http://poeticrelease.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Poetic Release en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:46:50 GMT 2010-01-08T17:46:50Z 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=281474977983514&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace     If you can get past The commuting, the shoveling The slipping, the sliding The snarled traffic and all the “important things” There is something incredible about . . . Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:11:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977983514&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-08T14:11:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977983469&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Drink up, have another, said Doyle, I have much to tell you before the Old evening takes to its wings and We return to our wife’s fond arms And liquid kisses. Micheal Magee Laughed and sank . . . Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:31:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977983469&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-08T13:31:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977983111&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Did I tell you about that time I was caught up in the snow And waited for hours on end For someone to turn up on the Building site and no one did And I was left standing there Watching the . . . Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:12:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977983111&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-08T08:12:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977982559&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace   Flight of pain Strange is the flight of pain; a soft kitten chases it up a tree; I can see amidst raindrops falling everywhere, falling chaotically. Clouds cluster on . . . Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:56:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977982559&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-08T00:56:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977982024&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace     While Winter nights provide happy hours Of storytelling and ballads Of deeds of days gone by   They are no substitute for summer nights The winking of fire flies, . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:49:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977982024&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-07T18:49:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977982009&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Removing tobacco from Daddy’s butt ends, he Rubbed them down into A tin that Mother kept her Loose coins in, and liberating Two cigarette papers from Daddy’s Rizla pack, he Painstakingly, . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:43:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977982009&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-07T18:43:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977982001&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace     Every true poem is a love poem Whether it brings joy, Or illumination or heartbreak   1/7/2010 12:20 PM     Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:32:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977982001&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-07T18:32:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981501&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Mother tanned his backside For peeing in the box of toys, Her large hand, he remembered, Whacking the dust from his short Trousers and the devil from his Soul, or so she had said, and that . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:18:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981501&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-07T12:18:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981265&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Put your arms out straight And keep them steady, Mother Said, placing the wool over your Outstretched arms and slowly Unwinding the wool into a ball, As you gazed at her working Hands, the nimble . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:54:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981265&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-07T08:54:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980703&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-07T01:55:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980625&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Burdens of the void The last brick falls from my homeless house, light, dry, russet. Instead of drowning, it swims in life, liquid life; splashes. My father is still shifting . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:57:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980625&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-07T00:57:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980138&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-06T19:11:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979737&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-06T15:03:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979352&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace I’ve seen the old priest take A pint of porter myself, and He’d not say no to a Jameson If it were offered by some kind Parishioner who happened to Be in the bar at the same time As the . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:46:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979352&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-06T09:46:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979044&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-06T05:15:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979008&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-06T04:48:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978957&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Jennifer Lee 2010-01-06T04:15:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978697&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Heart out on a fight My shirt is torn by your acid, your hatred. I bow before the allegations, the rage; feeling insignificant, inadequate.   An owl hoots to a metropolitan . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:01:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978697&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-06T01:01:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978284&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Father Francis held the host Aloft his head, the key words Had been said, Mrs O’Toole Observed him and his every Move, her keen eyes taking In the dull whiteness of the Host, the fingers of the . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:45:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978284&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-05T20:45:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978155&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-05T19:30:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977933&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-05T17:13:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977595&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-05T13:48:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977121&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Mrs Fitzgerald was the great Leveller; she brought everyone Down to her size with the sharp Scythe of her tongue. Did you See the Moran man come to his Home blinded by the drink last Night? . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:35:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977121&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-05T07:35:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976961&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-05T05:33:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976631&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Black outs I breathe mist. The tunnel of winter spreads for fallen leaves, wintry angels, fading vagrants. I breathe mist while everything blackens; evanesces. Here, at this . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:53:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976631&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-05T00:53:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976466&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-04T23:38:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976255&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-04T21:24:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976054&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Brother Thomas had whacked More boys buttocks that any Other teacher, Flint remembered Lying in the bed, watching Nancy Walk butt naked to the toilet across The bedroom floor and slipping Out the . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:04:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976054&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-04T19:04:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975994&grpId=3659174697245263&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=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-04T18:19:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975523&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace If you played your cards Right you could have had Her, Davitt said, sitting comfy In the snug, his hand round a Glass of Jameson, his eye on Moonan who sat opposite Sipping his porter like . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:21:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975523&grpId=3659174697245263&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-04T12:21:58Z