LTFR #1

Round 5

7. Special Occasion... birthday, Christmas, first time eating cheese??? :)

Before I was Born

It was about this time in 1955
I was in the womb, but alive
I was conceived before December
to tell the truth I don't remember.

Round 5

8. Wild card... your choice of poem.

Pawn (Triolet)

I feel like a pawn in their game
I am not even a white knight
a coat of arms to my sir name
now has been buried with no shame
I feel like a pawn in their game
who's the player who has the right
I feel like a pawn in their game
I am not even a white knight

Round 6

1.Must include at least one mention of the 5 sense organs... example. sight, see, eyes, watch.

Ill be watching you
until you're out of sight
It make my ears blue
not to hear you tonight
listen my love
to what I speak of
taste the passion
with your tongue
be in fashion
of songs sung
in the sweet scent
that our senses
often represent
love's pretenses

Round 6

2. Category: funny!

We often think of worth in stacks of money
also we think of sweet, in combs of honey
when I think of value
I imagine how you
think of my sense of humor in terms of funny

6 -3 formed poem

Terroristic Neglect - etheree

When
one speaks
of cruel
acts done by men
those that are undone
rank highest in punished
by karma in the next life
and a thousand incarnations
to be suffered through until one sees
a simple "no" would suffice to end it.

6-4 city or state

I took my kids home
to Chattanooga;
climbed the mountains
swam the lakes;
yet it was when we walked
on the unlevel grass overgrown
the embers of my childhood
that I knew there was no
Home to ever come to again;
finally it flew away in the wings
of electric fire and wood frame.

6-5 30-36 syllables

Spontaneity

The dance is useless
if your partner
never has to anticipate
new moves from you
and the carpet is worn
in the middle.

6-6 Religion

Catholic Zen

Universal beliefs are sparse
yet universal condemnation
so easy to agree on -
just don't ask whose face
to put on the scapegoat.

6-7 special Occassion

On the anniversary

So long ago so many
gave so much, not just lives,
so that their children
would never have to repeat it:
the war to end all wars,
peace lasted less than 20 years
For that they were
une generation perdue.

6-8 Wild card

The Canoe

In the deadly dipping
of each stroke the paddle
stirred and defaced the surface;
whorled death spiral pools,
sucked spiders that ran on
tender tension, broke their
tacit suspension of dis-beneath;
these parachutists whose wind
deserted them on the lake might
have believed in the avoidance
of fate, until we came through.

7-1

1.Must include at least one mention of the 5 sense organs... example. sight, see, eyes, watch.

Along the Watchtower

Watch my friends
you shall see
change I feel
not from me
listen to the wind
hear the sound
round the bend
breathe in fresh air
exhale the old
some will care
I've been told

7-2

Dyslexic Atheist

There is no dog
it's plain to see
through all the fog
that there could be
poems are created by fools like me
I don't need a dog to pee on a tree

7-3

Peace in the middle (English Sonnet)

From strongest soldiers we desire decrease
that thereby mother's child might never die
But as the reaper should by time increase
her tender heir won't bear her memory
but yours contrasted to mine own bright eyes
feed the light flame with the substantial fuel
faking a famine where abundance dies
myself my foe, to my sweet self too cruel
you who are now the world's new adornment

7-4
Bonnaroo in the USA

Every summer they gather in Manchester you see
a music festival in the middle of Tennessee
I would gladly send out a notice to you
if I could ever remember how to spell bonnaroo

7-5

Prayer for Peace

Lord you know
our sisters and brothers
like no others, children's mothers
pray Father bless them, keep them safe in the name of the Father, Son & Holy Ghost

7-6

Reflection

If all religions reflected good deeds
there'd be enough Light to fill all needs
but earth's shadow often gets in the way
then Light is blocked while we pray
Peace on earth good will toward men
a saying as true as it ever has been.

7-7

Mother's Birthday
I can't remember my first with her
but I once perceived one as my last
certainly I mean the way we were
not that far back in the distant past
It was cold outside but we kept warm
right around the end of December
even when power went out in the storm
Cooked on kerosene I remember
In meditation conceived in such mirth
I've come to understand eternal birth

7-8

True Colors

We gazed at the orange sunset while we were still friends
Without a single thought about how everything ends
There is only one light but how it sometimes bends
The darkness has no power over what the divine sends

The colors of the rainbow is an illusion we once knew
Sevenfold red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, violet and blue
If I could have I would have sent you them after the flood was through
Though my spine was yellow I would have bled red blood for you

Did we ever know what our illusion was worth
Or were we green with envy as green as the earth
Did we search for gold when we should have sought mirth
Must all colors fade without a lovely rebirth

When I look into the darkness mostly what I see is black
I long for blue skies and I want all my colors back
Somewhere between the indigo and the violet we must lack
Is a path we need to take to get back on the right track

8-1

Helen Keller

I can't imagine what it would be like
in a world of no sound and sight
I can almost hear her say it's slightly
better to walk with a friend in the dark
than to walk alone in the light( lightly
in silence) I could nearly hear her remark
as my mind's ears are not so afflicted
as the perceptions of feelings conflicted
far be it from me to attempt to misquote
anything that such a brave one ever wrote

PROMPT CHANGE. PLEASE USE YOUR NEW PROMPTS AS OF NOW

1. Must mention ONE animal AND ONE NUMBER.

Wise Owl

One bird said to the other
you had better leave me alone
though I love you like a brother
some would kill us with one stone

2. Wild Card

Idols made of Stone

An idol made of stone
appears to be on top
but one that stands alone
is destined to flop
into a million pieces
the fall is inevitable
as the pressure increases
to become impenetrable
as a mythical god
or planet in the sky
barren and so untrod
no human can defy

3. category : Life

Culture of Life

Life is natural on this earth
renewed often with rebirth.
Better known as reproduction
allowed by those without obstruction
Creatures mate with purpose in mind
to carry on selflessly there own kind
A groom who's obliged to a culture of life
may be blessed, by God, with a loving wife

4. Must include the words of a club name on this site. Yes, you can use the same club twice

Like a flowing River

May our spirits pour forth
Like a flowing River
cool waters from the north
that make a soul shiver
toned down by our sweet sunshine
and a warm caring god father
may our members intertwine
at least those who bother

5. Formed Poem: Cinquain

Journey
Thrilling, blissful
Chanting, dancing, soothing
A way of self-discovery
Explore

6. Alcohol or Drugs

Chemical Abuse

There is a balance of using and abusing
that took me a long time to discover
meditation and medication can be confusing
it is harder for some than others to recover
because prescriptions are made to the letter
not if a little does good then a lot is better
reason is the first that is numbed in a drink
so I used to take another to help me think
the same may apply to any drug of choice
that alters the conscience that little voice
It is mental health hanging in the balance
Heart soul and mind suffers with imbalance
Healing in sprit is best sooner than latter
I know of only one power that is Greater

7. 10-13 lines

New Day

It is latter in the morning, a new day
seems I never run out of things to say.
My obsession with reason and rhyme
many times lifts my spirit to the sublime
At the end when my day over, I am done
Lord if a positive word could lift just one
I consider my time writing is so well spent
Thank you for the gifts that you have sent
When lines between dark and light is blurred
may you heal my soul divinely with a word.

8. Must include a metaphor or similie

Daisy in the Grass

In heaven's yard
a flower sits blooming
minding it's own buisness;
sulking in the summer breeze
like a traveller resting under a tree
It sits there in total serenity

Round 2

1. Must mention ONE animal AND ONE NUMBER.

Beneath the waves

Coolness surounding
a diver, closing his eyes to embrace
the everlasting, vast ocean
He looks around with his heart's eye,
to feel the wonders...
... feel the life beating hundreds of miles beyond,
and around,
from tiny organisms,
to the great blue whale
All living in complete harmomy

Round 2

2. Wild Card

Life melancholy

Lying on the ground
... lifeless,
desprate
waiting for the broken peices,
to ressurect and renew,
to rise and hold you up once again.
Alas, you stay,
on the ground
...filthy, disgraced
Knowing that you will be the one,
to pick the pieces and mend what is lost
... Only you,
but right now,
you wish to stay glued to the floor,
paralized

Round 2

3. category : Life

Struggle

Waaaaaaa!!!
Out of the womb you climb,
you come with a cry,
to fight,
to trimph and be the best,
although you are oblivious
to what is ahead

Tick ...tock...
You say your first words,
take your first step,
and indulge in that piece of candy,
you so grow to love
You share your first smile
... first tear of sadness,
scrape your knee
for the very first time
and take joy in discovering friendship

Tick... tock...
You stive to become your own person,
discover your true being,
experience the grandeur and cruelty of love
Find out that not all is what it seems,
and be angry and frustrated at the world,
Rebell

Tick... tock...
You smile to yourself,
stand in pride for the great accomplishment,
and laugh as you throw your black cap in the air,
Finally, you have done it.

Tick ...tock
You were wrong,
not all is done,
roads mingle and tangle in front of you,
you stare, choose paths in haste
and your mind explodes with goals
You want and want and want...
A job,
A house, car, materialistic needs
A partner, a marrige and kids
... definitely kids

Tick... tock...
You feel like you got there,
still a hole remains,
something's missing,
everything seems a compromise,
yet it's ''good enough''
Isn't it all what you wanted?

Tick... tock...
''One foot on land,
and one in the grave''
Isn't that what they say?
All you want is to rest,
some final, eternal quiet?
Where did all the time go?
Nostalgia takes over,
and all you have is memories...

Tick... tock...
Ba boom, Ba boom, Ba... boom,
then a flatline...
and all you see are moments...
Truely!
Where did all the time go?!!

Round 2

4. Must include the words of a club name on this site. Yes, you can use the same club twice

Grab my hand

Darkness resides above her head,
and follows her where light once was
She moans, and prays for deliverance,
from the demons that live inside her

... she runs,
but there is no hiding place,
she screams,
but none can hear her,
she pleads,
and threatens to take her life,
for it is the only way...

Suddenly, she glimpses light,
a candle in the dark,
and there follow much more,
pulling her towards outstreached hands
''Grab my hand'', whispers the wind,
so desolving the blades that were to cut her
beyond the dark she is swept,
to live under the sunshine so bright

(The club is ''beyond the dark'')

Round 2

5. Formed poem (excluding haiku/senryu) 

Snow (Acrostic)

Smoothness surounding
nature turning white
obsuring colour and forms of life
whirling winds make the melody of winter

Round 2

6. Alcohol or Drugs

Night time drift

Eyes sulken, swollen and red,
body frail and yellow
Carried off through dark allyways
and forbidden streets,
swarming with shrouded figures,
concealing dark souls,
and dark intentions

Eyes lock target,
perhaps with a rolled paper,
white powder or clear crystall
and so they go wild,
glimmer
and force that quivering body,
to move forth,
grobble and beg
for one last shot, whiff, sniff or breath
of chemical goodness
... an escape from reality

...only to be found comsumed by it,
in those god forsaken allys,
dull, stripped of life,
forgotten...

7. 10-13 lines

Exhausted

I have exhausted my resources now
but I will keep writing just for the fun
I am not any wiser nor holier than thou
There's more to winning than being number one
with nothing to lose but time and my pride
I will stand steadfast in the human race
I'll let the Holy Spirit be my guide
I hope to spread a message with his grace
That love is the answer in cyberspace
Nothing in this world can ever take its place

8. Must include a metaphor or similie

Metaphysical Light

Nothing is faster than Light
A star in the void of night
Led astrologers to God
Through the mysterious trinity
the world is change by divinity
May bread of transubstantiation
bring Holy peace to every nation
as the blind are healed to see
the harmony that was meant to be

1. Must mention ONE animal AND ONE NUMBER.

I have one pet
she's my canine
I won't forget
she is mine

2. Wild Card

Mosaic Heart

My heart is shattered
into a thousand pieces.
Each piece represents
a part of me.

My heart isn't broken,
it's a mosaic artwork.
Mismatched and disoriented,
it's still a work in progress.

My heart may not be whole,
but it's beautiful in its own way.

3. category : Life

Floating souls

He sees them go,
with the flow,
of souls to the heavens
and follow
with sorrow, the light
so bright, with content
and fulfillment
Yet, those who fly
to the sky,
those who took such a place
in his heart, left a hole
in his soul
and now all he does is stare
over there,
at the light,
beyond night and day,
and he waits,
stays up late, for his time
to come
forgetting to live,
for the living
and that light in their eyes
''The meaning of life, resides in death''
he says'

4. Must include the words of a club name on this site. Yes, you can use the same club twice

(Our club: LTFR)

Words of passion

Smooth conversations,
like a flowing river,
come naturally to him whose heart,
is true and pure
Full of passion and mad-love
the sweetest and most powerfull
of words combine
To woo her whose heart belongs
in the vault of his
and they forever live
on the bank of their sincere feelings