I know you beautiful soul
I knew you before this life
We met many times before
Your eyes haven’t changed
I’m watching you bleeding
Those wounds won't heal
This lifetime hurt you so bad, it won’t heal
I sit next to you and watch
You do this every day
Change the dressing on your wounds...
...to do ?"
The image is from an illustrated book published much later of the poem "Der Naturen Bloeme" (1270) by the pioneer of the didactic poetry Jacob van Maerlant, (born 1225, Vrije van Brugge [Damme?].
So what is the lesson is being taught in that image ?
I for one have no clue, but...
(Just thought, funny "wonder" means both "ask oneself" and "amazement"... I'm not an native english speaker :p )
I've always written poetry. I'm not very "productive", I only write when a strong necessity is felt, but I can say it is the activity that suits me most deeply. But, roughly, since...
I have not written any for probably 15 years, so I'm a little rusty. This seemed to mostly flow ok though and felt like it wanted to rhyme.
The News
Chinese whispers on the news
Chinese whispers do confuse
Tribal war years in the making
Pumped through the TV, your brain its baking
Ill winds...
It is a new rhyming form that I have never used before. I do not know if it even exists "officially".
The poem is as close to facts as I could make it.
Louis Pasteur
Was the guy who came up with germ theory
His fellow scientists were not clearly
They thought it was a conspiracy
But we all paid...
...before I get to ‘Shakes-peare’ and the suspected connection to Laura’s work, I’ll speak briefly of the poets Ovid and Petrarch, and even of poetry itself… for it’s at the very heart of the matter.
Not poetry - as in the dull, limp, often superficially pleasing (if usually forgettable)...
Some of my writings that I have done over the past few years, that I put music to, just me playing the guitar and posted on Facebook.
My aim was to get people to at least think and I found it helped me a lot too.
This one is called "it is what it is".
Went of track came back
stronger than...
Hi All,
Was browsing WikiQuote and they had this on their home page: it really made an impression on me, so I took a screenshot of it and thought I'd post it here for y'all to enjoy. The sculpture is called "The Fountain of Eternal Life", and resides in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Cheers!
when i look wonderffull planet earth,
i dont know is it real
or is it a dream?
so geourgeous,so vivid,
so fluid,so full of life
at the same time
so fragile but strong
so suffering but brave
oh,what a little
man i am
its not real
its not a dream
its just a real dream
that we can all dream...
This poem was written 4 year ago, when I still had some unspent poetic gift in me. I wish, I had something left now to write about Trump's win :(
That event would worth commemorating.
***
Political circus of two thousand twelfth
Business as usual, the show of wealth
A race to grab the...
...I think he has written many great poems. One of my favorites so far, is called "The Seedling" from his book: "Lyrics Of A Lowely Life" (1913)
I am excited to learn about poetry and find new poets to check out!
Thanks for reading.
Hi.
I was flipping through the pages of one of my old notebooks and came across that unfinished poem. It has a date 2-6-13
I do not exactly remember the events that inspired it - either 1%er movement in NYC or something was happening in Gaza...
I decided to post it here since there may be no...
Well, I have never really done this kind of thing before, it's obviously not professional, but I'd like to share.
When Gemini shows its face in the sky, It will all begin.
Tensions high, Dont know why? Shouldn't have paid attention.
Planes dissapearing, and the media's smearing,
any...
As been one Artist by myself since ever, this speech made me cry .... and gave me strength to continue to believe in who I am, even in hard times when you get knocked down by those to whom you are trusting most ...
http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/05/01/jfk-amherst-speech/
“If art is to...
...In the last few years I did realize the importance of re-integrating these aspects together, which resulted in a few excursions into poetry. I wrote this one slightly more than a year ago; what do you think?
Although I'd like to discuss it, I'll avoid providing my own meaning, to avoid...
I say middling because, well... continue reading and you'll see.
Work In Progress
Blinded by a thousand points of light
The beast is bound and caged
Poked and prodded, so coolly engaged
Degraded and deprived in an attempt at training
Until the handlers think there's no fight remaining...
...I find it difficult to title my poems. I only came up with a couple of titles when I 'had' to - when I submitted a couple to the former 'poetry.com', which they published in a couple of their books, asking for me to buy one of course! =D I understand that's one way for them to make their...
...Lo and behold, still couldn't sleep... It's 6:45am now, so I'm up anyway.
I thought I'd take this chance to just share a piece of poetry with you all. I've been learning Chinese calligraphy, and I found this piece in a book about alchemy that drew particular interest...
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