edited by amaryn; 01-12-2013 at 10:33 AM.
life keeps grinning at me,
a weird but honest grin
something's getting at me
don't know the mood I'm in
I feel like holding my breathe
behold the twinkling stars
find courage just to relax
spend time in coffee bars
that kind of life seems a dream
I am a kid without toys
a dying species we are
allowed the simplest of joys
robots and barbies will live
and dumps long after we've gone
who will ever forgive
what to ourselves we have done?
comment: "good question", "pledge" and "nightmare" I wrote as a kind of trilogy inspired by various
documentaries I recently have seen.
Yes, amaryn, I like the idea of being inspired by reality. So many realities can be brought to our attention by way of documentaries--things we would otherwise not know in such detail. In the world of satellite TV and computers, we are not at a lack to be informed.
I truely must admit that it means blood sweat and tears , as I want the words to reflect in the picture and vice versa. First I was afraid it drraws the attention too much away from the words, but after all, we live indeed in a visual world, so that should not be a problem
Thank you for encouragement!![]()
Although I'm a big fan of your writing......I liked it better when I could count on an Owl or two in your words.Lately,it's all been depressing!See if you could throw us something light,once in a while!
allright,DougI know. "Feelings"though wasn't depressing,lol and the things I've written afterwards have been influenced -as I wrote- by documentaries. Let's face it, Flower Bro, at times the world shows a pretty ugly face,lol
BUT: I am going to give you good news in the next ones and may owls fly in!![]()
Last edited by amaryn; 01-24-2013 at 09:28 AM.
a mouse saw an owl on the branch of a tree
"why", said the mouse, "are you staring at me?"
"well"said the owl"I am hungry my friend,
I will soon have to eat you, do you understand?".
"but I have a soul, so you can't be so cruel,
they say you are wise, but you would be a fool",
"okay"said the owl," I'll let you go,
I'll make an exception, the only one though",
"thanks"said the mouse, "I'll get you some cheese",
the owl at it all, took a nap, was at ease
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Last edited by amaryn; 01-18-2013 at 04:22 AM.
"Take a tram, I recommend it" said an owl to his old friend
"if you want we'll go together; first to Chinatown they went,
there they had some Chinese noodles mixed with bits of pickled rat,
used their wings instead of chopsticks, at their table beatniks sat,
"meet you guys" they said when leaving heading for the Golden Gate
had no money for the tram though, and they didnot want to wait
flying high over the city finally returning home
they felt both sure 'bout their friendship , never would they be alone