http://thomasbaitmasta.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by The Wordman Thomas Has Spoken - All Poetry And Fiction Writing All The Time en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:39:56 GMT 2010-01-01T10:39:56Z 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=281474977971154&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Savor New Year's Flavor Copyright ©2009 Dawn Kilby God's love, still shakingly divine. Pass 'round the red wine. Don't whine, ev'rything . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:08:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971154&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Dawn (a poet on the wall) 2010-01-01T07:08:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971106&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Jericho’s parents always argued about money; specifically, how his father spent it. To his ten-year-old mind, his mother complained constantly about her practicality with money while Lee, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:35:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971106&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Jason Hillenburg 2010-01-01T05:35:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971071&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace The Light by which you See All that appears is the Light of Awareness. Even the Darkest Night is seen in the Light of Awareness You Are Without the Light of Awareness You Are All You See would disappear. . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:01:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971071&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2010-01-01T05:01:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971039&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace 2010 Copyright ©2009 Dawn Kilby   Shhh. Listen. Can you hear it? New Year's spirit; 'round the corner screaming, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:31:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971039&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Dawn (a poet on the wall) 2010-01-01T04:31:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898&grpId=3659174697253971&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=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-01T00:51:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970855&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace     Patterns of the absolute weave a crib of support It has no name, no need for fame but will report To those aware of the database of consciousness.   . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:52:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970855&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-31T23:52:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970766&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace I haven't spoken to a friend of mine since a week before Christmas. She just told me today her cousin was in a car wreck two days before Christmas. He is still in the hospital. She wanted . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:41:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970766&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Dawn (a poet on the wall) 2009-12-31T22:41:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970638&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace As the eve of the past year sets sail, I await the new year with anticipation likened to that of waiting for a child about to be born. I wish for all of us a safe and secure passage into the new year, . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:42:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970638&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Ruthi C. 2009-12-31T20:42:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970550&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace   WWE, December 23rd, 2009 Use the following prompts: Make this an apologue Include reference to medicine of some sort Link at least two of the words/phrases in the body of your submission . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:10:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970550&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Angela A. 2009-12-31T19:10:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970476&grpId=3659174697253971&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=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Svetlana Goryacheva 2009-12-31T18:43:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970475&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Jan. 1, 2010 of course ;) Happy New Year! Copyright ©2009 Dawn Kilby   Waltz, tango, twist; who cares! Be proud. Get wild, join . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:31:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970475&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Dawn (a poet on the wall) 2009-12-31T18:31:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970369&grpId=3659174697253971&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=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. 2009-12-31T16:56:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970313&grpId=3659174697253971&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=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-31T16:02:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970262&grpId=3659174697253971&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=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-31T15:15:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970118&grpId=3659174697253971&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=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-31T13:07:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969840&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace   At night, the shutters were put up. No sight of the stars or moon, just that darkness and the voices of the others snoring, moaning, weeping, or farting in their beds. The smell of bodies at . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:58:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969840&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-31T07:58:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969675&grpId=3659174697253971&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=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2009-12-31T05:17:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968983&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace last chapter     "Well, someone take a picture," Dodger said.  "The celebrity decides to slum it up with the little people.  Whatsa matter, tired of riding . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:35:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968983&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Bard Constantine 2009-12-30T18:35:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969521&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace grumpy early bird rises Copyright ©2009 Dawn Kilby   Early bird doesn't always want a slimy, dirty worm. Most of the time, while cold winds . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:44:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969521&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Dawn (a poet on the wall) 2009-12-31T02:44:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969470&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Heavenly bliss   Copyright ©2009 Dawn Kilby I have been kissed by a smell my nose can tell is deliciously heaven sent. A breast heaving . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:44:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969470&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Dawn (a poet on the wall) 2009-12-31T01:44:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404&grpId=3659174697253971&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=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-31T00:23:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969367&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Raw, cosmic compatibility Copyright ©2009 Dawn Kilby   Sparkling from deep, aquamarine eyes; divine light. "Lover, kiss ev'ry gorgeous ray with care." . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:58:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969367&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Dawn (a poet on the wall) 2009-12-30T23:58:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969343&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Between a blue moon and a sun gasping for the horizon velvet reclined blaze saturated she played the navel orange across the skin of her palm rolling citrus fluids to penetrate . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:35:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969343&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. 2009-12-30T23:35:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969210&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace     Unless you have explosives In your shorts Or a bomb in your bra Why should you object To a full body scan Especially when for many Taking off all their clothes Is phase . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:49:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969210&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T21:49:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969168&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Hump day of the week, new year approaches, destiny awaiting -- let's cross the bridge and walk the pathway together...Happy New Day, Happy New Year!       photo used in this . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:12:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969168&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Ruthi C. 2009-12-30T21:12:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968840&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace As winter’s icy grip settled in The Bard Sat alone, The staff of power across his knees   As he half dozed he felt the staff Begin to vibrate and then to throb And a vision . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:49:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968840&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T16:49:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968385&grpId=3659174697253971&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=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-30T09:33:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968198&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace     If all religious literature and discourse Was stripped bare of metaphor, slimily Speculation, inference and conjecture What would be left? The naked truth perhaps?   . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:36:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968198&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T05:36:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968183&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace     Much is preached of Emptiness But how can a discourse on the subject Have any value when it is filled with sounds?   12/30/2009 12:13 AM Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:20:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968183&grpId=3659174697253971&nav=Groupspace John Doyle 2009-12-30T05:20:26Z