Figster Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) Are you a poet that doesn't know it? Serious or for fun throw something at me peeps. Here's one of my own favorites. I posted it on TBD many years ago. Its called, Under the Devils spell Under the devils spell, amist the citadel, fortold of darkened hooves, sightless eyes, and bearing down. The final lines been drawn, all we've known is gone. God is well, so open up and give thee hell. Under darkness they fell, leaving ashes to tell, how the highest of holy had climbed. The day the flood gates from hell, became to full to dispel, a whole world full of heavens denied. Another wish in the well, wishing to tell, where the roads made of gold are all paved. If I could sell all of you, on a heavenly view, then perhaps our world could be saved. Yes perhaps our world could be saved... Edited February 5, 2023 by Figster 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I’m awaiting the Man from Nantucket variations 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Shiloh: A Requiem by Herman Melville Skimming lightly, wheeling still,The swallows fly low Over the field in clouded days,The forest-field of Shiloh— Over the field where April rain Solaced the parched ones stretched in pain Through the pause of night That followed the Sunday fightAround the church of Shiloh— The church so lone, the log-built one, That echoed to many a parting groanAnd natural prayerOf dying foemen mingled there— Foemen at morn, but friends at eve—Fame or country least their care: (What like a bullet can undeceive!)But now they lie low, While over them the swallows skim,And all is hushed at Shiloh. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Clavin Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44087/wild-nights-wild-nights-269 Wild nights - Wild nights! Were I with thee Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile - the winds - To a Heart in port - Done with the Compass - Done with the Chart! Rowing in Eden - Ah - the Sea! Might I but moor - tonight - In thee! Be right back...gotta go recite this to the wife. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away." Percy Bysshe Shelley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 I guess it's a gr8 song too! The Trees Rush There is unrest in the forest There is trouble with the trees For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas The trouble with the maples And they're quite convinced they're right They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade There is trouble in the forest And the creatures all have fled As the maples scream "Oppression" And the oaks just shake their heads So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights "The oaks are just too greedy We will make them give us light" Now there's no more oak oppression For they passed a noble law And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw Written by: Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee Weinrib 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 58 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: I guess it's a gr8 song too! The Trees Rush There is unrest in the forest There is trouble with the trees For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas The trouble with the maples And they're quite convinced they're right They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade There is trouble in the forest And the creatures all have fled As the maples scream "Oppression" And the oaks just shake their heads So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights "The oaks are just too greedy We will make them give us light" Now there's no more oak oppression For they passed a noble law And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw Written by: Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee Weinrib For several reasons, one of my favorite songs of all time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 #### the ####ing Fish. #### them really ####ing hard. #### the ####ing Fish. 1 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 One of my favorite poems, one of my favorite actors. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, B-Man said: One of my favorite poems, one of my favorite actors. I thought "If" was perhaps the most cheesy of 70's ballads (by Bread): "If" If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can't I paint you? The words will never show The you I've come to know If a face could launch a thousand ships Then where am I to go? There's no one home but you You're all that's left me too And when my love for life is running dry You come and pour yourself on me If a man could be two places at one time I'd be with you Tomorrow and today Beside you all the way If the world should stop revolving Spinning slowly down to die I'd spend the end with you And when the world was through Then one by one the stars would all go out Then you and I would simply fly away 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, snafu said: I thought "If" was perhaps the most cheesy of 70's ballads (by Bread): "If" If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can't I paint you? The words will never show The you I've come to know If a face could launch a thousand ships Then where am I to go? There's no one home but you You're all that's left me too And when my love for life is running dry You come and pour yourself on me If a man could be two places at one time I'd be with you Tomorrow and today Beside you all the way If the world should stop revolving Spinning slowly down to die I'd spend the end with you And when the world was through Then one by one the stars would all go out Then you and I would simply fly away I (secretly) love that too. My David Gates imitation has to be heard endured to be believed. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, B-Man said: I (secretly) love that too. My David Gates imitation has to be heard endured to be believed. "If" makes me want to drive into a phone pole. But you do you! I can't do David Gates, but I can do a pretty good "Don't Know Much" by Aaron Neville. Mrs. snafu won't let me belt out more than one chorus. I've described it before, I've got a household list of approved songs that my family will endure. That's not on the very short list. Edited February 9, 2023 by snafu 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 12:05 PM, snafu said: I thought "If" was perhaps the most cheesy of 70's ballads (by Bread): "If" If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can't I paint you? The words will never show The you I've come to know If a face could launch a thousand ships Then where am I to go? There's no one home but you You're all that's left me too And when my love for life is running dry You come and pour yourself on me If a man could be two places at one time I'd be with you Tomorrow and today Beside you all the way If the world should stop revolving Spinning slowly down to die I'd spend the end with you And when the world was through Then one by one the stars would all go out Then you and I would simply fly away i've always loved this song. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 11:05 AM, snafu said: I thought "If" was perhaps the most cheesy of 70's ballads (by Bread): "If" If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can't I paint you? The words will never show The you I've come to know If a face could launch a thousand ships Then where am I to go? There's no one home but you You're all that's left me too And when my love for life is running dry You come and pour yourself on me If a man could be two places at one time I'd be with you Tomorrow and today Beside you all the way If the world should stop revolving Spinning slowly down to die I'd spend the end with you And when the world was through Then one by one the stars would all go out Then you and I would simply fly away David Gates and Bread were at one time my favorite group in the world. I still like their music. 💕 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnull Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Some poetry generated by ChatGPT 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.