List: A. Writes that make me think I may actually have a little poet in me

Writing a poem doesn't make you a poet...
any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

Every so often, I'll actually write something that can pass as actual honest-to-goodness poetry.  To me, these are those writes.

• carpe diem

  41 lines, 29 comments, on Jan 10 10:36 PM 2008. In Other, Thoughts, Music Inspired
• dream

  twisted and broken
  words never spoken

  15 lines, 26 comments, on Mar 12 8:37 PM 2007. In Not personal, society, sad
• evensong

  14 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 12 8:29 PM 2007. In Nature, Other
• cadence

  when I open my heart,
  this is what I hear...

  27 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 4 8:28 PM 2007. In Sad
• Clean

  Snow reflects velvet in shimmering light
  The essence of nature finely attune

  13 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 2 9:50 PM 2007
• Peace (A Double Tetractys, Line-Unit Palindrome Poem)

  First time I ever tried both forms.

  24 lines, 24 comments, on Nov 10 8:56 PM 2006. In Hope
• Freedom - (Triolet)

  16 lines, 17 comments, on Aug 11 9:15 PM 2006. In Personal, Hope
• Raven’s Kiss

  36 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 27 8:14 AM 2006. In Lyrics, Other
• Your Concubine

  18 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 17 9:32 PM 2006. In Other, Dark
• Genesis Redux

  18 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 23 4:02 PM 2005. In Society
• Static

  34 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 8 8:27 PM 2005. In Personal
• entwined

  your burning breath
  caresses my skin

  19 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 19 8:01 PM 2005. In Adult, Love, Hope
• Apex Passions in Pantoum

  Atop the mountain in a lover's embrace Silk and satin, mixed with lace Below the winds rustle through the trees While above my love, we do as w

  33 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 19 12:07 PM 2005. In Other
• aurora

  aurora - the first light of day

  22 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 18 9:35 PM 2005. In Other
• Invidia

  22 lines, 18 comments, on May 22 8:43 PM 2005. In Society
• Scattering Ashes Of Day Drops

  Days drop Like dew from the petals of time Scattering ashes From the hearth of eternity

  36 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 23 3:09 PM 2005. In Personal
• Ice Queen (cinquain)

  5 lines, 15 comments, on May 24 9:26 PM 2004. In Society, Sad
• cohesion

  abstract absence
  nothing makes any sense

  11 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 14 4:23 PM 2004. In Sad, Other
• A Thousand Whispers

  Reposted after deleted from a contest. Originally written October 28, 2002

  41 lines, 19 comments, on Jan 13 3:12 PM 2004. In Angst
• Passions in Pantoum

  23 lines, 18 comments, on Jan 3 3:12 PM 2004. In Adult, Love
• Playground

  12 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 1 11:27 AM 2003. In Sad, Personal
• My Ultimate Fate

  Death comes for me
  As I sit and wait

  15 lines, 12 comments, on May 20 7:47 AM 2003. In Angst
• Writing Love Poems

  «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
  

  11 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 19 5:04 PM 2003. In Personal, Hope
• Paper Heart

  (¯`'·.¸(¯`'·.¸¸.·'´¯)¸.·'´¯)
  

  20 lines, 12 comments, on Nov 14 9:54 AM 2002. In Spiritual

• By me, right now

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by Barbara

Categories: A little bit of that, A little bit of this, Personal

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