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 | Buried Treasure
Re-post your best writes from the past. | 26 | 225 | Sat Jan 14th, 2012 03:03 pm
by Serah
in Success?  | | The Village Greene
General poems of no specific nature. | 657 | 4,223 | Fri Jan 27th, 2012 04:40 am
by Erthona
in The End | | The Open Field
Genuine off-the-top-of-your-head observations, written NOW | 39 | 324 | Thu Jan 19th, 2012 05:13 am
by Serah
in shhh... | | The Gauntlet
Poetic challenges from members to all comers. Post your replies here or in the other forums. | 35 | 1,165 | Sat Jan 7th, 2012 02:31 am
by Erthona
in The KingPoets A to Z Challenge | | The Muse's Cave
Poems about writing, inspiration, and playing with the muse. | 16 | 143 | Sat Dec 31st, 2011 06:36 pm
by Serah
in My Passion | | The Sundial
Poems about this day and age, the modern world. | 173 | 1,443 | Wed Jan 11th, 2012 08:28 am
by Erthona
in Nephilim | | The Cathedral
Anything of a religious nature (for OR against) | 220 | 1,683 | Sun Jan 1st, 2012 10:24 am
by Erthona
in Baal, Baal, Golden Lamb | | The Jester's Playhouse
We love comedy at Rhymalot! | 349 | 2,522 | Fri Jan 27th, 2012 04:48 am
by Erthona
in The Antidote | | The Queen's Boudoir
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by Erthona
in The Lumberjack | | The Jousting Arena
Political and Controversy! | 115 | 873 | Thu Dec 29th, 2011 07:11 pm
by Erthona
in Out of Bounds | | Merlin's Mirror
Poems about yourself, feelings, memories, etc. | 319 | 2,050 | Sat Jan 14th, 2012 03:11 am
by Erthona
in Hercynian | | The Royal Orchard
Nature poems. | 153 | 1,204 | Mon Jul 25th, 2011 05:09 am
by Erthona
in A Red Rose. by E.R.Cherry. 2009. | | The Nannie's Nursery
Poems written with children in mind. | 100 | 813 | Sat Sep 17th, 2011 04:42 pm
by Erthona
in The Caribbean In My Eyes | | The Dragon's Lair
Fantasy, Vampires, Unicorns, Gothic...YOU name it! | 106 | 679 | Thu Dec 29th, 2011 06:19 pm
by Kilpop
in Beyond The Cusp (Drown) | | The Smith's Forge
Form Poetry, Haikus, Sonnets, proper verse. | 157 | 1,318 | Sat Jan 14th, 2012 02:31 pm
by Serah
in Mused | | The Torture Chamber
Poems of heartbreak, sorrow and tears. | 213 | 1,402 | Thu Dec 29th, 2011 06:14 pm
by Kilpop
in The Last Word | | The Spinning Chamber
Experimental work, and exceptionally graphic poetry, that may be too much for "normal" forums. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK | 39 | 274 | Thu Jan 12th, 2012 08:36 pm
by Erthona
in "Yes" | | Waxing Lyrical
Lyrics, and songs you've recorded | 35 | 258 | Sat Dec 25th, 2010 11:04 pm
by Erthona
in Times | | The Town Crier
Spoken poetry where you can hear the writer speak their verse | 51 | 379 | Fri Oct 21st, 2011 02:46 pm
by Erthona
in Worn and Torn | | The Weaver's Loom
Short stories, and stuff. | 84 | 515 | Thu May 19th, 2011 01:18 pm
by joe mambo
in Take Me Home |
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| THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE |
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| BECOME A KNIGHT
 How to join the Round Table and have your own forum. | 3 | 26 | Mon Jan 2nd, 2012 12:38 pm
by Erthona
in Death to spam | | The Fox's Den
From the shores of Mongolia... | 7 | 51 | Tue Aug 23rd, 2011 03:47 am
by Erthona
in Where is your brain? | | Dawn's Dungeon
The Lady WittyBartendar welcomes your jesty input. | 6 | 164 | Tue Jul 26th, 2011 09:29 pm
by rws
in The Veranda | | The Coffee Shop
David tells of his life as a Postulent with the Capuchins. | 301 | 781 | Sat Jul 30th, 2011 04:17 am
by rws
in Treasure | | Ted's Shed
Sir Ted Cherry welcomes you... | 16 | 339 | Mon Oct 24th, 2011 08:26 pm
by Erthona
in The Seasons | | Sweet Caroline's Corner
the sweetest spot at KP | 7 | 673 | Fri Aug 5th, 2011 06:48 pm
by rws
in Vent Venue | | Treasure Island
 Sir Ben Gunn is the chief pirate here... | 48 | 2,500 | Wed Oct 19th, 2011 04:26 am
by Serah
in My Favourite Poem - "The Listeners" | | Sir Dreamwarrior
the Dwayne in Spain stays mainly...oh, you know... | 76 | 722 | Fri Aug 5th, 2011 06:23 am
by Erthona
in Talenthouse | | Lady LucidDreams
Dive in and see for yourself! | 23 | 239 | Fri Aug 5th, 2011 07:01 pm
by rws
in A Light | | Sir Ghostknight
The Knight of the Ghost? | 3 | 86 | Fri Jul 29th, 2011 02:54 am
by Erthona
in space and time | | The Lady Boadicea
(known to her friends as Boadicea the Incredibly Awesome) | 3 | 163 | Wed Jan 4th, 2012 11:19 am
by Erthona
in Fluff | | The Lady Krazy
(or should it be the krazy lady???) | 19 | 138 | Thu Apr 7th, 2011 02:31 am
by rws
in Always Venting | | The Lady Janneke
The Lady welcomes any and all non-English or bilingual poems... | 13 | 98 | Tue May 10th, 2011 08:55 pm
by rws
in Comunidad | | Sir Wewak11
| 24 | 108 | Mon Sep 12th, 2011 07:41 am
by Erthona
in George Bush's Hangup | | Lady Playdoh
Beware - magic exists...
| 12 | 61 | Fri Jan 13th, 2012 04:56 am
by Erthona
in The Princess and the Dragon | | Lady Wisdom Seeker
An East Coast member of the Round Table | 9 | 61 | Thu Dec 22nd, 2011 04:03 pm
by Erthona
in Darkest Night | | Sir Dustmote
Our newest Knight! | 2 | 20 | Wed Jun 22nd, 2011 01:00 pm
by rws
in MEME Warriors | | Sir Fade ElBrunen
 Is Fade a glove puppet??? Come in and see for yourself... | 13 | 106 | Sun Jul 31st, 2011 03:15 am
by rws
in Eternal Angelic Devolution |
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| A Classic Poem |
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Choosing to Think of It
by Stephen Dunn
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Today, ten thousand people will die
and their small replacements will bring joy
and this will make sense to someone
removed from any sense of loss.
I, too, will die a little and carry on,
doing some paperwork, driving myself
home. The sky is simply overcast,
nothing is any less than it was
yesterday or the day before.
In short,
there's no reason or every reason
why I'm choosing to think of this now.
The short-lived holiness
true lovers know,
making them unaccountable
except to spirit and themselves--
suddenly
I want to be that insufferable and selfish,
that sharpened and tuned.
I'm going to think of what it means
to be an animal crossing a highway,
to be a human without a useful prayer
setting off on one of those journeys
we humans take.
I don't expect anything
to change.
I just want to be filled up
a little more with what exists,
tipped toward the laughter which understands
I'm nothing and all there is.
By evening, the promised storm
will arrive.
A few in small boats
will be taken by surprise.
There will be survivors, and even they will die.
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| Featured Poetry |
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Cool Tombs
by Carl Sandberg
When Abraham Lincoln was shoveled into the tombs he forgot
the copperheads and the assassin . . .
in the dust, in the
cool tombs.
And Ulysses Grant lost all thought of con men and Wall Street,
cash and collateral turned ashes . . .
in the dust, in the
cool tombs.
Pocahontas' body, lovely as a poplar,
sweet as a red haw in
November or a pawpaw in May,
did she wonder? does she
remember? . . .
in the dust, in the cool tombs?
Take any streetful of people buying clothes and groceries,
cheering a hero or throwing confetti and blowing tin
horns . . .
tell me if the lovers are losers . . .
tell me if any
get more than the lovers . . .
in the dust . . .
in the cool
tombs.
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