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I can remember when the Spring grew bold
When trees gave birth as newborn leaves unfurled
by Pattiboo
19 lines, 8 comments,
on Sep 17 12:11 AM
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The album lay among a pile of books,
Just scattered on the ground for all to view.
by Pattiboo
15 lines, 8 comments,
on Sep 13 11:39 AM
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This picture; see how intricate and sharp
Created by a skillful human hand.
by Pattiboo
16 lines, 11 comments,
on Sep 5 12:36 AM
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John Milton, as a poet, was rather bold,
departing from the usual English form of sonnet,
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Spenserian Sonnet
by Pattiboo
16 lines, 2 comments,
on Aug 24 12:12 AM
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Now Milton seems to me a sad old bloke
Though famous as a poet in his day.
by Pattiboo
18 lines, 4 comments,
on Aug 21 1:00 AM
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This was written after a discussion about poetry and wine and that often the 'cheap wine is preferable to the expensive brands. So is it th
by Pattiboo
16 lines, 6 comments,
on Aug 19 11:55 AM
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However long or short my life, I pray that, at it’s end,
those who live after me will say: “He was a trusty friend.”
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we sat enthralled at the tales he told from Macaulay’s poetry
of those heroes bold in the days of old and their feats of bravery.
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Although they took Tut’s wealth away, they left his mummy where it lay
and there it rests right to this day…..
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God grant that they died quickly, free of agony or fear.
We know at least they were released from all their worldly care.
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Methinks that love and lust go hand in hand
for both are inextricably entwined
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If we evolved from apes as Darwin claimed,
for what we have become, should apes be blamed?
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I seldom sit at table as a guest
for, of my former friends, few now exist.
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Death stalks across the furrowed fields of life
and, one by one, cuts down both foe and friend.
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When, as a little child, my Mother sang sweet songs to me,
I wondered why her eyes would fill with tears
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No complicating problems them oppressed!
Enjoy the loveliness that is expressed!
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We ALL have some ‘condition’ and, if we have lived for long,
we cease to function perfectly; there’s always ‘something wrong’.
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Attempting to write sweet sonnet's I find...
Confusion follows my every word,
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by catz
19 lines, 24 comments,
on Mar 28 5:31 AM
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To let age stop your life would be a sin.
Get out! Enjoy yourself and don’t give in!
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Surviving trouble brings a host of thoughts,
important wisdom useful for one's friends,
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those recent Aussie bushfires have destroyed
a thousand homes, it’s said and at least two hundred dead
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Within my Favourites’ Gallery, a sacred, safe repository,
are recent photographs of all my faves
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I cannot make you last ten thousand years,
Withstanding all the buffetings of time.
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If we forgive each other while we live,
in Heaven, may God our trespasses forgive.
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There is no massive grandeur in the sphynx:
Millenniums alone he gazes out
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Some people touch our lives for certain reason,
yet others come to visit for a season.
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Perchance we pause and wonder on the meaning of this life
and supplicate God’s purpose and intent for each of us
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A mournful bugle sounds its notes - Last Post -
recalling men and women lost in war,
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That some free verse is beautiful, I readily concede;
however, to pretend that prose is verse, I see no need.
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So, with Your help I know that I can free from pain
my friends and share the joy to see them well again.
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O Man! Is this what, all your life, you reckoned to expect?
This final farewell, manifesting sorrow and respect?
22 lines, 8 comments,
on Oct 21 11:17 PM 2008. In Sad, Thoughts
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Tumbling, churning, raging stream in flood,
insistent nagging as an aching tooth,
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When one contemplates the glory of the heavenly host at night,
one is overawed by so much sheer magnificence
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I'm sad for those whose minds deny the sustenance of soul,
who have no ‘ear’ for music nor an ‘eye’ for human art,
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Today, as Angelica says, we’re better to rely
on instinct, wit and simple common-sense to get us by.
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So trust your own instincts and you may find
the life you want with one who’s good and kind.
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O' many are the doors I've tried, to see what's on the other side,
only to find when I looked there, the space inside completely bare.
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If only she could share in my belief,
I wish that somehow, it would ease her grief.
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Though oft’ obscure and never sure if I am foe or friend
yet, I endure and will ensure I triumph in the end.
25 lines, 11 comments,
on Sep 2 3:38 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Myth
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Our bodies lose élan with age like leaves in autumn’s fall
but, as they pass from stage to stage, the mind controls it all.
22 lines, 6 comments,
on Aug 23 8:05 PM 2008. In Life, Thoughts
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I hope that all will understand and none will feel offended.
If I can’t write poetry any more, life might as well be ended.
22 lines, 5 comments,
on Aug 1 2:54 PM 2008. In Personal, Life
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"She's mine, though not Calliope's descent,
in tune with who I am, incumbent. Meant -- "
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When I am gone I wonder who’ll remember me at all.
Will anybody read my poems or even breathe my name?
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I hope, before my winter when the final flower closes,
that visitors inspect my garden and enjoy the roses.
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May God always allow me strength to change the things I can -
not for my benefit alone but for my fellow-man.
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Surrounded by God’s nature and the sea,
I’m blest in my retirement! I AM FREE!
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I used to listen without giving advice,
but then people asked what they should do,
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I’m somewhat mystified by recent Government ‘apologies’.
It seems that there’s a current rash to undo much historic hash
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It’s ANZAC Day but here we are, engaged in yet another war.
If we could only turn time back, would our youth now be in Iraq?
29 lines, 6 comments,
on Apr 24 4:40 PM 2008. In Life, Thoughts
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I’ll never be a “trophy whore” or write for contest recognition,
I keep composing more and more to satisfy my own ambition.
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Not angels’ own, nor God alone did my salvation choose,
except through you who led me through, my dear, beloved Muse.
22 lines, 1 comment,
on Mar 25 9:21 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Love
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There’s suspense in the air at the One-Day Cricket.
England made 340 runs to beat.
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Forgiveness, freely given, to the giver is a balm
which soothes the pain of grievance and restores the soul to calm.
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If youth could see the promises it makes!
"Forever" trips so easily from the tongue.
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I wish that I could have a day
without so many jobs to do.
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They wander through the world in search of bliss,
not knowing where sustained enjoyment lies:
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I remember with affection certain teachers at my schools
who taught me much of what I learned by textbook, rod and rules.
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Parents’ duty is to warn their daughters not to go to bed
with any man until they’re sure HE is the one to wed.
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You may keep material trappings and deprive me of my wealth,
but let me keep my mind, my sight, my hearing and my HEALTH!
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To GOD Whose Hand directs the course of human history,
we poets who write in English, thank Him for “All Poetry”.
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So readers who would search into my inner soul
should not be too judgemental or too prude
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And, as in Faith I send my prayers across the seas of pain,
I wait the hour until, Dear One, I hear from you again.
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Although much in this life gives cause to grieve / and likely more may come in future still / as, one by one, those whom we love will leave
21 lines, 17 comments,
on Jul 27 4:47 PM 2007. In Life, Love, Hope
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When I am gone and only bones or ash remain / of what I was on earth to all my loving friends, / may they re
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Five people dead because they cut the cost
to fix the road and so these lives were lost.
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Among the Israelites they found not one
who dared his life against the giant
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Sincere, true friends are few and far between. / Acquaintances we muster by the dozens.
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In giving we receive, the weak are strong -
these contradict themselves, they must be wrong
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Kiwis and Wars – Wyleian Sonnet CXCIV / New Zealand soldiers fought for Britain first against the Boers / and then against Germanic forces
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Sweet spring you thaw the winter in my heart
As pallid sun dispels the morning mist,
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I’ve seen Great Britain where my great-grandparents used to be
but I was born in Aotearoa and this is home to me.
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They come because New Zealand is a better place to live;
it offers greater freedom than most other countries give.
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A song of praise resounds in field and wood,
by wood and river, birdsong greets the sun.
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Between two neighbours, fences are erected to divide
their properties and thus identify each other’s space.
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Give me a sense of humour, Lord,
Give me the grace to see a joke,
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The image of a woman dressed in red
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His hand, an open Lotus of delight,
is soft against the troubles of the day--
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Did they die in an eruption? Was it fine or stormy weather?
We know only that they died there long ago, in love together.
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Tino Rangatiratanga is a flag, which Maoris see
as a symbol of our culture and abiding history.
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With heads unbowed we wage war for democracy
and yet we mourn the lives lost in the cause of Liberty.
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Lord, who created all that breathe and live,
reject us not! Our foolish ways forgive!
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In black and white the frozen forest waits
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Though not exhaustive, I have tried, with these fourteen selections,
to list some modern wonders which are major world attractions.
92 lines, 5 comments,
on Nov 28 12:43 PM 2006. In Other, History
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In addition to the Seven Wonders of the ancients’ list,
there are several others which, quite unaccountably, they missed.
93 lines, 25 comments,
on Nov 21 1:14 PM 2006. In Other, History.
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Of six wonders of the ancient world no traces now remain.
Thus Nature bests the mightiest works which man constructs in vain.
61 lines, 8 comments,
on Nov 18 2:16 AM 2006. In Other, History
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‘Tis morning on the eleventh of November
when men, awaking, mark Armistice Day
23 lines, 13 comments,
on Nov 11 11:53 AM 2006. In Society, Other
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So, moving ‘mongst your graves with solemn tread,
we say farewell and thanks, with unbowed head.
22 lines, 9 comments,
on Nov 8 2:08 AM 2006. In Other, Love
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"Rest easily and sleep in peace my brothers.
Your job is done, the line you left has held,
21 lines, 21 comments,
on Nov 6 1:38 PM 2006. In Other, Love
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Hold dear to all your special friends with care;
for ever precious are the dreams you share.
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I well remember Petworth Park; we often used to stroll
along the tree-lined pathways winding through the sloping lawns.
21 lines, 10 comments,
on Oct 26 4:37 PM 2006. In Personal, Other
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26 lines, 13 comments,
on Oct 23 4:47 PM 2006. In Spiritual
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in carefully curbing the time that I use
my priority’s always my personal Muse.
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With faith in the Almighty never shaken,
by Church or Civil warring undeterred,
21 lines, 4 comments,
on Oct 10 3:10 PM 2006. In Other
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The Italian sonnet form thou didst translate
to English language without foreign taint,
19 lines, 8 comments,
on Oct 7 2:50 PM 2006. In Other
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I wonder if that girl, still dreaming some,
can see, with pride, the woman I've become.
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Immortal of immortals! None can reach
The enduring heights, which thou alone dost teach.
21 lines, 4 comments,
on Sep 28 7:35 PM 2006. In Other
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The flames of vestal ardour and desire
rise from the ashes of your funeral pyre.
19 lines, 6 comments,
on Sep 25 5:12 PM 2006. In Other
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It seems, to me, that threes, fours, fives or sevens,
are better metres than the higher evens.
18 lines, 4 comments,
on Sep 23 3:24 PM 2006. In Other
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I hope the magic won't too quickly hide
within the normal footsteps of our days,
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Beside the pond he stands alone
to guard his nesting wife.
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Sunday last was Fathers’ Day. In every year,
like Christmas, it brings floods of memories profound.
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If you're now happy, Brian, we will not mind
this awful pain in us you've left behind.
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It’s hard for mums and dads who lose their tots or teens
or older through infirmity passed down through genes.
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nor yet forget, while still we nod, the lessons learned by rule and rod.
For these and for the native sod that nurtured us, we thank our God.
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My best friends are the books that I’ve collected my life through
which live within my library and greet me every day.
21 lines, 6 comments,
on Aug 17 2:44 PM 2006. In Love, Humor
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Each one of us is like a book, inscribed through many stages;
each hour, each week, each month, each year is written in its pages.
21 lines, 4 comments,
on Aug 16 4:57 PM 2006. In Other
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Their books lie dusty on the shelves, their covers mouldering green,
their unread pages yellowed through neglect.
22 lines, 7 comments,
on Aug 15 2:09 PM 2006. In Other
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What sort of men are we who wreak such vengeance cruel and wild
on others in the name of GOD – the more so to a child?
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My Love, be near and nearer with the night
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She cloistered me in closest confinement
Beset by spies and spiteful enemies
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In history she'll claim the martyr's crown
While I as bloody despot am put down.
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One day, if blessed with spiritual love,
oh! cherish it! for it’s from God above.
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Two souls, entwined in infinite embrace,
infused by blaze of spiritual fire
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What emptiness! A hopeless mystery,
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Since time began we shared each life anew;
our love will last beyond the lives we knew.
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O Gentle Mentor, speak in poetry;
entwine the threads of language into grace.
by M.A.King
37 lines, 7 comments,
on Jul 2 2:29 PM 2006. In Other
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who else would take my hand and, gently, leading me to chance,
then hold me close and, tenderly, enfold in lover's dance?
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Dear Friend, you have a hold upon my heart!
by M.A.King
22 lines, 8 comments,
on Jun 26 4:30 PM 2006. In Love
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The days of love have passed like morning clouds.
by M.A.King
22 lines, 8 comments,
on Jun 24 2:40 PM 2006. In Love
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No matter where my journeys go, throughout my days and nights,
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For Egypt's Gods and Priests held earth and sky
Within the cosmos in the Pharaoh's eye.
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In short, to censure others’ verse,
make sure your own is better first!
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By all means show appreciation when it’s justly due
but be careful not to show that you’re an ignoramus too!
20 lines, 17 comments,
on May 28 2:53 PM 2006. In Humor, Angst
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In direct inverse proportion to the talent of the writer
the good accept sincere advice, the bad you must treat lighter.
23 lines, 7 comments,
on May 27 3:50 PM 2006. In Humor, Angst
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Go find the peace you seek as dreams unfold
and fill your life with joy that's yours to hold.
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I wonder why they haven’t joined their children, as they should
but I’m happy that they’ve found this place of refuge here for good.
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Why write a poem at all if it’s so bad
that, having posted it, you must conceal?
19 lines, 20 comments,
on May 16 7:35 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal
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Entwined, the thorny limbs that pierce the Light;
a crown, the symbol of eternal Grace.
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If GOLD denotes a champion, (the winner who came *first*,)
how can it, justly, be bestowed upon *fourth* best (or worst)?
21 lines, 19 comments,
on Mar 24 2:02 PM 2006. In Society, Other
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No one was there to give them their last rites
or pray as they slipped into their long nights.
by angelica
19 lines, 13 comments,
on Mar 8 3:14 PM 2006. In Sad
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Seasons, like birds, come and go with routine regularity
Summer returns, after Spring, as a time for hilarity.
22 lines, 13 comments,
on Mar 8 11:05 AM 2006. In Nature
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Give me days of merriment and laughter -
I’ll not fret, whatever may come after.
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If, for this exercise, I thus depict her,
nevertheless I will not contradict her.
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I think that now, herein, I have achieved my object
to write a sonnet without any proper subject.
22 lines, 14 comments,
on Mar 4 2:07 PM 2006. In Other, Humor
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Man dies.....The spirit leaves its mortal shell.
Its destination? None can tell us where.
22 lines, 7 comments,
on Feb 5 3:59 PM 2006. In Spiritual
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There was a time when I had many friends
who regularly criticised my writing,
22 lines, 19 comments,
on Jan 31 4:04 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal
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I wonder what became of friends of mine?
Allpoetry, the site I love, is quiet
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The first French colonists who died in 1842
were buried up on L’Aube Hill above the little town
23 lines, 7 comments,
on Jan 22 2:22 PM 2006. In Sad, Other
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I stand upon an island, still in time.
Its trees are full with fruit, its sands are hot.
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‘Tis Christmastime, the Season of good cheer
when hearts are gay and folks feel young and brave
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Five million people live in sunny clime,
with a unique culture wholly integrated.
20 lines, 4 comments,
on Dec 18 12:12 PM 2005. In Other
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The isle of Sicily is situated
beneath the toe of ancient Italy,
20 lines, 7 comments,
on Dec 17 12:53 AM 2005. In Other
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Oh Slumber, catch his laughter with your grace
and let it fill my dreams; a symphony.
by M.A.King
19 lines, 7 comments,
on Dec 16 10:05 AM 2005. In Love
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Your eyes are gems, reflecting heaven's light
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males invariably lust
for women with a well-developed bust!
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the Nippon empire, four years later, met apocalypse.
Unconditional surrender followed lost ascendancy.
36 lines, 25 comments,
on Dec 7 11:29 AM 2005. In Sad, Other
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The silence of the years will not unwind
or fill the loss of friends we left behind.
22 lines, 13 comments,
on Dec 1 2:18 PM 2005. In Sad, Love
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The spirit stays but brief - we know it’s there,
close to our hearts. They know we care.
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What use our own unfavoured lack of health or fortune selfishly to curse
when there are many thousands whose cruel fate and lowly circumstance is worse?
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Be young my children while you both are free
your youth will pass too soon as you will see
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Lord, to my friends, give happiness and health.
I ask, for them, not circumstance nor wealth
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Ah! Happy is the mother's lot
who loves the children she has got!
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“Come! Kiss me love, for time is flying fast.
T’will soon be dawn and I must fare away."
23 lines, 6 comments,
on Nov 6 2:39 PM 2005. In Fantasy, Sad
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Joan loved my ducklings, garden and great weather
but our greatest joy was just to be together.
22 lines, 11 comments,
on Nov 4 1:26 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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As I disembarked, the smiling face of Hugh
was greeting me; we hugged each other tightly.
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These happy, fleeting moments fly too fast
but every hour and minute is a joy.
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God works in most mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.
Who cannot see is prone to doubt, for that is human norm.
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When angels come to visit from above,
I, and my garden, both respond with love.
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I contemplate the beauty of this scene,
my longings blessed with seemliness serene.
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All these and other sayings she would chatter
there was no limit to her wealth of matter.
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I went again today to check upon my ducklings,
now there are twelve of the original thirteen.
22 lines, 16 comments,
on Oct 11 12:31 PM 2005. In Other, Nature
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On my accustomed daily walk
along the Heathcote riverside
43 lines, 11 comments,
on Oct 4 1:50 PM 2005. In Other, Nature
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O Grief, thy breath is poison, cold, thy kiss
that brings this sorrow, deep and unrestrained.
by M.A.King
21 lines, 7 comments,
on Oct 3 7:07 PM 2005. In Dark
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Though English, Milton felt he could afford
to pen his sonnets in Italian strain.
19 lines, 4 comments,
on Sep 13 10:36 PM 2005. In Other
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The sonnet sings in melodies of rhyme
and moves across the page with meter's grace.
by M.A.King
19 lines, 5 comments,
on Sep 12 11:16 AM 2005. In Other
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The dying Oaks are bent like crippled men,
they stand along the brook beneath a sky
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This morning dawned, though cloudy, clear and fair;
I hastened to my wonted pond-side seat,
68 lines, 11 comments,
on Sep 11 4:25 PM 2005. In Nature, Hope
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by M.A.King
17 lines, 10 comments,
on Sep 7 10:57 AM 2005. In Dark
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Oh Hypnos! If thyself thy charms would keep,
pray, grant enlightenment in place of sleep!
23 lines, 9 comments,
on Sep 6 4:21 PM 2005. In Other
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Twelve first becomes but only four when
the seasons flow into each other--
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Your laughter swept across a somber day
and painted hillsides bright in em’rald green.
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Free Verse may not match, in beauty, well-rhymed, metered poetry,
but each poet to his inspiration must stay true and free.
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Of trees that once grew tall ‘ere we were born,
the Heathcote’s riverbank has now been shorn.
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Run the good race that, when your race is run,
The Lord may say of you: “Well done, my son.”
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Now, almost everybody’s nature has another side
which, even to our closest friends, we’re careful to conceal
22 lines, 15 comments,
on Jul 11 2:36 AM 2005. In Personal, Humor
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When I am gone then shall you think on me,
perchance to read this verse I write today
23 lines, 18 comments,
on Jun 17 8:23 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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I didn't call, you said you needed time.
I let the days go by and did not wane.
by M.A.King
17 lines, 11 comments,
on Jun 16 6:08 PM 2005. In Love
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When first we met you placed within my heart
a book and one by one the pages filled
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Of all great compositions, Wagner’s “Ring” is far the greatest;
41 lines, 17 comments,
on Jun 14 2:59 PM 2005. In Other
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His pollution, loss, destruction now beheld
what wonder Mother Nature has rebelled?
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I wonder that those unique gifts, which God Almighty gave,
He should take from such a genius granting but an early grave.
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Though I’ve persevered and practiced on and off throughout the years,
I just do not have ability nor talent such as hers.
22 lines, 15 comments,
on Jun 11 4:27 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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There are two among my favourites I regard as “Sonnet Queens”;
every sonnet that they write is pure perfection.
25 lines, 9 comments,
on Jun 10 11:21 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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Autumnal shadows slant across the street,
dappling the leaf-lit, grass-green riverbank
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The birds still sing a lovely serenade,
the sky is cloudless blue just as before
by M.A.King
19 lines, 13 comments,
on May 26 4:36 PM 2005. In Love
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We then note the (New Zealand) time at eight and thirty-three.
Of course! The AP site goes down with regularity.
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May we, whose liberties and freedoms stem
from their bequest, always remember them.
21 lines, 11 comments,
on May 11 11:29 PM 2005. In Society, Other
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Thus may my words be not unkind
nor show the failings of my mind.
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My erstwhile Goddess and my Muse now seem
mere fantasy – at best, a foolish dream.
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Wind will bring the seeds to rest
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I wake to see him painted on the sky
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