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Posted: 2/1/2008 3:49:27 PM | Wrote this for my uncle's funeral who died of melanoma. (sorry don't know how to spell it)
What do you say about one man's life
He lived for the moments that's what made him triumph with strife
There's no doubt just as he turned everything into gold with the vision in his eye
The heaven's are being redone painted with harmonic gold up in the great beyond sky
Where do we all belong when our loved ones go apart
In eachothers arms shedding tears strait from the heart
Know that he watches over us all when the sky's part and in comes the rain
He feels our sorrow and eases our pain
Forget not what he taught each of us to do
Shed tears for now but live life as he would view
Sunny mountains and whispering grass
These things bring him peace that he has found in the everlast
His joy was his family which he still holds dear
Now he's waiting with his other family till we come to pass which is unfortunately always near
The sky's part and if you listen you'll see him smile in the clouds
Love eachother with kindness never hesitate or be bound | |
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Posted: 2/1/2008 4:44:12 PM | A very touching poem Iberserkerl thank you so very much for sharing with us all. I definately can relate to.I also posted a poem in this thread which I wrote and read at my father's funeral. I to believe my Dad is watching over me and my dear family. The body dies,but the spirit lives on forever and all the many beautiful memories are within our beings. God bless you and your loved ones.  | |
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Posted: 2/1/2008 4:48:47 PM | ty poetlover all we have is memmories till we meet them again :)
one of my favorite poems i came up with... feel free to use in your book
What was lost shall be found inside your heart
Knowing you should have kept it from the start
If we’re all on a ship sailing away
Into the sunset each day
While some of us are lost at sea
There’s always a lifeboat you throw to me
My saviour from the storm
When the rain washes down and pours
The water falls in your eyes tell of the paths you made
I wish we were all birds to fly in the sky for all man’s sake
Even when you know that’s why we kept apart
The paths you’ve chosen left you down in the abyss of your heart
Fly my child follow your heart
You’re only tearing your soul apart
Live each day with a smile
It will bring you from your knees for a while
The more you practice what you truly feel
The more burdens and pains won’t kill
What and who you really are
Is showing like a diamond or shooting star
Fall to earth where you’re truly blessed
Give not into temptation and let your soul rest | |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 8:16:00 PM | Without the lover this being is restive
the day is without peace,
the night without sleep,
So I spent an uneasy night till morning
The body and mind are constantly upturning
Like a persian wheel, the life is wasted
on an empty bed,
The eyes are tired,
i see no way
the Lord merciless has not remembered me.
O kind and merciful, please come,
You are the powerful creater,
Either we leave our lives
or you take me as yours | |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 8:53:45 PM | here is a new one for all
donated of course
"Night Time"
It’s that time of the night
All the visitors gone
They’ll go home to sleep
Wake up, see the dawn
I stare out the window
At the night and the rain
I am watching the water
Running slow down the pane
There were visitors here
But none here for me
And that is okay
Was a night just for me
I was hurting some earlier
But it has come to subside
It is hard to explain
Sometimes builds like a tide
Some days seem blurry
And others contrast
Some so surreal
They go by so fast
But with body and pain
The odd tear and a laugh
My enchantment with life
Have been quartered from half
Reflections of time
With the good and some bad
There is nothing to change
These are times that I had
The rooms getting quiet
The lights dimming low
The corridors footsteps
Almost silent and slow
I adjust in my bed, still tracing the rain
It seems melodramatic, but it eases the pain
Each day somewhat better, from the love and the care
As I drift off to sleep, I feel no despair
13skies | |
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Posted: 2/4/2008 8:53:53 PM | Not a single post in over 48 hours! Something I should know about?
Diehard, where are you? Poetlover, are you alive???? | |
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Posted: 2/5/2008 5:09:45 AM | Terence Son of Erin
It's ok..all is well...just a little funk I think...
In order to cleanse the site of misinformation, I have opened a new thread
in the hopes that it will carry on there...the thread is
The Official Poet's Cancer Project Thread
I'm hoping that all of these generous contributors will meet me there
and we can carry on this fine work in a credible manner....
The person who has taken over my entries is apparently not to blame..
but I'm not sure whether or not somewhere, someone is ....
Best to you brother....keep em coming...
we are alive and well!
D_R | |
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Posted: 2/5/2008 1:47:57 PM | they light up your life when you feel down
they make you smile when you frown.
they are always there night and day
their love for you dont fade away.
so when you feel lifes hard to bare
just call your angels theyll be there.
donated from mich 28 | |
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Posted: 2/5/2008 1:51:41 PM | Very nice Mich28
Thank you
I will paste it onto the Cancer Project thread..
D_R | |
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Posted: 2/5/2008 2:07:34 PM | Thank you and everyone from doing this. These touch me deeply. My mother and grandmother are cancer survivors. I will begin to write one and soon post it  | |
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Posted: 2/5/2008 5:23:40 PM | do you want us to copy and paste what we have submitted over there?
13skies | |
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Posted: 2/6/2008 1:58:34 PM | Hi everyone. Again we have to inform you that "diehard romantic" has been suspended for three more days, and will not be able to post. This is due to the fact that POF have concerns that Diehard may be using the site for commercial gain (fund-raiser or not). I AND OTHERS CAN ASSURE YOU ALL THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE. Brothers and Sisters, we have to take a day or two to figure out how we can make this project work. You will see that POF has removed the "poets for cancer" thread, in it's entirety, as is their right to do so. Right now, we are trying to figure a way to keep us all, and the project, together, until we can get ourselves re-organized. Please do not post any more poems to this project, ie: under the "CAN YOU WRITE" thread. LET US SIMPLY CONTINUE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER VIA THIS THREAD. By all means you may continue to post poetry on this site, but please, no mention of dedications etc until you hear back from Diehard Romantic.
Thank you all for your continued support and goodwill. We will survive this setback, and the train will roll once more!!
Keep it tight!
Roanin | |
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Posted: 2/6/2008 6:08:41 PM | | no wonder I could not find the thread....go figure | |
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Posted: 2/8/2008 7:57:56 PM | 3 days later
D_R is back
Paid my debt to society...I'm a new man
Out of respect for POF and their rules I am moving the donations to a different site.
I am trying to set up a website for it
I apologise to anyone that my fundraising has offended
was not my intention to break the rules
keep the faith brothers and sisters
D_R | |
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Posted: 2/8/2008 9:19:56 PM | By the way
the man in the shorts holding the fish is not D_R
I would have multiplied the fish to feed the hungry...
That was a glitch that left his face on my poems...
and I am not into what he is...romantically...believe me
best get off her before they thing I'm bumping the thread forward
D_R | |
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Posted: 2/8/2008 11:49:21 PM | | How very sad to see so much intolerance for free speech on this web site. I'll keep stopping by to see what develops regarding the cancer project - my daughter died of cancer fourteen years ago and I have never been able to write about it - perhaps now is the time to try to express how her courage and her undaunted spirit carried me closer to rainbows of glistening hope. | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 2:39:06 AM | Without mentioning the fact that this is a thread with a willpower and a destination...
And also...that the stories told here ( or wherever ) the poetry and the respect and the memories, but more so the understanding that each is different is an understood.
I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your daughter.
Mine is 12 and I totally get it...not sure I would ever get over it
I think that perhaps writing about her now would be a terrific thing to do!
Memories write a poem and think of the things you could tell!
Anything that you bring forward, in any regard, is a part of this ( or another soon to be determined ) thread
Thanks for saying hello
hope you'll get writing!
D_R | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 4:41:39 AM | Write a poem of us you ask,
to raise funds for Cancer quite a task,
My words are of norm so light and free
How can I tell of a dark shadow that fell on thee.
We were too late to cure him you see
We could see his pain quite vividly
A love before I’d never seen her show
His life taken from her such a blow..
The words Bowel Cancer not good to hear
I hear they’ll have a cure some other year
And so we write and hope and pray
That for this book you’ll pay us today..
Cause with each copy of this book that is sold
We get another step closer or so I’m told
H | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 5:38:41 AM | On a different note....
When I look into your eyes...
whatever will I see?
The sadness deep inside,
is a reflection of me!
Passion that was doused,
by a wave of your tears.
The fire, long gone out;
cooled by your fears.
When I hold your hand,
whatever will you feel?
The touch of a good man,
who's interest is real?
Will it take you back,
to another place in time?
The hand that attacked,
just won't leave your mind.
When we finally embrace,
will you feel my heart?
Put a smile on your face,
ignite a fresh spark?
Will you back away,
from the warmth of my soul,
absorbed by those days,
when touch seemed so cold?
When we make love one day
will you enjoy the passion?
will you share in the play,
and share that satisfaction?
Will you retreat within,
and relive the sad shame?
when making love was a sin,
and he called you those names.
Can you let it all go
and come close to me?
let me try hard to show,
how great it can be?
Or will you never allow
my love in your life?
It would make me so proud,
to have you here at my side!
D_R | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 5:48:57 AM | The sunlight gleams on the window pane
Your smile as bright and high hopes remain
You've endured so much chemo,radiation,needles in your veins
Never giving in to this vicious enemy fighting for your health to be regained
A true inspiration a fighter you are your strength and life force retained
Your out of the woods a few days left and back home to enjoy your life again | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 8:32:51 PM | Sorry folks...just in a goofy mood
Way Back When...
There is a place, I like to go
far away from the noise
a place that no-one knows
the memories of a little boy.
I like to think back in time,
when it was all so easy.
life was simple, like this rhyme,
no pressures ever on me.
I remember being lonely
when my Dad went to work.
missing him, but hiding out
when he finally returned.
Being**** with my Mom
getting slapped with ease,
punished for what I'd done,
but still do what I pleased.
35 cents for an allowance,
was so much in those days.
two candy bags and a cola
and a monstrous tummy ache.
I remember Kennedy in Dallas,
scared me all to hell
my introduction to violence,
I didn't fare that well.
Being pushed to go to church,
when the rink was shoveled.
It really never worked
I got in so much trouble.
I remember being a baby
at New Years Mass in 1960
a screamer on the pulpit
and it wasn't even me.
The checkerboard and jacks,
flipping Makita at a wall
crying all the way home
I lost my rookie Bobby Hull.
Watching the Leafs win
yea yea I hear you....
It will happen again
just keep them near you.
Growing up with drugs,
thinking it the norm
watching my dad chug
what was close to chloroform
Christmas time was nice
I was told I was a saint
I thought I had them fooled
but they got me back that day
Kruchev, Nixon, and oopsy Ford
Dief, Pearson, and Trudeau
the remnants of the great war
and the poor neglected heroes.
Vietnam stole the heart
of a nation that stood proud
Martin Luthor King was shot
because he was too loud.
Some crazy dude named Neil
landed on the moon
and the stupid silly dish
ran away with the spoon.
It's all so far away now
a different place in time
I swear to God somehow
that memory is all mine.
I lived it and breathed it
and it was the way it was
and yes it matters today
I don't go there near enough.
So wrapped up in this drama
from sunrise to the night
growing older every day
but missing it in my mind
If this poem means nothing
to anyone that reads it
close your eyes and go back
I guarantee you'll see it
Life was so simple, so sweet.
Parents are gone, we stumble
it's our turn now, be discreet,
we learned how not to stumble.
Look into your child's eyes
and watch them as they learn
give them memories like these
Now it is your turn.
K...kind of a silly poem, but damn...I get so sentimental
when I watch the history channel
and that South African wine
Don’t you?
D_R | |
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Posted: 2/11/2008 1:11:48 AM | Mother's Eyes
Tears come so easily
to a mother's eyes
as with love, you see,
for the world she cries,
tears of joy
tears of grief
tears of pain
is there no relief
for suffering and heartache
in this life of give and take,
where in more joyful times
her heart sang gentler rhymes
as new life to earth
she gave birth ...
Today I say a prayer
For mothers everywhere
Without them where would we be?
As for all mankind they care
And so often shed a tear,
Without them we would not be.
JR 09/21/2007
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Posted: 2/13/2008 3:13:55 PM | Dear genegem your heartfelt poem made me shed more than one tear. Being a mother myself your respect and consideration etc. for all mothers I appreciate sincerely with all of my heart and soul. God Bless you genegem  | |
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Posted: 2/14/2008 9:01:09 AM | Sorry if it seems like I'm losing energy on this thread
I'm really not...just terribly busy right now...
hope you keep the poems coming!
D_R | |
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