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| MEMBERS POETRY |
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 | The Gauntlet
Poetic challenges from members to all comers. Post your replies here or in the other forums. | 33 | 1,089 | Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 01:00 am
by rws
in King Poets Challenge: K  | | The Village Greene
General poems of no specific nature. | 573 | 3,488 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 03:53 am
by Erthona
in The Words of Nothing | | The Sundial
Poems about this day and age, the modern world. | 127 | 1,025 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 08:45 pm
by rws
in Another Day | | The Cathedral
Anything of a religious nature (for OR against) | 187 | 1,345 | Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 12:03 am
by Ted Cherry
in Can You Hear. | | The Jester's Playhouse
We love comedy at Rhymalot! | 280 | 1,907 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 03:42 am
by Erthona
in Computer trouble | | The Queen's Boudoir
Poems of Love, heartbreak, and the usual romantic musings. | 338 | 1,943 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 09:41 pm
by Erthona
in Moon-Pie | | The Jousting Arena
Political and Controversy! | 98 | 659 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 07:53 pm
by wewak11
in Dying Fame Us | | Merlin's Mirror
Poems about yourself, feelings, memories, etc. | 287 | 1,762 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 07:52 pm
by wewak11
in Epic Cock | | The Royal Orchard
Nature poems. | 131 | 956 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 09:00 pm
by Ted Cherry
in Chaotic Winds. | | The Nannie's Nursery
Poems written with children in mind. | 96 | 768 | Mon Jun 29th, 2009 12:02 pm
by Curslayer
in The Wee Wee Mannie and the Big Big Coo! | | The Dragon's Lair
Fantasy, Vampires, Unicorns, Gothic...YOU name it! | 95 | 630 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 10:15 pm
by Erthona
in Dragon flight | | The Smith's Forge
Form Poetry, Haikus, Sonnets, proper verse. | 125 | 999 | Wed Apr 1st, 2009 11:38 pm
by Ted Cherry
in Matins | | The Torture Chamber
Poems of heartbreak, sorrow and tears. | 181 | 1,121 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 05:37 pm
by Curslayer
in Dark angel | | The Spinning Chamber
Experimental work, and exceptionally graphic poetry, that may be too much for "normal" forums. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK | 27 | 186 | Wed Mar 11th, 2009 09:06 am
by Erthona
in Already There | | Waxing Lyrical
Lyrics, and songs you've recorded | 24 | 168 | Sat May 16th, 2009 03:05 am
by Cappuchino
in Stick Around | | The Town Crier
Spoken poetry where you can hear the writer speak their verse | 47 | 347 | Mon Oct 13th, 2008 04:15 am
by wewak11
in David Duck | | The Weaver's Loom
Short stories, and stuff. | 72 | 417 | Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 08:02 pm
by wewak11
in Sailor Street |
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| THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE |
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| BECOME A KNIGHT
 How to join the Round Table and have your own forum. | 1 | 1 | Thu Jul 20th, 2006 11:34 pm
by King Oder
in Joining the Round Table | | The Fox's Den
From the shores of Mongolia... | 2 | 7 | Tue Dec 30th, 2008 11:11 pm
by Ted Cherry
in ????? | | Dawn's Dungeon
The Lady WittyBartendar welcomes your jesty input. | 6 | 128 | Fri Jun 19th, 2009 07:31 pm
by rws
in The Smallness of it All. | | The Coffee Shop
David tells of his life as a Postulent with the Capuchins. | 289 | 709 | Tue Jan 27th, 2009 04:34 am
by Cappuchino
in The Life of Saint Francis: Part 2-2 | | Ted's Shed
Sir Ted Cherry welcomes you... | 7 | 255 | Tue Apr 21st, 2009 01:54 am
by rws
in TED'S TAIL. | | Sweet Caroline's Corner
the sweetest spot at KP | 6 | 634 | Thu May 28th, 2009 01:20 pm
by rws
in Visions | | Treasure Island
 Sir Ben Gunn is the chief pirate here... | 23 | 2,198 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 01:56 am
by rws
in What are you listening to right now? | | Sir Dreamwarrior
the Dwayne in Spain stays mainly...oh, you know... | 65 | 615 | Sun May 31st, 2009 04:43 am
by Dreamwarrior
in Creation | | Lady LucidDreams
Dive in and see for yourself! | 23 | 227 | Fri Jun 6th, 2008 04:45 am
by rws
in Second Life | | Sir Ghostknight
The Knight of the Ghost? | 3 | 84 | Sun Apr 13th, 2008 01:58 am
by Ted Cherry
in welcome to ghostknight's haven | | The Lady Boadicea
(known to her friends as Boadicea the Incredibly Awesome) | 5 | 135 | Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 03:08 am
by Boadicea
in Fluff | | The Lady Krazy
(or should it be the krazy lady???) | 18 | 123 | Sat Jun 21st, 2008 03:11 pm
by rws
in Gone, Baby | | The Lady Janneke
The Lady welcomes any and all non-English or bilingual poems... | 12 | 96 | Mon Oct 29th, 2007 12:10 am
by Cappuchino
in Caught | | Sir Wewak11
| 24 | 101 | Tue Apr 14th, 2009 03:08 am
by rws
in George Bush's Hangup | | Lady Playdoh
Beware - magic exists...
| 5 | 32 | Tue Apr 21st, 2009 01:59 am
by rws
in The Princess and the Dragon | | Lady Wisdom Seeker
An East Coast member of the Round Table | 9 | 54 | Sat Apr 4th, 2009 08:50 pm
by rws
in Will it ever be... | | Sir Dustmote
Our newest Knight! | 2 | 19 | Sun Mar 30th, 2008 03:02 am
by Shrek
in MEME Warriors | | Sir Fade ElBrunen
 Is Fade a glove puppet??? Come in and see for yourself... | 13 | 102 | Mon Jun 25th, 2007 12:03 pm
by Fade ElBrunen
in IO | | Lady Rask
Step in and see... | 4 | 8 | Wed Apr 22nd, 2009 09:16 pm
by rws
in Prelude to an Epiphany | | Lady Mimi
Mimi's little chamber | 12 | 110 | Sat May 2nd, 2009 12:46 pm
by rws
in Poets | | Lady Whirl
Check out Whirl's chamber... | 3 | 21 | Thu Apr 2nd, 2009 08:47 pm
by rws
in I Dream In Colour |
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| A Classic Poem |
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Not Waving But Drowning
by Stevie Smith
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Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much farther out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.
Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.
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Lady Lazarus
bySylvia Plath
I have done it again.
One year in every ten
I manage it----
A sort of walking miracle, my skin
Bright as a Nazi lampshade,
My right foot
A paperweight,
My face a featureless, fine
Jew linen.
Peel off the napkin
0 my enemy.
Do I terrify?----
The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
The sour breath
Will vanish in a day.
Soon, soon the flesh
The grave cave ate will be
At home on me
And I a smiling woman.
I am only thirty.
And like the cat I have nine times to die.
This is Number Three.
What a trash
To annihilate each decade.
What a million filaments.
The peanut-crunching crowd
Shoves in to see
Them unwrap me hand and foot
The big strip tease.
Gentlemen, ladies
These are my hands
My knees.
I may be skin and bone,
Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman.
The first time it happened I was ten.
It was an accident.
The second time I meant
To last it out and not come back at all.
I rocked shut
As a seashell.
They had to call and call
And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.
Dying
Is an art, like everything else,
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I've a call.
It's easy enough to do it in a cell.
It's easy enough to do it and stay put.
It's the theatrical
Comeback in broad day
To the same place, the same face, the same brute
Amused shout:
'A miracle!'
That knocks me out.
There is a charge
For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge
For the hearing of my heart----
It really goes.
And there is a charge, a very large charge
For a word or a touch
Or a bit of blood
Or a piece of my hair or my clothes.
So, so, Herr Doktor.
So, Herr Enemy.
I am your opus,
I am your valuable,
The pure gold baby
That melts to a shriek.
I turn and burn.
Do not think I underestimate your great concern.
Ash, ash ---
You poke and stir.
Flesh, bone, there is nothing there----
A cake of soap,
A wedding ring,
A gold filling.
Herr God, Herr Lucifer
Beware
Beware.
Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.
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