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Jan-30-2007 08:15

I make this thread in honor of my good friend BadAss. He and I discussed how it would be nice to have more poetry, so he we go. Now we can all sit around drinking coffee and writing poetry.

I'll put a poem later.

Poets come

Dec-6-2008 01:34

in my own railroad car
I dream of waiting on the tall blonde wooden benches
in a grand station aglow with grace
and then standing out on the platform
and feeling the air on my face

give back the night its distant whistle
give the darkness back its soul
give the big oil companies the finger finally
and relearn how to rock-n-roll
yes, the lessons are all around us and a change is waiting there
so it's time to pick through the rubble, clean the streets
and clear the air
get our government to pull its big dick out of the sand
of someone else's desert
put it back in its pants
and quit the hypocritical chants of
freedom forever

cuz when one lone phone rang
in two thousand and one
at ten after nine
on nine one one
which is the number we all called
when that lone phone rang right off the wall
right off our desk and down the long hall
down the long stairs
in a building so tall
that the whole world turned
just to watch it fall

and while we're at it
remember the first time around?
the bomb?
the Ryder truck?
the parking garage?
the princess that didn't even feel the pea?
remember joking around in our apartment on avenue D?

can you imagine how many paper coffee cups would have to change their design
following a fantastical reversal of the New York skyline?!

it was a joke, of course
it was a joke
at the time
and that was just a few years ago
so let the record show
that the FBI was all over that case
that the plot was obvious and in everybody's face
and scoping that scene
religiously
the CIA
or is it KGB?
committing countless crimes against humanity
with this kind of eventuality
as its excuse
for abuse after expensive abuse
and it didn't have a clue
look, another window to see through
way up here
on the 104th floor
look
another key
another door
10% literal
90% metaphor
3000 some poems disguised as people
on an almost too perfect day
must be more than poems
in some asshole's passion play
so now it's your job
and it's my job

Dec-6-2008 01:36

to make sure they didn't die in vain
sshhhhhh....
baby listen
hear the train?

(Poem entitled 'Self-Evident', circa 2001-02)

Dec-10-2008 08:05

Ooo! I got cold chills!

Dec-19-2008 00:53

Wow! Three posts! Sorry I'm not reading that! LOL

Dec-19-2008 00:59

Loolooloo,
where are you?
we never missed you, friend
we were glad
to see you sad
and whimpering til' the end.


I'm sorry to say
but you're not okay,
but glad to sing this tune.
Stay off of Sleuth
you nasty youth,
and come back on a blue moon.
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Not poetic genius, I know, but it didn't have to be. One of my friends on SOM wrote this to a spammer and fowarded it to me. T'was quite effective. Served it's purpose well, even though I'm not yet sure what that purpose was. ;-)

Dec-19-2008 01:00

*sorry, that should be "I'm glad to sing this tune"* That was silly. ;-)

Dec-22-2008 11:53

Ummm... Okay. lol

I am in a writing frenzy lately. Inspiration in New Hampshire. :)

The Cafe

At the cafe alone
I watch you walk by
Every day we are here
But I can't catch your eye

I know your kind
You could never be wrong
If only you'd stop
And ask me to tag along.

I don't know where you go
I don't know who you see
But every night I pray
It soon will be me.

And then the next day
Here I am again
You're walking down the street
I stand, and then

Hello, how are you?
I'm here every day.
I was just wondering
Do you think you could stay?

Jan-9-2009 08:22

I am currently in the process of applying to a 3 week artsy/creative writing program for this summer. The judges liked my essay and teacher references, so I audition tomorrow. Portfolio review, interrogation, and an on-site writing activity.

Wish me luck!!

Jan-9-2009 09:19

Good luck, Sara Lou! Sounds like a great way to spend the summer.

Jan-9-2009 10:25

Sara Lou, that's fabulous!! Good luck! :)