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I Will Be
O'er the midnight moorlands crying, Thro' the cypress forests sighing, In the night-wind madly flying, Hellish forms with streaming hair; In the barren branches creaking, By the stagnant swamp-pools speaking, Past the shore-cliffs ever shrieking, Damn'd demons of despair. Once, I think I half remember, Ere the grey skies of November Quench'd my youth's aspiring ember, Liv'd there such a thing as bliss; Skies that now are dark were beaming, Bold and azure, splendid seeming Till I learn'd it all was dreaming — Deadly drowsiness of Dis. But the stream of Time, swift flowing, Brings the torment of half-knowing — Dimly rushing, blindly going Past the never-trodden lea; And the voyager, repining, Sees the wicked death-fires shining, Hears the wicked petrel's whining As he helpless drifts to sea. Evil wings in ether beating; Vultures at the spirit eating; Things unseen forever fleeting Black against the leering sky. Ghastly shades of bygone gladness, Clawing fiends of future sadness, Mingle in a cloud of madness Ever on the soul to lie. Thus the living, lone and sobbing, In the throes of anguish throbbing, With the loathsome Furies robbing Night and noon of peace and rest. But beyond the groans and grating Of abhorrent Life, is waiting Sweet Oblivion, culminating All the years of fruitless quest.
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Despair
The cloudless day is richer at its close; A golden glory settles on the lea; Soft, stealing shadows hint of cool repose To mellowing landscape, and to calming sea. And in that nobler, gentler, lovelier light, The soul to sweeter, loftier bliss inclines; Freed form the noonday glare, the favour'd sight Increasing grace in earth and sky divines. But ere the purest radiance crowns the green, Or fairest lustre fills th' expectant grove, The twilight thickens, and the fleeting scene Leaves but a hallow'd memory of love!
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Sunset
My little deer Is that you peeking between the trees peering at the stag but your heart's still not at ease ... time ago a short time a stray cupid's arrow shot the night air splitting your spirit in two frightened you took off from the foreboding hiding in a lea there was sun and cloudless skies but not really as your insides raged in a storm in a hourglass with sand pebbles fighting to heal for the best now as you peer between the trees of salvation do you hear birds singing near a brook ... songs sung so beautiful in concerto with the chipmunks, ***** crickets then, as you take that step forward so lion hearted peering between those branches of redemption my little deer are there rays of sunshine peeking back LR-4/23/17
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Apr 23, 2017
Apr 23, 2017 at 11:46 AM UTC
My Little Deer
O stony grey soil of Monaghan The laugh from my love you thieved; You took the gay child of my passion And gave me your clod-conceived. You clogged the feet of my boyhood And I believed that my stumble Had the poise and stride of Apollo And his voice my thick tongued mumble. You told me the plough was immortal! O green-life conquering plough! The mandril stained, your coulter blunted In the smooth lea-field of my brow. You sang on steaming dunghills A song of cowards' brood, You perfumed my clothes with weasel itch, You fed me on swinish food You flung a ditch on my vision Of beauty, love and truth. O stony grey soil of Monaghan You burgled my bank of youth! Lost the long hours of pleasure All the women that love young men. O can I stilll stroke the monster's back Or write with unpoisoned pen. His name in these lonely verses Or mention the dark fields where The first gay flight of my lyric Got caught in a peasant's prayer. Mullahinsa, Drummeril, Black Shanco- Wherever I turn I see In the stony grey soil of Monaghan Dead loves that were born for me.
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Stony Grey Soil
Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea, Thy tribute wave deliver: No more by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea, A rivulet then a river: Nowhere by thee my steps shall be For ever and for ever. But here will sigh thine alder tree And here thine aspen shiver; And here by thee will hum the bee, For ever and for ever. A thousand suns will stream on thee, A thousand moons will quiver; But not by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever.
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A Farewell
I was invited over with my best friend Ken To play some pool , do downers , and drink some gin Susan and Lea were live-in Lesbians All of us real good friends from a long time ago , you know , from a way back when We had a blast playing pool I was hot hot that night I was wiping up the table Made every shot in sight By one a.m. my head began to spin I lay down upon the couch Then said goodbye to Ken Then all turned quite except for the scampering of mice Then something else I felt as Lea stark naked was sliding in She started stripping off my clothes Soon all was skin to skin She licked and ****** scratched and pinned She ravaged me like a beast I could not satisfy her whims No not in the least of them She made me toast Jellied up my behind Buttered up my navel I thought I had died or surely lost my mind After hours of lustful bliss We fell asleep until when she woke me up and said "My car , can you fix it again ?"
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Feb 1, 2015
Feb 1, 2015 at 12:24 PM UTC
I Made Love To A Lesbian (Adult Only)
Walking along on the shingle spit At Keyhaven near to Milford on Sea You can almost touch the Isle of Wight Less than a mile away o'er the lea. Crab-fishing next at Mudeford Quay With Lizzie and Sam on the nets When off flies my hat which then lands in the sea Chase is given but I’m taking no bets. Later, me new-hatted, we sit by a pub Enjoying our lunch and a chat And we laugh at the turn of events in the day Particularly at the flight of my hat. Wearily later to our lodgings we go Chicken Cacciatore for dinner, by me We then all collapse and nod off to sleep This just always will happen by the sea. ©Joe Wilson – A Windy Day by the Sea…2014
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Sep 3, 2014
Sep 3, 2014 at 10:50 AM UTC
A Windy Day by the Sea...
Purp-Purple Purp-Purple in my blood, cut it, cut it, cut it Let it bleed, blee-bleed Sipping on the lea-le-lean Smoking that dank My blood stream-stre-stream When the codeine hits It hits real hard When the codeine hits It hits real hard, hard-hard Drop a rancher in, let it-let it splash Splas-splash Turn up the system, ***** let the snare drum Crash cra-crash Rolling through the hood, chevy dropped low (Lo-low yeah) My Chevy real lo-lo-low I said my leather and wood Chevy dropped low Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine Mixing up the-mixing up the medicine-med-medicine **** C's in the backroom letting all the ratchets in Ratchet-ratchet-ratch- Letting all the ratchets in Dumping out cigar trash-tra-trash Fill it back with the hash-ha-hash Sip that lean slow Bringing the good old nineties back Ba-back Said bring the good old nineties back
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Apr 16, 2013
Apr 16, 2013 at 5:26 PM UTC
Chopped and *******
On Turning her up in her Nest with the Plough Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie, O what a panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi’ bickering brattle! I *** be laith to rin an’ chase thee Wi’ murd’ring pattle! I’m truly sorry man’s dominion Has broken nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An’ fellow-mortal! I doubt na, whiles, but thou may thieve; What then? poor beastie, thou maun live! A daimen-icker in a thrave ‘S a sma’ request: I’ll get a blessin’ wi’ the lave, And never miss’t! Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin! Its silly wa’s the win’s are strewin’: And naething, now, to big a new ane, O’ foggage green! An’ bleak December’s winds ensuin’ Baith snell an’ keen! Thou saw the fields laid bare and waste An’ weary winter comin’ fast, An’ cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till, crash! the cruel coulter past Out thro’ thy cell. That wee bit heap o’ leaves an’ stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble! Now thou’s turned out, for a’ thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter’s sleety dribble An’ cranreuch cauld! But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi’ me! The present only toucheth thee: But, oh! I backward cast my e’e On prospects drear! An’ forward, tho’ I canna see, I guess an’ fear!
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To A Mouse
On Turning her up in her Nest with the Plough Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie, O what a panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi’ bickering brattle! I *** be laith to rin an’ chase thee Wi’ murd’ring pattle! I’m truly sorry man’s dominion Has broken nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An’ fellow-mortal! I doubt na, whiles, but thou may thieve; What then? poor beastie, thou maun live! A daimen-icker in a thrave ‘S a sma’ request: I’ll get a blessin’ wi’ the lave, And never miss’t! Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin! Its silly wa’s the win’s are strewin’: And naething, now, to big a new ane, O’ foggage green! An’ bleak December’s winds ensuin’ Baith snell an’ keen! Thou saw the fields laid bare and waste An’ weary winter comin’ fast, An’ cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till, crash! the cruel coulter past Out thro’ thy cell. That wee bit heap o’ leaves an’ stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble! Now thou’s turned out, for a’ thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter’s sleety dribble An’ cranreuch cauld! But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi’ me! The present only toucheth thee: But, oh! I backward cast my e’e On prospects drear! An’ forward, tho’ I canna see, I guess an’ fear!
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Every valley drinks, Every dell and hollow: Where the kind rain sinks and sinks, Green of Spring will follow. Yet a lapse of weeks Buds will burst their edges, Strip their wool-coats, glue-coats, streaks, In the woods and hedges; Weave a bower of love For birds to meet each other, Weave a canopy above Nest and egg and mother. But for fattening rain We should have no flowers, Never a bud or leaf again But for soaking showers; Never a mated bird In the rocking tree-tops, Never indeed a flock or herd To graze upon the lea-crops. Lambs so woolly white, Sheep the sun-bright leas on, They could have no grass to bite But for rain in season. We should find no moss In the shadiest places, Find no waving meadow-grass Pied with broad-eyed daisies; But miles of barren sand, With never a son or daughter, Not a lily on the land, Or lily on the water.
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Winter Rain
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her ***** to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.—Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.
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The World Is Too Much With Us
ON SEEING ONE ON A LADY’S BONNET AT CHURCH Ha! whare ye gaun, ye crowlin ferlie! Your impudence protects you sairly: I canna say but ye strunt rarely Owre gauze and lace; Tho’ faith, I fear ye dine but sparely On sic a place. Ye ugly, creepin, blastit wonner, Detested, shunned by saunt an’ sinner, How daur ye set your fit upon her, Sae fine a lady! *** somewhere else and seek your dinner, On some poor body. Swith, in some beggar’s haffet squattle; There ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle Wi’ ither kindred, jumpin cattle, In shoals and nations; Whare horn or bane ne’er daur unsettle Your thick plantations. Now haud ye there, ye’re out o’ sight, Below the fatt’rels, snug an’ tight; Na faith ye yet! ye’ll no be right Till ye’ve got on it, The vera tapmost, towering height O’ Miss’s bonnet. My sooth! right bauld ye set your nose out, As plump an’ grey as onie grozet: O for some rank, mercurial rozet, Or fell, red smeddum, I’d gie ye sic a hearty dose o’t, *** dress your droddum! I *** na been surprised to spy You on an auld wife’s flainen toy; Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, On’s wyliecoat; But Miss’s fine Lunardi!—fie! How daur ye do’t? O Jenny, dinna toss your head, An’ set your beauties a’ abread! Ye little ken what cursed speed The blastie’s makin! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin! O, *** some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It *** frae monie a blunder free us An’ foolish notion: What airs in dress an’ gait *** lea’e us, And ev’n Devotion!
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To A Louse
ON SEEING ONE ON A LADY’S BONNET AT CHURCH Ha! whare ye gaun, ye crowlin ferlie! Your impudence protects you sairly: I canna say but ye strunt rarely Owre gauze and lace; Tho’ faith, I fear ye dine but sparely On sic a place. Ye ugly, creepin, blastit wonner, Detested, shunned by saunt an’ sinner, How daur ye set your fit upon her, Sae fine a lady! *** somewhere else and seek your dinner, On some poor body. Swith, in some beggar’s haffet squattle; There ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle Wi’ ither kindred, jumpin cattle, In shoals and nations; Whare horn or bane ne’er daur unsettle Your thick plantations. Now haud ye there, ye’re out o’ sight, Below the fatt’rels, snug an’ tight; Na faith ye yet! ye’ll no be right Till ye’ve got on it, The vera tapmost, towering height O’ Miss’s bonnet. My sooth! right bauld ye set your nose out, As plump an’ grey as onie grozet: O for some rank, mercurial rozet, Or fell, red smeddum, I’d gie ye sic a hearty dose o’t, *** dress your droddum! I *** na been surprised to spy You on an auld wife’s flainen toy; Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, On’s wyliecoat; But Miss’s fine Lunardi!—fie! How daur ye do’t? O Jenny, dinna toss your head, An’ set your beauties a’ abread! Ye little ken what cursed speed The blastie’s makin! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin! O, *** some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It *** frae monie a blunder free us An’ foolish notion: What airs in dress an’ gait *** lea’e us, And ev’n Devotion!
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How sweet and pleasant grows the way Through summer time again While Landrails call from day to day Amid the grass and grain We hear it in the weeding time When knee deep waves the corn We hear it in the summers prime Through meadows night and morn And now I hear it in the grass That grows as sweet again And let a minutes notice pass And now tis in the grain Tis like a fancy everywhere A sort of living doubt We know tis something but it neer Will blab the secret out If heard in close or meadow plots It flies if we pursue But follows if we notice not The close and meadow through Boys know the note of many a bird In their birdnesting bounds But when the landrails noise is heard They wonder at the sounds They look in every tuft of grass Thats in their rambles met They peep in every bush they pass And none the wiser get And still they hear the craiking sound And still they wonder why It surely cant be under ground Nor is it in the sky And yet tis heard in every vale An undiscovered song And makes a pleasant wonder tale For all the summer long The shepherd whistles through his hands And starts with many a whoop His busy dog across the lands In hopes to fright it up Tis still a minutes length or more Till dogs are off and gone Then sings and louder than before But keeps the secret on Yet accident will often meet The nest within its way And weeders when they **** the wheat Discover where they lay And mowers on the meadow lea Chance on their noisy guest And wonder what the bird can be That lays without a nest In simple holes that birds will rake When dusting on the ground They drop their eggs of curious make Deep blotched and nearly round A mystery still to men and boys Who know not where they lay And guess it but a summer noise Among the meadow hay
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The Landrail
How sweet and pleasant grows the way Through summer time again While Landrails call from day to day Amid the grass and grain We hear it in the weeding time When knee deep waves the corn We hear it in the summers prime Through meadows night and morn And now I hear it in the grass That grows as sweet again And let a minutes notice pass And now tis in the grain Tis like a fancy everywhere A sort of living doubt We know tis something but it neer Will blab the secret out If heard in close or meadow plots It flies if we pursue But follows if we notice not The close and meadow through Boys know the note of many a bird In their birdnesting bounds But when the landrails noise is heard They wonder at the sounds They look in every tuft of grass Thats in their rambles met They peep in every bush they pass And none the wiser get And still they hear the craiking sound And still they wonder why It surely cant be under ground Nor is it in the sky And yet tis heard in every vale An undiscovered song And makes a pleasant wonder tale For all the summer long The shepherd whistles through his hands And starts with many a whoop His busy dog across the lands In hopes to fright it up Tis still a minutes length or more Till dogs are off and gone Then sings and louder than before But keeps the secret on Yet accident will often meet The nest within its way And weeders when they **** the wheat Discover where they lay And mowers on the meadow lea Chance on their noisy guest And wonder what the bird can be That lays without a nest In simple holes that birds will rake When dusting on the ground They drop their eggs of curious make Deep blotched and nearly round A mystery still to men and boys Who know not where they lay And guess it but a summer noise Among the meadow hay
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. •••••• •••••••••••••• ••••                          •••• ••••                                •••• ••••                                   •••• ••••                                    •••• ••••                                    •••• ••••                                    •••• **•let my secrets be buried unknown• never to resurface, never again shown•one mistake was all it took...•invested my heart in an unassumin-                g crook•that was enough to set m-                   y world on fire• fuel for wagging to-       ngues' desires•days only elapsed with l-        eers from disgusted eyes and whispere-          d mocks•time was inconsequential o-              n faceless clocks• a hard lesson lea-                 rnt, painful price to pay•now i have my secrets heavily pad- locked... and the key thrown away• ••••••••••••••••••••••••** .
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Feb 17, 2016
Feb 17, 2016 at 9:59 AM UTC
Under Lock and Key
Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, Night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the roses blown. For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves On a bed of daffodil sky, To faint in the light of the sun she loves, To faint in his light, and to die. All night have the roses heard The flute, violin, bassoon; All night has the casement jessamine stirr'd To the dancers dancing in tune; Till a silence fell with the waking bird, And a hush with the setting moon. I said to the lily, 'There is but one With whom she has heart to be gay. When will the dancers leave her alone? She is weary of dance and play.' Now half to the setting moon are gone, And half to the rising day; Low on the sand and loud on the stone The last wheel echoes away. I said to the rose, 'The brief night goes In babble and revel and wine. O young lord-lover, what sighs are those For one that will never be thine? But mine, but mine,' so I sware to the rose, 'For ever and ever, mine.' And the soul of the rose went into my blood, As the music clash'd in the hall; And long by the garden lake I stood, For I heard your rivulet fall From the lake to the meadow and on to the wood, Our wood, that is dearer than all; From the meadow your walks have left so sweet That whenever a March-wind sighs He sets the jewel-print of your feet In violets blue as your eyes, To the woody hollows in which we meet And the valleys of Paradise. The slender acacia would not shake One long milk-bloom on the tree; The white lake-blossom fell into the lake, As the pimpernel dozed on the lea; But the rose was awake all night for your sake, Knowing your promise to me; The lilies and roses were all awake, They sigh'd for the dawn and thee. Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls, Come hither, the dances are done, In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one; Shine out, little head, sunning over with curls. To the flowers, and be their sun. There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, 'She is near, she is near;' And the white rose weeps, 'She is late;' The larkspur listens, 'I hear, I hear;' And the lily whispers, 'I wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red.
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Maud
Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, Night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the roses blown. For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves On a bed of daffodil sky, To faint in the light of the sun she loves, To faint in his light, and to die. All night have the roses heard The flute, violin, bassoon; All night has the casement jessamine stirr'd To the dancers dancing in tune; Till a silence fell with the waking bird, And a hush with the setting moon. I said to the lily, 'There is but one With whom she has heart to be gay. When will the dancers leave her alone? She is weary of dance and play.' Now half to the setting moon are gone, And half to the rising day; Low on the sand and loud on the stone The last wheel echoes away. I said to the rose, 'The brief night goes In babble and revel and wine. O young lord-lover, what sighs are those For one that will never be thine? But mine, but mine,' so I sware to the rose, 'For ever and ever, mine.' And the soul of the rose went into my blood, As the music clash'd in the hall; And long by the garden lake I stood, For I heard your rivulet fall From the lake to the meadow and on to the wood, Our wood, that is dearer than all; From the meadow your walks have left so sweet That whenever a March-wind sighs He sets the jewel-print of your feet In violets blue as your eyes, To the woody hollows in which we meet And the valleys of Paradise. The slender acacia would not shake One long milk-bloom on the tree; The white lake-blossom fell into the lake, As the pimpernel dozed on the lea; But the rose was awake all night for your sake, Knowing your promise to me; The lilies and roses were all awake, They sigh'd for the dawn and thee. Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls, Come hither, the dances are done, In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one; Shine out, little head, sunning over with curls. To the flowers, and be their sun. There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, 'She is near, she is near;' And the white rose weeps, 'She is late;' The larkspur listens, 'I hear, I hear;' And the lily whispers, 'I wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red.
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*See how the stream does smoothly flow Silently passing beneath branches that grow Upon the steep banks that slant to sky Seeking warm rays, so they can survive. These leafy arms shade the muted stream As it weaves its path in constant theme Through dappled light its forms entrance Leading the insects in merry dance. A mossy cloak, worn by each tree On northern parts that face the lea And upon this moist and shaded side The moss the cooler air imbibes. A refreshing wind picks up and blows Through the leaves and swaying boughs Those rhythmic sounds add atmosphere As the sun in evening, disappears. The daytime kisses the night goodbye And leaves us with a dusky sigh While pungent aromas of mother earth Rise to the sight of the universe. There cannot be, a better place than this Where one can enjoy eternal bliss Than to stroll beneath the riverside trees With contented mind… is heaven indeed!* bird
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Mar 19, 2012
Mar 19, 2012 at 3:58 AM UTC
Riverside Trees.
The lighthouse keeper and his son, one day Were out on the rocks, by a blue-water bay As the sea, their bare feet was laving, They saw a mermaid, they first thought was bathing; With long dark hair and eyes of green; Like the mist of a loch, that sings. She was struggling and sick, in the foamy sea So they took her to the lighthouse, above the lea. She begged and pleaded, to die in the sea; But there in the lighthouse, she seemed fated to be. A clawfoot bathtub became her home, And there she stayed, never to roam. Some children taught her some words and rhymes. To help her to pass all the weary time. The lighthouse keeper thought she was his own, Though from the sea, she was merely loaned. Sometimes a midnight, would find him there Combing her damp and tangled hair. In her long confinement, he was the one Kept her sane, since she could not run. They had long discussions until daybreak, Entirely by looks and gestures they'd make; She taught him secrets no man had ever heard; How she could still the sea, with inaudible word And how she could tell by the look of the moon If spring would come early, or winter too soon. And how the waves, did murmur below If the weather be rough, or the hard winds blow. How she'd loved and lost one merman that Had gotten too close, to a fisherman's net. They'd had a child, by the madman's reef; Was eaten by sharks, and how they'd grieved. He fancied that someday, he'd like a kiss, For kissing a mermaid, seemed like rare bliss But something forebade him, to come that near; So he was content, just stroking her hair. One day he found her, dead in her tub; Her heart had broken, all for his love. No mermaid can tell human men of her heart, Or else they'll spend their lives far apart, It's a law of the sea, older than time; So this be the end, of the mermaid rhyme.
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Sep 21, 2010
Sep 21, 2010 at 8:04 AM UTC
The Rhyme of the Mermaid
The lighthouse keeper and his son, one day Were out on the rocks, by a blue-water bay As the sea, their bare feet was laving, They saw a mermaid, they first thought was bathing; With long dark hair and eyes of green; Like the mist of a loch, that sings. She was struggling and sick, in the foamy sea So they took her to the lighthouse, above the lea. She begged and pleaded, to die in the sea; But there in the lighthouse, she seemed fated to be. A clawfoot bathtub became her home, And there she stayed, never to roam. Some children taught her some words and rhymes. To help her to pass all the weary time. The lighthouse keeper thought she was his own, Though from the sea, she was merely loaned. Sometimes a midnight, would find him there Combing her damp and tangled hair. In her long confinement, he was the one Kept her sane, since she could not run. They had long discussions until daybreak, Entirely by looks and gestures they'd make; She taught him secrets no man had ever heard; How she could still the sea, with inaudible word And how she could tell by the look of the moon If spring would come early, or winter too soon. And how the waves, did murmur below If the weather be rough, or the hard winds blow. How she'd loved and lost one merman that Had gotten too close, to a fisherman's net. They'd had a child, by the madman's reef; Was eaten by sharks, and how they'd grieved. He fancied that someday, he'd like a kiss, For kissing a mermaid, seemed like rare bliss But something forebade him, to come that near; So he was content, just stroking her hair. One day he found her, dead in her tub; Her heart had broken, all for his love. No mermaid can tell human men of her heart, Or else they'll spend their lives far apart, It's a law of the sea, older than time; So this be the end, of the mermaid rhyme.
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Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds thro’ the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear, I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair. How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills, Far mark’d with the courses of clear winding rills; There daily I wander as noon rises high, My flocks and my Mary’s sweet cot in my eye. How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow; There oft, as mild Ev’ning sweeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me. Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, And winds by the cot where my Mary resides, How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, As gathering sweet flowrets she stems thy clear wave. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
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Starting from the newest, these are my first fifty followers on Hello Poetry. 1. Hailey L May 5 2. Elizabeth Squires May 4 3. Tim Knight May 3 4. Morgan Hanchulak May 3 5. Vi Snicket May 2 6. Jessica Applegate Apr 30 7. Himanshu Koshe Apr 30 8. Mike Winegar Apr 29 9. Joey Lapiana Apr 29 10. Christopher Munro Apr 29 11. Raffi Kaftajian Apr 26 12. Shari Forman Apr 25 13. Jessica Who Apr 24 14. RedWritingHood Apr 22 15. Adreishka Moonlight Apr 21 16. Rocky G Apr 19 17. Sarina Apr 18 18. John Moffatt Apr 17 19. Izisfat Apr 9 20. Leila Apr 8 21. Marian Apr 5 22. Star Toucher64 Mar 30 23. Michelle Mar 26 24. Kristo Frost Mar 25 25. Ra Mar 20 26. Jacqueline Melissa Woolums Mar 15 27. ennyo Mar 11 28. Ellen Menzies Mar 9 29. Jodi Casavant Mar 8 30. Jillyan Adams Feb 20 31. Hailey Scomet Feb 2 32. Pete Taken Alive Jan 17 33. Md HUDA Jan 6 34. Joshua Ohmer Jan 1 35. Quinn Puwang Dec 30, 2012 36. Rissa Ann Dec 10, 2012 37. Hilda Dec 9, 2012 38. Rena Julleitta Dec 7, 2012 39. Emily Rose Williams Dec 7, 2012 40. Abdosh A Dec 5, 2012 41. Naveena Vijayan Dec 4, 2012 42. Kristian Alexander George Dec 1, 2012 43. Oliver Delgaram-Nejad Dec 1, 2012 44. Chessnie Lea Nov 27, 2012 45. Ugochukwu-Charles Onyewuchi Nov 25, 2012 46. Timothy Nov 24, 2012 47. Who Am I Nov 24, 2012 48. Matthew P Hill Nov 23, 2012 49. Tomas Nov 21, 2012 I gained inspirations for my poems from all my followers, those who I follow and especially my lovely little one who brought me here to Hello Poetry first, to a safe haven of like-minded people with a poetic niche each. Thank you all. First of all I thank you Eliot York for creating this wonderful poetry blog. (-: And how can I ever thank you enough for introducing me to this wonderful website, just like Krishna guides Arjun in grand Mahabharata epic. You are my Krishna and I am your Arjun. :-) (-: You share the place with Eliot York and the family of Timothy sir for inspiring my poems & helping me define my poetic style. As you are a kid for me, your heart is a crystal to me from where I can see the world more clearly in a different way. :-)
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May 6, 2013
May 6, 2013 at 7:02 AM UTC
My First Fifty Followers On Hello Poetry
Starting from the newest, these are my first fifty followers on Hello Poetry. 1. Hailey L May 5 2. Elizabeth Squires May 4 3. Tim Knight May 3 4. Morgan Hanchulak May 3 5. Vi Snicket May 2 6. Jessica Applegate Apr 30 7. Himanshu Koshe Apr 30 8. Mike Winegar Apr 29 9. Joey Lapiana Apr 29 10. Christopher Munro Apr 29 11. Raffi Kaftajian Apr 26 12. Shari Forman Apr 25 13. Jessica Who Apr 24 14. RedWritingHood Apr 22 15. Adreishka Moonlight Apr 21 16. Rocky G Apr 19 17. Sarina Apr 18 18. John Moffatt Apr 17 19. Izisfat Apr 9 20. Leila Apr 8 21. Marian Apr 5 22. Star Toucher64 Mar 30 23. Michelle Mar 26 24. Kristo Frost Mar 25 25. Ra Mar 20 26. Jacqueline Melissa Woolums Mar 15 27. ennyo Mar 11 28. Ellen Menzies Mar 9 29. Jodi Casavant Mar 8 30. Jillyan Adams Feb 20 31. Hailey Scomet Feb 2 32. Pete Taken Alive Jan 17 33. Md HUDA Jan 6 34. Joshua Ohmer Jan 1 35. Quinn Puwang Dec 30, 2012 36. Rissa Ann Dec 10, 2012 37. Hilda Dec 9, 2012 38. Rena Julleitta Dec 7, 2012 39. Emily Rose Williams Dec 7, 2012 40. Abdosh A Dec 5, 2012 41. Naveena Vijayan Dec 4, 2012 42. Kristian Alexander George Dec 1, 2012 43. Oliver Delgaram-Nejad Dec 1, 2012 44. Chessnie Lea Nov 27, 2012 45. Ugochukwu-Charles Onyewuchi Nov 25, 2012 46. Timothy Nov 24, 2012 47. Who Am I Nov 24, 2012 48. Matthew P Hill Nov 23, 2012 49. Tomas Nov 21, 2012 I gained inspirations for my poems from all my followers, those who I follow and especially my lovely little one who brought me here to Hello Poetry first, to a safe haven of like-minded people with a poetic niche each. Thank you all. First of all I thank you Eliot York for creating this wonderful poetry blog. (-: And how can I ever thank you enough for introducing me to this wonderful website, just like Krishna guides Arjun in grand Mahabharata epic. You are my Krishna and I am your Arjun. :-) (-: You share the place with Eliot York and the family of Timothy sir for inspiring my poems & helping me define my poetic style. As you are a kid for me, your heart is a crystal to me from where I can see the world more clearly in a different way. :-)
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Am crying heena ji Uparo meeh pe reha uparo gaane ewe de lage hoye ne sala sab kuch yaad ayi janda te u nu apne kol na dekh ke jaan nikli ja rahi kai dina to me jaan buj ke nai c likh reha kuj but aj control nai hoea life pata nai ki ban ke reh *** he ewe lagda jiwe kuch matlb hi nai he is life da office jao, ghar aao. Ghar wali naal bi dil ni krda chal nal gal karan da even oh bi ro lai, ki tuci menu pyar nai krde oh is krke roi ki usnu lagda kite me chad na dawa us nu thuhade krde usnu thuhade to bada dar lagda he thuhade naam to bada dar lagda he but me fas gea ha parso sari raat roi gea me. ghar wali us time so rahi c menu pata oh raat kiwe langi meri *** koi value hi nai rakhda *** bilkul dil nai krda sala mausam ewe da ban gea ki rona a gea Thuhade husband nal dekhea c u nu. Soh lage, maran da dil kar reha c. dil kr reha c ki gaddi mara kite le jake fer tuci 7 phase wali market chale gaye uthe tuci mehndi lagwai te me uthi wait kr reha c thuhadi sach kaha me has jarur reha c but andro ro reha c thuhanu dikhana nai c chanda ki me thuhanu dekh lea he menu nai pata ki tuci menu dekhea ya nai but mera koi motive nai c apni shakal dikhan da thuhanu Le lao badle heena ji chup reh ke jeena bada okha he me bi dekhda ha kinni der chup beth sakde ** tuci kinni patients he thuhade wich me bi dekha.
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