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 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 5/17/2013 3:07:33 PM
picnics over and so the romance ends
There is a lonely heart club just around the bend
You will most likely find me there with all my friends

I've grown quite fond of that place
I've even made curtains with lace
A flower pot or two adorns the windows
Hoping that one day they'll make rainbows
Watching them grow as I sip my Merlot
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 5/12/2013 5:34:35 AM
THAT Mother's Day Card

As much as I would want this to be a sappy
I love you Mom with all the trimmings
A very deep part of my soul just won't let me
I'm unable to sort out any of my feelings

I stare at the beautiful wordless Mother's Day Card
Each year I struggle and the words escape me
Wordless thoughts for a wordless card
Are what I seem to find and truthfully
THAT is the best kind of card for her
'Cause we never understood each other

But... we do have a deep wordless type of understanding
It's complicated and yet, my worldess card is screaming

Instead, I'm sitting here with my favourite fountain pen
Writing this weird twisted WTF type of poem
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 5/11/2013 9:34:48 AM
I'd volunteer every year to judge the contest
A taste tester's job is not to be taken in jest!

Some gave their lives to make sure that their king
Gets to live an other day to take care of things

Jesters, taste testers and concubines
All needed to help keep the king healthy
'Cause no one wants him to die suddenly
Stories from the past written on the fabric of time
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3258 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 5/10/2013 3:10:34 PM
ate eggs for breakfast while roosters crowed
Probably makes the chicken frisky don't ya know!
Hearing the barnyard alfa type of rooster strut his stuff
Makes the chickens a layin' and one ain't enough

Eggs for breakfast is a no brainer
Southern fried chicken for dinner
Sure makes all of us healthier and happier
Salut! To our morning crowing barnyard rooster
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 818 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 5/10/2013 1:23:17 PM
Anna's Epigraph

Basically, I was a honeymoon baby
My dad referred to me as his practice shot
I was born kicking and screaming
Apparently, I adruptly stoped
When I turned two years old
Apparently, I drove my parents practically crazy
But somehow somwhere in their hearts they loved me
Apparently... ha ha ha...

I was the first girl and the first baby on my mother's side
AND the first girl, amongst a sea of male cousins on my father's side

Needless to say, I was spoiled rotten by all four of my grandparents
Apparently, I was a huge flirt and I was good at working the "crowds"

I did not look like my cousins
I inherited the viking gene
While my cousins had the native gene
The only blond blue eyed kid
Amongst grandiose beauty of my dark haired
Red skinned kins

We often played cowboy and indian
Guess who got to run for two minutes in the woods
Then get hunted and caught and get tied to a tree
Of course, predictably, an uncle or my dad
Would suddenly appear out of nowhere
Scold the lot of them
Before they would untie me

The next day we'd do it all over again

In a weird way they loved me

I remember in the school yard
A bully pulled my braids
Always tried to lift up my skirt
I would push and punch him
He was too strong for me

What do I see
The whole lot of my cousins
Running towards me
They proceeded to beat the crap out of him
While they were screaming
"No ones beats up on her except us!"

In a weird way that made sense to me

My cousins got expelled
And the bully got nothing
'Cause apparently savages
Will always be savages
According to the white man's world

Weird to me
'Cause I was one of them
It bothered me
To be treated differently than them

So, all my life I've lived looking at the world in a wraped way
I still feel cheated that I did not inherit the native gene

In my dreams I sometimes get visitations
Turtle is my animal spirit
Turtle woman is whispered

So, from a honey moon baby
To turtle woman
Sometimes makes me feel like a super hero character
But I realize that it is my wraped way to look at this matter
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 5/6/2013 12:39:40 PM
With french fries and a pinch of salt
I'm listening to the "Tennessie Waltz"

Sitting in a diner with a good old fashioned juke box
Poodle skirt, mohair sweater, saddle shoes and bobby sox

Listening to "Rock Around The Clock"
Followed by Elvis's " Jail House Rock"

Staring at my beau across the table
Locking eyes with "Unforgettable"
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 5/5/2013 5:21:19 PM
tell em' this week's special is raisin carrot cake
Chicken on the grill or your regular shake'n bake
French fries, baked potato or mashed up with butter
A tall glass of cold milk makes a meal like no other

A full belly entails a feeling of satiation
A long hot shower will help with digestion
Hoping for the synchronisted x-rated type of longing
Turn off the lights. It's time for some good old fashioned loving
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 817 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 4/28/2013 12:56:29 PM
The Inner Goddesses's Point Of View

With dreams of buried treasure and island women
I stare at ye and wonder what was he thinkin'

A man aboard a ship with tattered sails
Bearded and smeling like lukewarm stale ale
We stare at him as he awkwardly mumbles something or other
And we realize that yet an other one has come to plunder

We escort him to his guy idea of hidden treasures
We then throw him in the man cave with all the others

It's kind of fun to see the confused look on his face
While we all run off to our world of satin and lace

Inner Goddesses do not hate captains of lost ships
It's just that many have the attitude of if it fits it ships

We are often treated like a commodity
Sometimes even adored like a beautiful oddity

We truly have the pick of the crop
'Cause our island is where the buck stops
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3238 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 4/28/2013 12:16:46 PM
with loads of buried treasure and island women
I stare at ye and wonder what was he thinkin'

A man aboard a ship with tattered sails
Bearded and smeling like stale ale
We stare at him as he mumbles something or other
And we realize that an other one has come to plunder

We escort him to the naive guy idea of treasures
We then throw him in the man cave with all the others
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 4/28/2013 6:15:57 AM
spin flameing battons while juggling sardines
That thought, makes me hungry for saltines

Merlot, baguette and an assortment of cheeses
Sitting by the waterfront carressed by the breezes

Listening to the waves gently carving the rocks
Erosion has patience and it will never stop

The sound of the waves are so soothing
The smell of the ocean air is quite intoxicating
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 4/27/2013 9:16:31 AM
One Minute 'Til Noon!

Youppie!
One minute 'til noon
I can now sip at my Merlot
'Cause some of you mignt not know
A good catholic
Does not take a sip
Until the two hands of the clock strike twelve
To some of you it might appear
That my moral compass has gone to hell
Oh well...

Taking out my mental deck of 51
Forever trying to solve THAT puzzle with the missing piece
My soul forever playing hide and seek
I often wonder, does it really have any answers I seek
Or does it only want a piece of me?

Which piece might it be
'Cause from a logical point of view
All of me needs each other to continue
'Cause this carcass of mine
Is stuck in the four dimensional world
Helplessly stuck in this frabric of time
A four dimensional web
Without a trap door
Underneath the carpet
On the dining room floor

And the demons neetly tucked in the deepest part of me
Are aching to have a time out
In a way their deserve it
'Cause they've been on good behaviour
They are loudly ratling their cage
Demanding they be on center stage

Time to drink Merlot
And fry some bacon
It's a mood thing
Maybe I'm ovulating

Nonetheless, I confess
I'm somewhat of a mess
For some unknown reason
I feel it might have something to do
With the changing of seasons
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 4/26/2013 12:42:46 PM
blast off in your time machine kid
Guess what, that's just what he did

Honestly, sometimes can't help but wonder
With their Iphones, Ipads or whatever
They live in an other fabric of space and time
With no correlation with this world of mine

Where is our point of intersection?
What happened to communication?
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3229 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 4/24/2013 2:25:06 PM
eyes blinded by the sun
My soul becomes undone
Feeling naked in such pure light
Like a dog with no fight
I stand there
And I stare

Unable to see clearly
A veil for my eyes only
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 4/22/2013 5:28:52 PM
in green fields of clover
I impulsively bend over
Searching for a four leafed clover

Honestly, I simply cannot help it
Like bubble wrap, one must surely bust it!

Compulsive innocent behaviour
Or some kind of kinky disorder
Don't care, it's so much fun! Whatever!
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 4955 (view)
 
Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 4/11/2013 5:10:13 PM
with much happiness
I pour you tea my lovely
Good to the last drop
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 4/11/2013 2:38:04 PM
Shooting stars on some dark night
Makes my brain go: "What a sight!"

I wonder...
Does anything really matter?
What I see, or what I don't see
Does it matter to you and me?
I just want to feel sublime
In this wonderful fabric of time!
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 4/11/2013 2:20:52 PM
Random Thoughts

There's a poem screaming to come out of me
I'm a twisted tortured soul and for the life of me
I have no words to express my random thoughts
Thoughts withdout words are tough to decipher
Just what is the message that needs to be plundered
I simply wait while frustrated I wonder...

All I know is that right now I'm so f u c k e d up
I so wish I knew the answer to my soul's question "What's up?"

I ache that's for sure
My soul so is raw right now
That's for ****ing sure


That is almost a haiku type of poem
I wonder if that ranks highly on a poet's totem

I hurt and ache for some kind of reprieve
But I've got is unwritten words to retrieve

So off I go to my beloved merlot
For some reason, my soul says: " I thought so."

My soul is speaking in a loud voice
My figure head needs to listen
It's not like she has a choice!

I wonder does it matter?
Honestly, does anything matter?
Our earth has a limited life anyway
Once our sun dies the whole earth
Will become a museum
For those future aliens

So... does anything matter
I wonder... WTF is a matter
I'm hormonal, menstruated and full of merlot
Way too many details... I know, I know...

Ok... enough for now
and .... anyhow...
It's not like anything matters
I'm a friggen mess and in tatters

For those that get me, I thank you
For those that do not...same to you!
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 4602 (view)
 
First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 4/9/2013 6:12:11 PM
softly serenades the night
While birds are taking flight
A lover's lament or a desperate plight
A melancholic mood on a star studed night
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 4/9/2013 6:02:02 PM
won't get caugth up in the negative stuff
Trying to be friendly like H. R. Pufnstuf

Remember Rusty and Jerome from the Friendly Giant?
How about Casey and Finnigan from Mr. Dressup?
I don't know why those memories suddenly pop up
But I had fun watching them in the presence of my aunt

She would hold me in her arms all bundled up
While I'd hear my dad ask my mom to pass the ketchup
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 4/7/2013 6:10:36 AM
Routine Sex

A friend told me that it was time to find a gentle lover
I smirked and said I'd rather invest in a good vibrator! ; )

I admit that getting rid of the butterflies in my head
Can be a challenge once I climb in bed
Finding "Do mate" on my mental to do list
Sure takes away layers and layers of romantic bliss

A sincere hug and a romantic kiss is something I miss
At the very least, do the deed and seal it with a kiss!
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 4/7/2013 6:01:20 AM
this time a gentle lover
Or maybe a good vibrator! ; )

Getting rid of the butterflies in my head
Can be a challenge once I climb in bed
Finding "Do mate" on my mental to do list
Sure takes away layers and layers of romantic bliss
A sincere hug and a romantic kiss is something I miss
At the very least, do the deed and seal it with a gentle kiss!
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 667 (view)
 
the upside down slide backwards from the bottom
Posted: 4/6/2013 5:57:45 AM
^^^
I appreciate the colours of your soul
Unraveling rainbow after rainbow
Painting with words is a gift
Giving people's souls a gentle lift

Unwraping layers upon layers
Going to the core of your reality
For many of us is not that easy
Yet, off you go and execute flawlessly

I am often quite moved
By the rawness of your mood
Expressed with powerful imagery
That forever stay with me

For that I thank you
I feel blessed knowing you
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 665 (view)
 
the upside down slide backwards from the bottom
Posted: 4/5/2013 5:39:52 PM
^^^
I relate to that...
Love those lines...

I have nothing left to take
and only myself left to give


I often feel like I thread upon a frozen ridge
To darn busy trying to keep warm
Hoping I don't slip and break an arm
Or a leg or smash whatever is left of my soul
In a million pieces like would a crystal bowl

Yet, for reasons unknown
I look away from the abyss
Hoping I don't suddenly
Need to go for a piss

The cold weather
Has that effect on my bladder

So much for romance
You smilin' by any chance?
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 4/5/2013 7:10:29 AM
Angel Smell

Woke up at 5 o'clock to this intoxicating smell
I'm alone in my home and I'm wondering what the hell?
I have no words to describe that kind of smell
It is not perfume, nor food or any type of earthly substance
Unable to identify this exotic type of incense

This smell has woken a part of me
That refuses to go back to sleep
I wander around the house aimlessly
Trying to find the source where it seeps
It is delicate, exquisite and somehow celestial
Could it be a brief passing from an angel?

My soul silently tells me
That this smell is not earthly
Hence, angel smell it is to me
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 810 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 4/4/2013 3:23:20 PM
Aging Sack Of Guts And Bones

In the freshly turned swails and berms
Trying to protect my epiderm
Lotions and all kinds of concotions
Trying to hide the constant erosion
Lines of wisdom or tell tale signs of desperation?
Onlookers has its own unique interpretations

I may sometimes feel like I won the fight
But why do I feel like I'll lose the war?
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 4/4/2013 3:15:46 PM
in the freshly turned swails and berms
Trying to protect my epiderm
Lotions and all kinds of concotions
Trying to hide the constant erosion
Lines of wisdom or tell tale signs of desperation?
Onlookers has its own unique interpretations

I may sometimes feel like I won the fight
But why do I feel like I'll lose the war?
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3180 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 4/1/2013 6:10:57 PM
we'll have some fun today
Let's go outside to play
Fresh air and birds chirping
On a swing, pushing
Gently and carefully
Synchronisity

Looking up to the sky
Wishing I could fly
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 3/31/2013 7:25:17 AM
Wondering why the wind blows
As I sit here eating my cheerios

Trying to keep myself together
It's not easy 'cause life's weather
Has been unpredictable
Often unforgivable

While the wind carves my soul
I remain helpless truth be told
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3173 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 3/30/2013 12:30:03 PM
cold showers and chocolate smores
Have me yelling for encore!
Well... it used to... before

Now, spring is in the air
My hormones aren't playing fair
Where's my bottle of Nair?

Apparently, love is in the air
Phone rang, got to go, you all take care!
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3169 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 3/29/2013 10:39:31 AM
for butterfly wings and silver spoons
Nothing to trade but hot air balloons

Still searching in my bag of goodies
At the bottom I find a box of candies

Oh look, a candle with the scent of angels
Undescribable odor.... Yet, strangely familiar
Standing tall like an ancient warrior
Going back in my bag, 'cause this ones a keeper
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 809 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 3/27/2013 2:00:25 PM
Ode To My Naughty Companion, Blush

Blush, my dear Blush,
Why do you make me blush?
Why can't I control you?
I turn red right before you
Naked emotions surfacing
It's quite frankly embarassing!

Without warning and at the worst time
I feel the wave of the gentle heat climb
I turn beet red and everyone starts to giggle
I stand there mortified at the whole spectacle

I swear, I hear you whisper my name
It's like you want to make your presence known
Or is it your way to get my undivided attention
Babbling fool am I, in front of an awkward situation

It would appear I summon the cute gene
When Blush revels in the awkward scene
It's like my body is apologizing
Before my mind did the processing
Reacting to a situation before words are used
Makes all of me quite confused
While others are pleasantly amused
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3157 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 3/26/2013 3:22:14 PM
just tryin to stay a simple man
Having fun just kicking the can
While waiting for the Candyman
Or is it the elusive Mr. Sandman?

Dreaming a dream is so much fun
Random thoughts all on the run
Deleting file after file in your mental USB
Helps cope with reality on this side of eternity
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 158 (view)
 
Is dating a widower/widow that scary?
Posted: 3/25/2013 4:26:36 PM
Is dating a widower/widow that scary?

It can be...

I once "dated" briefly and I mean briefly. It got creepy when he invited me over to his house and he had turned his dwelling practically into a shrine dedicated to his wife. It was creepy.

In the living room there was this huge 5 feet by 6 feet picture of his wife. In the bathroom, her space had not been touched since her death. ( She has passed away three years ago at the time I had the date.)

He also disclosed that all of her clothing was still in the closet in the bedroom right down to the her perfumes, make up and lipstick. All untouched...

I practically ran out of the house when he asked me if I wouldn't mind if I wore her perfume and put her lipstick on.

Yea... THAT creepy...

Note, this is just one man and I hope that they are not all like that.

All I know is that widows can be interesting as long as the grieving period has been dealt with. I understand the waves of grief that one may experience at times but it is important to put things in perspective.

Life is for the living right?
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 3/23/2013 7:00:43 AM
^^^^

NOW

What happened to Now
Coy and elusive are you?
Permanently bumping into
The window of opportunity

Tightly squeezed between yesterday and tomorrow
Memories seeping throught the fabric of time
While some are succulent, decadent and sublime
Others get quickly wraped in thick blankets of sorrow
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 3/23/2013 6:00:12 AM
what happened to now
Coy and elusive are you?
Permanently bumping into
The window of opportunity

Squeezed between yesterday and tomorrow
A fleeting moment in the eternal fabric of time
While some memories are succulent and sublime
Others get quickly wraped in thick blankets of sorrow
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 3/21/2013 6:37:15 PM
Ode To My Intimacy Demon

The first demon I decided to face
Goes by the name of Intimacy
Look at it all wraped in lace
Tall, overflowing with sensuality

It confusing the hell out of me
But I simply cannot help it
It repels and attracts me
Like random ends of magnets

I have no issues "being intimate"
As long as you don't try
To tenderly hold my hand
While "doing it"

I have no issues with you hugging me
As long as you don't look in my eyes
While you are holding me

Why to I have all these mechanical moves
That makes you believe
That I'm in tune with your grove

Your proximity scares the daylights out of me
If I let you touch the essence of my soul
Will I poison you or will it be the end of me?

Intimacy! Please answer me!
WTF is wrong with me!

For monts there was silence
I asked my dear friend Persistence
To help me by bringing Deliverance
Their intentions were noble at first
But they both fled and my life
Went in full reverse

I read self help books and googled
Until my eyes got all sweaty
In a weird twisted way
And a strange surprise to me
I started to enjoy its company

This demon isn't so scary really
It's just that it has this uncanny ability
To tackle and cut the wind right out of me
At the most awkward times you see

So, after reading and trying to figure myself out
I just decided to show affection without expectations
Being gentle and genuine and hope for the best
Really put Intimacy to the test

It reared its head and tried to spook me
But I continued with Diligence
And with the help of Sentience
Intimacy literally shrank before me

Was it THAT simple?
A genuine hug
That pulls the plug
Allowing the flowing motion
And graced by Elation

Crap! It took me almost a half century
To understand this unknown side of me!

This demon has been tamed somewhat
But others are lingering
Waiting for the perfect timing
To knock the wind out of me

Why do I fell like they all want a piece of me?
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3150 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 3/21/2013 5:37:52 PM
screaming with joy
All the while being coy
Trying to hold myself back
But I can't. It's as simple as that

THAT is a feeling I haven't had in a while
I thought of that this morning too
Funny how life seems like mosaic tiles
Each unit plays it part to please you
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 803 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 3/16/2013 7:29:04 PM
I love you, I love you not

My soul is aching to share
Yet my mind is too shy to dare

I stare at you with eyes
Silently screaming
Wondering why oh why
Aren't you reciprocating
The untapped flow of energy
The untamed raw sensual tension
That has my inner goddess
Screaming for attention

As I sit here staring at you
I realize you simply haven't a clue
On just how deeply I hunger for you

Desperately trying to tune out
The constant brain chatter
While my soul wants to shout out
"I love you! I love you! I love you!"

Instead you ask: "What's the matter?"
I look away and say: "Nothing... "
"NOTHING!" my soul screams
"WTF is the matter with you?
Why can't you say: "I love you!" "

My brain is trying in vain
To get off the soul train
'Cause tonight my inner goddess
Is chaulk full of naughtyness

Tonight, she's taking over
The rest of me will take cover
Temporarily shuting up the brain chatter
'Cause right now that's all that matters

Love me or don't love me
Right now it doesn't matter to me
Why do I feel that these thoughts will haunt me?
While my soul yanks an other petal off of my daisy
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3137 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 3/14/2013 9:57:13 AM
A symbol of that which ensues
Mutual understanding of world views

A symbol can mean a set of values
To some they are unquestioned virtues

To others they obstruct and oftentimes confuse
That feeble inner voice that witnessed the abuse
But instead silently screams
And takes one for the team
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
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8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 3/12/2013 12:18:19 PM
four dollars a gallon how long will it last
Don't know but heating with natural gas
Keeps my home cosy, welcoming and warm
Shelters me from those nasty winter storms

Home made soups and delicious stews
Keeps my soul alive and warm
Longing for thee sun's warmth
Honking geese, sound of spring news
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 802 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 3/10/2013 9:01:15 AM
I want this poem to be part of this thread.

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This poem was nominated by the UN as the best poem of 2006
Written by an African Kid:

When I born, I black
When I grow up, I black
When I go in Sun, I black
When I scared, I black
When I sick, I black
And when I die, I still black
And you white fellow
When you born, you pink
When you grow up, you white
When you go in sun, you red
When you cold, you blue
When you scared, you yellow
When you sick, you green
And when you die, you gray
And you calling me colored

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 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3125 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 3/10/2013 7:17:40 AM
the guys give me hell at the foundry
Me thinks they are just jealous of thee

A woman that cares enough to do your laundry
Is surely someone that has a deep appreciation of thee

Or maybe, she just does not want to see you
Take out your cleanest dirty shirt
And in public be seen with you ( giggle)
Holding hands, and openly flirt
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 801 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 3/2/2013 6:52:49 AM
That Long Distance Sound

Late last night, my phone rang
It made that long distance sound
I checked the number and I knew
My soul is surely hell bound

My heart skipped a beat as I stared
The damned phone kept on ringing
How I wish I dreaming!
Yearning for someone is one thing
The transfer into reality is an other

Life is simply not playing fair!
He is now a bonafide family man
He chose her and she promptly
Proceeded to fart out two kids
He has the wife the kids
And that damned white picket fence
Why is my thought pattern so hazy and dense?

I'm still staring
It's still ringing
I'm not answering
My soul is hiding
My body is paralyzed
My inner goddess is freaking out
And my mind is without a doubt
Frozen in a place and time
Flashback after flashback
Of memories so fine

I divorced one
Loved and lost one
Buried one
I'm done....

When it comes to relashionships
I'm burned out
I wish I could abandon ship
But my soul won't let me
The damned phone is still ringing
The sound of the damned is stinging me
In way totally unknown to me

Finally he falls in the messaging system
This morning I have messages waiting

Life is simply not playing fair
Crossing this line, I don't dare!

Go back to your married life
Leave me alone! Jesus Christ!

Time to walk away from the key board
I'm starting to swear and it won't be pretty
Apparently when a French Canadian woman gets angry
It can get pretty ugly....

Sort of a sequel to my poem A Late Night Call
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 800 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 3/1/2013 2:50:47 PM
Thirsty Soul

My soul is parched
Longing for petrichor's
Scent of amore

You have that effect on me
Please don't hesitate
Can't you see
I resonate
When you're near me?

Synchronisity
Or stupidity
I don't care
I ache for you
Yet, I don't dare

Strangely enjoying this twisted foreign type of feeling
A bittersweet aroma that is quite intoxicating
It gives me something to look forward to
Silently, I deliciously ache for you
I feel so blessed having met you
Yet, I must keep a safe distance from you
'Cause I sure don't want to scare you!

I ache to have you give me satisfaction
Yet I love the cosy feeling of this infatuation!!

Sometimes fantasies should not encounter reality
Expectations can easily crash and burn

I'll content myself in admiring you from a distance
I'll fantasize about all the things I want to do to you
And imagine that I'll never have to say :
" It's not you it's me..."
Or some other politically correct versions
Stated from the dumper and/or the dumpee

I wish you could rain on my parched fantasies
Petrichor would be such a grand finally!
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 798 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 2/25/2013 4:23:29 PM
Blessed By The Damned

By the damned, I feel blessed
It's kind of reassuring
I must confess

Flawed human to the core
Making similar mistakes
Yelling enore!

Why does it feel so comforting
Giving me warm fuzzy feelings
Being part of the fallen
Past sins never forgotten

I wonder,
Is it better
To forgive or...
To be forgiven

I suppose it is a ying yang
Kind of situation

This random thought popped out of nowhere
I believe at this time I will share

When a cow drinks water
It makes milk

When a snake drinks water
It makes venom


I feel like such a connundrum!
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 797 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 2/24/2013 8:05:31 AM
A Late Night Call

Late last night I got a long distance call
His voice pierced through my mental fire wall
After we were done talking, I was in tatters
What is the past or present to former lovers?

My brain was totally empty
It went hiding in my soul's pantry
My inner goddess lit up like a christmas tree
My soul was stuck trying to navigate blindly
Without tools to deal with this type of situation
It winged it and lost itself in his soul's pure essence

That man totally intoxicates me
Part of me still loves him
But he chose an other
So why even bother
Calling me at this late hour?

He says I've always been in his thoughts
Apparently, he cares about me a lot
WTF....

I dared ask him...
"What does she have that I was missing?"
There was a long silence
He took a deep breath
He said something like: " It's complicated."
COMPLICARED?

Apparently, he still cares about me
Is this an other version of
"It's not you it's me?"

Oh but the sexual tension
And those nights of passion
Are turning me into a vixen
Who longs for the forbidden

Never screwed a husband before
I wonder, is that an other type of amore?
Thank goodness he lives on the other side of the country
'Cause last night I would have made my inner goddess quite happy

I still feel very guilty
Thinking of the possibility
Of having raw untamed sex
By the damned, I feel blessed
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 796 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 2/21/2013 2:22:16 PM
Random WTF Type Of Thought

A long long time ago
I heard a supervisor saying
" Only people in cemetaries
Are irreplacable you know."

So much for motivation
Or worker's satisfaction

Then I got older
Hopefully a little wiser
And now I wonder

Is there some truth to that?
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 794 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 2/19/2013 1:18:18 PM
The Flu Knocked The Fight Out Of Me

Without warning
I woke up Sunday morning
With the flu
Who knew?

Cold, hot, everything in me aching
Dizzy, hungry but too weak
To make myself something
Anything...

So, I camped out on the couch
Layers upon layers of blankets
Box of tissues and other trinkets
Hoping I'd somehow get through it
But it just got worse and before I knew it
Every bone in my body was ratling
Then my soul started churning
That big ball of WTF

Too weak to even feel fear
I saw a glimpse forbidden images
From a world far away
That my brain had carefully stashed away
Snippets of very sad chapters of my life
Played over and over again
Too weak to fight them off
I starred with my soul's eyes
Wondering why?
And an unknown voice said...
Why not?

When those horrific movies were over
I realized I had broken my fever
Exhausted, I managed to get a fire going
Made some tea and tried to stop crying

I had no idea what time it was
I was still stuck in THAT world of WTF
With no fight left in me
I took the hit dead on
Waiting for my kettle to scream
I was anticipating
A mental tsunami

Then I thougth of a saying by Mark Twain
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight
It's the size of the fight in the dog."

Then I had the strangest thought
When DOES a dog give up?

Fast forward two days later
Feeling sicker and sicker
I still have no answer
Go friggen figure!
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 3100 (view)
 
8 Line Poetry Stanzas - Use Last Line 4 First Line
Posted: 2/19/2013 5:21:05 AM
small meteorite with one hell of a BOOM
Well, it's one way to get rid of the gloom and doom
People are foraging for those precious fragments
Quite precious, those stones from the faraway firmaments

Energy from an other time and place
Makes me wonder of the untold tales they hold
Travelling from far way places with such haste
I'm so puzzled about that , truth be told
 annasthasia
Joined: 5/4/2005
Msg: 793 (view)
 
The Dog Pound for Kittens
Posted: 2/18/2013 10:19:11 AM
Reflections From A Premenopausal Woman

Ok, here's the deal
I have no friggen clue how I feel
Some days I'm ok
Some others I'm not
My soul gets twisted in knots
And my inner goddess wants to play
Those forbidden games
To tame the untamed

Heck, I'm not fifty shades of grey
I'm every friggen colour of the rainbow
Even I don't understand myself yanno?
It's a hormonal thing they say

Honestly, I don't think so
I paid a price for my lifestyle
Way ahead of myself
Even I cannot keep up
With my wordless thoughts
Forever living in that big ball of WTF

Apparently, I intimidate suitors
They come callin' and they see
A bruised up warrior
Full of battle scars
From past distant wars

It is apparently intimidating
To see a woman morphing
Into something unnknown

Deep down I'm just a girl
Waiting to be asked to dance
Hoping I get my chance
At .... romance...
 
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