Share a short poem that YOU made...

[cherrycola]

Let some of your own intimate thoughts be known to the world...

I dedicate this one to Mikoid:


I stand here at the top of Everest
not knowing what to expect,
for here I see what once was large
is no more than a speck

And I look down on what was to me
a labyrinth of trees,
yet all I see is a clump of moss
my palm can hold with ease.

[uptowngirl]

good one cherrycola!

[Angeli]

nobody in particular...

i grieve for the flowers for they wither and die without the sun and the earth

i grieve for the trees without the birds they cannot live

i grieve for the animals for in pain they roar when an arrow pierces its heart

i grieve for the wind howling its loss

i grieve for the stars for they whittle away into nothing, losing its brightness

i grieve for the heart for when it loves it is no different than the elements of the universe.

[IceAngel]

I woke up alone
this morning,
and as if I forgot
what you and I shared
last night on my
cheap secondhand bed,
I ate breakfast and
strolled out of my
apartment, leaving
the bed unmade,
in my hopes that
when I return later
after work
you have already
fixed the bed and you
will be lying there
longingly waiting for me
to join you.

[OtchO]

why is it that I can never be
who I wanted to be
yet we are just the same

did God only loved you
and not me
but we are just the same

so I would just set myself free
pls let me be
for we are just the same


[This message has been edited by OtchO (edited 04-08-2000).]

[OtchO]

I have another one:

i love u
pls come back to me
u love me
i know u still do
we love each other
so pls, let US be

[maxwell]

My friends from IRC and I made a site that's basically full of poems that we made. If you care to share or read them just go to

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/7397

[Sleepless6]

conversations

funny how you sound like
You have a perpetual cold

i guess that's the way a voice
comes out from the telephone...

like cold and clammy toothpaste
from a cold and clammy metal tube.

i guess i have to be careful
not to squeeze you
too hard from the middle.

and i guess i have to remember
that what i squeeze out of you
will never go back in.

[~faux pas~]

i'll probably take some flak for this, but here goes... :D

________________

MANILA

no sweet words will ever describe you
because you are pollution, poverty, and crime
no kind words will ever be given to you
because you are harsh climate, flood, and grime.
nonetheless, your heart is what I call home
with smoke-belching and roaring jeepneys.
nonetheless, I still long to ride the taxis in chrome
with single-digit hand signs given by your cursing cabbies.
i miss the colossal malls that rival any of those in Asia
the epitome of a poverty-stricken, but laughing community.
i miss the night-life and lights that would shame Nevada
the model of crime-infested but carefree society.
once more i would like to see Luneta, or any of your parks
however pitiful and wilted the grass may seem.
once more i would like to experience the ships embark
however farfetched Manila Bay is to a dream.
i need to feel the warmth and joy of your hospitality
your world-known virtue of putting yourself out for others.
i need to feel the sense of belonging with intensity
your wonderful embrace that i need as much as my mother's.

that's what you were and what you are, MANILA
you are not paradise, but you are home

take me back in your arms manila
and promise me you'll never let go...
promise me you'll never let go...

[maxwell]

~faux pas~
that was a nice one....

[MsEerie]

*Delineate*
My downcast eyes
My empty soul
My hollow heart
My shivering form
Is nothing to you
You just don't care
And when I die
Nothing would stop
No one would sob
No one would sigh

Note: I put this poem and some others i did up in my webpage.

[Ice Burn]

I gave up writing poems a long time ago... This one, I dug up in my noteboook.

To Ride
an adaption of Crossing the Bar by Lord Byron

Sunset and Silver moon,
A silent call but naught
And may there be no swoon
When I ride my chariot.

But the road is full of stones and quite steep.
Too hard for the mind to roam
When that which drew from the dreamless sleep,
Turns back to go home.

Indigo sky and church chimes
And after that, the Light go!
And may there be no lonely times,
When I go...

From this comes our strength and boon
This test of my faith
I hope to see my maker soon
When I have reached my fate.

[This message has been edited by Ice Burn (edited 04-12-2000).]

[usp92]

I wrote this a couple of years ago for this really beautiful girl I had "something" with.

CHINA

Aren't you just flawless, your china skin so soft,
when morning sun awakes, just as you dozed off?

You, whose laughter detained me, well into last night,
As I the fool, succumbed, with nary a fight.

How could I, enchanted, enraptured, as it were?
Putty in your presence, think even to stir?

Through empty words we spoke, of nothing and the same.
Or maybe we did? Likely fanning the flame,

Of innocent smiles, and quick brushes alongside,
To searches for places, to kiss and to hide.

With urgency, desire and passion unbridled
Sans reason and logic, our love enkindled,

'til daylight's coming signaled sweet gasp's arrival,
and porcelain could sleep, now content though fragile.

[Ice Burn]

One more poem...

Abortion

I saw millions of unborn babies
Killed within their mother's wombs
They utter desolate cries
Only heard in their silent tombs

I saw gray tubes beside them
Slowly dismembering their bodies
Then sucking out a bloody mass
Which once held the life of a baby.

I saw needles inject liquids,
Which burn their sensitive skin
Till nothing is left but mangled flesh
With faces that scream of pain.

They struggle to get away
Though trapped in the walls of death
Hoping a miracle finds its way
While shedding tears in the face of death.

Mother, I love you!
Each child cries in vain.
But what could that do?
They all die in bitter pain.

[This message has been edited by Ice Burn (edited 04-12-2000).]

[maxwell]

here's one...kinda corny but here it is...

What is it about your smile
That makes everything worthwhile
This you ask that evening
While I told you what I was feeling

It's the curve of your lips
The dimples on your cheeks
even the metal braces glued to your teeth

If you only knew
How happy I am to be with you
Maybe you'd see
Why you are special to me

Maybe somehow, someday, sometime
I won't have to miss that smile
But while I wait for that day
I wish I might I wish I may
see that smile everyday.

[annemac]

I am not a writer at all, but I guess it's true what they say, whenever you're sad, you'll be surprise what you can come up with. Here it goes....

ALONE IN A ROOM
THINKING ABOUT YOU
ARE YOU THINKING OF ME TOO?
ARE YOU SMILING?
ARE YOU CRYING?
I SMILE AS MEMORIES OF YOU COME TO MIND
I CRY AS THESE MEMORIES FADE IN FRONT OF MY EYES
SHOULD WE BE TOGETHER?
SHOULD WE BE APART?
EITHER WAY, I DON'T SEE HOW. :(


I know it's nothing compared to what you guys have posted, but hey, it's from the heart.

It doesn't have a title. Anyone interested in giving it one?

[flyderman]

Okay, I'll try spontainety as a tool here:

Sit
Scratch
Perspire
Pain in the ***
Throb
Desperation

and five hours

In a sitting position
Scratching my head
In an un-airconditioned room
Splintered *** from the unmaintained chair
My head aches from the previous night's anxiety
Throbbing, in search for the answer that is supposed to be
A frantic search, sign of desperation
What is right, what is correct?

Five hours, until at last I figured
I am bound to fail the Board Exams.

[YoBaKs]

it's about ART...

In a time warp
speakin to my ears
transcends messages through time
smashes through barriers
We mortals could never completely understand. . .
Art immitating Life, life immitating Art

So pure, so orgasmic can't seem to tell stories
of whoever sees through a looking glass
i see nothing but light, of such ingenuity
Art is not what it seems, and it never will
For as long as you have the dream
i can see you smash through Barriers

Art immitating life, life immitating art...


godspeed!

[JDELEON]

There is no such thing as good writing, only careful re-writing. Here is a piece I submit for suggestions.

THE STARBUCKS MANIFESTO

Curse the apathy of the world!
Man has devolved from citizen to consumer
Feigning conscience for a cause made famous on CNN...
or the GAP.

The only people left are hypocrites
or ********...
We, the few, have set for ourselves a different course.
A life of truth vs. lies, sense vs. pretense.

Hey, my double MocchaFrapuccino's quite good. How's yours?

[This message has been edited by JDELEON (edited 04-14-2000).]

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[cherrycola]

Wow, all your poems are fascinating! I have another one, from my college collection...


droplets that come out of my pores by choice
white walls that breathe and feed on the sound of my voice
wet strands of silk that stick to my face
thoughts that come to me in an unending race
legs wrapped in arms that have nothing else to hold
my body that sits in a corner, always cold
a uniform of buckles and knots that I do not wish to wear
eccentric behavior that ceases the rest to care
a small enclosed room that records my personal strife
loss of touch with reality, that ruined my life...

--In the Asylum
by cherrycola

[PuNkChick]

daming makakata ditows... eto lang po sample ng sakin..pangets... :( kakahiya ..pero post ko na rin

Cyber Heartbreak

Its this world i go to and escape
Be the real me until the night's late
I met you in this wonderful world
mysterious and unknown
its called the cyber world

My feelings for you are via modem
I've never met you, but it all seems
I already did met you in my dreams
I've never seen you in real
but there's something in my heart I feel

I can't say its love
its too weird to say that
I need to face the fact
that you will never be real
and will never be mine

You see...in real...
outside this cyber world
is the REAL world
where true love is found
and not the cyber love I feel

I feel heart broken
You, in my heart can never be forgetten
its like something is digging into my heart
Making my tears to slowly drop.. its a rake
Its true, I know this is my Cyber heartbreak.

[This message has been edited by PuNkChick (edited 04-15-2000).]

[PuNkChick]

whew! na aaliw ako dito ah...

isa pa nga..tagalog naman :D

Kulay

Itim ay mahiwaga
walang emosyon
walang direksyon
Ako ngayo'y kulay itim.

Puti ay kalinisan
pag-asa at katatagan
Puti ang kulay ng paghahangad ko....
sa pag-ibig mo.

Asul ay kulay ng kalungkutan.
Kasawian na aking nadarama.
Sa pag darasal sayo
ako'y nagiging asul.

Pula ay kulay ng pag-ibig.
Apoy sa aking puso.
Gera sa aking mundo.
Pula ang pag-ibig ko sa iyo.

Kulay ay buhay
Ikaw ang aking buhay
Itim, puti, asul man o pula
Ikaw ang kulay ng buhay ko.


[This message has been edited by PuNkChick (edited 04-15-2000).]

[flyderman]

JDELEON: Liked that "Starbucks Manifesto"! Got more? :)

[tRiStAn]

Mayon

while you touch this bare
landscape, i have this sudden
urge to tell you how beautiful
it is when the wind caresses your arms,
spread while you face the mountain.

...to be continued (on the spot kasi eh..)

[flyderman]

JDELEON: Liked that "Starbucks Manifesto"! Got more? :)

[7YRbITCH]

It's not much but I hope this'll do. I made this just recently.

LUNAR COMMUNION

Glowing eerily like a white-hot coal
Amidst a starless sky,
Desolate, without the company of clouds,
Shining in borrowed light.
A river of secrets revealed by her infinite scars,
Silenced through the eons and still so she remains.
Lune, why has thou not communed with men ‘til now?
For so long have you kept that shimmering face,
When you could have shone brightly like the sun.
Tides of sorrow,
Pools of grief and of pain,
I see through you and that side which you have kept away.
I am you and you are me.
And tonight, we are but one.

[7YRbITCH]

BTW, I really liked the STARBUCKS MANIFSTO thingy.

[JDELEON]

Tristan --- What happens next at Mayon?

Flyderman & 7Yr*****- Thank you. Glad you liked it. =)

[This message has been edited by JDELEON (edited 04-26-2000).]

[rasec]

wow you guys are good...
i'll try posting rin

[zimdude]

(another spontaneous one)

i have not written Anything (like this)
in years. oh am i sure it's not decades,
or centuries, of not writing -
or Clattering away in front of this hurting
Screen, oh what happened to the
ink
and
paper of before, now replaced by this
Impersonal, Inhuman machine,

sharing these (deep?) thoughts in front
of persons I have yet to See
with my own Eyes,
oh I wonder
what drives me to write this,
when I'm not sure what I do.

[sugar_a]

There's a rather silly poem I have encountered in the April 2000 of Meg Magazine and it goes like this:

"Cloned" by Peanut

same heart
same mind
same soul
same love
same hate
i am your clone

*natawa talaga ako ng malakas nung nabasa ko ito...

[CookieNgInaMoRin]

An infinite number of things.
'Tis the answer to What? and How? and Why?
And Whence? and Whither? -- a word whereby
The Truth (with the comfort it brings)
Is open to all who grope in night,
Crying for Wisdom's holy light.

Whether the word is a verb or a noun
Is knowledge beyond my reach.
I only know that 'tis handed down.
From sage to sage,
From age to age --
An immortal part of speech!

Of an ancient man the tale is told
That he lived to be ten centuries old,
In a cave on a mountain side.
(True, he finally died.)
The fame of his wisdom filled the land,
For his head was bald, and you'll understand
His beard was long and white
And his eyes uncommonly bright.

Philosophers gathered from far and near
To sit at his feat and hear and hear,
Though he never was heard
To utter a word
But "Abracadabra, abracadab,
Abracada, abracad,
Abraca, abrac, abra, ab!"
'Twas all he had,
'Twas all they wanted to hear, and each
Made copious notes of the mystical speech,
Which they published next --
A trickle of text
In the meadow of commentary.
Mighty big books were these,
In a number, as leaves of trees;
In learning, remarkably -- very!

He's dead,
As I said,
And the books of the sages have perished,
But his wisdom is sacredly cherished.
In Abracadabra it solemnly rings,
Like an ancient bell that forever swings.
O, I love to hear
That word make clear
Humanity's General Sense of Things.

[nadesico]

i met a girl in the john
on her hand was a gun
she said life is no fun
and the dmons had won
hope was gone
and she's tired to run
and there's nothing better
than her life to be done
i look at her,stunned
and realized that i'm the only one
in the john
the last thing i heard
was a shot from a gun
and there was none
but a gun
on the john
and a girl
named Yon

[munik]

I have a pen

My pen is blue

I have a love

My love is you

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[CookieNgInaMoRin]

Her hands unlocking from chambers of my male body such an idea of man's image rising tides that sweep me towards her.
And the treasure of her mouth pour forth my soul, her soul commingly I thought of being more than vast, Her body leading into paradise, her eyes quickening a fire in me, a trembling hieroglyph;

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[gem]

I've made this last year to a friend who has confided to me....

There is love in the air I felt
In this world full of hate;
I've met u by chance,
on the net, we chat....

Its been almost a year since then
But our love has kept strong and dense
I've never thought distant love can be real
Now, that, I'm hooked, there's no more a squeal.

Beloved dear, I long for the time we'll be together
For the moment we can share, forever....

I prayed each night in fervor;
Hoping each day would bring me a favor;

My heart spake the words: I love you
In twilight night, I am at blue;
But as the sun greeted me in the morn
I felt the passion from within, born...

It seems that each day, my love for you grows;
Growing that scares me, though with a glow.

With faith I held on,
To "us" not forlorn.

To see u, I dreamt;
To be with u, I longeth,

"For the time we'll be joined,
In a bond of love, to be united."

[Nibs]

here's one:

one fine day i saw you there
in that store down town
i never expected to see you there
but it seems that you were in town

you went away
i waited for you
i longed for you day by day
now, im in front of you

i always loved you
but you hurt me so much
i didn't believe it's true
coz i just love you so much

i know it's idiotic
i know it shouldn't be
every time the clocks tick
i wish i was there, where id be

[yeee]

here are some of my impromptu poems....

SKATALATA
The me of myself so alone in the years
i am the best of what i got
struggled hard to be believed
succumbed to the dry mental
and hallucinogenated redeems
that never once new whats special
now my ends rear is near
Well enough and berrated i close my case
my world will shut down in minutes
unrefuged and unfazed.


I'LL STEAL MY SONGS AND MAKE YOU CRY

( a poem wished not to be seen by the invisible enemy.)

I owe my self to the devil in me,
that speaks of what king and queen we become;
And never did i toil to break such rhyme,
I will steal my songs and make you cry!

I was never bound to seek the bean as bate,
Nor carry down pain and emotional hate;
When i smoked, i had to smoke you right on high..
oh i will steal my songs and make you cry!

Crossed the path of a way to make me wander,
Had a new way to decieve and react as sober;
When i did i drank you with the shades of
alcohol's fire...
I lost track of the burglar who made me cry!

I got killed and shot for attempting a foe,
Now got ever believed to be breaking such law;
When im used i refuse to reuse such a lie,
YOU HAVE STOLEN MY SONGS AND YOU MADE ME CRY!

[JDELEON]

ECRU DAYS

Said that today you were feeling a little blue
Why can't we ever feel azure or cadmium or charteuse.
Can we deny that we actually live our lives in ecru
A patina of days as white as the next
lest we feign to see color

[rainsong]

Dark clouds creased the brow of heaven
And sorrow poured down with the rainfall
A grumbling heart is heart far across the land
Yet none but the keeper will understand
For the soul of one is never another's
And words can only try to express pain

[FarOutFreak]

AUSCHWITZ

Sleep escapes me
Even though darkness abounds
In this abyss from where
My heart shall return
But I shall not

As I watched
With unwilling eyes
Every seed drop
From sorrowful pedestals
On to a heap
Of power and hate

Your face escapes me
Or the state that it is in
And I pity that I did not know you
Yet feel so close to you

The screams have been caught
And shoved into the void
To remain in the dust
Until such wary generations
Will stand in horror
At the chorus of madness
That will echo throughout
The lands sprinkled with
Empty shells

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[pamela]

ummm.... ahhh ... wala lang.... pls dont make bad comments ha kse this is the first poem i wrote... matagal ko na gustong gumawa ng poems kaso nahihirapan ako.. pero diba nga sabi nila try and try etc etc etc... basta be gentle on the comments.. salamat....


-------------------

Here

i am here all alone
i am here on my own
no one cares, no one knows
that i feel scared,i feel cold

remember when we met
everything was perfect
you became mine, i became yours
and to this love i opened my door

you promised me youll always be here
told me youll always stay near
you even said that my cries youll hear
i trusted you and i felt no fear

then suddenly things changed
its as if your love just started to fade
you just walked away and said nothing
left me here, alone and crying

now im a mess because of you
i tried to go on but its just so hard to do
i dont even know if i could ever let go
pleas believe me coz what im saying is true

i am here all alone
i am here on my own
you dont care, you dont even know
i still love you, this is all your fault

[Dasein]

I cannot tell you
how the mirror broke
on the floor yesterday
or how I was cut and did nothing
to stop the bleeding.

What I can tell you, though,
is that sitting there
in the darkest corner of my room,
feeling my humanity flow out of me,
I realized that I was alone,
and that you were not there.

[Moiraine]

Poems I contributed to our channel HP:

I. You say one thing, then go do another
I often ask myself, "Why bother?"
Truth be told I'm getting kinda tired of it
I get frustrated, I wanna scream and throw fits
It's really starting to annoy others like heck
A shame when what I want is to strangle your neck
So I swear to myself I'll forget it all
That is until, the next time you call.


II.
Many people gave their poems, in response to the call
Our very own homepage! Send poems! We'll have a ball!
I'd already written one, so unselfishly I contributed
Realizing too late, one was not enough, my name was excluded
And while inspired poems came, like seeds on fertile land sown
I was relegated to the "various" button, my name alone.
No need to say, I can't stand reclusion. So here I am
Endowing the site with another 'art', one of my poèmes.

[Dasein]

not exactly short, but one of the poems i've written that i actually like

Memory of an Evening Conversation

The evening song floated
upon veiled whispers of desire
while the world turned in violent desolation
across fields and fields of forgetfulness--
hushed, then, in the immensity
of her night.

In these, our most unlikely of meeting places,
the walls grew strong around us,
but not between,
so that all identity melted,
drop by drop (a candle through the darkness),
into this shared pool of quiet
bursting with exhilaration.

She was the rain that danced
upon grass-leaves with little feet of hope.
She was the wind that sang a lullaby
of eternal passionlessness
with a voice more gentle than the lapping of waves.
She was the night, the stars, the waning moon,
watching, alive yet imperceptible,
the hypnotic swaying of the trees.

With her, there were no words,
no impressions, no moments,
no time--
just myself
embraced in the gulf of her existence.
And I knew,
I was safe in her silence.

for P.

[yeee]

GET

And I know that its impossible
Watch me fade and Watch me burn
as we see what we want to see
you hit the head hard,
and I am happy

GIVE

Lay the empty, Hug the mighty
I am one with all the rest
as we feed her the less we suffer
my heart was frozen
abandonded in hunger.

THE SCORE

Don't Shatter me to Pieces
Dont make me thirst for just one more
Don't ever change and make me feel better
I dont want to make you take the score

Dont shatter me to pieces
I know i made the move before you
Dont dare the me for you will be sorry
I dont want to make me hate you more

Now that i laid my cards now honey
Dont make the move dont go the flow
Now that i made my mind up ill go face this
Please break the chain, the pain, the wrong

Don't shatter me to pieces
Dont make that move dont go the flow
Dont stare into these eyes and test my waters
I dont even want you back no more

Now I have raised my hands ill go face this
Please break the chain the pain the wrong
Now will I scare you off..can you hear me
If I will make you take the score?

[matte]

this is something inspired by my zoology class...

prayer of the bottled heart

on the topmost shelf
of the musty, decayed cabinet
inside the lab

another heart
floats still

in a formalin solution-filled,
tightly sealed bottle.

alone.

awaiting to be dissected
and experimented
by another crude, gloved hands

for the last time.

[YoBaKs]

The weakest of the weak

Sometimes i see nothing
From this world full of everything
Overtaken by powers
And perceptions undiscovered

Was it the greatest field?
Or is it the greatest play?

None of which i can find...
The powers of sorrows
The dedications of a hero
The visions of an Idol

None of which i can find...
The strengths of the poor
The freedom for myself
And the virtues that i desreved

Now it's time to go...
I followed my directions
I chased my fear
I chased my courage
But now I’m coming back...

peacelove and godspeed!

[cherrycola]

Raindrops of tiny boons and banes,
shower upon the world of the known;
And clouds of dappled white and black,
enmask the darkness beyond my own...

(2nd yr. college; '96 or '97)

[fishball]

you guys are good!...i love reading poems..(specially those i can relate to) and also composing my own...i would like to share this one....

...for my crush who knew nothing...

DRUGGED

you've got me hooked up
at a level of supreme
mind-driven confusion
eradicating my mental
apprehension of what
falling in love is

you let me fall in your
simple but subtle ways
shutting my eyes from
the vulnerable truth

you leave me helpless
and obscure devouring
your way put of my
profound feeling
that still has no cure....

FISHBALL

poems are expressions of the heart and of the soul...dnt be scared to let it out...it's one way of uncovering the emotions your afraid to show...

[bubu]

4 years.

4 long years
4 years have passed by

I’m still here

I wait.

I’m still waiting

4 you
4 four long years.

[bubu]

eto isa pa
kaso mahaba...
_______
tang ina bwisit.
maling hirit na naman.

nakakabadtrip talaga kapag feeling mo importante ka.
tinawagan ka sa telepono.
mag-uusap kayo.
may magko-call-wait.
ibababa ka rin pala.
dapat hindi ka na tumawag.
at least sana, hindi na kita maiisip.

inubos ko na ang oras ko sayo.
hindi na ako nakapag-aral.
ikaw pa naman ang ginawa kong inspirasyon.
ngunit wala rin.
nagtampo lang ako sayo.
nagtampo ka na rin.
ba't ba kelangan parati kang panalo.
ba't ba kelangan parati kang importante.

mabuti sana kung hindi na kita nakilala noon pa.

noong hindi ako pinakilala sayo.
hindi sana ganito ang utak ko.
hindi sana ako magkakagusto sayo.

sawa na rin ako.
ikaw na ang buong tema ng tula ko.
kahit sawa na ako.
meron pa ring kiliti ang pangalan mo.
na hindi matanggal sa usapan.
maubos man ang oras sa bote.
andyan ka pa rin.
patuloy na hahati sa utak ko.

ba't ba ayaw mo kong pakawalan?
ba't ba ayaw kitang pakawalan?
ba’t ba ayaw mo kong iwanan?
ba’t ba ayaw kitang iwanan?
ako ang nagpapapaalipin sayo.
wala na akong ginawa, kundi para sayo.

sana naman kung magthathank you ka.
totoo.
sana galing sa loob mo.
na hindi ka napipilitan dahil pinalaki kang magalang.
sana totoo.


parang kung sakaling isipin ko.
alam kong totoo ang sinabi mo.
para
alam ko. sa isang segundo. minahal mo ako.
kaso

sawa na ako.
sayo
sayo
sayo
sayo
sayo
sayo
kahit ilang ulit.
hindi mapakali
talagang ikaw lang. ang nagpapakabaliw sakin.
ang pampabaliw

sawa na talaga ako. panakip butas.

ikaw na ang buong tema ng tula ko.
kahit sawa na ako.
meron pa ring kiliti ang pangalan mo.
na hindi matanggal sa usapan.
maubos man ang oras sa bote.
andyan ka pa rin.
patuloy na hahati sa utak ko.


panakip butas.

[shimmer]

Dasein: Oh my God! That was great! I mean, your poem, Memory of an Evening Conversation. I'm so speechless! Galing! :)

[shimmer]

Hello everyone! Nice poems you all got there. I also want to share mine. Though this one was just something I've written on the box of a gift for a friend kaya it has no title. Here it is... http://www.pinoyexchange.com/blush.gif

to keep and so
to treasure
these precious words
once wading in endless seas
now back and lines the shore
finding its way with such fervor
to be heard, never once before
each pain stolen by the waves
life made fuller
the ocean will always bring
us together
to my soul, take heed
speak of its depth
every emotion has forever been kept
i share with you thoughts of my own
grasped within and beyond our horizon
here, my mind's innermosts are lain
the memories, in my heart will remain

[Abby McBeal]

Kind of hokey, and it's still work in progress, but here goes...


"I take it back," I want to say,
"I take it back."
I didn't mean to say goodbye,
Didn't mean to walk away,
Didn't mean to place this burden
Of my still loving you
On both our shoulders.
I take it back.

[DELISYUS]

for someone who will never be....

When I met you
I thought I’ve found a friend
And it’s not that
I was wrong…

Coz u turned out to be
Really warm
Really sweet
Really caring


You easily make me
Laugh
You can hold me
When I cry
You know how to
Support me
You’ve made being there
For me your duty

Alas! Love also
Knocked on my door
Those qualities
I loved about you
Proved to be
My downfall

And now,
Cant look you in the
Eye anymore
Lest you see the
Struggle
Going on
In my own…

And funny, I know
You feel the same
I know that deep inside
You hope to be with me

But…
You’ve kept telling
Yourself that
You’re a loner
All your life

You’ve always made
It hard
For people
To get too close

For every sweetness
That I show…
I get no reaction
From you…
No explanations,
No defense,
No demands at all

So…
As much as I’d want
To pursue
What I know is love
As much as I know
How greatly you
Can love me too…
How could I possibly
Want to commit
To a lifetime of
Loving you…
When I already know
There will always be
That closed door?

....7-14-2000 2:10-2:15 pm

[zimdude]

Last to Know

I begin this string of words, with a confession
In my depression, in my reflection, I never learn
That being yourself and belonging to another
Come one after the other, or else you're stuck:
Held up in a rut, drowning in confusion, simply "out of luck."

Yeah, okay I say, I'll find someone, I'm not ill-starred
To be "single forever" (what a cliche, would you not say?)
Will I go far? Will I find the "right one?" Whose will be done?
Ah, not mine, perhaps, for I just want to fit in others' picture
Of what I must be, I know not for sure, I must learn it first-hand.

Is my search for an Other, finding out who I am?
Self-validation for one whose identity one demands
If the journey is the endpoint, a destination in itself
Perhaps this trip is worth the aches it creates
And I, the last to know about Self, is made complete.

[trixxie]

:)

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[trixxie]

:)

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[trixxie]

:)

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[trixxie]

:)

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[karinavasquez]

i am standing here in oblivion
with nothing to do
except submit to the fact
that i'm sinking lower...
deeper...
in this black hole which
ceases my existance...
my eyes are blank, my body...lifeless
i am numb...

[trixxie]

JDELEON: you impressed me with your insights. i had to go to the other side to enjoy, appreciate and get your perspective.

keep on writing! :)



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[dominicus]

INTRUSION

There you are, snatching
every corner of this frame;
in a however tangled view
you lodge yourself uncaring
in this glass window
where I see nothing
but silhouette
of your gathering.

Snap and snap away,
you inch your way
as you outfashion
other's faces that wander
in this one corner.

And then you're there,
lording over, completely whole.
Your flawless skin, clear as this
flowing scene's continuum
running over the veins
of my phantasy...

And I cannot touch them.

Let it be: explore the deepest
of the flesh; let the fire
move us in play;
let the energy diffuse
and what has been dispersed,
the final fruition,
to lie to be tasted.

No matter, whether one
scene intrudes
and another comes in
and again, then again...
this one steamy cunning image
will forever flounder,
forever intruding
in the most private
of my unguarded mind.

[JunLisondra]

http://www.pinoyexchange.com/evil.gif

Santol sa Tabi ng Aking Keyboard

Dahil bawal ang kumain
ng maasim kung gabi,
magdamag na lang kitang titignan
naglalaway
at nanakam.

Katulad nang huli akong tignan
ng mga pulis
kahapon sa Philcoa,
habang tumatakbo ako kasama
ang maraming welgista.

http://www.pinoyexchange.com/evil.gif

[frenzy]

Visit Dexter's MegaCyberWebPage (http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/frenzy629/poet.html)

[ChaRoJ]

im actually writing this on-the-spot:

Then and Now


i have you in my mind...
i have you in my heart...
nothing else completes me but you...
i live my life for you...
that i'd give up anything for you to be happy...
that's how much i am willing to sacrifice...

you are my world...
you are my life...
nothing else matters for me but you...
i go each day having you in my mind...
that i want to spend forever with you...
that's how much i am willing to be yours forever...

BUT that was THEN...

this is NOW...

i still have you in my mind...
i still have you in my heart...
but i couldnt offer you much more love...
for ever your love has faded from me...
and i have you no more...

i only have pain...
i only have tears...
it seems that my love was not enough for you...
so now i move away for you to find happiness...
if that's really the only way for me to make you happy one last time...

[blushinghorizon]

Goodbye, my love, goodbye.
To the moonless humid nights
Your bungled attempts at tenderness
Arrogant pride brought low.

No more the yelling
The outmatched bruises
The desperate hollow feeling
Bloody nose and dead stop pleas

Gone are the shackles
The pressures and squeezes
The sour kisses
The overweighted promises
That used to make me stay.

Bye now to you doublecrosser
You great pretender
I’m leaving gnashing teeth
The dumb-shows of plod and slog
The insularity.

I’m picking and choosing now
Marking you out of my life
Disinfecting all that you have touched
Deleting what once was.

[JDELEON]

Broken Wing Angel

My Broken Wing Angel resting on our rented bed.
You ask if I will remember you, but the right question is
When will I be able to forget
your smile, your face, our communion, our kiss.
I have no words for you tonight, only instead
my fingers to say a little prayer wishing you well.
They trace the space where your wings should be
and carelessly caress your hair until
my arm beneath your head, my hand in your hand, you fall asleep.
Turning to match the slope of your back, my nose by your nape
I try to rest to your gentle breath. Dear God, I hate this part;
this empty space I can't ever seem to escape
between your broken wings and my broken heart.

In the morning I wake up, half an hour ahead of you again.
Switch my arm with a pillow and turn off what's on cable.
Whisper I'll see you tomorrow, and I let you sleep in.
Walking away into the day, I leave my broken wings on the table.

[pro_tempore]

tonight it got so bad
that im thinking if i were a man
slouched in my chair like this
too tired to even hold it
the bottle is the only thing
between my legs
that could ever stay upright
all night

[degamits]

unknowingly unknown
a feeling all alone
indescribable ecstasy
you right next to me

cant stand it
cant describe it
feeling it ... doing it

share in my misery
enjoy it ... revel in it
best of all ... wallow in it

here i come
here i go
when all is done
its all for show......

[tEaMooN]

Drown

I feel my spirit swirling
In the abyss of your presence
Your touch poisons me,
sweet strangulation…
comforting pain…
intoxicating refuge

Yet you force me to swim
While the passion is too deep

And I drown myself willingly

[miao]

be nice, please. :) i'm new to this forum. :)

this was written one year ago for my ex, after i came home from a date.

Silence

I hate the silence that consumes us in the car
Driving home.
I hate the telltale indifference that I try hard to mask
With a vain stab at normalcy.
What is normal?
Sometimes I think I know.
Most times I think that I only pretend
Because it is the easy way out.

I remain mute,
Absorbing reality as I watch the buildings pass me by.
I feel broken and cold and insignificant
In this plush corduroy bucket seat,
As I have felt each time,
All the time.
It’s getting harder for me to act it out.
The more I memorize the role I play,
The more I break down.

And the lines are the same every single time.
I’ve gotten past the stage where I try to bluff my way
Into a new ending;
The curtain call is your smile, and I bask in the spotlight
That assures me that I have been perfect---
Perfect for you.

And when I step out the stage, and
Step into myself,
I realize that my one act play
Is better than a soliloquy
And that I should be thankful
You are even listening at all.

I hate the silence,
Yet I cannot bring myself to fill the void
With my old lines.
I am sorry that you should see me so weak,
And vulnerable, and fragile,
And useless.

There is no applause tonight.
No spotlights to congratulate my performance.
Only the slight shaking of your head,
And your eyes that do not meet mine.
Eyes that accuse me, that see into me
Past my masks,
When I become not a nonchalant companion
But just a stupid fool in love with you.

I hate the silence.

[nek_02]

soul visions

sightless eyes
though visions are clear
of the grayish sky
and clouds that
dominate the space

a promise of rain
to cleanse a soul
blinded by feigned bliss
and eternal spring

water kisses
the pale face
embracing every curve
dancing, mingling, dancing
with the bitter tears
of reality awakened
slapped upon her

no one can tell
a tear from the rain
both heals through weeping
they both look the same

no one can tell
what's real from the masked
both feeds the senses
they both look the same

when seen without soul...

[nbakaguilar]

The Dreamer
By: NBA

Last night I had a dream…
In that dream I found myself living in a different world…
A very beautiful and peaceful world…
Where every creature was in harmony…

As I walked along looking into the horizon…
I saw a mirage figure of a woman…
Appearing and materializing not so far away
waving and calling at me…

I walked towards her way…
Until I could recognize who is she…
To my amazement it’s “YOU” in front of me…
Sudden burst of joy and excitement engulf upon me…

On which I can’t remember what have happened to me…
And when my emotions receded calmly…
I found myself embracing and caressing you tenderly…
With loving care I hold my arms around you…

Whispering softly into your ear “I LOVE YOU”…
As you lay your face upon my chest…
I felt warm droplets of your tears rolling down their way…
I asked you why wasted those precious tears away…

You just look up and stared affectionately at me…
Saying, “we are not meant to be”…
I felt as if the whole world befall upon me…
On which I asked you again to repeat the words you
uttered before me…

Hoping to hear different words that would appease me…
Releasing yourself from my arms then you walk away…
Slowly and hesitantly uttering those words repeatedly…
“ We are not meant to be…” “ We are not meant to be…”

Like a mist from a morning dew you disappeared from far away…
I drop my knees to the ground and pray…
Asking and begging GOD for mercy…
“GOD” please bring her back to me…

Sudden jerks awaken me…
And brings back my senses into reality…

:) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[nek_02]

silhouette

Charon steers to my window
floating in cryptic waters
holding out a withered hand
with a promise of silence
and peace
in a desolate land -
trapped in heavy fog
undiscovered
by the magical light...
beyond Olympus' grasp.

the Boatman lights a fire
begged me to see the path
to absolute din
with a promise of serenity
and escape
in a forsaken land -
cursed by lovers
unseen
by the enchanting stars...
beyond warmth.

fingers glide
touch colder than ice
life's river seized to flow..
stagnates..
freezes..
then dries.

[^PoloBOY]

Discman

The beats pushed through my ear
Technological romance behold my vision
Skipping songs of spaces and notes
A soundtrack is born.

[Philophobic]

galing naman...daming may talent dito. galing-galing!
:handsdown: :handsdown: :handsdown:

[Morganna]

staring blankly at whitewashed walls
looking at nothing
seeing everything

memories in sepia flash in her mind
as thoughts riot in her head

silence

broken only by the sound of tears
falling slowly down her pallid face
gathering at the gaping hollow
where her heart once lay.

[Philophobic]

Eternal Darkness
Standing apart from others in the darkness of the night,
Wanting to be accepted into the light.
Yet never given a chance,
never recieving the light.
Forced back into the eternal darkness...of the night.




Purple
Your beauty is as pure as crimson.
So vivid and so strong like sun.
When your color mixes with my world of blue,
together we make a perfect hue.

[kebsit]

eto yung haiku na ginawa ko nung 2nd year hs ako na matagal na panahon na rin. la lang...

a homeless rock rolls
continues, follows its course
one day it will stop

[FrannyGlass]

GLASS

In case of fire,
break glass, it said.

This
ever since I was
a little girl
I always
wanted to break.

I told you
about this crazy,
childhood thing.
That
the glass
I always wanted
to break.

I didn't know
you took it quite seriously.
You thought
my heart was glass
and you broke it.

[Philophobic]

awww FrannyGlass, that's a cute poem. ...alam mo, ako din pag nakakakita ng fire extinguisher gusto kong basagin yung glass hehehe.

[crazyfunk88]

Could you guys help me the complete copy of this:

These joys are free to all who live
The rich and poor, the great and low
The charms which kindness has to give
The smile which friendship may bestow
The honor of a well-spent life
The glory of a purpose true
High courage in the stress of life
And peace when every task is through

Its an excerpt from The Sunlight Dialogue written by John Gardner.

:handsdown:

I can't seem to find it.

Thanks! :handsdown:

[azrael07]

(marami akong haiku dito pero eto na lang para masaya....)

ORTHOPEDICT


I wish I know some sort of a way
…to forget you
…or to ignore you
…or to avoid you

…not to get hurt ev’ry time you do so
…not to care
…not to give a damn
…not to think ‘bout you 24-7

coz if I did
I wouldn’t be hanging on waiting
For something ain’t coming
Nor would I I hurt myself coz of you…
but why do I still do…?

The weirdest thing is that for no reason,
I’m still hanging on…




(....ngek.... pano naging masaya to? :( )

[Tamang_timpla]

untitled

when the passion crawls over me
the heat of your love
keeps me rising.
your lips that touches mine
smells & tastes like wine.
I get this rush...
this different kind of rush.
the intense of the night
keeps me burning--
your body's close to mine
i can feel it,
i can't lose it.
we own the night...our's
together 'till dawn
the passion's forever
you're mine forever.


** note: be aware of the copyright law. and no plagiarism involved while making this prose

[nek_02]

caffeine and misery

counting tears
over spilled coffee
the cat claws
at my slippers
caffeine bliss
in a chipped mug
is glory to misery...

[Lifeboatman]

Untitled # 3 for Orange


I try to veil my face
When your moon tries to peep
From the clouds inside my eyelids
Yet even if I can deny
Such wond'rous sights
To my minds eye,
I cannot deny Love
Of Her proprietorship of me
For you color my sunset sky

[Lifeboatman]

Untitled # 75


What has the world come to
When a decent man smokes flat cigarettes
And poetry is reduced to a general surgeon's warning?
The cogitation of lost sperms had spurned lucidity
And a humble man's promise is lost to us forever.
Ozone-scented thunder wakes us up
To momentary grandeur
But ceases its effect as soon as impact met
Then we are back again,
not so much by apathy but by indifference
And the future of the promise fades
As rain, pacified by toxicity,
Drowns out its music
Music the people had dthe gall to replace
With digestive byproducts' recurring last farewells

[nek_02]

Lifeboatman: galeng. :)

[Tamang_timpla]

my heart

My heart
is broken.
can you mend it?

My heart
is weak.
do you sense it?

My heart
is crying.
do you hear it?

My heart
is looking for you.
did you know it?



:lovesigh: :lovesigh:

[Lifeboatman]

Thanks nek02

[Lifeboatman]

My Untitled #1



Why is it that most of the time,
My only options are
Knowing everything or suicide?
Why can't I have it as easy
As other folks just choosing
Between winning or losing
Or deciding to go on a diet?
Why can i not just choose
Something in between
Or to stay here in my seat
For the whole day?
The choice for me is often displayed
In the decision to
Whether or whether not
To stay with my heart
For the rest of my life