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Platforms of the Estranged

Words_ in my garden@ the edge of thorns. 
Population cultivation of shrapneled bones.
My thoughts, mine, alone.
My as she helixed the change 
of elixired kool aid and iced earth, 
Ayahuasca tea to drink under the crystal sun; 
To be or not to be undone. 
Dangled as a charm over my eyes, 
walled popularity, 
that rivit ring resurrection machine gun
@A rising force of risen suns, 
from the sea of emptiness
@circlet chain fire testing this blue toothed, 
teething proofs of brainwashing that is being done. 
Cutting me tooths on techlobotomy future suturies, 
filling with bad blood, 
of milk undone into channels of soured diversities. 
Blasphemies abreast of Bathory, Borden, 
Mystopheles. 
Metaspinions on bile for birth of strange aeons and late night gerd.
Storied olde.
Waking death, rebirth, federation, 
mental masturbation, folly, jolly rogered 
as if it depends on. 
A friend, so I have heard, 
fair weather turns cold.


Premium Member A New Reply to Hamlet

“To be, or not to be?” asks Hamlet's soul, 
      a mind transfixed between the depths below 
and life's thin, airy hold: this desperate role,
     I still play; although, from despair I know

that meaning consists neither in wealth, pleasure,
     nor youth, might, thought: not even in great power!
But in the feet of this poem's solemn measure,
     the answer is found: 'tis life, by whose Flower

the gift of meaning is through your love's labor, 
     the purpose for which you were made and reborn. 
In this fact, take heart and faint not nor waver; 
     but seize at last your life's prize unforlorn! 

Though Hamlet ponders still the sleep of death,
I breathe the Flower's scent with life's every breath.
Form: Sonnet

Famous Birthday

I asked my grandson if he knew
Which writer, long ago,
Had a birthday on this date 
But Henry didn’t seem to know.

He’s the world’s most famous author, 
People everywhere agree.
You ever hear the line that goes,
“To be or not to be?”

In second grade they haven’t learned
What Shakespeare did produce,
So Henry thought real hard and said,
“Could it be Dr. Seuss?”

I smiled at such a thoughtful guess
(And Dr. Seuss would, too!)
But I was happy Shakespeare
Was a name at least he knew.


*Once again, Poetry Soup wouldn’t let me use
my real title: Shakespeare’s Birthday. Guess my
poem called “Special Characters” didn’t help!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The View

THE VIEW 
          (SADLY)

I can't believe he has to be a poet
To tell you how he feels
Maybe he does not know 
When words are written on paper 
does not mean your wounds 
are going to heal properly 

To be or not to be?
That is the question you should ask.
The man should never call himself a poet
Unless he has lived, learn, lost, and gained it back

The man who writes good poetry
In my eyes is a man of art
He can paint you anything without a paintbrush
This man I call a poet, with a colorful heart
Using all his manly skills
He is way ahead of the ordinary man
Leaving the imagination, filling the soul with chills
aroused ------- he calls for me

While (I) the woman swims in  tears
She finds herself helpless 
Without a man, she thinks she is lost, nowhere to be found

The secret of the female 
When she is broken
She begins to feel and thinks life is over 
Little does she know her time will come
When the time calls
The lady is stronger than ever

One thing I learned about a lady 
You better respect her (me)
Don't destroy (my) her better days
She will crumble you 
She will crush you where it hurts 

This is my demo to all ya poetry freaks
Keep it real!!
Don't steal my words.
I have feelings too:)

by:PD

Premium Member A Reply to Hamlet

“To be, or not to be?” asked Hamlet's soul, 
      a mind transfixed between looming limbo 
and life's thin, airy hold; this loathsome role,
     philosophers and poets have played (though

some now sleep). Not wealth, nor the lap of pleasure,
     nor thought, strength, health, youth, nor unbridled power,
nor in the feet of this poem's solemn measure,
     can be found the answer: life's but a flower,

a precious gift, that lives for a short time. 
     Still, enjoy its frail beauty and brief glory 
while it's here, for in life all that's sublime 
     and dark in this world is just transitory. 

None can say for sure if the sleep of death
is g'ntler than life: so, cherish every breath.
Form: Sonnet


Premium Member Cinqku Profound

Style speaks
Charm hurls voice
Cinqku profound
Understanding transcends
Surprise


Heed now
Sensorial
Feel nature spark
Movement in mundane glimpse
Blossoms


Smile sweet
In plain sight
Love light aglow
Live with sun and shadow
Blessings


Sensuous
Curvy lines
Kamasutra
Adrenaline pleasure
Rapture


Live wire
Electric
Feisty field trip
Quantum soup reflection
Wonder


A maze
In a daze
Wander in craze
Grandeur and splendour ace
Bright gaze


Look now
Deep within
Go deeper still
Beyond sure heart and will
Reveal


Venture
Adventure
Avoid censure
Measure beyond measure
Pleasure


Without
Not within
Vain disclosure
Dementia attending
Mindless


Warm gift
Momento
Downtown shopping
Branded goods selling cheap
Loose change


Calm cheer
Sits right here
Twirl of sweet spheres
Sensory upheaval
Touching


Hello
Keep in touch
Before the end
Tunnels jolt twist and turn
Goodbye


Tour group
China calls
Holiday trip
Glorious getaway urge
Five stars


Airport
Leaving now
Will be back soon
To be or not to be
Hurling


Report
Nameless
Missing person
Don't know what's happening
Query


Reason
Beyond rhyme
Problem puzzle
Jigsaw metaphor crafts
Unsolved


Twin hearts
Craft one love
Affair pleasures
Climbing up mountain top
Lasting


Lovely
Sensorial
Erotica
Primal pleasure mosaic
Climax


Nonsense
Unspoken
He says, she says
No one knows the ending
Nowhere


Words cite
New version
Verse craft wordplay
Awkward words in patchwork
Contest


Downpour
Flooding rain
Sudden wetness
Drenching weather report
Dowry


Live well
Touch and tell
Plain policy
Blossoming signature
Pleasing


Leon Enriquez
18 Mar 2014
Singapore
Form: Cinqku

Premium Member Affiliation To Whose Law

AFFILIATION TO WHOSE LAW

If I was law unto myself
What would I be?
Where would I go?
What would I say?
Would I in such a way
Be free?
Or be shown a dark
And narrow path,
Which would purposely
Divert my way?
Would it excite me,
To greet each day
With confidence,
That my every deed
My every word, would
Like a sunshine ray,
Light up my being,
Console my need?
Would I enjoy to grip
Reality and face 
War and love and hate,
All on my own,
It seems a lonely trip
The solitude of being alone!
Being a law only onto myself,
Would enable to keep the key
To live my life,
I'd choose to never 
Have to strife,
For precious little time 
We have,
In this fast moving train
Insane,
Happiness, sorrow and pain
Melt into one!
But being a solitary soul
Could be exploited  
By one and all,
Should I succumb to a
World that’s disunited,
And steadily begin
My downwards fall!
What must I do,
Live according
To my own law,
A great many think
That this is wrong,
To be or not to be,
Which decision has
The flaw?
I don’t want either
I keep telling me,
The answer becomes clear,
Only with His Law 
Will I be strong!

Premium Member Pages Written, Then Erased

Time kisses each upon a cheek with timeless teeth of smile.

Even hungry mice as we, who walk in other’s shoes a mile.

Along the empires’ ridge we stroll with nighttime sky, engaged.

Impoverished, as our brethren watch, with hearts aflame, enraged.

Stories we disguise in different form, atoms shifting in chaotic dance. 

Clothing manifested from our storm, a destiny some see as only chance.

Slim silhouettes of matchsticks burning, one or in a pack. 

Knots untying, unifying all the envy that we lack.

Broken, born, or lost as halves; to be or not to be, 

Whatever cost to make each other into whole, you see; 

Solutions searching randomly, ingredients like dust 

Upon a chalkboard scribbled fierce, as snow-white rust 

Or written clear, on pages here, 

And then erased.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member To Be Or Not To Be

Shall I find this moment of my death cold
To chose life, for life's sake, my kingdom lost
A valiant decision, to be so bold
Rather to weigh the righteousness, the cost
This barren field plowed by legacy's blood
Now corrupt by darker skies, without sun
To slay this solemn heart, in shallow mud
To lay cold and feeling the life blood run
Has my spirit fell upon earth so weak?
To gather strength, to flee this ancient ground
And learn to live less a king, life unique
To be a ghost, among the shadows found

Shall I chose to drown in life's rushing tide
Shall I chose to masquerade and hide 


for the contest Shakespeare
4/27/14
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Parting Stars

 My Faith Shines, Parting Stars like Holy Moses
 Never Undaunted, I'm Heroic Focused
 Zero Sheckles for my soul, I Break Chains Of Slavery
 Toppling Mountains with Chivalrous Bravery,
 No Ocean Too Dark, No Sky Too High
 I Breach the Ethers, Wings Wide towards the Heavenly Skies,
 Propelled Ever-Forward
 Quenched in Ambrosia, Nectar of the Super Soldiers,
 My Aspirations Flow Into the Eternal River Of Revolution
 A GLORIOUS VICTORY! Destined for Restitution
 Destined for Absolution
 I Resonate in Octillion Light Hertz for Evolution,
 I AM a Metric Ton of Impeccable Gold
 Blazing Noble Paths Eight Fold,
 Full Steam Ahead, The Fire Within I Trust
 Belief in this is the Solar Thrust,
 So Know Thy Self and Yee Shall Know Truth
 Know Thy Sacred Flame, the Fire that Burns Within You
 To Thy soul, Be True Always
 To Thy Universe, Be Within You so Glisten like a Starsage
 and so, Let Thy Light Shine, Ever-Upward, Ever-Onward
 Parting Stars, Reach Ever-Higher, Ever-Skyward
 Flow with the Wind and be at ONE
 from Night into Knight and Rise Like The Sun,
 Let Thy Eye be of Wisdom, the Keys To Infiniti
 To Be Or Not To Be Forever In Eternity
Form: Rhyme

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