Poetry, Anyone?

Elegy Written in a Graveyard


I stand alone in a dark and lonely place
the temperature seems to be anything but warm
The sky is dark,even when I arrived during the day.
The colorful grass and bright light that shined off the stones
Have all at once fade to gray.
There are strange sounds and movement only my eyes can see
Perhaps the shadows choose to play tricks on me.

Looking around it makes me realize.
All the lost and lonely lives.
The lonely souls the lie beneath.
Some of their stories anything but happy

The temperature continues to drop as it gets darked and darker
I can see my breath now
I swear I feel them all around me.

Their spirits wanting to tell me their stories.
I can see one.His name Farris Miller
Now he,he was a butcher,had a big family.
They were happy until the day
his old heart finally gave away.
The funeral was long and the hours had passed
Now looking at his name on a stone it makes me sad.

A smile upon my face as I read the next name
Annie Smith.
Good ol' Mrs.Smith.
She loved all of the kids
I tend to think if the driver stopped she would have lived.
A lot of people saw it all happen that day.

Wiping the tears from my eyes I chose to move on
Taking a step I hear this strange crunching sound behind me.
Turning quick to investigate I see it
A small cat,walking among the leaves.
picking her up her fur,it seems so soft.

Glancing down at the plate in the leaves I frown.
Poor old Jennifer Welks
Everyone told her she shouldn't smoke.
Even tell this day she would probably say
Don't worry I have a few more days.

Standing here watching these past memories
I'm sure I can say
Death is life after the real world
We all and live and we all eventually die
Death shouldn't be feared
only fear should be feared.

It's my time to leave now
As if saying good bye was as hard
as watching them die
Walking from the cemetery the air is cool
my breath is present
I turn around and have a smile looking back at the gray head stones
I only smile because
They are alive deep down inside.
 
Where did honesty go?

I often wonder where honesty, respect, and friendship went,
why is it when we try and ask questions, we are ignored?
Why does no one see, the games that people play?
why does it seem, nothing ever remains?

So much rudeness, so much I don't care,
so many others so unaware.
Not willing to see, what's so clear,
everytime others ignore, what does appear.

It takes a moment to answer to speak,
to let someone know, help is there if need be.
Instead of playing blind, like they don't see,
what is right in front of them imcomplete.

by LMH;)
 
In every new day, in every new way,
we now hope, the sunny sky is here to stay.;)
No more snow do we want to see,
no more shoveling, it's to extreme.:scream:
We need the warmth, the singing birds,
the sound of childrens screams in verse.:thumbsup:
Letting us know the winter has disappeared,
leaving us spring and summer for another year.:lol:

by LMH:)
 
There was a time when I use to believe
Believe that everything was so complete and sweet.
There was a time when I use to think
To think that it would never be wrong,be gone.
Times have changed along with the world.

Sad and Broken
Lonely and bruised
They use to say life goes on
Does it really?
I don't think so

War and Hate
politics and poverty
war on the streets
war in the middle east
kids caught in the middle of the deadly devastation

We use to believe
We use to say life is what it is and nothing more
We had it all,had everything

Now all we do it sit on our knees.
Praying to god please take it all away.
 
St. Patty's Day Poem.

I give you a four leaf clover,
to keep witin your hand.
This little tiny clover,
will make on wish at your command.

Just remember don't be greedy,
or this little clover, will weave a spell.
Taking away your wish,
that you should have held.

So close your eyes,
and make your wish.
And tell me what you see.

Haaa...I see a little Leprachan
staring back at me.

LMH:lol:
 
The Shadow

I walk outside into a pitch black night
The air is cold and my breath is ever present,Stale in the air.
I hear a sound behind me and turn
Only to see myself and my shadow
Taking a breath the air is cold a frail

Hearing the noise i turn again
still,seeing nothing but myself and my shadow.
My enemy is close I can feel it now.
Then I look to my shadow
for there is no light
no source for light.
My breath heavier then ever before

it comes closer and I try to scream
but it consumes me eating me whole
all along it was me,my shadow.
for I am,my own enemy.
 
She follow's, she watches,
she looks, she's afraid.
Afraid that she'll fall,
fall behind that chain.
That adds the links,
that reaches the goal.
Giving it a new name,
from all does post.
Such silly behaviour,
such childish games.
Jeezz...sometimes,
life is just insane

LMH;)
 
The Truth:

Someone tell me why life goes on this way
,And someone tell me why we should even try
Is there no reason for the pain.
Is there no reason for an acid rain
sitting on our knees,we're praying to god please...

Set our souls free and please let us live
Why do we even try when the world is slowly dying
dying from the war.from the way we live
We gotta fix it
We gotta find our way
If we wait,then we all know it will only be to late

Families on welfare,friends that OD
People who abuse and beat,yell and scream

There are people living on the streets
Why doesn't anyone stop to see if their alright
Why are we even trying to fight

There's war on the streets and in the middle east
Close to home or far away
Either way sometimes we never get to say good bye
Or say one last time
Baby I love you

The world is cold and we are all alone
Slowly losing faith in everything we once believed in
We abuse our power as the American race
Abuse it ways that would make even a saint cry

His tears will bring a rain that will drown out our sins
Our sins will cover the world leaving a vast waste land
A wasteland full of shadows and hate
Something we are learning to appreciate

Someone tell me why life goes on this way
And someone tell me why we should even try
Is there no reason for the pain.
Is there no reason for an acid rain
sitting on our knees,we pray to god please...

Just take it all away.
 
*bumping this up, yayyy! :)

Some days and my new work is ready. Unfortunately it´s getting really private.
So I can´t promise, I´ll post it here. :( :(
 
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I wrote this after one of the most amazing ballroom dance classes ever :lol:

Every word you've ever breathed to me
Remains etched in the stone of my heart
And whenever I see that look in your eyes
I pray to God I can let myself love you too.

I'll never be good enough in my mind,
But somehow you look by it all and smile
As if I'm the one you want for all time
And I pray to God I will be.

In your arms, the world is right
And I don't need to think of anything
All I hear is the rhythmic breaths
And I pray to God I'll hear them forever.

Every night before I lay down
With an empty pillow by my side
I kneel down and bow my head
And I pray to God you'll be mine.

I can love you, my own beloved,
I'll be the one for all of this lifetime
I'll hear your every breath and know
That God will make you mine one day.
 
I enjoyed reading the poems. Thank You! I wrote this one for my dad. He was a truck driver. He passed away from bone cancer last December. I would like some opinions if you all don't mind.

God needs a trucker and he has called upon you.
Now your cloths are white with out a stain.
Get up and get dressed the Heavenly Highway is calling you home.
Your truck is finally finished so grab your key's it's time to go.

Your 18 Wheeler was made specifically for you.
It was designed by he who knows you best.
Behind you truck you pull precious cargo.
The truck is perfect and will not fail you.

Your back will no longer hurt.
God promised to take away all your pain.
Your cancer is gone and will never return.
Your bones are no longer brittle and wont brake.

You've fulfilled your earthly calling and it's time for you to go.
Another calling has been bestowed upon you and it's time to be fulfilled.
God promised all of us we would be together again so I will see you then.
When the lights of your cab shine through the clouds I know you've come to take me home.
 
Hi guys, Just to let you know, I pulled it out for GNRF.:)

Small one.

Underneath the shadows,
of the midnight moon.
I see your sweet face,
dancing in my lonely room.
Telling me not to worry,
that the sun will continue
to shine, even when my days
become icy cold inside.

By MacsLovlyAngl
 
I just discovered this thread. I have little talent for writing poetry, but love reading it. Please, all you guys who have contributed so far, keep this thread alive. I've enjoyed reading your posts. Thank you.
 
I just discovered this thread and I'm happy I did because I love poetry :) I'm a fan of First World War poetry but I love poetry in general - whether it's about true life, love, dreams, friendship - I love it :D . One of my old time favourites is a poem by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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I haven't read all of your poems but will do so in the next days and I'll let you know what I think. Although I'm Dutch I write poems in English because I love the English language and for some reason I find it easier to express myself in English than in Dutch - I know, it's weird :lol: ;)
 
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