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The first of, hopefully, many. They'll come slow at first, but that's only natural really

 

There was a time I could have stated,

on the subject of comments related,

If a poet can sigh, as senseless as I,

Then I'll bury the comments I hated.

 

The point is sometimes, I get me too cute

And hurt someone's feelings too much, to boot,

Believe when I say, I intend not this way

My gibes should be a touch more astute.

 

I'm a kidder, a jester, an all around pest

I don't mean to harm, only add zest,

But sometimes I mar by going too far,

It's hard to abate a really good jest.

 

I said enough if you read all my stuff,

There in the rough, most of it's puff,

Forgive and forget, "Hail Fellow well met"

And don't go away in a huff.

 

Richard looks on nervously-well, what do you think? Should I try another?

Posted

well, I liked it. :)

 

As a personal standard, I try to never tease or joke with what I think might be true. Even if I'm not personally sensitive on the subject, I've found too many hearts have no defense against the truth - even when said in jest.

 

-Peredhil

Posted

*nod*

"can't you take a joke?" is one of the meanest things a person can say..

 

but i like this. i especially like the awareness of self, of intention, of effect.. i like this.

well done.

Posted

Hehe :D Just in case I get rich some day...

 

There are people of our ilk

Who are used to nil but silk,

We expect that should we meet,

It's a must to kiss our feet

Because we're known as the elite.

 

It is likely you are lowly

You are surely not as holy,

We are special kind of people

We are strong and never feeble,

We're a bell up in the steeple.

 

Don't compete, t'would be a joke

You could try but you would choke,

Butterflies be in your belly

Your attempt would be like jelly

You are meant to run a deli.

 

Could you ever really join us,

Might as well just try to coin us,

We're unique unto each other,

You could never be our brother

This was told to us by mother.

 

Thanks for coming in to see us,

You're too far below to be us,

You should try again next year

Keep yourself away from beer

If you see us..you should cheer.

Posted (edited)

Hehe-you cannot deny the power of a shoe!

 

Richard and his lonely shoe,

Weather beaten, wet with dew,

What untold tales the shoe must know,

Having lived through years of sun and snow,

Drawn to him by an unknown force

Filled with sorrow and remorse

And now the two may live as one

Until their time on Earth is done,

The shoe for its lost twin must grieve

And sweetest Richard, so naïve

May journey on to Camden Town

And find the only way is down

When darkened eyes and sweeter smiles

Are separated not by miles

But by the space between two stars

And quiet songs played on guitars

By troubled souls who cannot sing

Their words are left now, lingering

On calmer nights when girls in dreams

Tear their hearts out from the seams

And talk of losing and the hurt

And finding answers in the dirt

Where Richard found his lonely shoe,

Weather beaten, wet with dew,

Though lesser things may come to mind,

I hope some happiness they find

To soothe their souls and let them see

The beauty left in dignity

And as they walk, forgetting woe

And pain they bore some years ago

They smile as they are taught to do,

Richard and his lonely shoe.

 

This blue stuff does strange stuff to you you know? :D

Edited by Solivagus
Posted

I can't believe I'm writing this stuff...

 

Down in the cellar where I'm put when I'm bad,

I discovered a friend and his name is Chad,

Chad is a mouse and it's strange as can be,

'cause I chat with him and he chats with me.

 

We discuss world affairs and our neighbours' too,

The price of éclairs and the price of glue,

He's keen on cheese and he has a wheeze,

It's the dust down there and the normal sleaze.

 

The other day he acted prestigious,

He said he and his were mostly religious;

His concept of heaven was Orlando, Flo.

Where creators still worked and the tourists go.

 

His chief creator he knew as Walt,

Whose kin still worked at a movie vault.

Now, these known facts do prove to me,

That all earthly creatures have a deity.

 

Don't argue with me; go argue with Chad,

If you really do, you'll come out bad,

When Chad and I spoke, I heard him say,

He's ready for Walt on Judgment Day.

Posted

I like the shoe and chad poem... Commentary seems your strong points... stick with it... in general, work on the flow though...

 

revery

the dreamlost

"i'm just a rose unpicked left to wilt on the stem of life...(me)"

the dream continues...

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Posted

hey! You`re getting good at it:) The shoe-story was the best I think but the others are nice too. See - it isn`t so hard to write a happy poem;)

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