http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/forums/150 A collection of poems by our long time members. This forum is read-only. ]]> en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:18:33 GMT Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:47:45 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/forums/150 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2045/t/Your-Symphony.html
The fields of August sip fresh rain
while fending autumns first embrace,
but cradled in the winds refrain
your journey echoes blossoms grace.

May trickling pearls of morning dew
that sparkle on resplendent leaves
adorn your days with silver hue,
till flowers fold, announcing eve.

May all your friends who walk within
a labyrinth of crossing tracks
repair your road when pavement thins,
and show how smiles can circle... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris W962) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2045 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:03:18 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2055/t/Thimble-.html

We met in a giant thimble;
I quite awkward and shy,
you fleet-tongued and nimble,
balencing a plate of tarts
shaped like diamonds, wands and hearts.
'Pray take one,' you exclaimed
'- they're meant for the king of Sorrow and Pain
but I'm sure he won't miss one...
or if you prefer, try a sapphire meringue,
or perhaps an emerald scone!
What's that, you only have quite human teeth?
well here's a set I have to spare,
each one a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Willowdown) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2055 Fri, 12 May 2006 13:15:42 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2056/t/Magnolia-.html
Magnolia, I will not see you now for quite some time
- may the wind be gentle on your petals
and the rain that falls be sweet and clear,
may the nights be not to cold
and the rays of the sun not too hot
upon your delicate beauty.
I do not know when, or if indeed,
I will see you again
but I hope that I will.
Beautiful Magnolia
may your days be full of sunlight and happiness
may the song that you sing be true;
perhaps a little bird,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Willowdown) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2056 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:15:14 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2057/t/Caravan-of-Dreams-.html
Every night, from dusk to dawn,
The Caravan of Dreams wanders over a moonlit desert
Carrying wonderful cargoes from far distant places to unimaginable, impossible goals.
I hear the creak and rustle of ropes and jewel-worked harnesses,
The wild cries of Arabs
And the music of flutes and clay-drums
As this armada of dreams dips and bobs over the ever-shifting dunes.
I smell the mingled exotic spices of Madagascar and Cathay, the Americas and Mandalay;
I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Willowdown) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2057 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:14:10 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2058/t/Sorrow-.html

Sorrow, is there no end to your singing?
All Summer and Autumn I have listening to your song;
Winter and Spring I heard your sad tunes
blowing on cold winds and welcoming
young flowers to the world.
Even merry May does not completely lift your spirits
- I hear a haunted melody
drifting from the bluebell woods
and mingled in the swift streams babbling soliloquy
are tears of lamentation.
Oh Sorrow, is all the Earth and the multitude
of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Willowdown) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2058 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:49:05 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2059/t/Say-Farewell-Now-.html

My heart is sad with the thought of you
days and hours run through my hands like grains of sand.
In the distance I hear the whistle of the ferryboat
eager to be on its way
- soon I too must make the journey
that will take me away from you.
Below where I sit in this hillside pavilion
the waves of the sea splash against
the rocks of the cliff, indifferent to my pain;
birds sing in the windswept bushes
perhaps they catch a little of my... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Willowdown) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2059 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:45:13 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1972/t/The-Hellebores-a-Spanish-sonnet-.html lie strewn across the trestle table wood.
He wonders how these fragile blooms withstood
decay, that time and wear have interlaced.
With hopeful sighs, his eyes begin to trace
this view, as any still-life artist should;
a tarnished annulet remaining, could
bring visions that a painter might embrace.
An overwhelming feeling of distrust
makes colors of his palette overcast.
A sunlight falls from canvas onto dust;
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lucia Ellen) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1972 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:21:28 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1973/t/The-Calligraphist-Shakespearean-sonnet-.html she writes, italicizing how she feels,
and sees in strokes of penmanship, some sense,
from angles that the words to her reveal.

Ascenders and descenders mark this day;
she delves into the bottle holding ink,
as thickness covers thin to overlay,
consistant as the depths of how one thinks.

In drawing from her fountain here, the lines
display in cursive movements, careful strokes.
Proportions of her... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lucia Ellen) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1973 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:15:02 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1979/t/Chocolate-River-Sonnet-.html and fades a poet's quill to ghostly shades.
A riverbed of soured dust lies bare,
as hunger withers soil and thirst pervades.

A far horizon shimmers almond hues;
oasis rhythms swell beneath a sky
of creamy clouds that swirl in marbled blue.
Somewhere, a chocolate river ripples by

a mocha bank with sprinkled lemon grass.
It flows through valleys hugged by minted hills
and nibbles fruit beneath a mountain... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Poetessa) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1979 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:03:39 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1980/t/Chocolate-River-freeverse-.html
A desert skyline shimmers almond hues,
and rhythms swell beneath vanilla clouds.
Somewhere, a creamy chocolate river flows
through caramel canyons and peppermint hills.
It swirls in valleys of lemon and lime,
and nibbles wild fruit on steep mountain sides.
The river kisses a poet's garden;
petals of raspberry roses unfold.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (Poetessa) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1980 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:02:34 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2046/t/Ballad-for-Kevin.html
A citadel was painted on
the canvas of your days-
Im humbled by its magnitude,
the beauty of your ways.

Life's walls were draped with evergreen
and morning glory vines;
each fluent shape of stone would tell
how love prevents decline.

The threshold, worn by weight of steps,
held footprints large and small-
as every friend in town would know,
you saved a smile for all.

The garden was your... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris W962) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2046 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:13:17 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1999/t/Bills-Rhupunt-variation-.html Leny Roovers
1-3-3006

Im sick of bills.
They give me chills,
so I need pills
to get some sleep.

They come in heaps,
give me the creeps;
I long to sweep
all in the bin.

The mood Im in-
filled with chagrin-
sets thoughts to spin;
where does this lead?

My stubborn steed
runs with great speed;
he wants his feed-
how will I pay?

Its time to pray
that I will stay
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Catsworld) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1999 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:08:28 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2001/t/Racing-Huitain-.html Leny Roovers
27-2-2006

Ive lost control over my horse,
he gallops fast, refused my lead;
Im frightened by our present speed
and lost my balance by fierce force.
My world is spinning from its source,
connecting threads are twined in cords.
I have to change this hapless course-
transform the spirals into chords.

I grab the reins I lost before,
and pull with force, he feels the bit-
remembers who is boss, submits.
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Catsworld) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2001 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:06:29 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1981/t/Victim-Clogyrnach-.html that ripple through my trembling sap.
You push, twist my limbs,
rip my leaves from stems.
At your whim,
my roots snap.

In splintered groans and silent screams
I crash to earth, as in old dreams.
Your frenzied rage roars;
my bleeding sap pours
through earth's floor
in new streams.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (Poetessa) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1981 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:09:01 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1982/t/Clouded-Thoughts.html Gauzy fingers peel blue from the sky
and stuff it behind endless gray
flannel blankets.

I breathe deeply,
pulling in the gray;
it fills each crevice in my head,
rests motionless,
content with the space it's occupying.

Inhaling mindfully,
I try to displace it with clarity,
but only draw in more gray.

With each exhale,
I fail to expel the haze,
as thickening layers
smother all hints
of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Poetessa) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1982 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:07:40 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1983/t/Trickster-Clogyrnach-.html he spurns our dreams of early thaw.
With arctic muster
and polar bluster,
he hurls winds cold and raw.

He wraps the sun in flannel gray
in hopes that night won't stir the day--
for Spring soundly sleeps.
Winter's cunning keeps
his frosty heart at play.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Poetessa) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/1983 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:06:35 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2000/t/Unison-Huitain-.html Leny Roovers
26-2-2006

Today my minds a stubborn steed;
with reins in hands, attention taut,
I steer my horse beyond all thought.
While riding with increasing speed,
I find seductive views recede.
From flowing hills we reach a plain-
I catch my breath, he nibbles weeds.
We rest awhile, let go of strain.

My horse then whinnies, true to breed;
his voice brings back a thought I fought-
I see it pass, am not... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Catsworld) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2000 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:45:37 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2002/t/The-Hardest-Thing-insp-by-E-B-Browning-The-Weakest-Thing-.html


The Hardest Thing (inspired by E.B. Browning)
Leny Roovers
25-2-2006

Which is the hardest thing of all
I have to bow to?
In love, confusion clouds my mind
With indecision.
The... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Catsworld) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2002 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:43:15 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2003/t/Yoga-X-Rondeau-.html Leny Roovers
25-2-2006

Between my eyebrows rests a shrine.
Blue energy runs through my spine-
descending with the Prana flow,
it fills my center, down below;
I feel my mind and soul combine.

With upraised arms and hands entwined,
I twist my torso sideways, find
how muscles stretch- a tranquil glow
between my eyebrows.

Each set of postures is designed
to train both muscles and the mind.
Devotion and surrender... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Catsworld) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2003 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:57:09 GMT http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2004/t/Dedication-Rhupunt-.html Leny Roovers
22-2-2006

Center in Me-
that is the key;
then you shall see
the world as One.

You will transcend
delusions end-
as spirals bend,
bonds are undone.

A mind unfurled,
not of this world
where visions whirl-
will stay on course.

Anchored and firm,
fulfill your term-
you are affirmed
in Me, your source.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Catsworld) http://welcomehome2.yuku.com/topic/2004 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:24:20 GMT