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Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (5/27/2010 13:48:18)
L&L AKs/Mods (Poetic Tribute) A lady fair and graceful, Who has, at her command, The translucent wings of Uncounted dragonflies. Emerald wings beat softly Against surrounding air. Leaving glittering trails Of sparkling golden dust. A face hangs without body; Its features somehow seeming To hold within themselves A bovine appearance. A little man of mischief, Clad in clothes of green. One hand clutching a clover With leaves that number four. A dainty purple flower-- Beautiful, and yet It would be wise to leave it be, Or risk its piercing thorns. A little lizard, red; Not crawling, but erect. His tail behind him lit With a little tongue of flame. A raven, black, and ghastly Doth open wide his beak-- To loose upon the world Poetic words of verse. C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (6/3/2010 23:01:26)
Symphony Peering out into the night Watching the dusky shrouds Marveling at the haunting sight A dance amidst the clouds Where mingle gloomy purple shades And purest, darkest black That lightning briefly lights, then fades Followed by thunder’s crack To that symphony up in the sky No music could compare Nor could stage-lights e'er outshine The lights that I saw there C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (6/7/2010 11:49:11)
Green is Gold is Grey Nature’s first green is gold. Or so, by Mr. Frost, we’re told. But if you asked me I would say: Nature’s first green is really grey For, as Mr. Frost will say, Though Nature’s first green may be gold, Green is a hue, quite hard to hold; And quickly fades to grey. Green is a hue, quite hard to hold, That always fades to grey. C&C DISCLAIMER: This poem is in not way shape or form meant to insult GG. /Me hides

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (8/6/2010 22:35:26)
Not As It Is Now Ah, to be a child again To float from day to day Like a carefree leaf, caught in the wind Not as I am now To spend my time at play All problems far from mind Untouched by the worries of life Not as I am now Oh how I long for peace For some far off happier time When all is well in my life Not as it is now C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (8/19/2010 21:53:05)
I close my eyes and see a brighter world I close my eyes and see a brighter world A world not torn apart by futile wars Where men do go hungry or fall sick And crime is but a distant memory I close my eyes and see a brighter world Where greed, and lust, and haughty cruelty No longer live within the hearts of men Replaced instead with compassion and love I close my eyes and see a brighter world Where nature is among man’s prime concerns Where all of life is nurtured and protected And its vibrant diversity preserved I open my eyes, see our present world I see the wars, the famine and the pain The cure-less sicknesses and the rampant crime The lack of love, the cruelty of men I open my eyes, see our present world My mind's illusions rot and fall away C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (8/30/2010 3:01:55)
Insignificant I am on a planet Larger than I by far That moves in circles round the sun An even larger star Yet it is but a single part Of a massive galaxy But one among a universe That fills eternity And I am but a tiny creature Lowly as an ant Without redeeming feature And insignificant For my short life is but a flash As I’d be wise to learn For I am naught but dust And to dust shall return C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (9/9/2010 23:31:49)
Peach I reach into the bowl, and take a pale orb its yellow tinged with pink and red The smooth skin wearing but the barest coat of fuzz I hold it under the running water, cold and rub it gently dry The first bite teeth piercing the skin sinking into the ripened flesh The juice bursting upon my tongue Sweet, but not cloyingly so as fruit ripe past its prime would be The flavor rich upon my palate A simple enjoyment C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (9/14/2010 21:48:24)
Memories Persist Time: it slows, it crawls, it stops Yet memories persist The mind’s eye sees things as it will The past becomes the future The scene, serene, with golden sheen Reflected mellow light And glassy lake, of palest blue Untouched by breathless wind And yet the foreground’s littered Much as one would expect With junk stored up o’er course of years In part shrouded with black And this juxtaposition Cluttered serenity All is silent, unexpressed The air hangs heavy o’erhead For as the clocks are drooping hung O’er branch, and lump, and wall So too time melts, draping itself Over reality C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (9/15/2010 6:32:22)
Corpses Are Cause for Exulting Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind; And graveyards are places of joy. Death is a laughable matter, And guns? They are nothing but toys! For corpses are cause for exulting, And slaughter a walk in the park. Genocide of little importance, And murder, naught but a lark. C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (9/16/2010 20:07:12)
Rain How sweet the rain’s kiss on my cheek How soft its gentle touch It wets my hair down soft and sleek And makes the grasses lush I run barefoot over green hills Midst gentle springtime showers A fresh breeze glides across the land And dances with the flowers How pleasant the consistent thrum Of drops upon the air And pleasant too their steady drum Upon my sodden hair C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (9/28/2010 23:04:05)
Startled I did not mean to take his life It was not my intention I did not mean to widow wife Nor orphan two young children It was an accident, you see While I was shooting deer His sneaking form I did not see Nor his approach did hear I raised my bow, and closer crept Having espied my prey But then, the deer, it nimbly leapt And swiftly dashed away The string it slipped from twixt my fingers Snapped forw'rd with mellow twang The quiv’ring sound did humming linger The arrow had already sprang And there, behind where deer had been I saw, but now too late Having startled the deer, a man Now startled stared at fate And oh, how long the moment seemed Between my shot and his demise I can't forget, it haunts my dreams The anguish in his eyes C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (10/4/2010 2:11:36)
Battle-god Great is the battle-god, great and his kingdom Is a field where a thousand corpses lie A banqueting hall where on anguish he dines His music the hoarse battle-song His worshipers lift to him offerings of death And give to him corpses as tithes In place of prayers his devoted give lives Their incense the burning of flesh C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (10/18/2010 2:52:41)
Brilliant Blue I stare up at the overarching sky It stareth back, with piercing clarity Such brilliant blue it almost pains my eyes My mind can scarce take in what I perceive And out over that canvas azure blue Like rays from which the burning sun have leapt White wisps of clouds, as if by bomb-blast strewn Across the virgin sky have covert crept C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (10/19/2010 9:54:18)
Emotion Burning Sizzling Seeking to come out To be released It tortures me Strangles me Makes me doubt myself Oh how I hate it when it comes Like dragon raising fiery head Oh how I despise its inanity How fickle and foolish is emotion And yet it fills me Pours through me It leads me on paths I do not know Or want to follow I can see but I am blind Blind with rage and passion Despair and hopelessness And sheer frustration at nothing Nothing at all can ever cease this heady flow This neverending pretension that is Unquestionably Emotion C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (10/25/2010 11:18:02)
Love Again You are the light of my world You are the only girl That I’ve ever truly loved You’re everything I’ve ever dreamed of Everything I’ve ever dreamed of I got my heart broken, and that day I swore From then on, forevermore That I’d never love again But now that’s all dust in the wind Now that’s all dust in the wind You’ve shown me the wrong in my ways You brought love back into my days I’ve learned the sun is not in the sky It rises and sets in your eyes It rises and sets in your eyes It rises and sets in your eyes C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (11/3/2010 1:31:49)
Dare We Aspire? To what heights dare we aspire? Dare we reach into the fire? Risking fire-blackened hand-- That we might farther up ascend? How much faith dare we instill-- That things must happen as they will? Or can we, conversely, believe-- Our future changes with our deeds? C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (11/8/2010 21:47:54)
Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear To Tread “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Would that I had listened; now too late, Where now am I to rest my wearied head? And how can I atone for these mistakes? Would that I had listened; now too late, If only I had well my lesson learned. But now I must atone for these mistakes, Reap what I’ve sown; collect what I have earned. If only I had well my lesson learned; But I did not, and now I must instead-- Reap what I’ve sown; collect what I have earned. It’s all turned out exactly as they said. I did not listen, turned away instead. Where now am I to rest my wearied head? It’s all turned out exactly as they said: “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (11/14/2010 8:52:30)
Not Set In Stone Those who put themselves on pedestals In time may find that they are not ‘all that’ While those who endure teasing and cat-calls In time may find they’re not ugly or fat For nothing is ever truly hopeless And no cause ever completely lost Nothing occurs that cannot be redressed The die’s not permanently tossed Who you are is never set in stone You never reach a point where you can’t change Those without friends don’t have to be alone And those who disagree are quite deranged C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (11/14/2010 22:11:45)
Questions Throughout my life, since I was but a child My mouth could barely formulate the words That formed the questions that I longed to ask My curiosity was never quenched Always, always, I wanted to know more But now, within my sad and sorry heart I have but one more question yet to ask Why? You were too young, too fair, too full of life Why could not cruel fate take me instead? That you might live the life that you deserved For though I loved the time I spent with you I would not for a moment hesitate To give my life, that you might regain yours Alas such hopes are doubtless all in vain “The best die young,” they say, and so it is Why? C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (11/15/2010 22:33:29)
What Fools Are Men What fools are men, In our vanity and pride. We choose not to accept-- And from our faults we hide. What fools are men, Thinking ourselves so high. Turning away from truth-- Our failings all denied. Honesty tossed aside, Haughty until the end-- Perfect in our own eyes; What fools are men. C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (11/18/2010 21:46:08)
I Wish I Could Write Narrative I wish I could write narrative But every time I try No matter how hard I may strive It’s always bland and dry My dialogue is frail and weak I sorely lack details No matter how much I may tweak My story always fails My story-lines never make sense My plots thin and see-through And everything I reference Is alien to you Whatever genre I attempt It always ends the same I look at it filled with contempt And find it to be lame I wish I could write narrative But every time I try I look at it and helpless give A sad, defeated sigh C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (1/12/2011 2:09:15)
Soul-searching I value days like these When the sky outside is leaden gray And soft rain falls in misty sheets And I cannot tell If I feel happy, or sad These are times for soul-searching I find my focus narrowed The world outside seem more Like some long-forgotten dream And I find myself slipping into A murky pool of memories These are times for soul-searching C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (1/21/2011 0:19:14)
Progress Oh see the flowers tossing in the breeze And feel their gentle scent caress your nose Smell the green grass crushed beneath your feet Listen to the stream’s swift gurgling flow Open your eyes and see reality Hear the smoke-stacked factories belch and croak Feel the gritty wind abrade your cheek Breathe in dusty air scented with smoke Oh cursed human carelessness, so vain While nature, by your ruthlessness, is slain C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (2/11/2011 11:46:56)
Ode to “The Raven” “And my soul from out that shadow, that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - Nevermore!” --E. A. Poe Oh Grief, clawed hand affixed around my heart, Wherefore must thou tempt me to the rope? Oh Sorrow, canst thou not, from me, depart, And leave in me the faintest ray of hope? My soul is swathed in darkness, wrapped in gloom. My heart is weighed down with impending doom. The Raven’s blackened shadow o’er me looms-- I know the Reaper comes to fetch me soon. Or rather, I fetch him. C&C

Shreder -> RE: Poetry~Compressed Meaning (2/15/2011 0:48:39)
Shadowed Draperies Why do you live in such a place, Bereft of light and air? Without the sun’s kiss on your face Or breeze teasing your hair? Why such dark and gloominess? And why so little hope? For life’s too short to live like this, Too short to moan and mope. So gather up your miseries, And cast them all aside. Draw back the shadowed draperies, And fling the windows wide! C&C

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