| Chivalry defined from the Round Table
Posted: 4/22/2005 8:54:47 PM | All creatures on land and sea
Can be tamed by man patiently
But his own tongue he cannot tame
Venom unleashing with deadly aim
All the good we do is defiled
When the tongue moves with words reviled
Though it is only a small part
It speaks mighty boasts from the heart
It sets ablaze fury unrest
Like a spark in a great forest
The fist may bruise anothers head
But tongues cause war with millions dead
Setting man's course and destiny
Echoing through eternity | |
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Posted: 4/23/2005 6:11:38 AM | | Thanks theory...read a few of yours as well. You have some great talent and some have helped me in giving ideas to write. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2005 8:44:09 AM | | Ok the answer is the pearl ring of calabous the son of the godess Hesties, punished for killing the flock of flying horses created by the greatest god Zues (pegasus), zues kind of like god did to jobe, threw him into his own misery and made him unacepable as husband to the princess of Jaupa Andromeda. Hesties was said to have punished andromedas mother for saying that her daughter was more beautiful than the goddess, hence perseus came to save andromeda of course on the back of the last flying horse left the stallion pagasus with the head of the gorgon medusa from the monster of the sea let loose by posideon the cracken. For shorter version please rent the eighties movie Clash of the titans............. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2005 11:57:15 AM | I missed that one as well Cleo...Definately thought provoking.
Ok something short from something i read on another thread regarding deception
A little white lie harms none
But you can't just tell one
A white lie leads to gray
And soon the trust will decay
What a tangle mess we weave
When we try to deceive
All we have worked for is lost
Loneliness is the cost | |
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Posted: 4/23/2005 12:02:43 PM | | Glad you liked it! I think that chivalry comes from everwhere and one of my favorite topics is ancient greece most of all the gods. My favorite tale of the gods though is the story of the nymph Echo and the prince Narcissus. I love the tale because the goddess aphrodite was actually nice in it and she's usually fueled by jelousy she allowed echo to remain as she was the goddesses favorite nymph but she was known to be so cruel in her jelousy as to create such creatures as the gorgon medusa. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2005 1:05:18 PM | It has been a while since I read Greek Mythology. I loved the Illiad. At first confused but second time i read it understood. Many times Mythology is not necessarily mythology but something allegoric which has a deeper real meaning that applies to our lives. The movie Troy really exposed the truth about Achilles. He was just a man who for a brief moment left his guard down. The past spun its course into the web of his destiny. A weak cowardly man brought down the mighty Achilles acting on the brief moment with his heart instead of his brain.
Yes....Dragonn I really liked your poem. Your words always seem to spin with the truth and give very wise advice. I read it three times already. | |
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Posted: 4/29/2005 6:23:28 PM | Another page waiting to turn
What's in the next chapter to learn
Many thoughts have kept me adrift
Waiting next wind to give me lift
Standing still at the crosslane
Where two paths merge in sandy grain
Silence speaks with a loud voice
When waiting is the only choice | |
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Posted: 5/3/2005 3:34:42 PM | Thank You Angel...
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Mighty Warrior
The test of our faith from life's obstacles
Like seasons of time running in cycles
We can choose to endure and grow robust
Or surrender and wither back to dust
If one runs with footmen and grows weary
Then how can one race with the cavalry
If one stumbles and falls on the open ground
How will one swim the currents of the sound?
If each time one's faced with adversity
They give up to wallow in their pity
Then when the tempest whirls with its fury
The winds will snatch their souls in a flurry
But to seize the challenge of grizly strife
Sharpening the skills in the walk of life
Mighty warriors emerge prepared for war
Grasping victory at last trumpets roar | |
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Posted: 5/4/2005 2:48:46 PM | Imprudent Animals
To walk in the truth requires sacrifice
But the blessings exceed the burden’s price
Yet many seduced by words of liars
Masked with the pleasure that suits their desires
Tickled by verses that tease itching ears
That freedom comes wherever the rudder steers
Enticed to a world of much excitement
Consumed by the hope of false enlightenment
Their teachers live by standards of treachery
Leading the lost with myths and mystery
They’re lovers of self, blind and ungrateful
With no self control, brutal and hateful
Luring the crowd promising liberty
They themselves are slaves of depravity
Gluttons of lust to whatever pleasures them
Now enslaved to whatever masters them
Herding the lost to join in their mission
With flattering lips of sweet perversion
Like imprudent animals of instinct
Led to the slaughter forever extinct | |
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Posted: 5/5/2005 3:43:32 PM | In the center of the small village square
Was a well of water for all to share
The maidens gathered before the morning rise
To fetch water from where the wellspring lies
One fare lady often came just to boast
And to scoff at the rest with hateful roast
She viewed herself with beauty and privilege
And bragged of the prince who showed her homage
“One day I shall be a wealthy princess
While all of you still remain penniless”
One plain maiden with defensive retort
“I love my man whether the money’s short”
But quickly rebutted in sarcastic tone
“Your husband’s a troll and you are his drone”
The plain maiden went home with head hung low
Empty feelings inside and tears that flow
But when she arrived with thoughts insecure
Her simple man met her right at the door
Seeing her tears he embraced her with love
“What is it my dear you sadly think of?”
She stood there as the adoration grew
“I forgot why, I just know I love you”
Now the fair lady with the words of spite
Was whisked away by the fine prince one night
They married next morning before the king
It seemed like a dream when she felt the ring
But soon she learned he had more than one bride
So many that they often would collide
Competition to be with him each night
Frequently led the wives to a huge fight
And although there were the riches and fame
Splendor of having the royalty name
Before long alone in captivity
Enslaved to rules of high society
Many years would pass as her beauty wanes
Lost in a castle forgetting who reigns
She would never experience true love
Only a fantasy she could dream of
Love cannot be bought with wealth or beauty
It must first be given condition free
Happiness is not an external state
It’s an inner peace content with one’s fate.
Outward appearance is only a glance
To what is hidden of one’s real essence | |
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Posted: 5/6/2005 4:46:27 PM | Paradigm Shift
Though it’s good practice to use common sense
And to learn from other’s experience
Will we understand the signs of the time?
And recognize a shifting paradigm
Sometimes we need to think outside the box
For there may be a hidden paradox
Not everything appear as it seems
And the common roads may not obtain dreams
But if we choose a new route to embark
As Columbus did sailing in the dark
We may just find another world at sea
And life as we know it changed abruptly | |
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Posted: 5/7/2005 8:05:45 AM | Thanks Dragonn
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Has the innocence of one’s heart died?
Or is it the loneliness some folks hide
We’re always at constant war with our self
And feel others have placed us on the shelf
Though we may sleep our minds begin dreamin’
Haunted by a past and closet demon
Enticed in this world in quest of freedom
But falling captive stung by its venom
Bitterness takes root from the hand of fate
And anger enrages with vengeful hate
It is hard to escape from acrid times
When we fall victim to the world’s crimes
Cling with courage and faith instead of doubt
Do not allow the candle to burn out
Let not the world's transgressions steal your life
Let go of yesterday that looms with strife
Do not allow compassion to depart
For it will bring love back into your heart | |
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Posted: 5/8/2005 6:00:47 AM | Within the shadows of a dawning day
Prairie dog’s occupied by morning’s way
An eagle hovers on the crimson sky
Waiting and watching with a preying eye
Spreading wings before morning sun rising
Ascending high into the horizon
The long spanning wings and feathers of gold
Razor sharp claws and eyes of emerald
Swiftly she flies encircling the earth
Quickly above before the day gives birth
Descending through clouds, her powerful essence
Graceful and majestic but fierce presence
Running from the eagle's lore and swift swoop
A small dog escapes the near grasping scoop
It was misjudgment that spared the dog’s life
It could have been pierced with claws like a knife.
There are no promises to see daybreak
Sometimes by mercy we avoid heartache. | |
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Posted: 5/12/2005 7:50:30 AM | Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
-- Robert Frost | |
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Posted: 5/12/2005 12:15:59 PM | The color of gold, maybe bold?
but although, some... subside
others, still shine
wheat, is neat... covering fields, in the heat
in the winds, they look like... oceans, of gold
daisies, are never lazy? the stick up, from the ground
for lovers, to spread... picknic, blankets... all, around
yellow roses, need no poses... for even, thier thorns
amaze, others... and touch hearts, abound
these are only three? that i can, conceive
which stay, to make us believe
parts of eden, can still be found... all, around and inbetween
all we need, is to look... deep inside
where the rest... can be found | |
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Posted: 5/12/2005 5:10:34 PM | Hi Black Knight, thanks... I couldn't resist, coming in and leaving something, behind. I see, you've also been busy, writing... Great writes, as always... From you and the many talents, that are drawn, too this thread...!
Cleo, great to see that you also bring, your own flair... For us, to read and gaine inspiration, from... | |
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Posted: 5/13/2005 3:34:43 PM | Life's but a Vapor
Life’s but a vapor from dawn’s early dew
Vanishing quickly before morning’s through
Choose today wisely what dreams to pursue
Make it an adventurous rendezvous
Tomorrow’s flowers are seeds of today
Becoming dried weeds or gorgeous bouquet
We can be clouds without rain blown away
Or mornings pour and afternoon’s sun ray
Though tomorrow is today’s mystery
Today will be tomorrow’s history
Either written by yesterday’s misery
Or composed by today’s wizardry | |
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Posted: 5/13/2005 7:04:34 PM | | Dragonn you are the first sun ray peering through the clouds.....The poem you wrote is outstanding...Up there with your best. | |
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