http://allpoetryhere.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Barbary Wants To Read Your Poetry en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:43:28 GMT 2010-01-01T07:43:28Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971116&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Although the air is brisk, the sky is bright I lay on the pure white blanket of snow Feeling the cold seep into my body Freezing my senses, enveloping my soul . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:55:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971116&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Angie O. 2010-01-01T05:55:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971114&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace We've been together for almost a year and a half.  There's been great learning and sharing of work--some raw, some polished--all valuable.  This month we move into collaboration. In . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:52:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971114&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2010-01-01T05:52:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971071&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace The Light by which you See All that appears is the Light of Awareness. Even the Darkest Night is seen in the Light of Awareness You Are Without the Light of Awareness You Are All You See would disappear. . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:01:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971071&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2010-01-01T05:01:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace     Two winged smiles * Smile has two wings. It glides over the glade, wet. Now Mrs. Neighbor will come out. Fresh water will be sprinkled on her precious lawn, a patch, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:51:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-01T00:51:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970518&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace If your hands were tied with a wire And put into flames of fire Would you cry, cry till its burnt   If your shoes were ripped off your foot And given to your boss's . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:56:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970518&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-31T18:56:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970486&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace   Love, Given, Taken, Placed Love is when you take your heart and Give it to someone; Be it friend or fellow human, You are empty till it’s done. . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:42:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970486&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-31T18:42:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970369&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace It's been quite a path of the hominid detached the hominid retranced the hominid in act inactions digging down actions reaching up caught in a petard where one would think . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:56:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970369&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. 2009-12-31T16:56:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970313&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Did your da ask you For the ciggies? Kennedy Asks, his nose holding Onto a piece of snot, his Lemony eyes giving you The big stare, the chin Stubbly and grey, the Mouth, a deserted Cemetery . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:02:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970313&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-31T16:02:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969862&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace   Living Waters I sit on a hill overlooking a lake, Sunbeams like diamond sparks glisten; Prisms in my mind; breathing in stillness, Birds sing; I quietly . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:50:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969862&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-31T15:50:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970262&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace     A thousand stories, koans, and teaching tales Trace through my mind and yet I cannot put even one to paper   Beset by what I will always think of As the Decade of . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:15:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970262&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-31T15:15:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970118&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace     A cold gray dawning Snow is falling, wind howling A winter morning   12/31/2009 8:01 AM Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:07:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970118&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-31T13:07:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793053&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace In times like these, memories become poison. Seeping into a fresh wound. Bringing an infection of sadness. She sounds crazy on the phone. Speaking in fragments and broken thoughts. Her fear . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:46:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793053&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace alone in the dark but happy 2009-12-31T10:46:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962613&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Lack of movement has left my soul dying, tumbling around in my head. I give up on this shattered wisdom, can't succumb to this sense of dread. Still you're just thoughts and whispers, rattling . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:59:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962613&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace alone in the dark but happy 2009-12-31T09:59:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969675&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace   An automatic poem always sits in the closet and waits......while the . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:17:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969675&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2009-12-31T05:17:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Rain on a world of the third kind A healthy baby born in a power cut; three men hovering over it to retrieve; cold water clogs the paths. Whispers and screams float like . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:23:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-31T00:23:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969343&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Between a blue moon and a sun gasping for the horizon velvet reclined blaze saturated she played the navel orange across the skin of her palm rolling citrus fluids to penetrate . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:35:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969343&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. 2009-12-30T23:35:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969279&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Your words paint the world in vibrant hues. Your words are harmonious, exquisite, timeless. Your words feed my mind and nourish my soul. Your words are the song in my dance. Without your words, . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:48:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969279&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Jennifer Lee 2009-12-30T22:48:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969210&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace     Unless you have explosives In your shorts Or a bomb in your bra Why should you object To a full body scan Especially when for many Taking off all their clothes Is phase . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:49:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969210&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T21:49:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969188&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace                   She read, reread his words over and over again finally, crushed the letter crumpled and fell like wet, heavy snowflakes . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:23:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969188&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ 2009-12-30T21:23:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969024&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Last night when I saw you by the garden wall Feeling sour, feeling pour and I drew you close and rise Held you up, dried your wet eyes I felt nice inside, in the dead winter I'll tell you why. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:03:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969024&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-30T19:03:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968840&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace As winter’s icy grip settled in The Bard Sat alone, The staff of power across his knees   As he half dozed he felt the staff Begin to vibrate and then to throb And a vision . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:49:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968840&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T16:49:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968701&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace       Descending Notes     The hidden place - Where I lick cinnamon, White hot darkness, Un-gated.   Gated.  Juggle my life . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:52:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968701&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Barbary Chaapel 2009-12-30T14:52:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968398&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace   To My Father, Who Walked Into Heaven Easter Sunday, April 4th, 1999 (Slightly After the First Guy) My Father can be everywhere, now that he is free From the chains . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:17:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968398&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-30T13:17:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968385&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace They walked you through The woods in the November Snow, you and the other Patients from the locked Ward, out on parole, one Of the others whispered out Of the corner of her mouth, In case the . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:33:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968385&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-30T09:33:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968230&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Afraid to dance for fear of falling down, I'm sure you'll catch me before I land. Afraid to love for fear of my heart breaking, I'm as sure of you as I am that the sun and moon rise. Afraid to . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:08:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968230&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Jennifer Lee 2009-12-30T06:08:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968198&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace     If all religious literature and discourse Was stripped bare of metaphor, slimily Speculation, inference and conjecture What would be left? The naked truth perhaps?   . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:36:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968198&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T05:36:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968183&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace     Much is preached of Emptiness But how can a discourse on the subject Have any value when it is filled with sounds?   12/30/2009 12:13 AM Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:20:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968183&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T05:20:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968154&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace   SUNLIGHT DANCE   Sun rises softly, The Eastern Sky beckons her With dew dipped fingers.... Morning breeze Meanders through grasses That wave lazily as she . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:57:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968154&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Michelle W. 2009-12-30T04:57:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967967&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace   Letters, not for her (To Sunil's mother)   Postman brings three letters, none for her. Ten minutes of quiet waiting till she opens the door; her dog barks . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:23:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967967&grpId=3659174697255379&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-30T01:23:00Z