http://weeklymuse.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Poet's Weekly Muse en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:19:04 GMT 2010-01-03T18:19:04Z 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=281474977974123&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace we make humans out of flimsy paper and gods out of every blood drop spilled for nothing at all we make up egos and crush between  impossible standards we justify everything and lose . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:58:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974123&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. 2010-01-03T14:58:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967796&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace   Change   I resist all kinds of change Like the cow who confronts a new gate; I am fearful of some things I haven’t yet tried And I’ve been . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:38:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967796&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-29T22:38:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973644&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace   Assassins of Our Future (The Bullet) Perhaps it lies upon some shelf, Or in a box, or drawer Innocent, sitting alone I should think Just past . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:00:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973644&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-03T06:00:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973528&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Sepulchral Satin, Caress Savoured Hogarth Curves, Whisper Sweet Nothings...     ccl'010 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:41:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973528&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Curt L. 2010-01-03T03:41:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973512&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace                                                              . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:23:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973512&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Thomas W. 2010-01-03T03:23:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973403&grpId=3659174697250966&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=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-03T01:10:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973457&grpId=3659174697250966&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=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Cheryl W. 2010-01-03T02:15:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973351&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace By moving photos between albums on my own page I've resubmited them to selected groups?! Oh gad! Beware of an Ade tsunami possibly heading your way (I'm so sorry!). Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:10:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973351&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Adrian Eve Revenaugh 2010-01-03T00:10:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973005&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Did you ever open your Bible and read a passage over and over until it no longer made sense, until you were dizzy with choices?  How to interpret something that sounds straightforward, but in fact . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:05:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973005&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2010-01-02T23:05:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973253&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace   Ringing the Changes     Seconds of afterlight, Sun lapsed into horizon Quiet of new snow, cold blanket to trees, roofs, road Gentle twilight, before . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:36:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973253&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace libramoon C. 2010-01-02T22:36:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972157&grpId=3659174697250966&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=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2010-01-02T20:03:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973088&grpId=3659174697250966&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=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-02T19:54:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904405&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Endless Love Song Do this for me whenever you feel just so sadly sad: smile not bravely but let welling tears freely . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:02:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904405&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again 2010-01-02T09:02:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973070&grpId=3659174697250966&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=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. 2010-01-02T19:43:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973051&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace   Rebuttal to Invictus I am the Captain of  my Soul But the Owner of the ship Controls the nuts and bolts of Self; Destination and length of . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:23:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973051&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-02T19:23:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972691&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace   The Picture Poem The “Big Picture” lies in the details Of the bumblebee’s gossamer wings, A spider’s web framed in the moonlight, And other . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:14:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972691&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-02T18:14:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972928&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace I awoke this mornin' to winter white glistening in bright sunlight -- a wonderful way to begin a new day!       photo used in this creation courtesy of morgueFile   . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:54:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972928&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Ruthi C. 2010-01-02T17:54:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972661&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace   Prismatic Awareness Prismatic Awareness occurs when a person comes to know and/or become conscious that there is a Producer of Light; that Man, as well as all material objects . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:29:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972661&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-02T14:29:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972156&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace One day you lost the notion To sail across an ocean The journey once was fair To get from here to there Tedious days on end You traverse decks end to end The comforts over-sate To enter . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:54:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972156&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2010-01-02T05:54:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972147&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace What does it say Of me today The social butterfly Has landed~or just lit~ Upon a well-veined leaf I sit My comfort zone Is in my home So long I roamed (Like a Rolling Stone) The smell . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:38:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972147&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2010-01-02T05:38:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972132&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace The swarm of drones They keep the hive For the Queen Whilst she's alive   All people are equal In the kingdom of humans But the sequel Of others in the animal realm If all are the . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:24:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972132&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2010-01-02T05:24:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972114&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace What disaster man has wrought Upon this place that he was brought From complex starts we did spring forth No permission ever sought We need to learn well what we're taught To co-exist in times . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:15:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972114&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2010-01-02T05:15:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971930&grpId=3659174697250966&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=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-02T00:59:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971928&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Note:  This is actually a response to a request for six words for a sestina in the group INSPIRE ME: PROMPTS AND EXERCISES.   WINTER It is colder this winter, The ice won't crack. Cold . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:55:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971928&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Michelle W. 2010-01-02T00:55:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971829&grpId=3659174697250966&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=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Lisa Frost 2010-01-01T22:27:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971831&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace   How sweet it is, this mystery that we call life Our DNA so close to everyone, our spirits show O’ Plato, where did this island of Atlantis go?   . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:34:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971831&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Richard Lynn Livesay 2010-01-01T22:34:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971766&grpId=3659174697250966&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=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Lisa Frost 2010-01-01T21:17:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971719&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace New Year ( A rictameter for 2010) New Year Born at midnight to the exaltation of millions around the planet. It holds the promise of new beginnings~ a time . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:47:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971719&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2010-01-01T20:47:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971675&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace HAPPY 2010!   Today's daily dose o' sunshine is brought to you by   Tournament of Roses Parade and Football   GO BUCKS! . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:56:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971675&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Ruthi C. 2010-01-01T19:56:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971508&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Old acquaintance, Not forgot, But burned In memories, dear, Brought to mind, As oft' as not, By words, We seldom hear.   Happy New Years, New beginnings, A traced clear line, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:33:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971508&grpId=3659174697250966&nav=Groupspace Ron (in complete sheeple overload) W. 2010-01-01T16:33:43Z