http://poeticlicense.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Poetic License en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:56:16 GMT 2009-12-30T02:56:16Z 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=281474977967967&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace   Letters, not for her (To Sunil's mother) Postman brings three letters, none for her. Ten minutes of patient wait till she opens the door; her dog barks mutely. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:23:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967967&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-30T01:23:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967936&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-30T00:53:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967731&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-29T21:47:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967628&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:21:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967628&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Andre W. 2009-12-29T20:21:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967533&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace They’re not to be trusted, Moaned Seamus. Who? Asked Finn, lifting his eyes From his glass to the bar, Where two young women Sat, their legs showing from The thighs down. Women, Seamus said, . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:09:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967533&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-29T19:09:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967505&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Back then in my restless nights When I whispered to my ears and scratched my eyes Wishing for an angel to walk by.... The pillows would caress my lonely arms And the cold wind would play its freezing . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:54:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967505&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-29T18:54:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967340&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Mine are the only footsteps in the snow.   Cuz I'm the only one who goes the places that I go.   copyright 2009 by Amy "Gwen" Kline Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:51:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967340&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-29T16:51:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967263&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Your poison seeps into me Organs shut down, as the bittersweet concoction takes hold. I should have escaped when the door was open. Now I’m stuck in a windowless room. with no way . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:54:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967263&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Cheryl W. 2009-12-29T15:54:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967021&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace       Descending Notes     The hidden place - Where I lick cinnamon, White hot darkness, Un-gated.   Gated.  Juggle my life . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:34:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967021&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Barbary Chaapel 2009-12-29T12:34:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966543&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-29T05:11:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966473&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace If I could capture time, it would be of the moments I have spent with you. Our bodies would never age; Our bodies would never go frail. I can feel time creeping up on us like a thief in the . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:15:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966473&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Cheryl W. 2009-12-29T04:15:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966378&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Quite a few moons have passed Not a night passes without shivering Fears, out of loss Blinding walking along Waiting for time to expire A crack The smell of ozone A fire begins anew Its brings the birthing . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:04:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966378&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Lindsay Renée Camilla G. 2009-12-29T02:04:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966321&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-29T01:01:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966304&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace The snow had stopped falling And as the Bard walked along the path He noticed something, A wax wood staff and a begging bowl   He picked them up And tenderly brushed the snow away . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:44:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966304&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-29T00:44:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966224&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Lose interest in Thought and you are Free to Be Happiness Itself. [Rich Note: Alternatives to the third line of today’s offering include: Eternally Now, Everlasting Joy, Everlasting Life, Everlasting . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:33:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966224&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-28T23:33:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966159&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Brass angel, crystal water, fountain scrape Recalled memory, nineteen fifty three On wings we drove broken roads to heaven Tornado warning from the radio Nineteen fifty four hopes in darkened . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:38:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966159&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace William Dotani 2009-12-28T22:38:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965961&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace                             The Stag   Most powerful . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:57:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965961&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Mike Ellwood 2009-12-28T19:57:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965938&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace I was lost in a sea of confusion; I was sinking, tossed by the storm; But something inside wouldn’t let me give up... Something inside told me to stay strong.... Something inside . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:24:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965938&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Cheryl W. 2009-12-28T19:24:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965779&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-28T17:24:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965368&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace How was it for you? Uncle asked, lying Slumped across Auntie, Some small-beached Whale, his voice escaping His lungs as would air From a punctured tyre. Fine, it was fine, Auntie Sighed, her . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:24:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965368&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-28T09:24:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921889&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Wisdom, Creeping vision, That comes clear, Knowledge gained, Pain, sometimes dear. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:47:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921889&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Ron (in complete sheeple overload) W. 2009-12-28T03:47:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964993&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace   a room with the changing hues Dry leaves, now golden, toss and turn on the midday’s tin roof. A confident pigeon plays with the neighborhood cat.   These . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:08:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964993&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-28T01:08:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964927&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace     Since first brought to the Isle of the Mighty* By Joseph the tin merchant   Enshrined in a tiny chapel of sticks and mud Only to be lost and found and lost again   . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:49:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964927&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-27T23:49:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964526&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-27T16:40:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964362&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-27T13:21:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964121&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace A cold, snowy December night Flakes falling from the sky Just a normal night Following an enjoyable day Visiting my nonna Moved in two doors down from mine Helping her settle in Moving and organizing . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:29:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964121&grpId=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Lindsay Renée Camilla G. 2009-12-27T04:29:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964104&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-27T04:05:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964095&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-27T03:54:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963843&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-26T21:42:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963568&grpId=3659174697245736&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=3659174697245736&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-26T15:08:10Z