Use this thread to post your favorite poems, and or original poems which you have written. If posting someone elses work, please pay the appropriate respect and cite the author. Plagarism is wrong. Post the poem in quotes so as to make it easier to read. Feel free to comment on posted work. I shall begin.

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" THE TRAVELER by Phil Cerasoli Born amidst the chaos that was known as World War II; Growing up bewildered and not knowing what to do; Groping through a childhood, his days were often spent Seeking out the havens where no others ever went. Wandered far from home one day when leaves were touched by frost. When night fell with its icy cloak, he found that he was lost. He told them when they found him laying on the frozen loam, "I'm just a little kid who's tryin' to find his way back home". The years went by, the young boy grew and, tired of life alone, Made his way from town to town and set off on his own.. Following the center line of rural blacktop roads, Seeking aim and purpose; seeking proper moral codes. The road was long and dusty and never seemed to end. And weariness embraced him like an old and faithful friend. He said to all the folks he met from Wichita to Nome, "I'm just a wayward traveler tryin' to find his way back home". Decades passed and sundown brought the twilight of his ride. And on an August evening, he breathed his last and died. The one's he'd touched throughout his years all cried or lodged complaint. Some said he was the devil; some said he was a saint. But then the Voice of God was heard; said, "None of this is true. The man was but a man, you see, and this I say to you: I put him here to pass a test; I put him here to learn; I put him here to light a fire where none had ever burned. Knowledge, love, humility were goals sought every day. And with all these some wisdom to be found along the way. I put him here to seek out love and give it back in kind. I put him here to plant a seed in someone else's mind. I put him here to help you out and get some help from you. I put him here to reach for dreams as dreamer's often do. He went upon his journey; now no longer has to roam. He was just another traveler who has found his way back home. A worn and weary traveler who has finally come back home". Copyright 2001 - Phil Cerasoli "

8/10/2012 8:16:05 PM

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8/10/2012 8:19:32 PM

no one likes poetry?

8/10/2012 11:47:51 PM

Attn: users
with <1000 posts
GTFO, n00b

haiku up in this bitch

8/10/2012 11:55:08 PM

reading teh wolf web
no other plans on friday
forever alone

8/10/2012 11:56:49 PM

My love for you is like a truck.

Berserker

8/11/2012 12:03:57 AM

"If posting someone elses work, please pay the appropriate respect and cite the author. Plagarism is wrong."
you got it, Knarf!

Quote :

"Hello, it's me I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet To go over everything They say that time's supposed to heal ya, but I ain't done much healing Hello, can you hear me? I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be When we were younger and free I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet There's such a difference between us And a million miles Hello from the other side I must've called a thousand times To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done But when I call, you never seem to be home Hello from the outside At least I can say that I've tried To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore "

-emnsk©

[Edited on August 26, 2023 at 6:26 PM. Reason : -]

8/26/2023 6:22:26 PM

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"Attn: users with <1000 posts GTFO, n00b haiku up in this bitch"

LOL!

8/26/2023 6:58:03 PM

Directed at my social class, but I gotta admit. solid haiku

8/26/2023 7:18:43 PM

You'll soon be beyond that threshold. I think the number is changed when convenient.

8/26/2023 7:50:11 PM

I have killed
I have been killed...

8/26/2023 8:10:06 PM

Roses are red
Violets are bubblebobble

8/26/2023 8:34:03 PM

^^&^

Roses are red
Violent is bubblebobble

8/26/2023 11:30:07 PM