Hiiii Friends!!

here iam with another topic(gosh...dosent she ever give up?)Answer is ..no,no,no!!!

yknow i just thought of something.Greg!just tell me if this is ok?!!I was thinking...

why not have a poetry thread for our members here?!!i mean,im sure there are budding poets here,hiding though.ysee they are shy i guess.And even if not poets...how about sharing some beautiful sayings,thoughts or poetry,anyway?!!Its going to feel soo good and im sure lindas going to utter a 'quite'!!
Do let me know if thats ok with u friends?!!

Meanwhile,let me just write a small little poem.An utterly amateur effort but hey...pleaaase...dont laugh!!!

titled:HARDWORK

Yes,i have hurt you...
cut you in half,
with my cruel words.
In love with the thought,
th very thought of hating you.
You say,youve never,ever,
met a woman...
who's so much of a shrew.
You havent done any wrong,
to me...
and yet i bear a grudge?

**

Will you just walk away...?!!
Have you ever,
just ever once...
shook me so hard,
held me so tight,
gazed peircingly in my eyes,
and asked....
demanded....shouted!!!!
Why,just why...
i hate you so much?
Why....
do i try so hard?!!!!

Ok guys....tell me something...what zodiac sign lady would feel as the person in the poem is feeling?I personally thought it could be either scorpio or leo.What do you think?Please let me know!
thanks and do post here!!
love
shagun.

I immediately thought Scorpio (before I read your choices). Not sure why.

Thanks for sharing the poem!

KJS

Hiii KJS!!

wowee!You sure are a good guesser!!!hmmm...i guess she would be a scorpio wouldnt she?!!Thanks a million!
love
shagun

A peotry thread is a wonderful idea, Shagun -- and here it is! Thanks for starting it.

Hey, everyone!!

This is a great idea. I just happpened to write a new song yesterday, for the which the inspiration came from this very forum!
After reading through a thread about twin souls, my heart was warmed so much, I wrote a beautiful little tune about soul mates. A refreshing break from my ususal doom and gloom songs. ( Other titles include "I'd rather be a crack addict" and such).
Well, here goes. It sounds much better when delivered as a song, but this will have to do. Think lullabye

You are my favorite mystery
Are you real or are you history?
I believe in twin souls that meet.

You were my king, and I your servant.
And I was your healer, you my broken.

Egypt and China to America and Ireland
We were meant for each other's arms

I hear you laughing, even when you're not with me.
You hear me, when I'm only thinking.

So, love me like you know how
Like you will, centuries from now

Well, that's all I have so far. Maybe one day, you'll hear it on the radio, and you can say you heard it first here! I do love poems. Let's hear more!
Love,
Isis

That's beautiful Isis.

You've inspired me, now I may dig up some of my love poems from my days of living in your town!

I love this idea.

Hurt, pain, without gain, raining inside, smiles outside, seeing destiny cupped in your hands, standing tall, amidst it all, believe in you... the you of you... for its true... "love conquers all"... no more pain, hold truth in the pyramid of your soul and light the light of centuries past, do not mask, the joy of knowing, your knowing, by listening to others, of long time passed, who forgot, how to ask their angels, their God within, their source, their light, forget force, let it come forth, the joy in your life, without strife, no more alone, for you have found always within, that Light of knowing, where you are going, from where you have come, from the Sun... from the Moon... from the Stars... from the One.

This is fun!

*Aries* Kate

Kate, that's great!

Well thank you Mr.Webmaster...

Kate,
How very beautiful. You put your heart and soul into that didn't you?

Okay, my turn .
---------------
Here's to those brave souls who fight
The battle of the sexes:
Throwing curses, hurling hexes,
Each deciding the other's hiding
From the truth, and riding
Too high on a mighty horse --
No wonder I'm three times divorced!

But still in all it must be said,
That without love, we'd all be dead,
Or better yet, unborn,
And so we tend to bear the thorn
That pricks a little in the pride
But gives us what we need inside
To feed the mighty appetite
For sweet love and affection.

A connection
Is a cosmic thing,
That makes you laugh and dance and sing
And shout about the glowing clear light
Of life's sweet delight!

A man and woman should be friends.
It seems to me, it never ends,
If time and tide and circumstance
Contribute to the sweet romance
Of human beings being freeing
To each other,
And a lover
Isn't just another notch
In the gun slung at your crotch.

Love? I don't know, but it's sweet
To sit at the lotus-feet
Of confusion and illusion
Working into understanding,
And a being undemanding,
In acceptance and delight,
Until there really is no fight,
And, dancing to the beat,
I can be me
And you be you,
And ever the twain shall meet.

Greg,

Fabulous!

The budding poet tries again...

Listen, quiet heart, at the break of a new dawn, a yaaawn, a smile, remember a child... my child... my baby Gemini boy, all snuggly and warm... no sadness, just gladness, that he was born, for all is good in our lives, no fears, no tears, these are special years, no need for more, today my heart soars, free of sadness, no violin strings... it was yesteryear, when my heart felt that sting, that longing, that yearning, for one other, and to share love, the love of a Child and Mother... no more need to cling, even for a fleeting moment, to the sad tone of my heart and the violin strings, for now in my heart, the harp sings, the drum beats within, jumping and pumping with love at the break of a new dawn.

Kate,

Beautifully put
I really am impressed with your poetry...you have just made me want to sit down quietly for a while and attempt a verse or two.

I'll be back!!!!!
Love and Laughter,
Kelly-Anne

Gregory/Webmaster/Daddy,

That poem is so AMAZING!!!!!!!!! How did I not hear this before? Such beauty and truth never sounded so sweet. Really, it's quite stunning. Please e-mail me a copy if you would.

Kate, your poems are very beautiful as well. I love the fluidity of them.

Here is another go at a poem/free-verse I wrote last year.

I'm trying to find the love but watch your back, a door opened a crack may swing wide to uncover the trembling existence of a trapped wood nymph living in the branches of my heart, who yearns to roam the mountainsides and rainforests and hills in the untainted magical land of the loving. And the forest of love calls to her, begging to put an end to all suffering and accept the overflowing everlasting cup of the best love you ever tasted. And it will roll over your tongue, as a fever washed away and ignite the burning bursting energy that surges through your body, and shoots out far and wide and long and deep. And it will blanket the entire universe and I will be taken around the moon to the sun and back again and burn burn burn as bright as the firey stars. I am the stars, I am the earth, I am the air. In the divine land of the loving, where wood nymphs play and flower fairies spread love and beauty to life all around them.

With love in my heart,
Isis

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OK here it goes....remember I haven't done this before and I don't believe I am an accomplished poet by any means.....

Skies colored black and blue
I think only of you

Sun you must surely shine
So my heart is truely untwined

I can't give up this fight
I must believe in it's might

Sing me a beautiful song
I need to love thee life long

Love thee not hate thee
Open your third eye and see

My mind needs no permission
My love has no condition

Take me in your arms
And keep our love from harms

I love you my Soul,my Self

Hmmmmm.....I liked it!

Love and Laughter,
Kelly-Anne

Kelly,

Simply wonderful!

*Aries* Kate

Hiii Isis/Greg/Kate/Kelly-anne,

god!!!Iam sooo pleased!!!Budding poets?!!!no way man!!!You guys are really good,way too far from a budding poet.
Amazing/beautiul/excellent!!!
I was just transported elsewhere reading ur lyrics,truly!yknow its so amazing that poetry tells u so much about the individual it comes from!really!Now im having quite a bit of an idea about everyone(i hope that dosent invade ur privacy?!)and its so nice to realise that such beautiful souls abide on this site!!Makes me feel a small pinch of pride and lots of joy!!

Keep it up friends!This is really,reaaly good!!

Another amateur effort:

titled:Im Happy...Today.

Iam happy today.....
suddenly.....

Each breath grants a new life,
time has stopped silently,ethereally.
Iam suspended in a glorious eternity,
Bliss flowing like a golden ocean.Each beat of my heart peirces,
emerging forth the awesome magic,
of love's ultimate,unending power...
that i had long...forgotten.
Feeling formless and yet living,
oh,living indeed to full,this time.
Seems like a hazy,drunken trance,
yet clearly in reach,a promise.
So protected.lying finally secure,
in arms that clasp me so strongly.
Being caressed like the night,stars.
Adored and kissed by gentle,tender eyes,
like the sun lends the moon light.
Standing forever and ever beside,
like a companion of shore,the waves.
Touching each star as i pass on,
on the wings of an exotic breeze.
Swaying like the graceful trees,
having angels in my symphony.
Flowing and discovering my being...
In you,through only you...
I have searched and desired long,
but now does destiny entertain me,
for i have passed my souls test,
and the heavens open before me....

Today and finally iam happy......
I now stand complete...

..Universally.

bye!see u guys with some more gems!
love
shagun.

Shagun!

very beautiful. Absolutely blissful! And a good meditation the day

Love, Isis

I am grateful for this thread as I am a lover of words and poetry! Here are two of my poems...
**********************************
"Singular Gemini"

Holding your own hand,
hadn't you always said
that you were the only one
to understand yourself
completely?

The Twins stand admidst their duality
yet they recognize
the other
They sense, perhaps, the brother, sister,
the lover
And you
resist the company of me

I, the Bull,
who would have held your hand
so effortlessly...

*******************************************
"Astrology's Musical Chairs"

Taurus hurts
Libra sleeps with her
resting her head on his chest.
They feel each others' heartbeats
and feel safe.

Scorpio hurts
Libra sleeps with her in a room
they know well.
They make love for eleven years
and feel safe.

Taurus knows Libra tilts toward devotion
She is alone in bed biting her nails
and spitting them onto the rug.

Scorpio knows Libra tilts toward
new-found love
She reads her harlequin romance to
keep her mind occupied and pets
her cat with low, hard strokes.

Libra serves both loves
striving for balance, equality,
fairiness

The house grows smaller
every day.
*************************************

Thank you for reading!

LMB

Kathleen, of course you may use my poem, I'm very flattered. I've read your Sherdhana's Hand lyrics, and they're wonderful -- all your lyrics are!

Here's another twin-soul song of my own:

Lady light, it's the middle of the night,
And you're not here but I'm feeling alright,
Tonight I'll have to love you in my dreams.
If my heart beat harder it'd bust its seams,
I'm a fool to be rushing in strong,
Where a wise man would have been long gone,
Lady light I feel so free,
And can it be,
You feel the same for me?
It's a mystery,
How we can fly so high and free --
Lady lover, you're the other
Half of me.

Lady kin, you're a twin of mine,
A brother and a mother and an androgyne,
You are in my darkest hour,
When I was a honeybee I knew you as a flower,
I will take you for a ride,
Then I'll meet you on the other side,
Lady light, I loved you when
This world began,
I'll love you when it ends.
Then I'll love you again,
While we fly so high and free --
Lady lover, you're the other
Half of me.

Lady fire, with your desire,
You're fanning my flame and it's crackling higher,
It's not a matter of time or space,
It's not a matter of needing a place,
It's just a matter of needing to
Be dancing through
Eternity with you.
And I always knew,
That we would fly so high and free --
Lady lover, you're the other
Half of me.

Greg,

Your poem is very impassioned and builds to a lovely conclusion. The last stanza is a wonderful vision. I identify--strongly.

KJS

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Like Shagun and others, I am so very impressed by everyone's poetry and emotion here. I look forward to reading more. Keep up the dreaming (and manifesting)!

LMB

Hiii Friends!!

hmmmmm...amazing!did u guys know u were amazing?well,im telling u....ure AMAZING!gosh!each poem seems to take me into ur souls,did you know that?and when u feel the magic of souls.....its like a rainbow shower!music,colour,light!i just feel like glowing!Congratulations all,from the heart!!!

Ok,now this is a poem very close to my heart.It was the time when i was deeply sad,very hopeless,and the poem reflects exactly the state my soul was in...and it was also just before a time when'my saviour 'came,very soon after....
here goes:

Hey up there...
do you listen at all?

Ive been calling...
Ive been knocking.

Hey up there...
do you see at all?

Ive been wounded...
Ive been betrayed.

Hey up there...
do you care at all?

Ive been hurting...
Ive been bleeding.

Hey up there...
ARE you there?

We've been waiting...
Weve been waiting...

bye!
love
shagun.

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A poem about my twin s-elf, wherever he may be. He is named Erich in this poem (and in the series this poem belongs to) but his name could be, really, anything. That name just struck me. "Erich" was written and inspired while listening and absorbing a wonderfully haunting song called "Wilderness" by the group "Dead Can Dance".

********************
"Erich"

And there he stood
Etched in moonlight,dewlight,
twilight and my light.
He had no face to gaze upon
yet he was beautiful.
He had no voice to speak
yet was music was heard.
We looked inside and there
our breath drifted into the wind
So when we touched
we quivered
and upon dancing
we flew.
****************************

LMB

Hi, all

I just wanted to come back to this because I've written a poem, I think you all might enjoy. That is if anyone here is into love and light, and thinks the "system" . . . blows.

We, who choose bindness
over kindness
To see the self
as something ese
Afraid to look bravely
at who we are
To look far
into pasts unseen
At who we've been

Cause me and you
are more than blue
We are dazzling white
And should delight
in our divine right
To dance in the light

As sacred beings
As humans seeing
each other, loving
one another
as sister and brother
is the truth of this madness
And I've had it
with all you fake takers
Who pretend to be
movers and shakers
Who crawl in muck
to make a buck

Cause I'm me
Not some commodity
My body is not for sale
And if you think I've failed
Then you've sold out
It makes me want to shout
. . . And laugh, too

Right on, Isis!!

LMB

Bravo!

Non illegitimatus carborundum.

*************************
"Soliloquy"

Sitting in black belly night
a skeleton leaf tickles
my skin like the stir
of an eyelash.

Ginkgo trees orbit my veins
while the earth pulsates
beneath my feet.

Hush in fire wind
To the moon
I listen:

"It's time to open your eyes"
I think, perhaps,
she is right

that the light might bend
back to me.

******************************

"Prophesizing"

I am meant to be more than I am
More than the times I go crazy and stand
up against the sky wearing black
just so I'm seen.

I am meant to be more than arthritic hands
I wring and wring, reaching out to more
than I have, not having it after all

and I am meant to be more than just
proof of gravity
I've tried to fly - I have.
I've become a pent-up child and tried
to fly over the ocean
just to see
if it would hold me.
************************

Beautiful poems, LMB! I especially love your line, "I am meant to be more than just proof of gravity." Exquisite!

KJS

Hi Pixie, Gregg, Kelly-Anne,Kate, Isis, LMB and KJS,

It was wonderful reading your spiritually-evolved poems
which is inspiring and thought-provoking
Since I am a dreamer too...I'd like to share something with you...

"How many strive
tired and weary each day
to make another's dreams come true ?
But -
what about YOU ?
Don't you have a dream or two
or have you stashed it away
in your crumbled-jumbled mind
crushed so...difficult to find ?
Is that an excuse
to lose
YOURS-ELF
Be one with the crowd
No need to stand out
and be pointed at
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THAT ?
...then, pray, tell me why do you cry
when you are never going to do
what you want to do
to yours-elf never be true...
why ?

Thanks for the chance to spread the wings of poetry...

More later...

*the spirit lives on*...

Dear Pixie,

Was contemplating on your poem - the one that features the Scorpion emotion and your statement of you identifying with Scorpion even though you do not have a Scorpio Moon or Ascendant and then eureka ! - the answer appeared...

Each sunsign is like a characteristic to adapt unto oneself. All the sunsign qualities are present in each of us in varying degrees depending on our sun, moon, ascendant and other planetary position - so it just might be that you worked hard on the scorpion trait or emotion of "passion" since you tuned into it so well - that is why you depict a scorpion attitude when it comes to your ardour with the opposite sex...I guess its our liking for a particular trait that we bring to fore that lies dormant in us and voila...we are surprised that we possess that trait too never even once realising that it is was there within us...so one needn't be a Scorpio to possess this trait, nor be a sag to possess the trait of optimism and trust...it is there in everyone of us...
oui ?

"quite!"

Dear Druid,

THANKS so much for that insightful opinion!!Hmmm...i do think ure right about this.Ysee i feel im so much a scorp when it comes to love!Its funny isnt it?But thanks for putting that in such a wonderful way.Its true,i probably do have a unresolved scorpio part within me.Sounds good to me pix!no wonder we get along!!

Oh by the way....beautiful poem!!!!
love
shagun.

Hiiii friends!!!

Okey!here iam again!!!do i hear a groan?!!!huh?

titled:Who are you?

I guess i shall never come to know,
or even be advised,
of what i feel for you....
Should i accept this love?
Or should i ignore it?
but theres no question about it....
it was there,it is there,
....and it will be for evermore.
A memory,a pang,a restlessness...
do you feel the same too?
Running away,i found myself,
on a distant sea shore....,
in a starless galaxy....,
in a lonely twilight.
Why,who are you to me after all?
holding my soul,my spirit itself,
...in the palm of ur hands?
Tried to conceive a situation,
at the end...without you...
and suddenly,i laughed,because...
even then...you met me there!
Like a never ending round circle.
There never was real living ...
without you...
when did i forget,why did i remember,
feeling torn inside trying to run blindly,
away from...my own being...it seems...
An extension of myself...i see in you.
A tranquility.a peace,a bond...
always there when i reach out.
Invisible yet,eternally in sight...
One of these empty days,filled in you,
just...tell me...
....who are you?
...who really,are you....!

bye my friends!i gotta go now.Pleaseee....dont groan!!
love
shagun.

Hi Pixie,

Loved your poem...
yearning and passionate
and so vulnerable

oh, the throbbing pain of love

thank God i loved
cause to have loved and lost
is better
than living without love...

(I am using someone's line but it serves the purpose).

so my pixiliated friend
you are one lucky soul
to feel such love
its hard to come across some like you
these days...
i'm glad i know you...

takes one soulmate to recognize another - huh

"quite"

love always
druid.

Up in the hills in the peaks of my mind
Sprouts a water spring in a forest of pine
Within this pool of droplets resides
A water fish drifting in suspended time

Many a nights does she stare
At the wondrous moon and the stars in the sky
She says to herself, "Why can't I be there?"
And dreams of having wings bestowed to fly

Up she gazes and imagines the spoor
She must take if she goes in pursuit
And although she dreams of being a bird
She knows in her heart it will never come true

So up she stares and never looks down
And dreams of all the happiness she would have
If she ever had even the slightest chance to become

A star up in heaven

Well that's my contribution! It was one of my first poems so hopefully I've evolved since then. I LOVE all your poems. They're just absolutely aesthetic and inspiring. What a lovely assurance to know that in a world of chaos there will always be miracles and magic happening everyday!
Seamistress

WOW!!

Hi Seamistress,

Lovely poem...

set the spirit free...

after reading your poem, i realised just how claustrophobic this human body can be...

gotta evolve to reach the top.

thanks...

any more poems ?

love
druid.

Hiii seamistress!!

sniff...sob!!!****

did you know i was a piscean...a fish...with probably the same musings as the little sea fish?
Seamistress...this was magical!!!
love and hugs
starry eyed shagun

Thanks guys,
I love this topic! And I love reading all your poems and ideas.
Druid 33 thank you for your comments, I suppose the human body is claustrophobic, oh well I still enjoy being in it. I enjoy all your poems, they're so deep and magical!
Shagunj, I love 'Hardwork!' It was so powerful did you write it about someone or was it all in your head? Keep writing
Seamistress

hey guys what up? i am busy college student so i have to make this quick. i just want to tell all of you how much potential you all have. anyway, here are a few thought i had to jot down the other night.

can i learn to live
can i learn to give
through my heart to all in need
can i seperate mys-elf from greed

how the world would feel the lift
with new eyes i feel the attention shift

from just one gift?

throght my priorities i now must sift

and ever dreaming through time to find the place of home that once was mine.

different worlds of love i now create
if time were real i'd have to wait

well hope ya guys like it - gotta roll

love, simon

Hi Simon,

Welcome to the budding poets forum and thanks for your poem. Its wonderful - what had me nodding my head vigorously was :

"...ever dreaming through time to find the place of home that once was mine..."

Bingo ! You sure zoomed me with that line...

The talent on the thread is AWESOME & AWE-INSPIRING...

keep'em coming friend.

love
druid.

Hello again !

I am working on the "poetic presentation" of astrology, and I thought it would be fun to send in a poem I created on the "moon-in-aries character...so check it out !

"Do you know whats it like
to have your moon in Aries ?
Let me tell you...

Your emotions are on fire
what you feel is pure desire
to love and hate and create
a fairy-tale kind of love affair
beneath a long-forgotten castle stair...

your emotions are strong
they push you along
with a force that never dies
no matter how many times you've tried
to quell its burning drive
to reach the truth of yesteryear...

your warmth and innocence
in love and hate
induces lovers and enemies
into a passionate state
driven along by your powerful emotions
washed and re-washed in your turbulent oceans
of intense feelings...

Fired and inspired you ever are
belief in miracles and the evening star
independent and wild
so much of the child
in you...

watch out for jealousy and pride
as you trustingly stride
in your armour of naivete
they can destroy your sensitivity
and weaken your strong will
making you ill
with pain and no gain
and suffering for no reason at all
just because you fall
so easily into their trap !

But I know you, brave warrior of the heart
you never give up once you start
in any emotional endeavour
you seek to render
the long-lost innocence and faith
in true love surrender
with a passion so true
spiritually anew
with love
you give away so generously
every bit of you..."

Any Aries and "moon-in-aries" out there who agree ?

love
"moon-in-aries" druid

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Hiiii druid!!

i LOVE that poem!!!ohhhhh!i simply adored that one!!can u feel the energy of my approval?i hope u can!!

well,i do have my venus in aries....so im writing out one aries poem here...tell me if it identifies with an aries?

titled:NO

The way you smile.....
its like someone pinched you!
those eyes...
i wonder why they light up..
..at the sight of me?
u love challenging my wits ,dont u?
They told me u were handsome....
they need glasses!!
When u first spoke...
my god.....
i though u were choking,really!
I think personally...
that i have never met,
a person so unappealing as you.
Youre not even intelligent..
as they all claim...
ask me!ive studied you well.
and NO!!
Iam not madly in love with u...
im not,im not,im not!!!!

haha!i dont know if that really an arian girl trying to tell herself she HAS NOT found the prince of her dreams or whether its a leo who encounters another and cant beleive he is the same as her!!

u tell me!!!
love
shagun.

Bingo girl !!!

Must have been a very arrogant and independent "leo"

or a playful mocking "Sagittarian"

Have you thought about it -

your rising Saggy girl ?

Love you, bundle of energy !

druid.

Druid u are very kind!!!i miss ur mails!!

well,yeah maybe saggi rising?ok,heres one i write on neptunians,my piscean buddies.

Titled:Independence

Making numerous partial lists,
of things that i could do.
Wondering just how ever,
I shall cope with ur abcense.

Comforting myself persistantly,
you would be gone only a day...
...one whole unending day,
Making me cry desolate tears.

Then those agonising times,
when in a minutes invisibility....
and i'de reach and grope in bed,
consoling myself of ur presence.

Remembering ur cutting remark,
"you behave like ure abandoned"!
I had clung harder to ur arm,
even avoiding the idea like plague!

Obeying every conceivable tradition,
lest i anger the strange unknown.
Who could snatch you away,
even if for a seconds half!

* ** ** ** *

Now,ive changed,of course...
actually doing the jobs enlisted.
Your absence now,not a day,but forever..
The day u decided....
to teach me Independence....

well,i dont know if ANYONE could identify with this poem!!!its absolutely...weak!!!
But yes,there were times when i have felt exactly like that.and i do i have truly learnt independence.Losing urself in someone is never the answer.

love
shagun.

Sigh...how right you are !!!

"Losing yourself in someone is never the answer..."

Thanks for that wonderful piece of wisdom, just what I needed, now that I am in "the down-in-the-depths-of-depression"

"knowing that you are losing your(s)elf in someone is the answer to realising your independence"

Wonderful poem though pixie, even though it "w(r)eaks" of weakness...I sometimes behave this way though.

Nothing but fear...whoever said we have nothing to fear but fear itself, sure knew what s/he was talking about or hadn't the vaguest idea...

toss the dice and (d)(e)(c)(i)de...

thanks once again pixie and i will send you a mail shortly. My e-mails "youandiforever" and "aphrodite888" are giving trouble...some problem with the hotmail server...but "lexigrams" is back in action - so you'll be receiving one shortly...

till then keep writing 'em poems...do you know that "poem" is "mope" and that this word vibrates to the number...24, the karmically fortunate number (single no.6 of love).

So you see all poems (adding the "s" makes the word vibrate to "27" - 9, note the 6-9 vibration here) are personifications of LOVE...so keep writing !!!

Love ya
druid.

Dear Druid!!

Thanks a lot!that poem was really close to my heart,however weak and it feels good to be accepted.

My god druid....u are a GENIUS!!!what a wonderful mind u have to create such amazing lexigrams!!u sure do have a lot of fans at this site im sure,including me.wonderful!!

So,when are we getting more of ur poems?im dying to read them!!truly!!

I shall be waiting for ur mails.

seamistress....where are you?i still cant forget ur haunting poem.we need more!!!

love
shagun.

I have been "encouraged" to share.......

Spiritual Reflection

In search of the truth
how many will find
it lies in the heart
of our complex mind.
To reap what we sow
how many of us know
life is for giving,
for loving,
for growth.
A gentle breeze
a warm spring rain
how nature can cleanse
and so much to gain.
A search in our hearts
is all that it takes
to find the real truth
with no need to escape.
The hearts of us all
will one day unite
to shower each soul
with sunshine so bright.

Hello everyone!
Don't worry I haven't left, I've just been really busy. I was wondering what other poem I could put up here and then I thought of the perfect one! It's called

THE STAR

When someone goes away it's like looking up at the sky
And seeing the brightest star shining away
It encumbers you as you want to fly
Fly to them but you cannot stay

Days drag on slowly as you wait for the night
To see your shining star smiling down upon you
The gentle gleamingness of their light
Makes you light up inside and feel the glow too

Then one night while searching the dark
The star is gone and the night feels cold
It's disappeared like a spark
Into the galaxy beyond the secrets told

You know it's there but in a different place
A different form, a different name
Yet still you hope they'll come back some day
And you wait patiently as if it were a game

As you look at the sky you see a dot
That's even more brilliant than the sun
A new star was born to fill the spot
And nothing was lost, just temporally gone

Hope you enjoy,
Seamistress

Hiiii seamistress!!!

once again,u made me feel...incredible!!actually i am fascinated by stars,they mean a hell of a lot to me and i always meditate on them.so when someone uses the word 'stars' in their language...i just feel...magic!!Indeed an englightening poem.

Well,here im writing another of my poems.hehheee!why the laugh?lol!!er...i find it kinda funny yknow?it reminds me of my virgo moon.what do u think?

Titled: reality

Ever heard a heartbeat,
that thunders...
Of a tear,that floods...,
of a touch,that makes love?

Ever experianced a laugh,
that brings up a sunrise...,
a pulse that is infinite,
a frown bring a cataclysm?

Ever seen a sway,
that makes the trees dance...
a whisper that starts a storm...,
a silence that forms eternity?

Ever heard,seen or experianced ....true love?

......Neither have i!!!!!!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
shagun,

Hello Everybody,

Just like to log on one of my poems...you bubble up that inspiration in me...and once it starts there's no end...so, once more...

The fairies left our love and went away
I really think they wanted to stay
We kept promising them that night
would soon be day
Alas ! We broke our promise to their
deep dismay.

yet so gentle and kind that their tender
hearts are -
they just sent me a wish on a twinkling
star
telling me that they were just gone
for awhile
and if I should need them -
well all I have to do is simply smile.

But I think we hurt them far too much
for lately, they trembled at our
lightest touch
I guess the reason they've moved awat
is to refresh their spirits under a
sunshine day...

Do you think we should call them back ?
request them to heal what we now lack ?
'Cause you see our love has died
Oh ! Its tragic
to resurrect it we need their magic !

Or do you think we should let them be
part our way eternally
let them find other hearts to give
for LOVE and MAGIC need each other to live !

love
druid.

PS : Venus...answer my prayer but do
hurry !!!

Pixie : Your poem is absolutely stunning...
brilliant and touching...
I felt exactly as you said
because...
of true love !!!

Druuuuuuuid!!!

THAT was my FAVOURITE poem!!!!
Ogoshhh!its sooo ssensitive...that if u even read it aloud u could hurt the fairies...so tremblingly sensitive druid!!!
Yes,i know THATS what u are most of the time gentle cappy...and i wish noone ever hurts u and venus takes u in her folds....very soon!

love and best wishes
shagun.

Shagunj,
That was absolutely beautiful! So inspiring and it has some sort of hidden passion or emotion that no one else can see. A sort of secret guarded until the right time.
Druid33,
That too was beautiful my friend! Simply stunning. I think I see Venus popping her head in through my window reading your poem! Perhaps she has heard your plead! Keep smiling
Seamistress

Thanks seamistress!!!
***smile***
love
shagun.

Hello Seamistress,

There is no way Venus is not going to answer me with all those "deep" Scorpion and Piscean (shagun, r u listenin') manifestations that it should come true.

When it does, I'll share the joy with you.

thanks...i'm glad you liked my poem.

you got any more ?

love
druid

Hello Seamistress,

Am glad you liked the poem.

I am sure with all your deep Scorpion wishes for manifestation, Venus will come by soon (like Santa) to give me the gift.

any more of your soul-touching poems ?

love
druid

Hello Everybody

RISE AND SHINE !!!

Here's two more poem to add to our list :

What sound befalss my errant ears
sounds so sharp and searing ?
Its only the cry of murdered fowls
the hunters are a-reaping...

what prodded footsteps do I hear
In fear as they go marching ?
Its only the hooves of the bleating goats
being led for the palace feasting...

what, O what are those mournful sighs
coming from over yonder ?
Only the cows just crying out loud
astheir calves are put asunder...

From whence do earthly burning smells
Emit a sound of squealing ?
Its only when the pigs do sense
Their skins scorch from roasting...

And Hark ! What rhythmic thump I hear
that seldom lasts awhile ?
Its only the fishes jumping aboard
Their last few minutes alive...

Must tortuous sounds made such as these
Bewitch the human auricle ?
Could not these gentle creatures pray
For some glorious miracle ?

Will their pitieous cries not stir our souls
must they in bondage ever be ?
Will not a Saviour step out forth
and set these creatures free ?

Humans, take heed of the voice within
And let these gentle creatures be
That soon we may, as kindred souls,
Live for Eternity.

love and peace
druid

Today I wish to focus on the "MOON-IN-TAURUS"

What of Moon-in-Taurus
only emotions so stable and serious
and sensual.

Do you know why
they hardly every cry
(on the outside)
It is because they are patient
and tolerant
and they wait
however late
for things to happen...

Their emotions are powerful and deep
do not judge them by their look so meek
this is the wolf in sheep's clothing
the wild bull in a china shop
who rushes headlong in rage
destroying everything within the range
of its gauge
this is Taurus emotion
when aroused to its fullest
don't push it !

But they are steady and dependable
so lovable and huggable
You can't but give in
to their sensual Taurean whim
at any given hour of the day
they must have their way
come what may...

They need your touch
oh ! so very much
and they'll return your love double-fold
sometimes more that you can ever hold
in one lifetime.

love
druid.

Hello my fellow loving souls!

I am not a poet but I thought that I would share a short story I wrote which is on my web site. With your permission I will start.

As I travel deep within my soul, I begin by trying to understand the cosmic symbolism's and countless meanings bestowed upon me by my higher wisdom. Guiding me ever so gently through waves of endless emotions, it teaches and embraces my soul with an infinitum of hope and desire. When I feel less than the feeling of happiness or joy, a familiar yet distant voice speaks to me. With the softness of a whisper like the wings of a dove, the spirit caries me to the greater heights of wonder and ecstasy. Lighting my way towards boundless love and light, I begin to realize that I am not alone. Still, I resist and thus, I remain entrenched by my own illusive turmoil. Fragmented and crippled as I may believe, I remain in the hands of injustice who have taught me less than who I am. To no avail of such hindrance, I am still a warrior. Battling the bleakness of my inner world, I would surrender to no other than the God of light. For it is with he in which I emerge victoriously from many of life's battles. Within the spiritual realms of the universe, there remains an understanding of the ebbs and flows of life. Like the oceanic body of emotional tides pushing and pulling, weaving and intertwining the very fabrics of my being, it allows me to develop a lightness of spirit which gently caries me to my final destiny. I preserve the notion that strength and power lives within me and is to be shared among the many who have diverted themselves from such understanding. As I travel through the shadows of the unknown, I carry with me a pillar of strength, courage, and fortitude. I imagine to have no bounds in all that I may face in the valleys below. I surrender to an existence much greater than I could possibly imagine. And as I carry all of my hopes and wishes to such an existence of great magnitude, I shall find peace and tranquility in all its magnificence. For I know that love is everlasting, and so, I share my love selflessly to all.

Thank you for allowing me to share my writing with you. God Bless!

A fellow ARIES.

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Thanks for sharing that, WiseSoul. Very introspective and thought-provoking, beautiful imagery.

Thank you kindly Gregory. It was my first attempt at writting a story and reflective of my past.

Again, I thank you for your kind sentiments.

God Bless!

Wisesoul-33 - that was simply divine...drenched in emotions...it was
an ambrosial experience...wow !!!
got any more ?

Well, the budding poets corner has been too long left unopened...so I resurrect this forum once more...

How do you pretend a coldness you don't feel
How do you pretend your love isn't real
How do you shake hands when you want to kiss
How do you pretend you don't need that bliss?

How do you listen to words that scar your heart
How do you shrug carelessly while you're being torn apart
How do you walk away when you know this love is true
How do you really live when there is only half of you ?

How do you stop the tears that scald your tortured soul
How do you stay calm when you're out of control
How do you live each minute when he/she's not there
How do you turn away when you really care ?

How do you accept fate that can be changed
How do you let him/her know that life can be "re-arranged"
How do you still the voice that pleads to try
How do you speak while you still cry ?

How do you learn karmic lessons when you hurt so much
How do you love another when you long for his/her touch
How do you heal a heart that's broken beyond repair
How do you accept a load when its hard to bear ?

How do you smile complacently when others sneer
How do you walk with courage when you're filled with fear
How do you wait in hope that he/she'll come by
How do you know he/she'll realise LOVE before you die ?

love
druid

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Wisesoul,
That was positively breathtaking, and reviving, no that's not the word I'm looking for. It was reliving! What do you mean you're not a poet? With that kind of writing you could write a whole book of poetry! I loved it.
Druid,
That was so beautiful. You never fail to impress me! I'm glad you resurrected this thread, I missed it! Any more poems?
Seamistress

Dear Seamistress,

Thanks for your sincere compliment...I'm so glad you liked my poem...

I look forward to one your "deep" ones too...thanks once again...

and yes...

I'll be back !

love and peace
druid

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Hello wonderful people,

I have another one just for you guys...
On your marks, get set and GOOOOOOOO !

The Revelation

Said a spirit to God, "Oh, grant me dear Lord
To be what I would wish for in this life
and judge me fair my plea, as I wait on bended knee
aware that you have understood my strife.

I would wish to be the Sun, for I could shine on Everyone
and warm their cold and dreary hearts each day
Or, I would wish to be the Moon, quite the opposite of Noon
Casting silvery beams along one's trodden way.

Oh, how I'd wish to be a Star, shining forth from near or far
fulfilling eager wishes by the score
Or I could be a lake, washing people wide awake
Flowing gently down to join a distant shore.

What if I could be a Flower, spreading perfumes by the hour
and greeting people as they pass me by
Or can I wish to be a Tree
spreading natural shade for free
where people rest and soothe a tired eye

What if I could be a Bird, chirping songs one never heard
Happy music for the lonely and the old
Or could I be a breeze, changing as and when I please
Once from warm to hot and then to cool and cold ?

And I would love to be a Fire, blazing brightly with desire
making young hearts sense their feelings all aglow
Yes, I'd wish to be anything but a poor human being
all wrapped up in his misery and woe !

"Now wait a minute" said God "and do not think me odd
When I reveal a secret that is true
No matter what's been said, in all the books you've read
I was once a wistful human such as you !"

So stand up, don't be sad, in fact you should feel glad
That you too can possess all magic power
Go forth and be brave and stop acting like a slave
and be the God you, deep down, really are !!!

So much for wishful thinking !

hey guys... where are your contributions...let's have some music on this thread...

love
druid

Druid that was soooo beautiful. You are really a true poet!

Okay, I can't leave that lovely energy lonely on this thread, so here's one of my whirlwinds for you
---------------
The Circle-Song Singer

Come listen my friends, I want you to hear
About a circle-song singer who was singing in my ear,
With his near-beer spilled and his pill-box filled
With exotic pot that would bring you right here.

It was clear, thought I,
That his circle song sigh
Was a cry of delight
And a fanciful flight
From the hardcore bore of the forty-four
That was staring him straight in the eye.

Now you might well wonder
Why the gun was there,
But it was in his mind,
And I didn't much care,
I was aware, you see,
Of his fantasy,
It was the start of the circle
He was singing to me!

Well, the circle song singer
Sang a simple circle-song,
Like a yin-yang boomerang,
Rebound around town,
Up-down, square-round,
Wake-sleep, shallow-deep,
Man, it was a song to behold!

Old-timers died, new babies cried,
Soft summer nights sprinkled starry lights
On the heavenly screen of the TV dream
Of the great soap opera in the sky,

Why, I could feel the eternal wheel,
In its slow motion, beneath the commotion
Of puppy-love dreams and the rat-trap schemes
Of millionnaires in their tiger lairs,
Where love's unknown and death's in the air.

Well, he sang of love, and he sang of pain,
Of scorpion nights and the monsoon rain-
Drenched grain seeds sprouting up to feed the life
That loves like the sun and cuts like a knife,
Then dies again and sinks to the Earth
To grow new grain, and bring new birth.
And I felt as if I were a part of it all,
Of the rise and fall, and the cycle of death
And life, and love, and the cosmic breath
That blows into each brand-new form
The winds of change,
And the heavenly storm
That chases its tail
And playfully sails
Off into the sunset with minnows and whales.

So lost in joy was I that when
He finished, and I looked round again,
The circle-song singer had up and gone,
With his gun and guitar, and his circle song.

Well, circle-song singers are a dying breed,
And I guess he'll be sent out somewhere to feed,
In the cool green pasteurized disguise
Of the lies our lives lead, bound in ties,
But love's circle-spirit, I've heard it said,
Stays with you from birth 'til the day you are dead,
And I would not be in the least surprised,
If one dark night, with tears in my eyes,
I should wake from a nightmare dream to find,
The circle-song singer singing in my mind.

Simply beautiful...Gregg...simply beautiful...

The concise use of words in poetic style to enrich each line with power and meaning...

I am all awash...and there are goosebumps all over !!!

Yes, all of us have a Circle-Song Singer who revives the magic and truth...no matter how weary we've become and how much we give up...suddenly like a rainbow...this Singer is there !!!

Beautiful, touching and poignant poem !!!

Any more Gregg !

love
druid

Well I guess everyone is down with the Columbine Tragedy and the Timor one...this is a kind of verse I wrote some years back when I was filled with anger at the apparent hypocrisy of society and their "un" realisation to any kind of truth...

They said I was insane
just because I laughed to myself
and threw a few pebbles at their window panes
in my grown-up garments...
they wanted me out of the way
these so-called "normal" people
because they were scared
because they felt I was a nuisance
and a menace to society
and, at times, they laughed at me
Their children called me peculiar names
and tied rusty cans to my coat tail
crying in excitement
to see me dragging those noisy cans with me
and I laughed with them
for I loved the little ones
and I danced and sang and shouted aloud
till my brain felt numb
and I dropped at the feet of jeering faces
before a last look at the tears in my mother's eyes...

so, I'm in prison - I call it
a hospital - they call it
garbed in starched hard-white garments
just like those doctors
with their ruthless attendents
the only difference
I have no name
only a number
a place where I can't complain for they'll think I make excuses

Now and then I submit to their pitiless authority
for refusing to do what they say
while their country preaches Democracy
rhymes well with mockery...I giggle
Freedom to speak and think and do what one feels
without being a menace to society

Yes...a story of hypocrisy
a treacherous guise for truth
for I have seen with mine own eyes
bloodshed, warfare, hatred, cruelty
among these so-called "sane" ones
whether political, religious or personal
where they enjoy cutting and slicing one another
as they once did way back in a science class
when they dissected a frog.

I see them all, these hypocrital people
divided into groups
the collegiates who are want to ape these psuedo grown-ups
running around like wild beasts
leashing their fury, venting their hate
burning their books
in the blessed name of Freedom
misusing the feminine sex
in an urge to prove their manhood
such pathetic creatures
deformed even before they grow !

I see these people categorised in groups
each with their own leader
and their own sermons of peace and a better living
while they mercilessly persecute and deride
their "competitors"
and riotise their city
and I think of my schooldays
when we were divided into "houses" or "teams"
in the spirit of true sportsmanship
to better our own school, our pride
to help us individually achieve higher standards
but in this deadly game, I see the name of POWER
moulded in letters of blood
the blood of the humans...

I see them, these mephistophlean inventors
who bubble mysterious liquids
and effervescent gases
like accomplished warlocks
who piece together bits of metal
as would a child with toy bricks
and cackle hysteriously at their gory success
when they are showered with awards and publicity
for blowing to bits all forms of life
all in the name of "Science"
for protection - they call it
and I laugh in terror for the innocents...

In my little world
I live alone
barricaded from reaching out to them
fighting to quell those juvenile urges
that prevent me from being understood
making me a walking-talking robot
with a faulty mechanism
which they cannot repair.

So where does justice really sit
most surely not among those pannelled judges
who balance the scales
as when one tosses a dice
in a hope to win
while they watch with bated breath
to see who is the winner
leaving it to chance...

And I wait, day after day,
in my den,
locked up...
serving my sentence by your twisted judgement
for freedom
while you continue to worship those demons
who kill, murder, plunder, terrorise and hate
with frenzied rites...
self-destruction - I call it
and I wonder...

WHY AM I HERE ?!!!

Whew had to get the steam off...these massacres just stir up old, boiling passions...

Love and Light fill me with your violet flame...that I may forgive and forgive...70 times 7...to go to heaven !!!

Peace to all
druid

Hello Everyone!!!

Well as I said, I'm not a poet but I would like to share another one of my writtings with you if I may.

~*~*~*~WHISPERING WINDS~*~*~*~

Deep into the night, I sat and pondered beneath the glittering moonlight and begun to imagine my world of days gone by. I remembered the laughter as well as the sadness which swept my heart and created my longing for love. I imagined a world without love and was embellished by sadness. My cheeks were with wetness from gentle tears strolling their way down to my chin. I had been stricken with grief. I gazed into the midnight sky and focused on the richness and depth of such a vast universal sky. A star shimmering in the sky appeared to have heard my deepest thoughts and begun to dance a splendid array of colors for me to see. Blessed be "I thought to my self" had I surely been heard? Suddenly but gracefully, a gentle whispering wind had begun to blow but like no other I've experienced. It penetrated the deepest part of my heart, my very soul had been touched. I was embraced by God. In my minds eye, I was receiving visions of all the good and bad that I had done. There was no judgement bestowed upon me for I was siting on a thrown in judgement of myself. I was shown the effects in heaven of my smallest acts of kindness to others. I could see angels shining brightly and dancing in the distance. I then realized that these acts had been long forgotten and had been taken for granted. Without delay, a spirit had shown me how much I had touched the hearts of souls with my kindness and love no matter how small I may have thought. I was in astonishment of this great insight. The midnight sky once again begun to appear as it was and I sat for a moment longer. I understood more of the meaning of life and of love then I ever have. I then raised myself up in joy and thanked this night to the whispering winds.

~*~*~*~*~*~The End~*~*~*~*~*~

A fellow ARIES

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Ohh! Wisesoul

Thought provoking, heart-warming, it sounds like you actually experienced this.
Just amazing
Love and Laughter,
Kelly-Anne

What beautiful sentiments abound in this House... I want to thank you all for sharing your precious gems of poesie and also for helping me to remember a story I wrote--not so long ago--for a collection of fairy tales inspired by beautiful, forgotten women.

One such woman is Kalyb--the muse of St. George, the latter whose "day" is April 23rd--coming right up--so perhaps even more fitting I tell this anecdote.

George loved Kalyb with an intense passion but he was proud and would not confess his adoration, so the Lady of the Wood decided to teach her Knight a lesson. One day she went away from the Black Tower they shared, without word or trace and, in vain, George searched the English countryside for the other half of his heart.

When the Mistress of Coventry was deemed lost to the Glade of Bran, the future Saint returned to an empty home and was shocked to find a horrible dragon threatening Kalyb's castle. Trained in the art of chivalry, George drove the monster into the Tower keep, locking the grate and returning to his Quest for his Mistress.

George rode away, leaving his prize to contemplate its doom. Removing chain mail, armour and serpentine helmet, the Gorgon, sweet Kalyb, took up prisoner's pen and paper, writing this poem for future generations:

"One day will the Legend of George be avenged,
For a poet to Queen will rise up among men.
He will write of this battle,
He will record my fair name
And the soul of his Mistress my spirit will flame;
You will know that I live in her beautiful frame,
For her hair will be scarlet and Gloriana her name:
Yet the sign that will blaze as a comet of Light,
By which you will know me and pledge her due fright,
Is the Snake that coils up the length of her sleeve~
Kneel down, kiss her hem and Kalyb you please."

The Kalyb, Great Lady of the Woods, laughed a low, fearful laugh and gazed into the scrying mirror her otherworldly subjects produced.

And that's Miss Olivia's St. George Poem. I want all you Knights, in particular, to remember the story of Kalyb this Friday and be especially nice to your damsels, ça va?

@~~~>~~~>

PS: Guess the Poet and the Queen and Miss Olivia will send the first correct answer a bottle of Champers~~Here's to England and St. George!

Thank you Kelly-Anne, druid33, Seamistress and everyone. Your words of kindness and appreciation have truly touched me deeply. Thank you ever so much!

God Bless!

A fellow ARIES

Wisesoul -

that was amazing and extremely beautiful...the way you write...just keeps softening each core our "hard" beings...it was breathtakingly beautiful - it was as if I could feel just what you were experiencing and suddenly realise it was me...

truly beautiful and insightful...

Olivia, thanks for sharing the beautiful twin story of George and Kalyb...true passion always makes my eyes misty...I remember them this Friday for sure...the magical no. 5 (23) no doubt has to be involved !

How amazing duid 33...Kalyb was the 5th story in a series of..26, oh well, close.

But, I was born on 5/5...does that count? Chronologically, I saw 23 a couple of years ago...light years...lol!

Speaking of light years ... that's how long it's taking this thread to load on slower machines, because it's soooo loooong now! I am going to start a new thread called "Budding Poets II" so we can continue this lovely lyrical thread without scrolling forever.

Onward and upward!