http://funwithpoetry.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Experimental poetry en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:42:19 GMT 2010-01-07T15:42:19Z 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=281474977980703&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     True awakening is never taught The teacher helps the student To recognize it in himself By whatever means necessary By whatever means possible   1/6/2010 8:49 PM . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:55:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980703&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-07T01:55:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980162&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Step back mentally And you will see All things in Their Proper Context. Step back mentally And you will see you are not What you think you are. [Rich Note: The “short focal length and narrow . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:33:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980162&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2010-01-06T19:33:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980138&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     A student asked, “Teacher what is the most valuable thing in the world? Beyond doubt he was expecting some pearl of great wisdom   The teacher responded, “ . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:11:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980138&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-06T19:11:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979770&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace   I am quiet as I suffer my life is not blessed as some are blessed... but...I AM blessed I am not as afflicted as some are afflicted... but I suffer... we all do   I am self- . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:33:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979770&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace stephen berwaldt 2010-01-06T15:33:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979737&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     Theotokos, Christakos Violent arguments of bygone days Riots in the streets, heads broken, people killed Now just a foot note in history   Will the “Great Issues” . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:03:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979737&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-06T15:03:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979044&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace The Essence of Woman   By   Joanne M. Doyle   In the warm, wet, nurturing darkness, She waits until it is her time. Suddenly she is being forced Into unfamiliar territory. . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:15:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979044&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-06T05:15:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979008&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace I Want To Write   By Joanne M. Doyle I want to write poetry that will make a difference I want to write poetry that will touch the soul So many people . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:48:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979008&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-06T04:48:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978957&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Death torments parents mysterious murder unsolved clues lie in her bones Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:15:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978957&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Jennifer Lee 2010-01-06T04:15:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978837&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace   I watch you sleep. You are so peaceful lying there you move and smile as I watch and I know you dream. Is it of me? if it is... What do we share?   I watch your chest rise . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:41:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978837&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace stephen berwaldt 2010-01-06T02:41:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978378&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace A rictameter about my fickle little muse ~ MY MUSE My muse, she who inspires, leaving creative thoughts like so much candy in my brain. But sometimes, . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:18:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978378&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2010-01-06T02:18:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978155&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace High in the Rockies Blanketed now with snow Often unmarred even by The tracks of animals Is the High Lonesome. Late in the Spring When the snow has . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:30:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978155&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-05T19:30:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977933&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     The moon is beautifully reflected On the surface of the pond   But try to seize it And all you will get is wet   1/5/2010 12:07 PM Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:13:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977933&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-05T17:13:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977657&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace They travel, but have no destination They go, but do not arrive The are seen, but no one knows what to do They are seen by many, but nothing is done The carry what they have with them It may . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:42:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977657&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2010-01-05T14:42:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977595&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace       The lady said I describe the U S as one describes a lover How could it be otherwise?   From the gritty complexities of the great cities To the sweeping foreverness . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:48:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977595&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-05T13:48:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976961&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace   Though dark clouds obscure the moon The moon is still there Though unknown circumstances Keep you from me You are still present in my heart   1/5/2010 12:26 AM Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:33:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976961&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-05T05:33:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976466&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     Sometimes in a self-reflective mood I realize that my work is much like Raindrops on a tin roof Making a bit of noise But of little consequence   1/4/2010 6:29 PM . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:38:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976466&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-04T23:38:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976255&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     If you stand very still In the twilight That time that the Irish call the soft part of day And just relax you mind You can experience all sorts of wonderful things   . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:24:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976255&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-04T21:24:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975994&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace There wasn’t a sign of a rain cloud In that clear Montana sky But you could hear a sound like rolling thunder From canyon walls so high. You could feel . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:19:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975994&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-04T18:19:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975372&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Life outside the box Of mental experience Is Paradise Found. Life outside the box Of conceptual matters Is self-transcending. Life outside the box Of self-reflective thought is Beyond conception. . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:26:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975372&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2010-01-04T10:26:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975066&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     On a mountain ledge that the white man Would someday call Inspiration Point Overlooking a lake that would be known as Jenny Sat a boy.   No longer really a boy But . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:27:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975066&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-04T05:27:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975045&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     Lady Diana riding across the winter sky Casting her beams enticingly on the sleeping earth Wandering into a bedroom and onto slumbering lady Caressing her face, her neck, her . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:12:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975045&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-04T05:12:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974589&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Buffalo dancer, buffalo dancer, Dancing in the fading twilight. Clad in head and hide and horns. Spirit reaching to find the herd. Bobbing weaving, charging, . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:39:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974589&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-03T21:39:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974385&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace The Yule cycle was spent The twelve days of darkness since the Solstice And the Bard could feel it   He could feel the light filling his mind He could feel it enlivening and awakening . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:06:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974385&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-03T18:06:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974340&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     Star shine on the prairie and the dark of the moon Deep silence shrouded, yet not so silent Wind stirs the Buffalo grass A coyote howls and a distant train whistles   . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:44:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974340&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-03T17:44:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974189&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace       A million stars light the bowl of the sky A thousand “beefs” bedded down for the night Night hawk takes up his rounds, softly crooning. High in the sky . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:44:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974189&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-03T15:44:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973468&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace There’s a word used by rodeo cowboys That’s as vast as the western sky. It’s a noun and a verb and attitude. And that single word is Try. It’s . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:26:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973468&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-03T02:26:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973447&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace   In the biting cold of the December night The Bard looked up at the full moon, the Blue Moon But she said nothing to him Perhaps he was Druid after all And it was still Yuletide . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:06:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973447&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-03T02:06:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924852&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace This is the 2nd sequel, so please tell me before Adam and Eve can ever make it back together in Heaven forEver, Adam still needs to be punished for what he did to his wife. He was the . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:34:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924852&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Angel sent from God Secret Sisters 2010-01-02T21:34:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972157&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace                 Here are the responses to last week's prompt:   Singing My Way Through Life, SatWE by Elsie Duggan . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:03:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972157&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2010-01-02T20:03:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972871&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace     It was the beginning of a new year A new decade   And the Bard stood in the very center of the Wood A place not often visited and then only by invitation   . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:00:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972871&grpId=3659174697239431&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-02T17:00:08Z