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May 29, 2009 01:17 AM EDT --
The old gods return
Through the cracks in the fortress
Of ourselves, past the sentinels
We charge with our safe keeping.
The castle, a mirage,
Shimmers with the myth of king,
Queen, the crown . . .
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April 24, 2009 04:02 AM EDT --
A white owl brought me pieces of my soul
During the long dark night, this ritualistic winter descent of
the land of Fire and Ice, the land that's claimed me
into its' seasons, its times and . . .
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March 29, 2009 04:02 AM EDT --
One day
I wake up to the not so far off rumble of Mount Redoubt esteemed
Volcano Mother of the Land of Ten Thousand Volcanoes down
The street and the land line ringing off the hook, . . .
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March 20, 2009 05:23 AM EDT --
Seven steps Down the stone and winding stair. Only seven. Push me there. Let me fall among dead leaves crushed sandy dirt, rough granite in a slow-motion fall, close-ups: ants crawl in a line up my neck . . .
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March 12, 2009 01:41 AM EDT --
March 2009's Poem For Thee challenge was "The Golden Rule". JustMe and X-Tabber nailed it. They teamed up and collaborated to create the following "I-Thou" exchange . . .
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March 11, 2009 05:36 AM EDT --
Tree.
Look for birds,
If none there
Suspect heresy.
Sun.
Round
Think of it
As flat instead.
Sky.
One third
The golden mean,
Two-thirds, never three.
Ocean.
From a small raft,
No sign . . .
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March 10, 2009 06:30 AM EDT --
Hades Moon, Demeter’s Daughter
Unable to die, (no sharp instruments lie by)
When the moon is full and I have fallen, weak, upon my knees,
Painted upon myself Grief, orange, red, black, instead . . .
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March 10, 2009 05:05 AM EDT --
At age 15 I understood, as I was taught, that I had free will, a choice. I could serve God or man. What was my choice to be? Oh yeah, there were those darn consequences. If I chose God, I would go to . . .
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March 09, 2009 05:20 PM EDT --
Sentinels
Until all of us have made it, none of us has made it. -Rosemary Brown-
One of my two grandmothers had these incredible huge sunflowers growing on the borders of her garden. She told stories, . . .
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March 01, 2009 02:39 PM EST --
Can art function in the same sense that god does in the world of faith, for those who are secularist?
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March 01, 2009 01:33 PM EST --
Welcome to "A Poem From Thee Bi-Weekly Be". Here's how it works:
I will offer an inspirational challenge to poets bi-weekly (approximately due to unforeseen problems such as technical . . .
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February 24, 2009 04:37 PM EST --
Congratulations and thank you to JustMe. She is A Poem For Me Bi-Weekly Be Featured Poet for her response to the February 11, 2009 Inspiration "Threes," "Trinities" . . .
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February 22, 2009 09:15 PM EST --
Ach! How I would that I could turn
my Goddess Face from the task I’m asked, and leave it fallow.
Thrice you have been blessed
With life, then life again, rebirth,
Your spirit captive ‘neath the . . .
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February 16, 2009 03:39 AM EST --
In response to Steve's article "The Causes of The Economic Crisis:
I don't understand your quick gloss-over of deregulation, Steve. I remember when Reagan broke up the monopoly of the . . .
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February 11, 2009 02:51 PM EST --
Libramoon's poem Adulation was submitted in response to A Poem For Thee's debut challenge "Doubles" or "Mirrors". Below you will find Libramoon's poem and Kelly's . . .
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February 10, 2009 07:01 PM EST --
New Challenge Below!
Welcome to "A Poem From Thee Bi-Weekly Be". Here's how it works:
I will offer an inspirational challenge to poets, roughly, every other week. Depending on . . .
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February 08, 2009 07:15 PM EST --
Below is the letter I wrote to one of my state's senators. Feel free to copy.
Dear Senator,
Please be advised that I support the President's Stimulus Package and am consciously . . .
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January 27, 2009 11:04 PM EST --
First of all let me disarm you of the need to diminish
yourself or me.
My heart and yours are not different.
At the same time that I am ignorant and empty
I have visited worlds where you and . . .
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January 21, 2009 02:32 PM EST --
Before the august dawn
And the mirror of a Walden pond,
Looks a girl upon the shining lawn-
Bouquet plucked and early donned-
Oh thin, fast reach of heaven’s yawn
Before the shadowed wood beyond . . .
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January 20, 2009 05:26 PM EST --
The tears came during the final few minutes of his speech, turning toward my husband, Wayne, I saw that he, too, had tears streaming down his cheeks. I knew that this moment in history would . . .
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