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    Your Favorite Song - You and Me




    Oh that’s you and me

    “You and me were always with each other,
    before we knew the other was ever there”

    Destiny carves its path through lives,
    filling needs unknown until it happens
    Bridging gaps of empty terrain
    where love belongs eventually
    as our hearts wait for that one we feel
    on the journey

    “You and me we belong together,
    just like a breath needs the air”

    So many comparisons play,
    moving pieces to spaces, uncovered
    Sliding down chutes, climbing ladders,
    sensing that something waits, something good
    Inspired to keep going, following the lines
    drawn in tingles on skin

    “I told you if you called I would come runnin’,
    across the highs the lows and the in betweens”

    You’ve taken my hand and showed me
    things are not always as they seem
    Until you find them in your shadow,
    lifting you when you fall,
    caressing your soul in unexplained notions,
    safety and comfort with merely a touch

    “You and me we’ve got two minds that think as one
    and our hearts march to the same beat”

    Your eyes, my eyes, we see similar patterns
    curving about skylines of melodic tempos
    As we walk together, one step after the other,
    but two steps always for the other
    in whatever direction they choose,
    syncopated movements hand in hand

    ”They say everything it happens for a reason,
    you can be flawed enough but perfect for a person”

    These scars of past seasons, cold winds blow
    across arid deserts of details and misgivings
    Cloaked in love’s blanket, accepted beyond yesterdays
    Put away in box with a lock, no key is available
    and neither would want it anyway

    ”Someone who will be there for you when you fall apart,
    guiding your direction when you’re riding through the dark”

    This light that leads, from your smile, your understanding,
    your acceptance that I reflect back as a mirror
    Enhancing the beam of this forever feeling,
    Strolling down avenues of pleasure for
    happiness is always a two way street

    ”Oh that’s you and me…”

    4/4/17

    The italicized lines are lyrics from one of my favorite songs, “You and Me” by Pink and Dallas Green off the Rose Ave album.


    For the “Your Favorite Song” poetry contest
    Sponsored by: Alexis Y.


    Copyright © Chris Green | Year Posted 2017
    My friend Chris, a very talented young poet, composed a great entry for that , your favorite song, contest...-Tyr
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    Salvation seeps in the mist


    And as light fades
    awe sings in temporal sonnets
    while goldenrod flits the fields
    and lavender scents joyful whispers

    for here neath this shadowy creature,
    Point Percee revels,
    wonder dances on cobblestones
    and voices are lifted beyond horizons

    as this warrior of scalloped wing
    and fire brand culls the night skies
    sweeping enchantment in place of fear,
    taken from the last war

    Salvation seeps in the mist
    where lost sons had fallen and once again
    risen within the flames of life,
    breaths of cast dreams
    where heroes fly and all is well

    With torches raised high,
    embers of elation flicker on soft winds
    illuminating cheers and celebrations
    in the name of the knight
    and his fearless collaborator


    5/1/17
    Written for the Collaborated Poem Poetry Contest
    Sponsored by Eve Roper

    A link to Eve’s poem we were to collaborate with
    https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_..._savoie_894917


    Copyright © Chris Green | Year Posted 2017
    This is true poetic talent gleaming!!!!
    My friend Chris, composes a genuine gem, IMHO..-TYR
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    THE POET
    --- by Danielle

    Quietly across a desk sits The Poet
    The thoughts race through his mind
    The trees will stir, the valley glistens
    The Poet has stories for any who'll listen

    In a troublesome world rests The Poet
    Life keeps moving forward in an accelerated pace
    New lives are created while others shall end
    The Poet's heart must repeatedly mend

    One constant is the work coming forth from The Poet
    He knows his audience depends on his verse
    His writing provides a path from his soul
    The Poet continues to reach for his goal

    What seeketh he, my good friend The Poet
    Why must he keep on through heartache and sorrow
    It's best not to ask, answers won't be forthcoming
    The Poet must keep writing to aid in the numbing
    From the pen of a -- VERY YOUNG AND TALENTED NEW POETESS.. --Tyr
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    Presenting a double today-both are great and very talented poet friends of mine ,which I have collaborated with in the past.-Tyr


    The Black Dragon

    ----- by Keith O.J. Hunt

    So arid this desert....

    where the tumbleweeds blow,

    and the snake makes his nest;

    not a dry deed could wet the lips of desire,

    and raise from dead things ---- life

    with war and antiquity ----


    The mummy cannot speak....

    but mumbles evil ----

    'Gold! Gold!'

    ....'til it runs out.....


    The 'long' arms of the law

    haven't even banged upon the devil's front gate;

    the 'laissez-faire' ----


    Though the bombs drop like tear(drops)

    in the darkest corners of the world,

    to picnic on the first day of war,

    and gorge upon peace.....


    Little Illuminati generals.....

    pawns for the great hog upon his throne;

    who has waged death upon the whole world,

    .....shadows deep (with sable scale)

    black dragon keeps his poised tail

    to crush the school of man;


    To reverse the footprints of Christ,

    and the wisdom of Buddha,

    and the glorious faith of Mohamed ----


    The churches are failing fast for the 'written' word,

    and not the fire in the heart;

    where God forged wisdom to all men,


    And not the scroll which does not breathe,

    cannot see,

    cannot stop the bombs from dropping.....


    For how can all the world preach peace ----

    with a pistol 'neath its thickest pillow?


    Love has no cause to be afraid,

    to mistrust like a nervous wind,

    and blow accusations where it may.....


    What cannot be harmed has no need to attack,

    but sits upon the lap of faith,

    assured in its security ----


    To build evolution on the lips of children,

    for their minds see wonder in God's creations

    and hope in the growing,

    with little flowers in their soft thoughts.....

    and new whims in innocent joy;


    We have learned to love what we once could not,

    ' White Swan Black Swan, ' clemency ----

    Equality.... but a nudge she claims the throne,

    a Queen most fair to sting the dark dragon eyes,


    Where eternity shall not echo his name

    nor (all) the children tend his darkling tomb,

    for he peered too long into the eyes of the abyss,

    with one eye open.....


    Sleep dragon! Sleep!

    death is upon thee like the night in thy armor!

    slip into the caverns of the deep,

    and be no more.....

    Copyright © Keith O.J. Hunt | Year Posted 2014
    Keith never fails in delivering his unique and beautiful style of top class poetry.--Tyr



    ************************************************** ************************************************** *****************************
    Dancing with the Devil

    Lost between the borders of heaven and hell,
    confusion led to this story, one must tell.
    Surrounded by a world full of violence,
    I closed my eyes and took a vow of silence.

    Wondering if this life was even real,
    weird chills and shivers, one began to feel.
    Suddenly a figure appeared in a shroud,
    in silence, his words echoed ever so loud.

    He said:
    "If you dare, come closer and take a chance,
    won't you give me the pleasure of one dance?
    Do not fear for I am not violent,
    why are you the one who is silent?"

    I replied:
    "Why should one become your willing dancer,
    so that you can fill my mind with cancer?
    You are nothing but a ferocious beast,
    go now, upon my soul you shall not feast."

    He laughed:
    "I know all about your hidden schemes,
    I'm the one who can bring you your dreams."
    Thou shall not sin, come leave this humdrum city,
    let me show you a life, ever so pretty.
    Can't you see we are all the same breed,
    they will all follow if you plant my seed."

    Louder and louder his words would repeat,
    effecting the rhythm of my heart beat.
    This was no simple case of confusion,
    for this image was causing delusion.
    Then again, life can become an illusion,
    when one chooses, a life full of seclusion.

    I replied:
    "I must decline this dance you want so badly,
    for you this poem will end, rather sadly.
    For, I seek a path of peaceful harmony,
    my soul cannot sing with you in symphony.
    Nothing here for you, so be on your way,
    this time your words shall not lead me astray."

    Scorned he left with a sly grin on his face,
    vowing to return again to this place.
    Inside, something that day seemed to have died.
    Resisting temptation filled me with pride.

    For him this was just a sinister game,
    but, I could never live a life of shame.
    After all I was my mother's son,
    strong - after all had been said and done.

    The Silent One

    1 May 2017
    A TRUE GEM FROM MY GOOD FRIEND SILENT ONE.
    Having written poems in collaboration with him I know he is incredibly talented and a kind and most generous gentleman!--Tyr
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    Hoping the flowers bloom

    --- by Chris Green

    Sifting through my day,
    withered masses of an old heart
    searching in the wrong corner,
    dreaming in muted grays on a white background,
    wandering through the garden
    of my every lost dream,

    hoping the flowers bloom . . .
    and I get to see them

    Long hours only offer relief
    when I look past the walls
    formed around my smile so long ago,
    they are now only a faded memory
    flickering in and out,
    losing clarity

    Then out of nowhere comes a light,
    so brilliant, beautiful, electrifying
    I can only stare and wonder,
    is this for me to keep,
    or dare I say . . . to love?
    Love, now that’s a laugh

    Love only finds those who deserve it
    and those signs have long since
    pointed a different direction
    But a voice speaks otherwise
    a soft tone, a sweet noise I’ve not heard
    or imagined . . .

    When whispers of affection from her
    fall upon my ears . . . my ears?
    Like I am something, somebody, and it feels good
    even if it is still hard to believe
    And I feel tears forming, could this be happiness
    I ask, when there before my misted eyes

    The flowers are blooming . . .
    and I can see them
    --------------------------------------------------------
    I found this great poem to be a true gem written in free verse, by my friend Chris..-Tyr
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    The Ember's Pride Made An Ash Out Of Him

    -------------------- David Pekrul

    There he sat among the ashes, thinking he was, oh, so good,
    Just a tiny glowing ember that was once a piece of wood,
    And he thought that he was better than the embers there that day,
    But, alas, he didn't know that soon his pride would turn him gray.

    There were many other embers that were crowding out his space,
    They were vying for attention and were trying to keep the pace,
    He believed they were a nuisance and he felt they were a pain,
    And he knew that they were jealous, and it rubbed against his grain.

    "I'm an ember in the ashes and I'm burning hot inside,
    I've a reason to be boastful and to feel such awesome pride,
    For the others here beside me are just living off my heat,
    I'm the one who is important; in myself I am complete."

    So he sparkled and he crackled and he told them all to move,
    For he thought he didn't need them and he had a thing to prove,
    So they rolled into the centre and they left him on the side,
    And his glowing heart got bigger and it filled him up with pride.

    Very soon he seemed to notice such a change inside of him,
    For his glowing heart grew weaker and his light was getting dim,
    But the others who had left him were still glowing bright and strong,
    What had happened to this ember; could it be that he was wrong?

    "I'm an ember in the ashes, but I'm feeling very weak,
    I once thought I had a future, but it's looking rather bleak,
    And the ones who I rejected are still glowing hot and bright,
    Now I think I was mistaken and that they were truly right."

    Now the tiny little ember, all alone and getting cold,
    Sits among the lowly ashes and is feeling not so bold,
    And the pride that once he harboured, that would make him spark and flash,
    Has betrayed him in this moment and has turned him into ash.

    --submitted to Be Didactic poetry contest - May 07, 2017

    Copyright © David Pekrul | Year Posted 2017
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    SEDUCTION OF THE SIREN SISTERS

    Tarkay lids of merlass
    Royal purple hue
    Smooth glass surface
    Sea of gemstone blue

    ~

    Siren sisters taunt the sailors
    Weaving in and out of looms
    Seductive creatures with lyres
    Luring the lustful to their tombs

    They didn’t heed the gentle merlass
    The whispers of the foamy sea
    Their greedy eyes now single minded
    Caught in a seaweed net - not free

    Courageously the merlass tries to cut the ties
    Siren sisters just increase their blinding noise
    A plectrum choir captures lolling tongues
    Ahoy sailors! They're no longer men - but boys

    Mild merlass looks away from the frenetic fish
    Her wild rose eyes notice a face, sweet as a kiss
    One who's not succumbed to the scum of the sea
    Like an ear to a clamshell, her heart pounds out bliss

    ~

    Tarkay lids of merlass
    Royal purple hue
    Smooth glass surface
    Sea of gemstone blue


    Kim Rodrigues (c) 2017

    Copyright © Kim Rodrigues | Year Posted 2017
    Another one of the truly great poets, Kim Rodrigues, from my home poetry site wrote this magnificent poem..-Tyr
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    Coffee and Morning Kisses



    You loved yours black and strong;
    I remember, you’d tease my craving
    for milk and sugar...
    you said it's because I'm so sweet.

    We’d wake with the sun,
    sit together on the front porch
    warm our hands,
    wake our sleepy eyes..

    You accused me of needing coffee
    more than your morning kisses -
    I proved you wrong.
    I will always prove you wrong.

    Copyright © Becca Teagan | Year Posted 2017
    Written by my friend, a very beautiful and exceptionally talented poetess.-Tyr
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tyr-Ziu Saxnot View Post
    The Ember's Pride Made An Ash Out Of Him

    -------------------- David Pekrul

    There he sat among the ashes, thinking he was, oh, so good,
    Just a tiny glowing ember that was once a piece of wood,
    And he thought that he was better than the embers there that day,
    But, alas, he didn't know that soon his pride would turn him gray.

    There were many other embers that were crowding out his space,
    They were vying for attention and were trying to keep the pace,
    He believed they were a nuisance and he felt they were a pain,
    And he knew that they were jealous, and it rubbed against his grain.

    "I'm an ember in the ashes and I'm burning hot inside,
    I've a reason to be boastful and to feel such awesome pride,
    For the others here beside me are just living off my heat,
    I'm the one who is important; in myself I am complete."

    So he sparkled and he crackled and he told them all to move,
    For he thought he didn't need them and he had a thing to prove,
    So they rolled into the centre and they left him on the side,
    And his glowing heart got bigger and it filled him up with pride.

    Very soon he seemed to notice such a change inside of him,
    For his glowing heart grew weaker and his light was getting dim,
    But the others who had left him were still glowing bright and strong,
    What had happened to this ember; could it be that he was wrong?

    "I'm an ember in the ashes, but I'm feeling very weak,
    I once thought I had a future, but it's looking rather bleak,
    And the ones who I rejected are still glowing hot and bright,
    Now I think I was mistaken and that they were truly right."

    Now the tiny little ember, all alone and getting cold,
    Sits among the lowly ashes and is feeling not so bold,
    And the pride that once he harboured, that would make him spark and flash,
    Has betrayed him in this moment and has turned him into ash.

    --submitted to Be Didactic poetry contest - May 07, 2017

    Copyright © David Pekrul | Year Posted 2017
    Really nice poem
    Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him to the left.
    Wise men don't need advice, and fools won't take it - Ben Franklin
    "It's not how you start, it's how you finish."

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    In This Sky of Night
    ------------------------Andrea Dietrich

    I look at shining stars in cobalt sky
    with just one wish to make on only one
    of billions of them in this Galaxy
    where we're just one small planet with a sun!

    And as I gaze, my mind is taking flight:
    Beyond the moon and through the milky way,
    we’re holding hands and soaring through a night
    of fantasy on beautiful display!

    We fly past Jupiter’s four rings of dust,
    then far away to Pluto. Yes, we dare!
    We circle back. How cold Mars is. We must
    warm up near Venus. Is Love’s goddess there?

    It matters not; my heart is ruled by YOU,
    and in this sky of night, dreams can come true!


    May 7, 2017 for Shadow Hamilton's The Night Sky Sonnets Only Contest

    A sonnet using the following required words: Shin(e)ing, Moon, Star/s, Planet, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Pluto and the Milky Way

    Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2017
    Andrea is a very talented poetess, that I am honored to call a friend...
    That she wrote such a fine sonnet when sonnet are not her usual poetry form shows her immense talent, IMHO.--TYR
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    Remember Her

    I always liked the way she played with her hair....
    across from the vast expanse of the bed,
    legs up, with her back against the wall,
    I saw what she felt....
    and she could hold me with her deep angel-eyes ----
    oogle me to stare long, or leap upon her wondrous teases;

    It was a time to play in some boy-girl laughing land,
    some 'gentile' course devoid of the harsh of the world,
    she too lovely for such petty,
    too splendid with one wave, with one anointed gaze
    my darker footsteps fade....
    no pain to clutch in her most welcome arms ----
    the world could wait....
    ten thousand years,
    I've longed such love more infinite with me (now soft),
    she of fine recipes and finer whims to tickle the itch
    in my soul,
    the immediate meld of our hands,
    shall need no other assurance

    " I am here, always, " she breathed upon the cold steps,
    winding through life crooked with doubt
    .....how monolith her mist sifts sweet upon frozen winds,
    and warms my sullied heart ----
    that fades.....fades fast while she's amiss!
    how empty this old urn without her ----
    dead my able bones,
    and the heart which my melancholy makes,
    helpless, sick with deeper wans,
    greater-goods shall not prevail this lame steed for long

    Though I best remember her and smile,
    and call the good of it my memory has found,
    eased with her sweet-lovely ----
    but too sweet for one mighty man,
    and her wings swift with silken downs,
    o'er the flowered hills;
    she goes, this bird of gypsy will,
    her flight crimson til dusk;
    this dove she flew but once,
    and her affections have been awhile....
    the tear is long and its drip dire,
    though I shall try to remember her
    (and smile)



    ***Based on a movie I saw,(though some
    of it comes from pleasant recollections(lol!)
    very sad, but she returns in the end!***

    Written in 2014



    Copyright © Keith O.J. Hunt | Year Posted 2017
    This superb poetry is from my great friend and one of the very best Romanticism poets that I know, Keith Hunt.-Tyr
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    Night's Enchantment

    As light escapes, the lustrous moon ascends
    a prelude to the majesties of night
    with shining constellations that transcend
    and shooting stars that burn with heaven's light.

    Night's canopy unfurls our galaxy
    with planet earth along the milky way
    to join its glory, orbiting so free
    unique with life abundant, grand display.

    As Jupiter and Mars round sun again
    along with Venus, Pluto in its wake
    this requiem of solar dance began
    in ages past, by God for His own sake.

    Galactic glories' gleaming reverie
    in interstellar, perfect harmony.



    Written on 5/15/2017
    For Night Sky-Sonnets Only Contest


    Copyright © Laura Leiser | Year Posted 2017
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    She Wept In Languished Moan

    She wept as they buried her one true love.
    Each day thereafter she brought him a rose,
    the flower she knew he was fondest of.
    Her grief unbearable, beyond repose.
    What pain and suffering his death bestows.

    Nothing prevented her daily visit.
    She didn't want him to feel all alone.
    When beside him her face was exquisite.
    When weary she would sigh and then lay prone,
    weeping for her love in soft languished moan.


    23rd of July 2016
    Two Stanzas - Two Only Contest-Broken Wings
    This is an English Quintain, 10 syllables per line
    with a rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b-b

    Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2016
    This poetess, my friend is so massively talented. Her works are always top-flight and meaningful.
    I greatly admire her poetry and her character..-Robert
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    Form: Free verse

    The Thunder Kings

    ----by Keith O.J. Hunt

    The rains had come and washed away the old world,
    the thunder had banged its drum
    with a weary warning ---
    ' I do not come oft, but I return and weep
    and growl a lion's roar ' ---
    I will for a brief moment be as a child
    and fear again...
    the cracks and booms rouse my guilt,
    Telemachus would say the gods were going mad...

    There is something 'neath the earnest
    thunder-drums which bangs
    something-wicked-this-way-comes ---
    and fades,
    gently rolling away like a sonic carpet

    Its change I welcome,
    and fear,
    and wonder if I was afraid at all,
    wonder what deathly grip may one day come ---
    suddenly,
    or love may guide me through its tumult,
    and dark valleys,
    with flowers blooming 'neath my faithful feet;
    and though I was once afraid
    like a boyhood fear ---
    startled from my very boots,
    I shall miss my old friend thunder,
    who reminds I'm quite alive,
    and survived I have,
    his treacherous thunderclaps,
    and his sneaky ways,
    my great trickster
    (Thunder!)

    Copyright © Keith O.J. Hunt | Year Posted 2017
    My great friend and sometimes also writing partner Keith, has written a top class free verse with this fine gem !!! -TYR
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    Fate and Destiny

    How mischievous those goddesses of fate
    That bend our paths toward our destiny
    They tempt us, setting traps, with diff'rent bait
    Like fools, we complicate simplicity

    Each turn we take is draped in mystery
    A lucky choice builds up our confidence
    Then fate reminds us, oh so subtlely
    Again, we're on the wrong side of the fence

    The twists and turns of life offer suspense
    We see our big break up around the bend
    But fate knows that for love, there's no defense
    Next thing you know, you've turned down a dead end

    Fate has control of destiny it seems
    Don't let that stop you chasing down your dreams



    by Daniel Turner
    Spenserian sonnet: abab bcbc cdcd ee



    Copyright © Daniel Turner | Year Posted 2017
    A truly fine sonnet by my friend Daniel.
    As he notes, do not let perceptions of Fate's immense power stop you from pursuing your dream--for even your dreams may be -- Fated..-Tyr
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