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| MEMBERS POETRY |
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 | The Village Greene
General poems of no specific nature. | 605 | 3,844 | Wed Feb 3rd, 2010 10:34 pm
by Erthona
in Important  | | The Open Field
Genuine off-the-top-of-your-head observations, written NOW | 2 | 14 | Fri Jan 22nd, 2010 04:08 am
by Erthona
in Update from Dubai (and the beat goes on) | | The Gauntlet
Poetic challenges from members to all comers. Post your replies here or in the other forums. | 35 | 1,151 | Thu Feb 4th, 2010 03:14 pm
by Cappuchino
in Brothers at Arms | | The Muse's Cave
Poems about writing, inspiration, and playing with the muse. | 2 | 21 | Mon Feb 8th, 2010 02:09 pm
by Erthona
in Muse Never Sleeps | | The Sundial
Poems about this day and age, the modern world. | 153 | 1,281 | Sat Jan 30th, 2010 08:25 pm
by Cappuchino
in Breaking Out | | The Cathedral
Anything of a religious nature (for OR against) | 196 | 1,522 | Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 02:51 pm
by Erthona
in Christ is Walking City Streets | | The Jester's Playhouse
We love comedy at Rhymalot! | 327 | 2,361 | Thu Jan 21st, 2010 01:57 am
by Cappuchino
in Fast Food Rising | | The Queen's Boudoir
Poems of Love, heartbreak, and the usual romantic musings. | 347 | 2,038 | Sun Feb 7th, 2010 10:50 pm
by Erthona
in Go Away (Not a Sonnet) | | The Jousting Arena
Political and Controversy! | 108 | 809 | Mon Jan 18th, 2010 08:18 am
by Erthona
in One Less Bed | | Merlin's Mirror
Poems about yourself, feelings, memories, etc. | 294 | 1,858 | Fri Feb 5th, 2010 05:55 am
by Erthona
in No Title Yet | | The Royal Orchard
Nature poems. | 144 | 1,114 | Mon Feb 8th, 2010 10:17 pm
by Ted Cherry
in Spring & Summer | | The Nannie's Nursery
Poems written with children in mind. | 97 | 792 | Wed Jan 6th, 2010 12:08 pm
by Curslayer
in Fish Fingers | | The Dragon's Lair
Fantasy, Vampires, Unicorns, Gothic...YOU name it! | 98 | 655 | Mon Feb 1st, 2010 02:49 pm
by Erthona
in Wolf Moon | | The Smith's Forge
Form Poetry, Haikus, Sonnets, proper verse. | 140 | 1,159 | Mon Feb 8th, 2010 10:32 pm
by Erthona
in Proust (A sonnet, more or less) | | The Torture Chamber
Poems of heartbreak, sorrow and tears. | 194 | 1,225 | Tue Feb 9th, 2010 06:54 am
by Erthona
in Child of War | | The Spinning Chamber
Experimental work, and exceptionally graphic poetry, that may be too much for "normal" forums. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK | 34 | 242 | Sun Feb 7th, 2010 04:20 pm
by Erthona
in Pick it Up! | | Waxing Lyrical
Lyrics, and songs you've recorded | 30 | 233 | Fri Feb 5th, 2010 07:55 pm
by Blaise
in The Shadow | | The Town Crier
Spoken poetry where you can hear the writer speak their verse | 47 | 351 | Wed Oct 21st, 2009 04:15 am
by Ted Cherry
in David Duck | | The Weaver's Loom
Short stories, and stuff. | 79 | 480 | Sun Jan 24th, 2010 07:15 am
by Curslayer
in Banishment---The Early Days |
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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. | 1 | 1 | Fri Jul 21st, 2006 12:34 am
by King Oder
in Joining the Round Table | | The Fox's Den
From the shores of Mongolia... | 2 | 7 | Wed Dec 31st, 2008 12:11 am
by Ted Cherry
in ????? | | Dawn's Dungeon
The Lady WittyBartendar welcomes your jesty input. | 6 | 137 | Mon Nov 30th, 2009 08:00 am
by Ted Cherry
in The Smallness of it All. | | The Coffee Shop
David tells of his life as a Postulent with the Capuchins. | 289 | 709 | Tue Jan 27th, 2009 05:34 am
by Cappuchino
in The Life of Saint Francis: Part 2-2 | | Ted's Shed
Sir Ted Cherry welcomes you... | 7 | 263 | Mon Jan 4th, 2010 05:09 am
by Ted Cherry
in TED'S TAIL. | | Sweet Caroline's Corner
the sweetest spot at KP | 6 | 640 | Thu Jul 23rd, 2009 01:55 pm
by rws
in Vent Venue | | Treasure Island
 Sir Ben Gunn is the chief pirate here... | 25 | 2,218 | Sat Feb 6th, 2010 11:40 pm
by rws
in first run thru | | Sir Dreamwarrior
the Dwayne in Spain stays mainly...oh, you know... | 70 | 674 | Mon Feb 8th, 2010 11:01 am
by Dreamwarrior
in It's been rough | | Lady LucidDreams
Dive in and see for yourself! | 23 | 227 | Fri Jun 6th, 2008 05:45 am
by rws
in Second Life | | Sir Ghostknight
The Knight of the Ghost? | 3 | 84 | Sun Apr 13th, 2008 02:58 am
by Ted Cherry
in welcome to ghostknight's haven | | The Lady Boadicea
(known to her friends as Boadicea the Incredibly Awesome) | 3 | 149 | Thu Jul 23rd, 2009 08:22 pm
by rws
in Favourite poems | | The Lady Krazy
(or should it be the krazy lady???) | 18 | 123 | Sat Jun 21st, 2008 04:11 pm
by rws
in Gone, Baby | | The Lady Janneke
The Lady welcomes any and all non-English or bilingual poems... | 13 | 97 | Tue Jan 5th, 2010 02:40 am
by Cappuchino
in Comunidad | | Sir Wewak11
| 24 | 101 | Tue Apr 14th, 2009 04:08 am
by rws
in George Bush's Hangup | | Lady Playdoh
Beware - magic exists...
| 5 | 32 | Tue Apr 21st, 2009 02:59 am
by rws
in The Princess and the Dragon | | Lady Wisdom Seeker
An East Coast member of the Round Table | 9 | 56 | Sun Nov 1st, 2009 03:24 am
by Serah
in Will it ever be... | | Sir Dustmote
Our newest Knight! | 2 | 19 | Sun Mar 30th, 2008 04:02 am
by Shrek
in MEME Warriors | | Sir Fade ElBrunen
 Is Fade a glove puppet??? Come in and see for yourself... | 13 | 102 | Mon Jun 25th, 2007 01:03 pm
by Fade ElBrunen
in IO | | Lady Rask
Step in and see... | 4 | 8 | Wed Apr 22nd, 2009 10:16 pm
by rws
in Prelude to an Epiphany |
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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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| "river God" by Wilbur Smith |
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| Winter River |
| by Cappuchino |
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| Lizard |
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| None this month |
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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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