http://poetsnook.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Poets Nook en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:13:54 GMT 2009-12-31T14:13:54Z 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=281474977970162&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace The New Year approaches as we say goodbye to the past. We hunker down, preparing for the best and the worst of what is to come, knowing we will survive just as we have survived the past... . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:51:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970162&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Cheryl W. 2009-12-31T13:51:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793053&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace In times like these, memories become poison. Seeping into a fresh wound. Bringing an infection of sadness. She sounds crazy on the phone. Speaking in fragments and broken thoughts. Her fear . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:46:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793053&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace alone in the dark but happy 2009-12-31T10:46:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962613&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Lack of movement has left my soul dying, tumbling around in my head. I give up on this shattered wisdom, can't succumb to this sense of dread. Still you're just thoughts and whispers, rattling . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:59:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962613&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace alone in the dark but happy 2009-12-31T09:59:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969803&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace                 My dear son,   Dexter, I must tell you, how you got your name . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:57:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969803&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Elsie Duggan 2009-12-31T07:57:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969792&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace past  hopes , desires quite unfulfilled till now burn like flames in  fire +++++++++++++++++++ new resolutions sprout  tenderly after this . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:09:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969792&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace PURUSHOTHAMA RAO R. 2009-12-31T07:09:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969675&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace   An automatic poem always sits in the closet and waits......while the . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:17:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969675&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2009-12-31T05:17:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Rain on a world of the third kind A healthy baby born in a power cut; three men hovering over it to retrieve; cold water clogs the paths. Whispers and screams float like . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:23:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-31T00:23:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969188&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace                   She read, reread his words over and over again finally, crushed the letter crumpled and fell like wet, heavy snowflakes . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:23:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969188&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ 2009-12-30T21:23:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959165&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace I have scars you could see Deep in my heart for you and me My head would guide you by My heart could but we could die   Far away you've gone Here and now my pain flames still burn Fresh . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:01:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959165&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-22T20:01:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969024&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Last night when I saw you by the garden wall Feeling sour, feeling pour and I drew you close and rise Held you up, dried your wet eyes I felt nice inside, in the dead winter I'll tell you why. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:03:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969024&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-30T19:03:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968701&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace       Descending Notes     The hidden place - Where I lick cinnamon, White hot darkness, Un-gated.   Gated.  Juggle my life . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:52:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968701&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Barbary Chaapel 2009-12-30T14:52:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968398&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace   To My Father, Who Walked Into Heaven Easter Sunday, April 4th, 1999 (Slightly After the First Guy) My Father can be everywhere, now that he is free From the chains . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:17:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968398&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-30T13:17:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968582&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace A trickle of my mentality On to paper; through my pen A trickle of my mortality Common, simplistic; indifference An unfathomable fate; strange Foreseen through ignorance and hate An utterly undeniable . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:09:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968582&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Peter O. 2009-12-30T13:09:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968385&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace They walked you through The woods in the November Snow, you and the other Patients from the locked Ward, out on parole, one Of the others whispered out Of the corner of her mouth, In case the . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:33:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968385&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-30T09:33:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968154&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace   SUNLIGHT DANCE   Sun rises softly, The Eastern Sky beckons her With dew dipped fingers.... Morning breeze Meanders through grasses That wave lazily as she . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:57:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968154&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Michelle W. 2009-12-30T04:57:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967967&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace   Letters, not for her (To Sunil's mother)   Postman brings three letters, none for her. Ten minutes of quiet waiting till she opens the door; her dog barks . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:23:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967967&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-30T01:23:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967936&grpId=3659174697244761&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=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-30T00:53:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967705&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace           Ssshh, now Touch shall be our words Let's leave the world behind the shut door It's closed, the threshold blocked, we are safe from all that's out . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:17:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967705&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ 2009-12-29T21:17:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967533&grpId=3659174697244761&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=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-29T19:09:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967505&grpId=3659174697244761&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=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-29T18:54:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967340&grpId=3659174697244761&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=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-29T16:51:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967263&grpId=3659174697244761&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=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Cheryl W. 2009-12-29T15:54:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967021&grpId=3659174697244761&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=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Barbary Chaapel 2009-12-29T12:34:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966626&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace             I  sing, I sing, I sing I sing as I do most everything I sing as I drive in my car I sing loudly there, no one . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:16:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966626&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Elsie Duggan 2009-12-29T08:16:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966617&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Ide de-sided two right a tail inn a manor most bazaar, Yew zing miss pelt words, ore words withe duel in tensions. Aye worn ewe, reeding it mite bee con few zing at thymes, butt Eye wood wreck-ammend . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:49:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966617&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Mustafa Demiri 2009-12-29T06:49:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966487&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace <a target="_top" href=" http://swagbucks.com/refer/shelbyb123"><img alt="Search & Win" title="Search & Win" border="0" src=" http://prodegebanners.sitegrip.com/images/swagbucks-173x63Alt5.jpg"></a . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:26:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966487&grpId=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace shelby bowles 2009-12-29T04:26:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966473&grpId=3659174697244761&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=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Cheryl W. 2009-12-29T04:15:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966321&grpId=3659174697244761&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=3659174697244761&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-29T01:01:01Z