craig cornish's Blog
 I started writing poetry as a young boy, actually they were lyrics to melodies I would invent, performed before the captive audience of Mom and Dad, who were, at least outwardly entertained. Let’s face it, if you can’t please a loving family it’s probably not a good idea to take your show on the road. I started writing poems in high school for English and Lit. classes and through college, some for courses, some for loves, and some---just because. Sold some lyrics for ads and had some writings published. Then life struck—marriage, family, work, and I didn’t write another poem for years, well, maybe a few. Then just over a year ago I was searching for inspiration for a eulogy because a friend’s Dad had died and my search lead me to Poetry Soup and the fine poets who reside here. I have learned more here than in all of my English and Literature classes combined. I can think of many names that have been particularly inspirational but truly it is the whole—this creative melting pot…Poetry Soup---Thank You
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My First Poet Hero
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Blog Posted:1/14/2013 9:23:00 AM
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Shortly after Magee's first combat action on November 8, 1941, Magee sent his family another poem ("... another trifle which may interest you."). Or rather, the beginnings of a poem, never quite finished. Although it is not certain, this poem is quite possibly the last that Magee wrote. Per ardua ad astra is the motto of the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces such as the RAAF, RNZAF, and theRCAF. It dates from 1912 and was used by the newly-formed Royal Flying Corps, and is translated as "Through adversity to the stars". - "Per Ardua"
- (To those who gave their lives to England during the Battle of
- Britain and left such a shining example to us who follow, these
- lines are dedicated.)
- "They that have climbed the white mists of the morning;
- They that have soared, before the world's awake,
- To herald up their foeman to them, scorning
- The thin dawn's rest their weary folk might take;
- Some that have left other mouths to tell the story
- Of high, blue battle, quite young limbs that bled,
- How they had thundered up the clouds to glory,
- Or fallen to an English field stained red.
- Because my faltering feet would fail I find them
- Laughing beside me, steadying the hand
- That seeks their deadly courage –
- Yet behind them
- The cold light dies in that once brilliant Land ....
- Do these, who help the quickened pulse run slowly,
- Whose stern, remembered image cools the brow,
- Till the far dawn of Victory, know only
- Night's darkness, and Valhalla's silence now?"
As a young man of 10 my first poet hero was John Gillespie Magee Jr. and the first poem I committed to memory was his poem High Flight which was the most famous poem ever written about flying. He wrote the poem about three months before he died in 1941 at the age of 19. As you can see, the preceding poem was also written by John. I invite you to search for more of his work and likewise lament the loss of such a great life and talent that we could have shared for many years. After all, if he had lived he would now be 91.
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 5/17/2013 | Crimson Passion | Rhyme | passion, |
| 5/16/2013 | Linda's Song | Free verse (vers libre) | dedication, |
| 5/16/2013 | The Belated Debutante | Quatrain | funny, |
| 5/15/2013 | Life's Waves | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| 5/14/2013 | Too Young | Pantoum | dad,death, |
| 5/14/2013 | Five Minutes | Free verse (vers libre) | introspection, |
| 5/10/2013 | Green | Tanka | love, |
| 5/7/2013 | To Lily | Quatrain | birthday, |
| 5/6/2013 | In Silence I Stood | Villanelle | life,love, |
| 5/4/2013 | Blue Gardenia | Free verse (vers libre) | love, |
| 5/4/2013 | merlot | Haiku | nature, |
| 5/3/2013 | Sophistication | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| 4/29/2013 | A Ripple in Time | Free verse (vers libre) | hope,life, |
| 4/25/2013 | Evolution Worst Poem | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| 4/21/2013 | Life's Lessons | Blank verse | life, |
| 4/21/2013 | The Otters Play | Sonnet | life, |
| 4/20/2013 | Friendship | Acrostic | friendship, |
| 4/20/2013 | Dragon Slayers | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| 4/19/2013 | In The Meadow | Sonnet | war, |
| 4/18/2013 | Haiku ap1813 | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/16/2013 | Synathroesmic Cat | Couplet | funny, |
| 4/14/2013 | Moon | Free verse (vers libre) | moon, |
| 4/14/2013 | In Medias Res | Verse | religious,truth, |
| 4/13/2013 | Coccinellidae | Quintain (English) | funny, |
| 4/13/2013 | Belly Up | Rhyme | song-lyric,me,fun,me, |
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Fav Poems
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| Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| Violin | Personification | death,love,sadworld,rose, |
| Evening Walk | Free verse (vers libre) | introspection,life,nature |
| The Sowing | Free verse (vers libre) | devotion |
| Why I Weep | Italian Sonnet | natureme, |
| LONG DISTANT DREAM | Rhyme | nature |
| An Invitation to Dance | Sonnet | music,nature, |
| Secrets of the Stream | Free verse (vers libre) | introspection,nature |
| Grandpa | Couplet | childhood,loss,sadold,chi |
| Double Phantasy | Free verse (vers libre) | loss,mystery,sad |
| Something of a Dreamer | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| Silver Strands | Bio | love,mother,me,silver, |
| Montage Poetry | Lyric | happiness,history,uplifti |
| A Mutual passion | Blank verse | romance,longing,longing,l |
| Spring Returned | Rondeau | happiness,love,people,sou |
| January--Miss Doom and Gloom | Personification | imagination,nature,new ye |
| Magic | Acrostic | fantasy,imagination,smile |
| Wind Power | Rhyme | nature, |
| Gold Star | Narrative | childhood,war,war,star,bl |
| FIRST CHERUBIC CHANCE | Lyric | mystery,uplifting |
| Circle of Life | Rhyme | death,introspection,life, |
| New England | Rhyme | nature,seasons, |
| If Ever | Sonnet | faith,hope,inspirational, |
| ALL FOR HONOR | Quatrain | lost love,sad,sleep, |
| THE HOURS | Sonnet | on writing and words,time |
| EULOGY FOR THE ELDON GALLERY, WATERLOO | Free verse (vers libre) | art,life,places,sad,grand |
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