POETRY Page 3
POETRY CONTEST WORK
Title: Jane
By Todd Shelton
Aromas California
This is about a girl who was my
first girlfriend in the 8th grade, with whom I fell in love with again after not seeing each other for 10 more years.
JANE
Like waves of crimson satin splendor
your silken touch does always rendor
a heart filled with dreams, dancing on
the beams, of this crystal moon tonight.
I knew this same angel a thousand years ago,
she was a beach of diamonds, I did forgo,
two hearts passing like ships in the night,
Time passed and paths diverged,
yet by fabled chance, they now again merge.
In the most divine garden, no such flower
has been known,
a beauty so bright has never been shown.
The image of you always in sight,
keeps me afloat as I swim in the night,
sweet little angel, a lost ship come home,
there's fire in my heart, this heart that you own.
*********************
Title: Something
By Maria Rivera
Caguas Puerto Rico
I feel something now,
something that was not there before.
Something that is growing
and blossoming inside of me.
Something strong, intense, confusing, scary,
but also tender, soft, kind, peaceful.
And that something has my heart
beating faster every minute
and my mind flying through the skies.
My soul cries for that something,
my skin is hungry for it.
I think of it every minute,
and I wish for that something to be mine.
I wish I could touch it, feel it,
embrace it in an eternal hug,
and never let it go away from me.
But all my wishes are in vain,
because I can't have that something
That something is...
YOU...
**************************
Title: I feel so lonely
By Maria Rivera
I feel so lonely...
The time runs slow
and I think of long lost friends.
Where are they? How are they?
Are they happy?
I feel so lonely...
The days are dark
even when the sun is bright.
And the darkness spreads
like a flooded river.
I feel so lonely...
My heart is sad
but like a clown it smiles.
And as tears come to my eyes
I fight them back.
I feel so lonely...
I wish you were here with me
to share my life.
Then I wouldn't be lonely
'cause you would be with me.
But you are not here
and no matter how much,
how strong I wish it,
it's an impossible love.
And I feel so lonely...
Title: Just a dream.
By Maria Rivera
Alone in my bed I remember you
and I start to think of us.
I imagine ourselves close to each other,
our bodies trembling with anticipation.
You reach for me and our lips meet,
like a river of honey flowing through our tongues.
I reach for your hair to play with it,
it is soft like silk.
We embrace each other in a tender hug,
strong at the same time.
I can feel your skin soft and hot,
I can feel your arms firm and strong.
Your carresses begin to make me fly
to a far away place where the pleasure is,
and when I get there, I find you,
while in my bed we are no more two.
My body fuses with you,
and yours with mine,
now we are only one,
while through the skies we fly.
But then I wake up to find
that it was just a dream,
as I was sleeping...
*************************
Name: Nancy Smith
Title: Our First Kiss
Nervous but excited.
our hearts beating fast, with buring desire.
To experience that first kiss.
As you pressed your lips to mine. I began to quiver.
Quiver with delight adn excitement.
When we kissed, my knees felt weak.
Our eyes sparkled with delight.
The kiss was gentle and loving.
We fell in love with that first kiss.
You captured my heart with a simple look.
We wanted more that just one kiss.
Our love grew from that simple first kiss.
What started out as friendship grew into that first kiss.
That kiss that blossomed into romance and passion.
That kiss helped us fall in love.
After many years together, I have learned so much.
I have loved you more that I thought was possible.
And it all happened with that first kiss.
**********
Name: Alex Chertok
Title: My Dearest Dear
I glimpse at you, my dearest dear
Your youth has faded to a spec so mere
In some distant land which is not clear
within my heart, my dearest dear.
In my arms once lay my boy,
beaming with glee, excitement and joy
whose favorite possession was his mickey mouse toy
and in my arms once lay my boy.
Where has time gone, I often sigh,
for you do not need my lullabies,
though my memories of you can sooth my cries
within my proud and beaming eyes.
It's a bumpy road ahead, you know
So hold my hand...don't lose grip, though.
This is it, I must let go,
But it's a bumpy road ahead, you know.
*********
Name: Alyson Lowther
Title: Rose Doctor
Some say roses are red,
others say that roses are blue
but some say that it's said
that there is no rose as special as you.
Some say love is the heart
others say that love is the mind
but in some peoples hearts
you can never know what you will find
look and you will see
what life means to me
Search and you will find
what's beyond my extasy
Some say violets are pink
others think that violets are purple
but some think that it seems
that a violet is what beauty brews
Some say beauty is a flower
others say that beauty is FEMALE POWER
but you know what i say
i say that beauty is a song
look and you will see
just what life means to me.
search and you will find
what is beyond my ecxtacy.
Politicaly correct:
roses are red
violets are blue
I am told that no one is as special as you!
(yep, thats true!)
**********
Name: Lisa Prior
Title: Babe
We all know one of these...
Handsome,
strong and kind,
eyes so deep
you drown
Desire,
walking on two legs
voice so soft
you lean in to listen
Silken hair
feathering soft against your fingers
jeans so tight
you wonder why he wore them
He knows what he is
what the effect will be
but he hides the knowledge
so you will come, at ease
************
Name: Lisa Prior
Title: Innocent
Of late I have found myself pondering life and the changes
that happen as we get older.
Born, crying in rage
we soon become enthralled
with life and all it’s miracles
seen through eyes with no shudders
Child, dancing in sunlight
laughing at the sky
hair flying about
energy unconfined
Teen, shadows come
decisions seem so important
life and death
and anger grows
Adult, longing for childhood
desires hidden
needs suppressed
dragging down strength
Old, tired and alone
maybe weep
definitely complain
but some find
that innocence again
**********
Name: Lisa Prior
Title: Wild Ride
My emotions carry me
through ups and downs
one moment excited
then next wanting to die
I need a balance
one whose soul is half mine
to pull tight the reins
of my wild ride inside
*************
Name: Alyson Lowther
Title: Tortured souls
your love is fallow
your lips are unsealed
your heart is shallow
and your words are prime evil
you bill my heart
although it's broke
you scrutinized my countenance
and always take advantage of me
when I'm tired and prevoked
your words: like a gimlet
come falling down on me
you requisitioned I give you everything,
but what's in it for me
nothing....can't you see?
I'm told by my peers
that I should run away,
but I'm afraid of what would happen
so I guess I should stay
please find it in your heart
to let me go
cant you see how you've heart me so?
I don't want to shoot you, so let me go.
This gun in my hand may just blow.
(bang!)
-the end!
(the entree has nothing to do with me,
for i am an average kid, you see?)
Title: I Thought You Loved ME
By Candie Perry
Seco KY
I thought you loved me
And your heart was true
I thought you’d never leave
My whole life through
I said I love you
You said I love you too
And waved outta sight
My life was entire
My life was all yours
And each waking hour
Through all working doors
Have I lost you somehow?
Do I need you dear?
Is love an ancient word?
Is love an ambiguous lie?
Is it so unsincere,
You’d live to let me die?
How is your cold heart?
Is it turning blue?
Or, is it torn apart;
From someone who was true?
You were in all my dreams
You were my hearth of hope
You were all to me
I just can’t pretend to cope
With this sort of pain
I’m feeling all alone
Like standing in the rain
When I'm numb to the bone
I put my faith in you
You slowly tore it down
I let you see through me
And didn’t make a frown
If you loved me so
And looked into my eyes
How could you let me go
Without warm goodbyes?
I’ll go on with my life
I’ll start on my own
And past pain and strife
Will only make me strong
They say days will pass
And life journeys on
They say that someday
The pain will be gone
But until that joyous day
I’ll remember the times we had
I’ll kneel at night to pray
and ask God to make me glad
Once, you were so great
Until you slowly changed
The best I’d ever date
But you soon rearranged
The devil took his toll
And he took your heart
You couldn't take back control
Until you ripped mine apart
Why do we change?
Why do we adulate?
Why do we give in ?
And start to desolate?
Why don’t we say
To Beelzebub’s greed
We’re happy each day
Because love's all we need
Or is there no happiness
In any person’s life?
Is there no blissfulness?
Only pain and strife?
Oh, please tell me why
I let my soft-heart fall
And leave me here to cry
Behind this torturous wall
Life moves like a river
And I’ll find someone new
With true love to deliver
The love that’s not in you
The one I overlooked
May be the man for me
And someday we’ll get hooked
So the river will meet the sea..
OUR GUESTBOOK
When you're done jumping around the web, PLEASE come back & tell me what you think.
POETRY CONTEST WORK
Title: Jane
By Todd Shelton
Aromas California
This is about a girl who was my
first girlfriend in the 8th grade, with whom I fell in love with again after not seeing each other for 10 more years.
JANE
Like waves of crimson satin splendor
your silken touch does always rendor
a heart filled with dreams, dancing on
the beams, of this crystal moon tonight.
I knew this same angel a thousand years ago,
she was a beach of diamonds, I did forgo,
two hearts passing like ships in the night,
Time passed and paths diverged,
yet by fabled chance, they now again merge.
In the most divine garden, no such flower
has been known,
a beauty so bright has never been shown.
The image of you always in sight,
keeps me afloat as I swim in the night,
sweet little angel, a lost ship come home,
there's fire in my heart, this heart that you own.
*********************
Title: Something
By Maria Rivera
Caguas Puerto Rico
I feel something now,
something that was not there before.
Something that is growing
and blossoming inside of me.
Something strong, intense, confusing, scary,
but also tender, soft, kind, peaceful.
And that something has my heart
beating faster every minute
and my mind flying through the skies.
My soul cries for that something,
my skin is hungry for it.
I think of it every minute,
and I wish for that something to be mine.
I wish I could touch it, feel it,
embrace it in an eternal hug,
and never let it go away from me.
But all my wishes are in vain,
because I can't have that something
That something is...
YOU...
**************************
Title: I feel so lonely
By Maria Rivera
I feel so lonely...
The time runs slow
and I think of long lost friends.
Where are they? How are they?
Are they happy?
I feel so lonely...
The days are dark
even when the sun is bright.
And the darkness spreads
like a flooded river.
I feel so lonely...
My heart is sad
but like a clown it smiles.
And as tears come to my eyes
I fight them back.
I feel so lonely...
I wish you were here with me
to share my life.
Then I wouldn't be lonely
'cause you would be with me.
But you are not here
and no matter how much,
how strong I wish it,
it's an impossible love.
And I feel so lonely...
Title: Just a dream.
By Maria Rivera
Alone in my bed I remember you
and I start to think of us.
I imagine ourselves close to each other,
our bodies trembling with anticipation.
You reach for me and our lips meet,
like a river of honey flowing through our tongues.
I reach for your hair to play with it,
it is soft like silk.
We embrace each other in a tender hug,
strong at the same time.
I can feel your skin soft and hot,
I can feel your arms firm and strong.
Your carresses begin to make me fly
to a far away place where the pleasure is,
and when I get there, I find you,
while in my bed we are no more two.
My body fuses with you,
and yours with mine,
now we are only one,
while through the skies we fly.
But then I wake up to find
that it was just a dream,
as I was sleeping...
*************************
Name: Nancy Smith
Title: Our First Kiss
Nervous but excited.
our hearts beating fast, with buring desire.
To experience that first kiss.
As you pressed your lips to mine. I began to quiver.
Quiver with delight adn excitement.
When we kissed, my knees felt weak.
Our eyes sparkled with delight.
The kiss was gentle and loving.
We fell in love with that first kiss.
You captured my heart with a simple look.
We wanted more that just one kiss.
Our love grew from that simple first kiss.
What started out as friendship grew into that first kiss.
That kiss that blossomed into romance and passion.
That kiss helped us fall in love.
After many years together, I have learned so much.
I have loved you more that I thought was possible.
And it all happened with that first kiss.
**********
Name: Alex Chertok
Title: My Dearest Dear
I glimpse at you, my dearest dear
Your youth has faded to a spec so mere
In some distant land which is not clear
within my heart, my dearest dear.
In my arms once lay my boy,
beaming with glee, excitement and joy
whose favorite possession was his mickey mouse toy
and in my arms once lay my boy.
Where has time gone, I often sigh,
for you do not need my lullabies,
though my memories of you can sooth my cries
within my proud and beaming eyes.
It's a bumpy road ahead, you know
So hold my hand...don't lose grip, though.
This is it, I must let go,
But it's a bumpy road ahead, you know.
*********
Name: Alyson Lowther
Title: Rose Doctor
Some say roses are red,
others say that roses are blue
but some say that it's said
that there is no rose as special as you.
Some say love is the heart
others say that love is the mind
but in some peoples hearts
you can never know what you will find
look and you will see
what life means to me
Search and you will find
what's beyond my extasy
Some say violets are pink
others think that violets are purple
but some think that it seems
that a violet is what beauty brews
Some say beauty is a flower
others say that beauty is FEMALE POWER
but you know what i say
i say that beauty is a song
look and you will see
just what life means to me.
search and you will find
what is beyond my ecxtacy.
Politicaly correct:
roses are red
violets are blue
I am told that no one is as special as you!
(yep, thats true!)
**********
Name: Lisa Prior
Title: Babe
We all know one of these...
Handsome,
strong and kind,
eyes so deep
you drown
Desire,
walking on two legs
voice so soft
you lean in to listen
Silken hair
feathering soft against your fingers
jeans so tight
you wonder why he wore them
He knows what he is
what the effect will be
but he hides the knowledge
so you will come, at ease
************
Name: Lisa Prior
Title: Innocent
Of late I have found myself pondering life and the changes
that happen as we get older.
Born, crying in rage
we soon become enthralled
with life and all it’s miracles
seen through eyes with no shudders
Child, dancing in sunlight
laughing at the sky
hair flying about
energy unconfined
Teen, shadows come
decisions seem so important
life and death
and anger grows
Adult, longing for childhood
desires hidden
needs suppressed
dragging down strength
Old, tired and alone
maybe weep
definitely complain
but some find
that innocence again
**********
Name: Lisa Prior
Title: Wild Ride
My emotions carry me
through ups and downs
one moment excited
then next wanting to die
I need a balance
one whose soul is half mine
to pull tight the reins
of my wild ride inside
*************
Name: Alyson Lowther
Title: Tortured souls
your love is fallow
your lips are unsealed
your heart is shallow
and your words are prime evil
you bill my heart
although it's broke
you scrutinized my countenance
and always take advantage of me
when I'm tired and prevoked
your words: like a gimlet
come falling down on me
you requisitioned I give you everything,
but what's in it for me
nothing....can't you see?
I'm told by my peers
that I should run away,
but I'm afraid of what would happen
so I guess I should stay
please find it in your heart
to let me go
cant you see how you've heart me so?
I don't want to shoot you, so let me go.
This gun in my hand may just blow.
(bang!)
-the end!
(the entree has nothing to do with me,
for i am an average kid, you see?)
Title: I Thought You Loved ME
By Candie Perry
Seco KY
I thought you loved me
And your heart was true
I thought you’d never leave
My whole life through
I said I love you
You said I love you too
And waved outta sight
My life was entire
My life was all yours
And each waking hour
Through all working doors
Have I lost you somehow?
Do I need you dear?
Is love an ancient word?
Is love an ambiguous lie?
Is it so unsincere,
You’d live to let me die?
How is your cold heart?
Is it turning blue?
Or, is it torn apart;
From someone who was true?
You were in all my dreams
You were my hearth of hope
You were all to me
I just can’t pretend to cope
With this sort of pain
I’m feeling all alone
Like standing in the rain
When I'm numb to the bone
I put my faith in you
You slowly tore it down
I let you see through me
And didn’t make a frown
If you loved me so
And looked into my eyes
How could you let me go
Without warm goodbyes?
I’ll go on with my life
I’ll start on my own
And past pain and strife
Will only make me strong
They say days will pass
And life journeys on
They say that someday
The pain will be gone
But until that joyous day
I’ll remember the times we had
I’ll kneel at night to pray
and ask God to make me glad
Once, you were so great
Until you slowly changed
The best I’d ever date
But you soon rearranged
The devil took his toll
And he took your heart
You couldn't take back control
Until you ripped mine apart
Why do we change?
Why do we adulate?
Why do we give in ?
And start to desolate?
Why don’t we say
To Beelzebub’s greed
We’re happy each day
Because love's all we need
Or is there no happiness
In any person’s life?
Is there no blissfulness?
Only pain and strife?
Oh, please tell me why
I let my soft-heart fall
And leave me here to cry
Behind this torturous wall
Life moves like a river
And I’ll find someone new
With true love to deliver
The love that’s not in you
The one I overlooked
May be the man for me
And someday we’ll get hooked
So the river will meet the sea..
OUR GUESTBOOK
When you're done jumping around the web, PLEASE come back & tell me what you think.
POETRY CONTEST WORK
Title: JaneBy Todd Shelton
Aromas California
This is about a girl who was my first girlfriend in the 8th grade, with whom I fell in love with again after not seeing each other for 10 more years.
JANE
Like waves of crimson satin splendor
your silken touch does always rendor
a heart filled with dreams, dancing on
the beams, of this crystal moon tonight.
I knew this same angel a thousand years ago,
she was a beach of diamonds, I did forgo,
two hearts passing like ships in the night,
Time passed and paths diverged,
yet by fabled chance, they now again merge.
In the most divine garden, no such flower has been known,
a beauty so bright has never been shown.
The image of you always in sight,
keeps me afloat as I swim in the night,
sweet little angel, a lost ship come home,
there's fire in my heart, this heart that you own.
*********************
Title: Something
By Maria Rivera
Caguas Puerto Rico
I feel something now,
something that was not there before.
Something that is growing
and blossoming inside of me.
Something strong, intense, confusing, scary,
but also tender, soft, kind, peaceful.
And that something has my heart
beating faster every minute
and my mind flying through the skies.
My soul cries for that something,
my skin is hungry for it.
I think of it every minute,
and I wish for that something to be mine.
I wish I could touch it, feel it,
embrace it in an eternal hug,
and never let it go away from me.
But all my wishes are in vain,
because I can't have that something
That something is...
YOU...
**************************
Title: I feel so lonely
By Maria Rivera
I feel so lonely...
The time runs slow
and I think of long lost friends.
Where are they? How are they?
Are they happy?
I feel so lonely...
The days are dark
even when the sun is bright.
And the darkness spreads
like a flooded river.
I feel so lonely...
My heart is sad
but like a clown it smiles.
And as tears come to my eyes
I fight them back.
I feel so lonely...
I wish you were here with me
to share my life.
Then I wouldn't be lonely
'cause you would be with me.
But you are not here
and no matter how much,
how strong I wish it,
it's an impossible love.
And I feel so lonely...
Title: Just a dream.
By Maria Rivera
Alone in my bed I remember you
and I start to think of us.
I imagine ourselves close to each other,
our bodies trembling with anticipation.
You reach for me and our lips meet,
like a river of honey flowing through our tongues.
I reach for your hair to play with it,
it is soft like silk.
We embrace each other in a tender hug,
strong at the same time.
I can feel your skin soft and hot,
I can feel your arms firm and strong.
Your carresses begin to make me fly
to a far away place where the pleasure is,
and when I get there, I find you,
while in my bed we are no more two.
My body fuses with you,
and yours with mine,
now we are only one,
while through the skies we fly.
But then I wake up to find
that it was just a dream,
as I was sleeping...
*************************
Name: Nancy Smith
Title: Our First Kiss
Nervous but excited.
our hearts beating fast, with buring desire.
To experience that first kiss.
As you pressed your lips to mine. I began to quiver.
Quiver with delight adn excitement.
When we kissed, my knees felt weak.
Our eyes sparkled with delight.
The kiss was gentle and loving.
We fell in love with that first kiss.
You captured my heart with a simple look.
We wanted more that just one kiss.
Our love grew from that simple first kiss.
What started out as friendship grew into that first kiss.
That kiss that blossomed into romance and passion.
That kiss helped us fall in love.
After many years together, I have learned so much.
I have loved you more that I thought was possible.
And it all happened with that first kiss.
**********
Name: Alex Chertok
Title: My Dearest Dear
I glimpse at you, my dearest dear
Your youth has faded to a spec so mere
In some distant land which is not clear
within my heart, my dearest dear.
In my arms once lay my boy,
beaming with glee, excitement and joy
whose favorite possession was his mickey mouse toy
and in my arms once lay my boy.
Where has time gone, I often sigh,
for you do not need my lullabies,
though my memories of you can sooth my cries
within my proud and beaming eyes.
It's a bumpy road ahead, you know
So hold my hand...don't lose grip, though.
This is it, I must let go,
But it's a bumpy road ahead, you know.
*********
Name: Alyson Lowther
Title: Rose Doctor
Some say roses are red,
others say that roses are blue
but some say that it's said
that there is no rose as special as you.
Some say love is the heart
others say that love is the mind
but in some peoples hearts
you can never know what you will find
look and you will see
what life means to me
Search and you will find
what's beyond my extasy
Some say violets are pink
others think that violets are purple
but some think that it seems
that a violet is what beauty brews
Some say beauty is a flower
others say that beauty is FEMALE POWER
but you know what i say
i say that beauty is a song
look and you will see
just what life means to me.
search and you will find
what is beyond my ecxtacy.
Politicaly correct:
roses are red
violets are blue
I am told that no one is as special as you!
(yep, thats true!)
**********
Name: Lisa Prior
Title: Babe
We all know one of these...
Handsome,
strong and kind,
eyes so deep
you drown
Desire,
walking on two legs
voice so soft
you lean in to listen
Silken hair
feathering soft against your fingers
jeans so tight
you wonder why he wore them
He knows what he is
what the effect will be
but he hides the knowledge
so you will come, at ease
************
Name: Lisa Prior
Title: Innocent
Of late I have found myself pondering life and the changes that happen as we get older.
Born, crying in rage
we soon become enthralled
with life and all it’s miracles
seen through eyes with no shudders
Child, dancing in sunlight
laughing at the sky
hair flying about
energy unconfined
Teen, shadows come
decisions seem so important
life and death
and anger grows
Adult, longing for childhood
desires hidden
needs suppressed
dragging down strength
Old, tired and alone
maybe weep
definitely complain
but some find
that innocence again
**********
Name: Lisa Prior
Title: Wild Ride
My emotions carry me
through ups and downs
one moment excited
then next wanting to die
I need a balance
one whose soul is half mine
to pull tight the reins
of my wild ride inside
*************
Name: Alyson Lowther
Title: Tortured souls
your love is fallow
your lips are unsealed
your heart is shallow
and your words are prime evil
you bill my heart
although it's broke
you scrutinized my countenance
and always take advantage of me
when I'm tired and prevoked
your words: like a gimlet
come falling down on me
you requisitioned I give you everything,
but what's in it for me
nothing....can't you see?
I'm told by my peers
that I should run away,
but I'm afraid of what would happen
so I guess I should stay
please find it in your heart
to let me go
cant you see how you've heart me so?
I don't want to shoot you, so let me go.
This gun in my hand may just blow.
(bang!)
-the end!
(the entree has nothing to do with me, for i am an average kid, you see?)
Title: I Thought You Loved ME
By Candie Perry
Seco KY
I thought you loved me
And your heart was true
I thought you’d never leave
My whole life through
I said I love you
You said I love you too
And waved outta sight
My life was entire
My life was all yours
And each waking hour
Through all working doors
Have I lost you somehow?
Do I need you dear?
Is love an ancient word?
Is love an ambiguous lie?
Is it so unsincere,
You’d live to let me die?
How is your cold heart?
Is it turning blue?
Or, is it torn apart;
From someone who was true?
You were in all my dreams
You were my hearth of hope
You were all to me
I just can’t pretend to cope
With this sort of pain
I’m feeling all alone
Like standing in the rain
When I'm numb to the bone
I put my faith in you
You slowly tore it down
I let you see through me
And didn’t make a frown
If you loved me so
And looked into my eyes
How could you let me go
Without warm goodbyes?
I’ll go on with my life
I’ll start on my own
And past pain and strife
Will only make me strong
They say days will pass
And life journeys on
They say that someday
The pain will be gone
But until that joyous day
I’ll remember the times we had
I’ll kneel at night to pray
and ask God to make me glad
Once, you were so great
Until you slowly changed
The best I’d ever date
But you soon rearranged
The devil took his toll
And he took your heart
You couldn't take back control
Until you ripped mine apart
Why do we change?
Why do we adulate?
Why do we give in ?
And start to desolate?
Why don’t we say
To Beelzebub’s greed
We’re happy each day
Because love's all we need
Or is there no happiness
In any person’s life?
Is there no blissfulness?
Only pain and strife?
Oh, please tell me why
I let my soft-heart fall
And leave me here to cry
Behind this torturous wall
Life moves like a river
And I’ll find someone new
With true love to deliver
The love that’s not in you
The one I overlooked
May be the man for me
And someday we’ll get hooked
So the river will meet the sea..
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