http://naturepoetry.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Nature Poetry en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:08:33 GMT 2010-01-01T08:08:33Z 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=281474977970476&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace My dearest ones – After a prolonged hiatus, I’m finally back on Gather. These last weeks were very difficult for me, both personally and professionally, but my main goal has been . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:43:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970476&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Svetlana Goryacheva 2009-12-31T18:43:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970118&grpId=3659174697256707&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=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-31T13:07:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969210&grpId=3659174697256707&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=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T21:49:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968840&grpId=3659174697256707&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=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T16:49:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967936&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace   Drums of Love     The plain field turns down a clear path to exaltation, Countless time we spent mesmerizing inside twilight. I imagine . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:53:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967936&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-30T00:53:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967731&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace       For those who live alone Especially at holiday time There is a temptation To write sad verses about loneliness But that is really stupid Not because they are not . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:47:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967731&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-29T21:47:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966543&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace The Bard Speaks   As the winter closed in And the people gathered around the harth The Bard rose to speak   “If we had the ears to hear to hear What stories would the . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:11:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966543&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-29T05:11:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966321&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace   Holiday rains on a reserve forest A winter rain passes; I pick up a deer with a broken glass curse cast under its feet. The rivulets of muddy blessings run as I coax, . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:01:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966321&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-29T01:01:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965779&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace   The Old Monk plodded along through the snow storm His only possessions the begging bowl Symbolizing his total dependence on God The wax wood staff symbolizing The strength of his Faith . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:24:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965779&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-28T17:24:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964526&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     As the Old Monk walked the highways And byways of the towns and villages Seeing the Christmas lights and hearing the carols The question crossed his mind unbidden “How . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:40:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964526&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-27T16:40:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964362&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     He sat straight and tall in the saddle As he had for sixty years But now the pain in his belly Filled his eyes with tears.   He topped the ridge and looked down . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:21:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964362&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-27T13:21:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964104&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Once there was a bucking horse That they said no man could ride. He was big and strong and his eyes were keen. He was the color of rawhide. The bareback riders . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:05:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964104&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-27T04:05:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964095&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     Beautiful Words   Love always struck a cord Between me and our intimates desire All my life I only needed you, . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:54:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964095&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-27T03:54:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963843&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     In a rainstorm that seemed to whisper “Build and Arc”   With food shopping that demanded to be done I hate shopping   With a back aggravated by . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:42:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963843&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-26T21:42:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963568&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     There are droughts when the rain is withheld And people, animals and plants wither And grow weak and some pray for death   Yet there is another kind of drought, a drought . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:08:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963568&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-26T15:08:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963440&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace   In The Road of Fire     Beyond the clouds Sits a throne of silence Where many thrive To see a true illusion of life. . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:24:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963440&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-26T12:24:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963216&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     Many claim to know the true meaning of Christmas And preach lofty sermon explaining it to other Willingly enter into sometimes acrimonious debate With anyone who sees it differently . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:25:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963216&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-26T05:25:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962423&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace       Wind sighing through the bare trees Snow crunching under foot Snowflakes drifting in the air First quarter moon rising No poem from this Bard No wise word from . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:43:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962423&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-25T05:43:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961861&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace }⸰ɷ⸰{ Want to bring all of the spark and growl you’ve shared with such finesse to all those we know, and all those we don’t, that they might stir it into a large batch of the sweetest . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:54:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961861&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Adrian Eve Revenaugh 2009-12-24T16:54:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961224&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace       He had written thousands of words But he wondered How many she had heard   12/23/2009 11:36 PM Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:41:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961224&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-24T04:41:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958918&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     Men and women look at the world And see turmoil, fear, discouragement Threats of war and the massing or fearful weapons Of melting glassier and drought And are "distributed . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:36:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958918&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-22T17:36:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958591&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace         In The Valley of Tears   In constant pursuit of happiness, the solace of Intimate escapes . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:47:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958591&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-22T13:47:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958107&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     The shortest of days Darkness seems to triumph Yet even in its seeming triumph Lie the seeds of its destruction Moment by moment the days grow longer Moving towards the . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:05:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958107&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-22T05:05:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956166&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace   The Gardener The gardener, with an indifferent field; with a fistful piquant seeds analyzes probability. A village, a company, an existence or existences depend . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:08:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956166&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-21T01:08:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955850&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     The host or the guest? The parent or the child The ruler or the subject The slave or the master The employer or the employee?   Think for a moment   Without . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:56:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955850&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-20T19:56:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955087&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     It’s still snowing The brandy is almost gone What shall we do now?   12/19/2009 7:27 PM Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:35:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955087&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-20T00:35:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955042&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace   The Wall     Bones cordially flowing through courtships sending Mixed signals inside the drums of love The river has spoken . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:32:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955042&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-19T23:32:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954886&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     On an afternoon such as this With the wind howling and the snow falling   The only proper occupation is To sit close to the beloved   To sip fine old brandy . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:13:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954886&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-19T20:13:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953991&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace     My Story   On a blink of kiss, The manifestation of cells brought A sense of love at my door steps Whispers . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:11:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953991&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-19T03:11:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953234&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace Aye, the sound of her voice Though long not heard Is as sweet a memory to him As the summer breeze Perfumed with honeysuckle   12/18/2009 11:22 AM Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:27:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953234&grpId=3659174697256707&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-18T16:27:38Z