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    Any poem writers out there? Here is one my wife wrote me.


    My fate has been set
    My destiny ordained
    I've ended my search
    Nothing remains.

    I've found my true love
    For he does exist
    He is my sole mate
    Which I can't resist

    He makes me feel happy
    When all is so blue
    And all he says is:
    "Honey I love you"

    For those are the words
    That I've longed to hear
    But have seemed to elude me
    For so many years

    I vow to my lover
    A life full of joy
    And promise to give him
    A new baby boy

    Through the good times and bad
    'Til death do us part
    I give him my body
    My soul and my heart

    For when I am gone
    My love will remain
    The way it has felt
    Since my pizza boy came.
    "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

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    Big Daddy, that's sweet. Do you ever take her to the SC with you? Are you having a baby, or is that just an aspiration for the future?

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    Yes anais I have taken her with me a few times. No we are not having a baby it was an aspiration for the future.
    "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

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    I have a haiku I made up a few years ago:

    [glow=red,2,300]I hate it when they
    ask for a hug and instead
    sneak a slimy kiss
    [/glow]


    guess it's not a true haiku since there is no nature reference but it flows properly.


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    This is my favorite poem, I did not write it, one of my mentors did. His name is David Wolfe. He has more poems at http://www.davidwolfe.com



    Pasteurized Milk & Money


    The leaders are doing the best they can,
    If only they would take a stand.
    And we can all fix politics,
    If we can think of some 'never-ever' tricks.
    Forget the cakes,
    Let's all drink shakes
    And mint ice cream...
    Now, we're living our dream.
    We're living longer than ever,
    Medical science is oh so clever.
    Everything is going well,
    Even if we all feel like hell.
    Technology will always save the day,
    By clearing another forest away.
    Pushing buttons and papers along
    Is how we determine right and wrong.
    And all the pollution will just get better
    If we follow the rules to the letter.
    It's all fine and dandy,
    Let’s give everyone candy.
    In fact, it's all looking sunny,
    In the land of pasteurized milk and money.


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    Ryan, I seriously dig that poem. Ever read anything from the beat generation poets?

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    These are entries to a competition asking for a rhyme with the most
    > > romantic first line but least romantic second line.... Love may be
    > > beautiful, love may be bliss, But I only slept with you, cause I was
    > > pissed.
    > >
    > > Roses are red, violets are blue,
    > > sugar is sweet, and so are you.
    > > But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead,
    > > the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.
    > >
    > > I thought that I could love no other,
    > > Until, I met your brother.
    > >
    > > Kind, intelligent, loving and hot,
    > > This describes everything you are not.
    > >
    > > I want to feel, your sweet embrace,
    > > But don't take that paper bag, off of your face.
    > >
    > > I love your smile, your face, and your eyes-
    > > Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
    > >
    > > My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife,
    > > Marrying you, screwed up my life.
    > >
    > > I see your face, when I am dreaming,
    > > That's why I always wake up screaming.
    > >
    > > My love, you take my breath away,
    > > What have you stepped on, to smell this way.
    > >
    > > My feelings for you, no words can tell,
    > > Except for maybe "go to hell".
    > >
    > > What inspired this amorous rhyme?
    > > Two parts vodka, one part lime.
    Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

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    YES love to write. gets out alot of pent up emotions. many are very personal. my best work comes late at night when i'm upset about something, but it helps me get over it.
    here goes.


    let the night come
    to destroy what was today
    let the sky turn black
    and wash this pain away

    let the night come
    when my grief can be erased
    just cant close my eyes;
    or i'll see your haunting face

    let the night come
    to forget our demise
    while everyone is sleeping
    there echoes my soft cries

    let the night come,
    so a part of me can die
    the part that dreams of you,
    that part that wonders why

    let the night come
    to blot out the day
    i'll exist
    in complete blackness

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    here's another one.

    minute


    i'm fluid
    time, i'm flying by
    before your eyes

    catch me
    before you grow old,
    smell the roses,
    before it's too late,

    i'm slipping by
    use me, abuse me,
    im bending and flowing

    i'm ebb and i'm tide
    i'm passing you by

    make use of me,
    i'm time

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    okay ONE more. thanks for reading.



    hourglass

    like sand through
    an hourglass,

    every lash
    you give

    i hurt less

    i love
    you less

    until my love
    slips by

    like sand through
    an hourglass.

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    Oh DAISYlicious, those poems are great! I'll definately have to share those!
    "A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you."
    Francoise Sagan

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    I love to write!!!! I have folders of poetry and even got some of it published. My favorite poem ever written though is by Elizabeth Bishop. It's called one Art. LOok it up on the internet. (I'm too lazy to type it all)
    I read it almost everyday for strength.

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    Winter In My Labyrinth


    You ask to hear from me,
    Say I am well...
    No wretched illness, not an aimless wander.
    When then shall I call?
    Be it early spring;
    Whilst your sweet bride tends to her blossoming tulips?
    Some distant fall;
    If not too busy tossing amber leaves
    Over her soft golden mane?
    Winter. Bitter cold dark winter.
    I shall not call.
    Yet step outside for a moment,
    Leave your gentle bride by the fireside;
    Step into the bleak, cold dark winters night.
    You asked to hear from me?
    Listen then to the howling wind;
    The distant moan drawing nearer, nearer;
    'Till all around yourself is white,
    So blindingly white you'll lose your way.
    Overpowered by the savage wind,
    You'll turn and seek the warm sanctuary
    That you built for moments like this...
    So no icy chill would slither
    down your sweet bride's spine.
    There's no use clawing at the frigid nights air;
    You're lost, adrift in my labyrinth.
    When your senses can endure no more,
    And you fall to your knees weeping;
    It is then that you will hear me.
    This frozen- white hell is my pensive soul;
    Forever tormented by your apathy.




    copyright (c) 2001 *LM (Naomi_Tx)

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    Naomi, that's incredible! You are quite the wordsmith.

    I wouldn't be able to tell your poetry from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's if I saw them side by side. Thanks for sharing that. Kind of a shame that poetry is becoming a lost art.
    :yay:
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    Quote Originally Posted by doc-catfish link=board=1;threadid=67;start=msg56040#msg56040 date=1071587878
    Naomi, that's incredible! You are quite the wordsmith.

    I wouldn't be able to tell your poetry from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's if I saw them side by side. Thanks for sharing that. Kind of a shame that poetry is becoming a lost art.
    :yay:
    Thanks Doc, she is (was) a great poet. My favorites are Edna St Vincent Millay, Anna Akhmatova, and Sarah Teasdale.

    I have so many others I'd love to share; but they're a bit on the morbid side. Don't want to bore you; so I'll post my silly one.



    Damn it! I miss you.
    You horrid creature called... A Man.
    Nobody lies beside me,
    No beastly noises to keep me awake.
    You're gone and I'm alone,
    Besides your fish whom I still feed.
    Damn you for that!
    I always being the nurturer,
    And you the scum-sucking varmint
    No better yet-
    The amazing soulless man
    Who's left my freak show circus.
    Damn it! I miss you.




    copyright (c) 2002 *LM (Naomi_Tx)

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    this is my favorite:
    Desiderata


    Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.


    If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.


    Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.


    Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.


    Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.


    Strive to be happy.


    --- Max Ehrmann, 1927
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    My favorite poem. By Edna St. Vincent Millay

    What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
    I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
    Under my head till morning; but the rain
    Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
    Upon the glass and listen for reply,
    And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
    For unremembered lads that not again
    Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
    Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree,
    Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
    Yet knows it boughs more silent than before:
    I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
    I only know that summer sang in me
    A little while, that in me sings no more.

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    ...Well actually, I have two favorites.

    Ah, You Thought

    Ah, you thought I’d be the type
    You could forget,
    And that praying and sobbing, I’d throw myself
    Under the hooves of a bay.
    Or I would beg from the witches
    Some kind of root in charmed water
    And send you a terrible gift-
    My intimate, scented handkerchief.
    Damned if I will! Neither by glance nor by groan
    Will I touch your cursed soul,
    But I vow to you by the garden of angels,
    By the miraculous icon I vow
    And by the fiery passion of our nights-
    I will never return to you.

    By Anna Akhmatova

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    Gosh Naomi if i only had the strength to send that poem to my ex. But better to let him be. I like it, it's sad, and at the same time inspires me!

    Pamela

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pamela link=board=1;threadid=67;start=msg56343#msg56343 date=1071640915
    Gosh Naomi if i only had the strength to send that poem to my ex. But better to let him be. I like it, it's sad, and at the same time inspires me!

    Pamela
    Ironic, isn't it, that it's the somber poems that comfort us. Misery loves company, I suppose. I have a feeling that you would like Sarah Teasdale's poetry; such as:


    After Love
    by Sarah Teasdale

    There is no magic any more,
    We meet as other people do,
    You work no miracle for me
    Nor I for you.

    You were the wind and I the sea --
    There is no splendor any more,
    I have grown listless as the pool
    Beside the shore.

    But though the pool is safe from storm
    And from the tide has found surcease,
    It grows more bitter than the sea,
    For all its peace.




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    This isn't one of my best works; but I find it a bit fitting for a stripper website.



    Be Forewarned
    by Naomi_Tx


    Be forewarned!
    I will make you love me.
    My dark eyes will sparkle when you are near,
    From my soft lips- a melody will mesmerize you.
    Any wrong will be right with the slightest touch of my hand.

    You’ll be so wrapped in my web of intrigue;
    You won’t see the storm clouds approaching-
    Nothing could tear your gaze from my delicate face.
    Neither thunder nor lightning could penetrate the hold-
    The relentless grip I’ll have on you.
    My soothing touch is all you’ll feel,
    Though the rain and hail beats down upon you.

    But be forewarned!
    My eyes will dull at the sight of you.
    Those sweet soft lips will grow silent; and
    Before your desperate eyes, my face,
    The same gentle face that left you rhapsodized
    Will harden- thus, my detachment is torture.

    My heart is frozen.
    It’s a venomous plague- yet fear not,
    You will break free of me-
    But not before you drown in my misery.

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    Nice, and i like how i can relate to these. They are heart felt for sure! And you wrote that last poem....very impressed! I have tried to write poems, as many i'm sure have and they seem to be just words that have no meaning. IT's not easy, you did an excellent job!

    I love it very much. Simply because i can relate. Feel the emotion while reading. I may give it a shot again! Yea right. Just a thought......

    Great job Naomi.

    Pamela

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    Customer's Lament

    I gave you my whole paycheck
    A dollar at a time
    Hoping, in my heart of hearts,
    Maybe you'd be mine?

    From the freckles on your butt
    To the moles upon your thighs
    I know everything about you
    (Except the color of your eyes.)

    You were dancing just for me
    And not just for the money
    As I stuffed bills in your g-string
    You said "Thank you, honey."

    You made me feel so special
    When you danced around the pole
    I forgot about my troubles,
    How my life is such a hole.

    Alas, I found out you don't care
    Once my cash was gone
    Now you act like I'm not here
    It seems you have moved on

    The bouncer's giving me a look
    And nodding towards the door
    I think it's time for me to leave
    So I walk across the floor.

    I thought I was so special,
    You uplifted my life
    But now I know you just don't care
    So I'll go home to my wife.


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    Airhead i have seen this type of behaviour before from dancers. Money is gone they move on! I myself have been quilty of that one.

    PS poem is cool.
    Pamela

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    I love this thread! k: This is another one by Edna St. Vincent Millay



    And must I, indeed, Pain, live with you

    All through my life? — sharing my fire, my bed,

    Sharing — oh, worst of all things! — the same head? —

    And, when I feed myself, feeding you, too?

    So be it, then, if what seems true, is true:

    Let us to dinner, comrade, and be fed; —

    I cannot die till you yourself are dead,

    And, with you living, I can live life through.

    Yet have you done me harm, ungracious guest,

    Spying upon my ardent offices

    With frosty look; robbing my nights of rest;

    And making harder things I did with ease.

    You will die with me: but I shall, at best,

    Forgive you with restraint, for deeds like these.



    ~Edna St. Vincent Millay

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