http://prosegazebo.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Poetry Gazebo en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:20:05 GMT 2010-01-03T05:20:05Z 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=281474977973468&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace There’s a word used by rodeo cowboys That’s as vast as the western sky. It’s a noun and a verb and attitude. And that single word is Try. It’s . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:26:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973468&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-03T02:26:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973457&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace   Loving you isn't easy... but I would give up a thousand tomorrows just to touch you once again, just to breathe your essence into the deepest part of me.   Time has teased us . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:15:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973457&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Cheryl W. 2010-01-03T02:15:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973447&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace   In the biting cold of the December night The Bard looked up at the full moon, the Blue Moon But she said nothing to him Perhaps he was Druid after all And it was still Yuletide . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:06:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973447&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-03T02:06:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973403&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace   The child we leave I go down gradually; go under. Drown. The pregnant river radiates my soul.   I know I am waiting on the pier; a child. Two boats playfully . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:10:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973403&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-03T01:10:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972157&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace                 Here are the responses to last week's prompt:   Singing My Way Through Life, SatWE by Elsie Duggan . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:03:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972157&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2010-01-02T20:03:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973088&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Sinead showed her beauty Undressed in her bed, lying Beside Finn, who in his sleep, Spoke some other’s name, but She sexing it hot, heard it not, But in her own over the top . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:54:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973088&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-02T19:54:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973070&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace The playful aspect of boy in the man was a saturated ink of movement down the waterslide of his mind her pen dripped a song into the fragrant perfume of . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:43:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973070&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. 2010-01-02T19:43:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972871&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace     It was the beginning of a new year A new decade   And the Bard stood in the very center of the Wood A place not often visited and then only by invitation   . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:00:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972871&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-02T17:00:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972713&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace She resides at the heart of darkness - within the confines of blasphemy. The walls are painted bright by the color of anticipated larceny. She creates melody in bed but doesn't lend her voice . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:57:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972713&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Ratan . 2010-01-02T14:57:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972605&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Love Poetry   The language of love poetry Should be as fluid as melting ice And as warm as a cup of tea   1/2/2010 7:52 AM Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:58:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972605&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-02T12:58:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971938&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace     Words of power Thoughts of power Take root only In hearts that are prepared And desire to receive them   1/1/2010 7:59 PM Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:07:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971938&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-02T01:07:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971930&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace   Yesteryear’s news The almanac expires. A newsman tells me there have been ten news worthy of memory.   Only ten! Consider, the passing away of a friend, . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:59:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971930&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-02T00:59:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971829&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Happy New Year as one   As the hour approached she knew just what to do reaching for the one she loved with passion, deep and true   with a . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:27:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971829&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Lisa Frost 2010-01-01T22:27:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971766&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace What you gave me You wonder what you’ve done For me to be so true I say you’ve shown me kindness And all the best of you   Though I know your flaws . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:17:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971766&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Lisa Frost 2010-01-01T21:17:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971611&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace       Nehru was for it Jenna was for it Mountbatten and the British were for it Gandhi opposed it   Sixty three years later The people still suffer because of it . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:20:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971611&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-01T18:20:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971521&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace     Someone asked the Buddha “What is the greatest of all gifts? The World Honored one answered “To be born a human being”   1/1/2010 11:41 AM Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:52:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971521&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-01T16:52:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971460&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace It was of course the blue moon that slid into Horse's mouth and spread itself like ribbons around his vocal chords that gave his tongue just the right tweak to puff an expletive . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:08:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971460&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. 2010-01-01T16:08:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971411&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Iron-gall ink spilled in profusion Over the carefully curried parchment; Dim candle lights dancing On the stone walls of scriptorium . “ Do . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:57:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971411&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Svetlana Goryacheva 2010-01-01T14:57:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971409&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace     “And Mary kept all these things Reflecting on them on her heart” Mary the Mother of God Mary the Mother of contemplatives   1/1/2010 9:25 AM Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:33:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971409&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2010-01-01T14:33:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971289&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace And don’t forget to tell Finn I want him home in Time for dinner, Auntie Said, her words following You down the stairs and Into the street, your small Legs racing along to Paddy’s Bar, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:02:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971289&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-01T11:02:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971116&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Although the air is brisk, the sky is bright I lay on the pure white blanket of snow Feeling the cold seep into my body Freezing my senses, enveloping my soul . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:55:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971116&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Angie O. 2010-01-01T05:55:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace     Two winged smiles * Smile has two wings. It glides over the glade, wet. Now Mrs. Neighbor will come out. Fresh water will be sprinkled on her precious lawn, a patch, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:51:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-01T00:51:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970518&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace If your hands were tied with a wire And put into flames of fire Would you cry, cry till its burnt   If your shoes were ripped off your foot And given to your boss's . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:56:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970518&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-31T18:56:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970476&grpId=3659174697246950&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=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Svetlana Goryacheva 2009-12-31T18:43:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970369&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace It's been quite a path of the hominid detached the hominid retranced the hominid in act inactions digging down actions reaching up caught in a petard where one would think . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:56:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970369&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. 2009-12-31T16:56:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970313&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Did your da ask you For the ciggies? Kennedy Asks, his nose holding Onto a piece of snot, his Lemony eyes giving you The big stare, the chin Stubbly and grey, the Mouth, a deserted Cemetery . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:02:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970313&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-31T16:02:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970262&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace     A thousand stories, koans, and teaching tales Trace through my mind and yet I cannot put even one to paper   Beset by what I will always think of As the Decade of . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:15:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970262&grpId=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-31T15:15:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970162&grpId=3659174697246950&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=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Cheryl W. 2009-12-31T13:51:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970118&grpId=3659174697246950&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=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-31T13:07:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969675&grpId=3659174697246950&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=3659174697246950&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2009-12-31T05:17:32Z