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Poetry Corner

Pennywren — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:04:21 GMT

Hi all.

Encouraged by 2 fab community members to create this new topic. Hope you like.
Thought this could be a nice space to share some of the poems we have written and inspire each other with our creativity. Poems are a way for me to voice whats going on in my head especially when my anxiety has left me feeling somewhat foggy headed.

Hope you enjoy reading and sharing your work.

Pennywren 😊

Re: Poetry Corner

Pennywren — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:06:02 GMT

Sunrise

The sun rising above a sea of cloud,
Casting a vibrant glow.
The firey disc casting deepest shadow,
Like light and dark, to and fro,
Opposites combine in perfect harmony.

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Mi-Amigo — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:09:31 GMT

What a lovely new topic @Pennywren

Thank you for creating it.

I love your poem Sunrise and look forward to reading some of your other poems and will try and write some of my own which I will share on this thread.

Re: Poetry Corner

Pennywren — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:11:15 GMT

Thank you Mi-Amigo 😊
Been writing like crazy lately so problems got way too many 😅

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Pennywren — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:12:27 GMT

Ice

Blue skies,
Frozen ground,
My breath mists before me.
Icy out,
There is no sound,
The birds hidden in the tree.
Wrapped up warm,
Blankets out,
Layers of fluffy softness.
Trees are bare,
Snowdrops poking out the ground.
Tiny buds begin to appear,
Maybe spring is nearly here.
Sun sparkles on the frost,
Each blade of grass twinkles.
Can I sleep til spring is here?
When warmth comes first,
And lambs appear.
When darkness gives way to light.

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Anonymous — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:14:59 GMT

Love your poems @Pennywren

Great idea to start a thread on poetry

I shall have to look out my favourite poems.

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Mi-Amigo — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:43:31 GMT

@Pennywren

Your poem "Ice" truly creates the images in my mind of what you describe.

You are very talented. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Re: Poetry Corner

Cleoriff — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:47:12 GMT

Hi @Pennywren

So pleased you started this new topic on Poetry.

The two you posted here are beautiful and very atmospheric. Loved them xxx

Re: Poetry Corner

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:46:34 GMT

My attempt, written a few minutes ago

The Night Stalker

Silent steps along deserted streets

Prints in snow beneath the feet

Hurrying to shelter from the damp

Long shadow cast by street lamp

As it is not yet dawn

Over garden gate, across the lawn

And a few steps more

To the mat by the door

And waits and gives a purr

With bright eyes in feline fur

Re: Poetry Corner

Pennywren — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:50:56 GMT

Wow Mi-Amigo 😊😊. How beautiful a poem. I'm not great at poems that actually rhyme, just more putting thoughts to words and letting them create the picture I desire in your mind.

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Pennywren — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:53:10 GMT

Morning thoughts

Sun hits the trees,
Making them to glow.
Curled up coffee in hand,
The gentle hum of the washing machine
As I stare into space lost in the past.
Memories eddy and flow.
The good, the bad,
Shifting like sand…
Just out of reach,
Trickling through my fingers.
A blackbird singing in the tree
Are you singing just for me?
Singing of warmth,
Family and happiness.
Something stirs in my mind,
A flash of sunlight across a field,
Laughter, muddy boots,
A trickling brook.
Pebbles smoothed in the water flow,
In my mind my small hand gathers my latest treasure.
A collection of pebbles.
Maybe time can smooth,
Can heal my broken parts,
To leave a polished stone,
Smooth and unbroken.

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Cleoriff — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:05:28 GMT

Lovely poem @Mi-Amigo really enjoyed reading it.

The last one you posted @Pennywren was also lovely. So pleased this thread was started. I'm no poet but really enjoy reading them.

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Mi-Amigo — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:14:19 GMT

Thank you @Pennywren and @Cleoriff for your kind words about my poem.

To me, it doesn`t matter whether the lines rhyme or not but what the poem creates in the mind of the reader.

I liked @Pennywren `s "Morning Thoughts" and the images in it, particularly liked the lines...

A blackbird singing in the tree
Are you singing just for me?

I`m sure we have all had such a moment but to put into words to capture it is pure genius.

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Mi-Amigo — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:26:53 GMT

Bah Humbug

The hands of the clock inside my mind

Run backwards to days long past

And the voice inside my head repeatedly asks

"Why can`t today be like my yesterdays?"

When the sun always shone and I was never cold.

Bah humbug! I hate being old.

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Pennywren — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:52:01 GMT

Mi-Amigo how lovely to read your poems. I love the words you paint with your words.l

Snow

Sunlight catches the fallen snow,
Casting diamonds,
Of brilliant light.
Snow covers everything,
As far as I can see,
A blanket of white.
Each flake that fell,
Each special, unique.
Brave the cold,
A brisk walk as snow crunches under foot,
Snow gathering on heavy boot.
Enjoy the beauty,
The slate wiped clean.
See how the frost and ice does gleam.
Hush, whats that sound?
Birdsong in the tree,
Flowers peaking out of the ground.
Spring is nearly here.
A time of new starts
Warmth in my heart.
The ice begins to crack.

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Anonymous — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:18:44 GMT

Lovely poems from you both @Pennywren and @Mi-Amigo

Glad you started this thread @Pennywren

I am no poet but do appreciate poety and am a regular listener to 'Poetry Please' BBC Radio Four late Saturday evening. The present series, presented by Roger McGough, has just come to a close last week, but can be found on BBC Sounds.

Re: Poetry Corner

Pennywren — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:41:50 GMT

Thank you @Anonymous. Am slowly working through the poems I have written. Some I'm reluctant to post because they are darker, memories stirring causing the words to be less pleasant (no foul language just paints a darker picture).

Summer rain

As the rain taps against the window
I reach for my crafting tools
The summer sunshine etched in my heart.

Together with the rain my creations flow
That swirl and eddy lifting the soul
To greater heights.

The holiday time is upon us
A time of laughter and smiles
But in my heart with crafting
The sunshine never fades

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pgn — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:47:47 GMT

The Limerick's poetical form's spurned

Many have striven, less have learned

To rhyme two couplets

With furry puplets

And find they've just crashed and burned!

A thread for poems, how sublime!

Write in stanzas, make'em rhyme,

Each one a ditty,

Oh what a pity

This one I wrote in double-quick time!

Re: Poetry Corner

Cleoriff — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:49:27 GMT

@Pennywren

They are good to read.

I hope you posting them here, helps you as well as helping others who read your work.

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Pennywren — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:10:03 GMT

Love that one @pgn 😄 flows beautifully

Im worried about posting them all @Cleoriff because I don't know if the words may upset someone. Yes writing them helps but I don't want to cause undue pain or strain on someone else's mental health.