http://opendoorpoetry.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Borders Open-Door Poetry en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:14:07 GMT 2010-01-02T07:14:07Z 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=281474977306606&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   He knows pain =========== He let them take his advantage, Plunder the soft tissues of heart. The eyes hurt to conceal dark brooks. They pick him so easy and taunt. . . . Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:12:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306606&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-04-10T13:12:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977307122&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace All around her the fall leaves fell in beautilful twirling shapes making small shadows dance upon the redened floor. The forest seemed to come alive as she wandered in and out of the trees, her white . . . Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:55:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977307122&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Silth Ravenstring 2008-04-10T23:55:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977295667&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace To take timely by the forelock the science of keeping names not forasmuch  a myriad experience of common sense ! That my father did on the contrary to the 'Popular opinion . . . Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:36:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977295667&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Sujata (funnily 'Suji' ) S. 2008-03-28T17:36:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977315270&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Epiphany I know things are alright That the path we are on now Has lead us to a smoother course Once filled with rocks And bristles and thorns that covered our socks To watch you bathe . . . Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:22:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977315270&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Alysha Renee' 2008-04-14T02:22:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977317206&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Today i'm comming back, i'm being true and that's that. I'm going to the place from before, now not to know what to look for. Because i have given up my reason there, and now i see him . . . Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:27:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977317206&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Matty D. 2008-04-14T11:27:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977324893&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   A coats, not hers ( a poetry that begins at the words I have stolen with permission from the master writer K.c.Klein) A coat, not hers wraps the little body Crouched it twists down . . . Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:01:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977324893&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-04-16T13:01:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260306&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   The face A face he has seen somewhere. A face without a nametag, Waves of memory's ocean Becomes unruly in vain. Some faces do not have names. He surveys its known features, . . . Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:27:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260306&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-17T07:27:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260329&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   simple   Look at your arms And, at your prey. "It is worthy of troubles."- Can you now say? Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:18:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260329&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-17T08:18:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977259614&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   By the window of the funeral and florescent flower See, the face of her. The hunger does blend with grief. She comes out to stand at a outstretch porch, stand stiff. . . . Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:10:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977259614&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-16T07:10:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260476&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace (I'm republishing some of my old poems)   Mommy, why is the sky so blue? Why do I look like you? Why are you really tall? Why am I just so small? Why can't any dogs talk? . . . Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:38:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260476&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. 2008-02-17T15:38:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260792&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Remembering when she wore a size nine Kept her nails and hair done all the time There barely was a time when she had to borrow a dime But somewhere down the line She got caught up with the . . . Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:16:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260792&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Tamara Anderson 2008-02-17T23:16:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260804&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Packing and unpacking, you're leaving but you don't know when Don't want to face what needs to come to an end Not ready to cry on the shoulder of a friend Not ready to start all over . . . Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:24:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260804&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Tamara Anderson 2008-02-17T23:24:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261189&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   The poem on the subway card Spoke of desire, recall and regret And said, essentially Love regretted was not true love Love remembered was trivial love. Vera Pavlova, woman of my . . . Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:33:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261189&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Harold Lorin 2008-02-18T12:33:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261256&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   How will he know?   He, an innocent, age three Wakes up dead to see A hand and its ten fingers, How have they done it? The first hunt and the first hand . . . Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:42:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261256&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-18T14:42:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261118&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   Alas my heart! Alas, the song has been forgotten... Your children run to and fro in this awful land of Goshen. But my troubles trouble no one; And my sorrow runs into . . . Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:36:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261118&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Bekah W. 2008-02-18T07:36:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977262130&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   T orn pages Torn pages from daily dreams and diaries. They are all scattered on the blue carpet. Pick up a piece and wet your palm The color of blue digs deep roots within. . . . Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:08:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977262130&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-19T13:08:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977262722&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Baby Steps Afraid To even blink For fear that I might miss Those first triumphant steps forward Fearless Copyright © February 19, 2008 ~ DragonSoul @ ~ Poet's Nook . . . Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:44:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977262722&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace DragonSoul !. 2008-02-20T01:44:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977263077&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   Mails   What time is it in U.S? I am at this side of world Bowed before roaring sea, Thousands of miles in between, My fingers fumble on keys.   Go ether! Carry my . . . Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:00:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977263077&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-20T15:00:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977263577&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace I miss what i had before. I miss when I saw you even more. Where you we here and i was near. When it was just an everyday thing, when we would go to chorus and do more than sing. I miss those very akward . . . Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:46:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977263577&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Matty D. 2008-02-21T01:46:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977264495&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace (I'm republishing some of my poems)    "Mommy! Monster!" my baby wails And into his room I quickly sail I pick him up and hold him close His monsters are real, I . . . Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:33:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977264495&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. 2008-02-21T22:33:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977265061&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   Home bound city evening   The Anubis sits at the door. Yonder, the spell of rising moon... The city with sighing fogs... Look back at it and feed the Anubis . . . Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:46:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977265061&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-22T15:46:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977265066&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   S car   A flaw down a valley of Human soul. I am talking on the scar, The blemish, Down the left chin of the girl. Observe it, . . . Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:49:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977265066&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-22T15:49:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977265338&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Rhapsody Dressed in perpetuity Awaits us in dwellings Built on the shores Of tranquil rivers Of honey gold, wine and pure white . . . Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:12:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977265338&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kamran Qureshi 2008-02-22T20:12:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260649&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Once more I want to ride the carousel, whose galloping ponies' bright-painted thighs undulate and sing to my core, and yet fear shrieks: hold fast the pole, hold fast the pole, hold fast the . . . Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:12:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977260649&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2008-02-22T23:12:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977265825&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace     Amnesia arose   I never pardoned you to wake me With a splash of grief Thrown on my closed eyes. Arose I found me amid wetness. A bed of ocean, The salt of . . . Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:12:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977265825&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-23T09:12:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977263760&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace    16 February 2008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:29:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977263760&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kate Keeley 2008-02-21T05:29:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977266335&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace I See. - A Poetic Question that who it is meant for will never see. When I look into your eyes, I see. I see each sunrise in the dawn, when there's no light at all. I see warm weather . . . Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:29:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977266335&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Ashley B. 2008-02-23T22:29:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977267660&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Of All the Fish in the Sea... Set out in the world with you new wife I know this is what you think you wanted Be careful to not forfeit your life Her own selfish motives are teasingly flaunted . . . Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:17:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977267660&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace DragonSoul !. 2008-02-25T12:17:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977267693&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace   Mute flute   Welcome. Please have a drink on the porch, Welcome, dear evening. Beg your pardon for slurred voice. Pardon the gathers of moist On my black . . . Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:20:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977267693&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2008-02-25T13:20:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261814&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace It was 7 p.m. and Ben stood under the street lamp, waiting for the last train home. His hands trembled as he read the cracked, yellowed pages of the last letter he'd written . . . Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:24:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261814&grpId=3659174697251750&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2008-02-26T22:24:56Z