Poetry Cafe

[Greatis]

Ok so I am a big fan of poetry so I will start it off with not one of my own but a well known one. Thereafter people please feel free to post your's and comment on others. No bashing of anyone's poem pls as that will not be condoned in anyway. If criticism is to be given it must be constructive and in a nice way. ;)

[Greatis]

It seemed like only yesterday that with a fresh view of the coming year and renewed hope in his heart that 2000 showed so much promise. Soon it will be over, what went wrong? Broken dreams and ambitions seemed to have been blown away like dead leaves in an autumn breeze.

It felt that his passion and love of life was suffocating. Hi Love for soccer, playing it with the surge of bolld, rising through his veins, had all but evaporated. The competitiveness of playing squash and the refreshing cold beer and hot chicken wings no longer held their zest that he had before with an honest reflection of a cracked mirror.

He deliberately closed his eyes and moved on. He found with an open medium, that people of all ages was a joy to be with, the kind smile of a passing stranger, the joy on a child's face, with the innocent enjoyment of eating ice cream in the middle of winter.

He made a promise to himself, that fail he might, but try he must to his own self he must be true and stride for his happiness.

Look out 2001 here he comes.


Written by Ray Bacchus

[Cocoa]

:eusa_pray Dear God,
I am writng this letter in a time of peace and a time of crisis
In a time of war and high gas prices

A time of joy and a time of pain
A time of rape and a man's gain.

I reckon you know the times I'm in
Times of pleasure, goodness and times of sin

How long must the interest rates sky-rocket above the land?
Or the taxes which in my opnion, should just be band.

The sun is hotter and the wind hardly comes
The cows need fattening;
Have you seen the trees and the scrubs?

To earn a living my sweat becomes blood
Famine and drought-
Dear God we need a flood!

Technology is increasing
That's a good thing too
But clones are being made to mimick You.

There are manydeaths and increased births
Many prisoners on the face of this earth

Many young infants being abused
Good and evil you have given us to choose

Dear God, I am asking on the behalf of the land
Reach down and touch us with your great right hand

Do only what I know you alone can do
Dear God we are waiting for you to see us through. :eusa_pray

Copyright © 2004 Althea Lewis

[seanbee]

That was beautiful JacocoaButter :) .

I really like this thread, I myself am a great lover of poetry, I have always sort of kept them to myself but I guess this is a great opputurnity to share, so look forward to seeing some entries from me

[seanbee]

Why does my life always seem so complicated?

Even love seems to be constipated,

One minute I am happy, one hour I am sad,

One instance I am cheerful, another I am mad.

What is my purpose, my reason for being?

Why do I go on, when no sight of the future I am seeing?



Why does my life always seem so impure?

Why do I take this road, when the pathway seems so unsure?

They say life is a journey but where does it end?

They say keep your enemies close, but where does that leave your friends?

What is my calling, my un-deniable gift?

Dear God I am falling, please give me a lift.



Why does my life always seem so unjust?

Who can I talk to when I have no one to trust?

Can I talk to you God? Will all my secrets be safe?

Will you tell on me whenever I misbehave?

What are my goals, my reasons for trying?

Answer me God, why aren’t you replying?



My son, I have listened and I have heard,

I have given thought to your every word,

I have been busy but have not forsaken you,

I am always by your side taking care of you.



You life is complicated, but is never too much to bear,

Your love life at times seems constipated but you have someone who cares,

Your main purpose in life is to honor and serve me,

Give me your praise and make me feel as if you deserve me,

Let me know that my deeds are appreciated,

And maybe your life will not be so complicated.



Though the pathway may be rocky and the road may not be straight,

Continue with the journey and at the end of the road, the reward is great,

Your other questions, the answers will have to come from you,

But despite all things, remember that I love you,

Always treat others as you would want to be treated,

Appreciate others and don’t make anyone feel cheated.



Yes my Lord, but how I can change… when this world seems so strange?

How can I be kind to others and just…. when there is no one to trust?

How can I love, when loving brings so much pain?

How can I provide shelter when I am in the rain?

How can I feed the poor…. When I am to be fed?

How can I lead someone…. When I need to be led?

How can I be faithful, honest and true?

In short God….. how can I be just like you?

--------- Sean Bowen

Copyright 2004
All rights reserved

[Cocoa]

@Greatis......That was a great one Greatis. It's like a tall glass of water.....so refreshing. Makes my mind sit and think back. Good choice.

@seanbee, thank you. Lovely poem...it left me smiling and saying 'oh wow' :p

[Cocoa]

Woman

Let me say to all my sistas, whether black, brown or white
Love your selves with all God has given you
Don't quit without a fight.
Cause sometimes this road is rough
And life and people trample you under-feet
But Woman
Lady,
You are a Strong Princess,
Do not take defeat.
Look yourself in the mirror...
And recognise how special you really are
Do not try to be someone else you're not
Know that you are the Star.
Stand up in the face of terror,
Knock down loneliness and despair
Donot let no one judge you by the color of your skin,
Or the looks of your hair.
You are Precious
Unique
Beautiful on the inside out
Your stomach is impregnanted with the prescription for all doubts
You wake up with God's breath
The essence of a woman shines through
Next time someone tells you different,
Hold up your head,
Swing your hips
And let them know that you are you.

That's a Woman.

Copyright © 2004 Althea Lewis

[InkyP1]

COME ON BOO!

Tonight Im going to bed in a vex state of mind.
How can I make you understand it's not
about you all the time. I try to tell you
I just need some space. You dont need
to follow me all over the place.

Sometimes I love you and then I hate you.
But mostly I love you, that's why I call you
my boo. But sometimes I could hit you with my
shoe. We always go through these things and
that's no lie.

But tonight I dont want to be vexed. Just have
this stress in my left breast. Cho! I love you
cant you see that. Come on and make love to
me and rub my thighs. Let me give it to you
again like a big surprise each and every time
you rise.

Forget all the troubles we had today and
remember that our love is here to stay. Let's
not forget what we said. Don't go to bed angry
with that stuff in our head. Let's start poppin
and stop all this fussin. Come on baby and
turn off the lights. I love you.

[Pondadat]

I Love You Boo :eusa_danc

[Cocoa]

Hurricane Frances Lamentations
(c) JaCocoa BUtter Esq.

Is another Hurricane a come hit mi state
So mi buy tin foods like mackerel and bully beef
Cause mi a prepare fi weh dis Hurricane a go gwaan wid
An whatl him have up him sleeve

Star, mi know a de Hurricane season
But bwoy, not another again! :o
Look like seh Jah a send a sign
To all a Him Florida people dem

Yow, mi buy more batteries & candles
Haffi have supplies galore
Mi tape up mi glass windows
Mi tape up mi glass doors

Neva know what can happen
Especially in dis yah time a crisis
Sometimes yu haffi face it alone
An trus dat everyting will be cris

Yu eva hear de saying bout
When trouble tek yu ...?
So mi a do all mi can before de
Pickney shut fit yu

Mi no upset, mi no mad, mi just a lil fraid
Cause de last Hurricane de cause nuff pain
But mi a go wid praya, mii a go in fait :eusa_pray
Mi a do we mi can fi prepare an set mi self straigt'.

So blow wind blow
An rain dun rain
Mi consider it a blessing now
Fi see Hurricane again.

Copyright © 2004 Althea Lewis

[InkyP1]

Very nice poem :)

[InkyP1]

Our Special Nights

I walked into my office this morning,
remembering what you last said to me. It
put a smile on my face. I pictured you
with your hand around my waist. Looking
into those warm brown eyes.

I treasure the moments of our bodies
glistening, turning around in all the postions.
You make me smile when you play with my
navel. Place your tongue in it and making
me tingle. Im not saying a word my girl is
watchin me. She's wondering why Im smiling.
Just let her ponda dat.

Hey im not telling her your sh&t is phat. I
love it when you take my hand and let me
rub you until you scream my name. You
put a smile on my face when you make love
erotic. Drinking me up like you on narcotics.
Its good to have you in my bed. I carry you
around all day in my head.

Hmmm. yea I cant wait till tonight. Cause I
know you gonna be just right. Let me have
it like and ice cream cone. Making it sweet
until I beg you for more. You get crazy and
we take it to the floor. We get the party started
and we rock the walls. You always give me
something good to remember. I know we just
getting started its only September. Let's always
keep our love and our special nights together.

[Zoley!]

Wow! that was great. I might try and post a few of my own. :)

[Zoley!]

"Big Wuds"

Missis mine yuh bruk yuh jaw-bone
All dem big wud yuh dah sey
Bout “New Nation,” Federation,”
“Delegation”.
Gal, go weh.

Wat a way yuh elevated!
Gal, is wa yuh chattin bout?
Nowadays is so-so big wud dah fly outa yuh mout!
Oh, is newspapa yuh reading
Meck yuh speaky-spoky so!
Read more, pop tory meck me hear
How Federation go.

Sey wa? Sey warra? Tap tap!
Kooyah! Massi me massa!
Dat deh confarance was great.

Me wish me coulda tun anancy
An pitch pon a wall
Fe enjoy how de delegates dem get eens dem saal!

Or if ah was a gingy-fly,
A buttafly, a bee,
Ah wish ah was a bug, a cockroach
Or even a flea!

Den missis, ah woulda deh deh
Fe se de agreement sign
An de delegates dem leggo
Pen-point pon de dotted line!

Missis we moving fas, we pon
De “up word trend” me chile
“Development”, “improvement” all
Dem wuds deh leggo wile!

History makin delegation, an
De growin population,
Most outstandin observation—
Dem all rhyme wid Federation!

Me like sey de big wuds dem, gwan like
Me learnin is fus rate;
But me hope dat me jawbone no bus
Before we federate.





Copyright ©: 2003 Cherise James
Jamaican Version

[Zoley!]

Cherise's Translation of "Big Wuds"


Miss be careful you don’t break your jaw
All of those big words you are saying
About New Nation, Federation, (Jamaican political groups)
Delegation.
Girl, go away.

You think you are so smart.
Girl, what are you talking about?
These days only big words come out of your mouth!
Oh, it’s the newspaper you’re reading.
Why are you speaking so proper?
Read more of the story for me to hear.
How does Federation work?

Say what? What did you say? Stop Stop!
Look at this! Lord have mercy!
That conference was great.

I wish I could be a spider
stuck on a wall.
To enjoy how the delegates get into
themselves!

Or if I was a busy body fly,
A butterfly, a bee,
I wish I was a bug, a cockroach
or even a flea!

Then miss, I would be there
to see the agreement signed
and when the delegates
put pen point to the dotted line!

Miss we are moving fast, we are
“moving forward” my child (friend etc.)
“Development,” “improvement” all
of those words are used freely!

History making delegation, and
The growing populations
Most outstanding observation,
They all rhyme with Federation!

I like to sat the big words, act like
My learning is first class
But I hope that my jawbone doesn’t break
Before we federate.




English Version

[Cocoa]

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DAT BUMPY HEAD GAL
by: Joan Andrea Hutchinson


Tell me how me no good enough fi yu TV screen
How me offend yu eyesight
Tell me me is a black ugly bumpy head gal
An me tell yu, me feeling right

Cuss me how me is a bootoo an me no have no class
Trace me an galang rude
Tell me a educated woman shoulda know lickle better
An me tell yu me feeling good

Yu say me hairstyle disgusting chacka chacka an tan bad
An fayva sinting outa street
An say me shoulda shame fi lef me house tan so
An me smile, me feeling sweet

Yu see, di truth is me no afraid of me owna self
Me not afraid of me
When me look eena di mirror me like di smaddy
Weh me see a look pan me

Me like her thick nappy hair an her broad face
Me like her in an outa clothes
Best of all me love wha she stan up for an defen
An a no pose she a pose

But serious, when yu a go fall in love wid you
An leggo of all yu fear
When yu a go teck di time tell God tanks fi yu life
Instead of fret bout hair

For ef it kinky or straight, ef we black or white
Transparent or opaque
God meck all a we fi a special reason
An God doan meck mistake

But ef all yu kyan do is criticise di Father work
Den yu life a go be salt
For Him love all a we an look out fi we
Even when we have nuff fault

So galang, call me black an bumpy head ef yu want
But meck sure yu say it loud
For di Creator love me and me feel good
Fi be bumpy head, black an proud!

....My work is as a result of Joan Hutchinson and Louise Bennett-Coverly.

[InkyP1]

Cherise's Translation of "Big Wuds"


Miss be careful you don’t break your jaw
All of those big words you are saying
About New Nation, Federation, (Jamaican political groups)
Delegation.
Girl, go away.

You think you are so smart.
Girl, what are you talking about?
These days only big words come out of your mouth!
Oh, it’s the newspaper you’re reading.
Why are you speaking so proper?
Read more of the story for me to hear.
How does Federation work?

Say what? What did you say? Stop Stop!
Look at this! Lord have mercy!
That conference was great.

I wish I could be a spider
stuck on a wall.
To enjoy how the delegates get into
themselves!

Or if I was a busy body fly,
A butterfly, a bee,
I wish I was a bug, a cockroach
or even a flea!

Then miss, I would be there
to see the agreement signed
and when the delegates
put pen point to the dotted line!

Miss we are moving fast, we are
“moving forward” my child (friend etc.)
“Development,” “improvement” all
of those words are used freely!

History making delegation, and
The growing populations
Most outstanding observation,
They all rhyme with Federation!

I like to sat the big words, act like
My learning is first class
But I hope that my jawbone doesn’t break
Before we federate.




English Version

I like both version its good you put it on like that. Thinking of a patois dictionary :icon_idea

[Cocoa]

I miss you to tears - Jamaica My Home

Oceans apart; while you’re burning in my heart
Sleepless night I must embrace
Longing to hear your voice
Wanting to see your face.

Many dark times of facing life alone
Diligently building this bridge I call home
Dreaming of you wondering what you’re doing
Facing this quiet night and watching it going

My mouth is silent
My body is in pain
My heart is in sorrow
Love gave me some gain.

I have beaten the pillows
I’ve cried out all the fears
My love… I need you
I miss you to tears.

Copyright © 2004 Althea Lewis

[InkyP1]

Found this for you Zoley the lyrics for your favorite song. :)

This Woman's Work lyrics

Pray God you can cope
I stand outside
This woman's work
This woman's world
Ooooh it's hard on the man
Now his part is over
Now starts the craft of the Father

I know you've got a little life in you left
I know you've got a lot of strength left
I know you've got a little life in you yet
I know you've got a lot of strength left

I should be crying but I just can't let it show
I should be hoping but I can't stop thinking
All the things we should've said that I never said
All the things we should have done that we never did
All the things we should have given but I didn't

Oh darling make it go
Make it go away

Give me these moments
Give them back to me
Give me that little kiss
Give me your ...
I know you have a little life in you yet
Give me your hand babe
I know you have a lot of strength left
Give me your prayers
I know you have a little life in you yet
Ooooh oooh oooh
I know you have a lot of strength left
Your loved child
I know you have a little life in you yet
Whatever you need baby
I know you have a lot of strength left
Give me your hand
I know you have a little life in you yet
Give me you hand
I know you have a lot of strength left

I should be crying but I just can't let it show
I should be hoping but I can't stop thinking
Of all the things we should've said that we never said
All the things we should have done that we never did
All the things that you wanted from me
All the things that you needed tell me
All the things I should have given but I didn't
Oh darling make it go away
Just make it go away now

[Cocoa]

Phenomenal Woman
By: Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
but when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say, it's in the reach of my arms the span of my hips,
the stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please,
and to a man, the fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me, a hive of honeybees.
I say, it's the fire in my eyes, and the flash of my teeth,
the swing in my waist, and the joy in my feet.

I'm a woman Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered what they see in me.
They try so much but they can't touch My inner mystery.
When I try to show them they say they still can't see.
I say, It's in the arch of my back, The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style.

I'm a woman Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman, That’s me.

Now you understand just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing it ought to make you proud.
I say, It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause

I'm a woman Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman, That's me.
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[Drew]

:eusa_clap cocoa that one has a nice ride to it. double thumps up :eusa_clap

[Greatis]

my my wonderful poem hmmmm JB. Jamaica My Home.

[Nastro]

Lovely poems guys, I’ve seen so far
Your writing skills are quite on par
I wish to add my little piece,
Just verbal snack, not a 3-course feast

I thought really hard on what to write,
My fingers and brains had one big fight,
But when I thought it would be too hard,
I remembered the love here on CARIBYARD

We bond and chat what’s on our minds,
And sometimes expose what’s behind the blinds
Caught in the topic our thoughts we rations
And express ourselves in thoughtful passion

We don’t know each other, but we’re still friends
When we come flex on our Online ‘ends’
I am at work now so I got to go
Who’s poem is it next its your time to flow

[Cocoa]

My my Nastro you can flow
Now pass me the mike let me see which way I can go
I saw and I conquerored and I joined this site
It left me speechless, it made me smile

I have a few big-ups I want to hand out
But first to the big man, who started this house
Chris like none other, the 'original dandada'
With all of the Wonderful Moderators:

Greatis, Arch_Angel and BlackCrytoKnight
Along with the members who joined the Caribyard site
You have members from Jamaica, Grenada and all over
All of the Caribbean people put together

Lots of love and 'shot-outs' to every single one
May we continue to post as 'ONE NATION"
Peace, fun and nuff unity
Come join and enjoy the Caribbean Family.
:D

[Cocoa]

Sleepless Nights

I don't suffer from insomnia
I don't suffer from pain
But I have a problem sleeping
Every night it is the same

When I close my eyes at night
My mind drifts to a place
A place all the way in Jamaica
A place I had found grace

Children clapping and singing
Ribbons and toffee too
Old church ladies with their fans
Deacons dressed in suits

My mind doesn't stop there
Oh no it keeps going on
Remembering the time I had a mike
Remembering the days I sang many songs

My old company were virgins
Unstripped in their thinking and in their ways
But I wouldn't trade them for nothing
I wouldn't want to erase those days.

Walking on the beach
Kicking the sand beneath my feet
Watching the sun- set
Feeling the Jamaican breeze.

As I twist on my pillow
My mind changes its course
Now to a friend and lover
Sweat now fills my pores

Will my mind stop running?
Will my mind let me sleep?!
But with the thoughts I am having,
I had stop counting sheep

Finally, my black lids start closing
My mind finally went to a rest
Now I can go to sleep
The bed with the pillows feels the best.

(c) JaCocoa Butter.

[Lisa20]

COME ON BOO!

Tonight Im going to bed in a vex state of mind.
How can I make you understand it's not
about you all the time. I try to tell you
I just need some space. You dont need
to follow me all over the place.

Sometimes I love you and then I hate you.
But mostly I love you, that's why I call you
my boo. But sometimes I could hit you with my
shoe. We always go through these things and
that's no lie.

But tonight I dont want to be vexed. Just have
this stress in my left breast. Cho! I love you
cant you see that. Come on and make love to
me and rub my thighs. Let me give it to you
again like a big surprise each and every time
you rise.

Forget all the troubles we had today and
remember that our love is here to stay. Let's
not forget what we said. Don't go to bed angry
with that stuff in our head. Let's start poppin
and stop all this fussin. Come on baby and
turn off the lights. I love you.

I love this one is it an orginal. I really connect with it.

[BMGrip]

Yes its an original

[BMGrip]

Woman I love you...
for giving me life
Woman I love you....
for everything you've given me
Woman I Love you...
for the days you had to struggle
Woman I love you...
for all the hope you gave me
Woman I love you...
for holding me in your tender arms
Woman I love you....
for being the love of my life
Woman I love you
for teaching about right and wrong
Woman I love you...
for you taught me to have God in my life
Woman I love you...
for comfort and joy.
Woman I love you...
for your a treasure from God
you taught how to be who I am
and that I recognize.
Woman I love you..
with all my heart. I thank
God for you Mom. Let nothing
keep us apart.
Woman I love you.

[Tastee]

Woman I love you...
for giving me life
Woman I love you....
for everything you've given me
Woman I Love you...
for the days you had to struggle
Woman I love you...
for all the hope you gave me
Woman I love you...
for holding me in your tender arms
Woman I love you....
for being the love of my life
Woman I love you
for teaching about right and wrong
Woman I love you...
for you taught me to have God in my life
Woman I love you...
for comfort and joy.
Woman I love you...
for your a treasure from God
you taught how to be who I am
and that I recognize.
Woman I love you..
with all my heart. I thank
God for you Mom. Let nothing
keep us apart.
Woman I love you.


I LOVE YOU TO MOM!!!! :)

[InkyP1]

BMGrip you are a good son God Bless You Always.

[Zoley!]

Teddy Bear


A bear, however hard he tries,
Grows tubby without exercise.
Our Teddy Bear is short and fat,
Which is not to be wondered at;
He gets what exercise he can
By falling off the ottoman,
But generally seems to lack
The energy to clamber back.

Now tubbiness is just the thing
Which gets a fellow wondering;
And Teddy worried lots about
The fact that he was rather stout.
He thought: "If only I were thin!
But how does anyone begin?"
He thought: "It really isn't fair
To grudge one exercise and air."

For many weeks he pressed in vain
His nose against the window-pane,
And envied those who walked about
Reducing their unwanted stout.
None of the people he could see
"Is quite" (he said) "as fat as me!"
Then, with a still more moving sigh,
"I mean" (he said) "as fat as I!

One night it happened that he took
A peep at an old picture-book,
Wherein he came across by chance
The picture of a King of France
(A stoutish man) and, down below,
These words: "King Louis So and So,
Nicknamed 'The Handsome!'" There he sat,
And (think of it!) the man was fat!

Our bear rejoiced like anything
To read about this famous King,
Nicknamed "The Handsome." There he sat,
And certainly the man was fat.
Nicknamed "The Handsome." Not a doubt
The man was definitely stout.
Why then, a bear (for all his tub)
Might yet be named "The Handsome Cub!"

"Might yet be named." Or did he mean
That years ago he "might have been"?
For now he felt a slight misgiving:
"Is Louis So and So still living?
Fashions in beauty have a way
Of altering from day to day.
Is 'Handsome Louis' with us yet?
Unfortunately I forget."

Next morning (nose to window-pane)
The doubt occurred to him again.
One question hammered in his head:
"Is he alive or is he dead?"
Thus, nose to pane, he pondered; but
The lattice window, loosely shut,
Swung open. With one startled "Oh!"
Our Teddy disappeared below.

There happened to be passing by
A plump man with a twinkling eye,
Who, seeing Teddy in the street,
Raised him politely to his feet,
And murmured kindly in his ear
Soft words of comfort and of cheer:
"Well, well!" "Allow me!" "Not at all."
"Tut-tut! A very nasty fall."

Our Teddy answered not a word;
It's doubtful if he even heard.
Our bear could only look and look:
The stout man in the picture-book!
That 'handsome' King - could this be he,
This man of adiposity?
"Impossible," he thought. "But still,
No harm in asking. Yes I will!"

"Are you," he said,"by any chance
His Majesty the King of France?"
The other answered, "I am that,"
Bowed stiffly, and removed his hat;
Then said, "Excuse me," with an air,
"But is it Mr Edward Bear?"
And Teddy, bending very low,
Replied politely, "Even so!"

They stood beneath the window there,
The King and Mr Edward Bear,
And, handsome, if a trifle fat,
Talked carelessly of this and that....
Then said His Majesty, "Well, well,
I must get on," and rang the bell.
"Your bear, I think," he smiled. "Good-day!"
And turned, and went upon his way.

A bear, however hard he tries,
Grows tubby without exercise.
Our Teddy Bear is short and fat,
Which is not to be wondered at.
But do you think it worries him
To know that he is far from slim?
No, just the other way about -
He's proud of being short and stout.

AA Milne
Comments about this poem (Teddy Bear by AA Milne)

[Pondadat]

"May God above
send down a dove
with wings as sharp as razors,
to pierce the heart of any guy
who loves a girl
then betrays her."


"A heart is not a play thing,
a heart is not a toy,
but if you want it broken,
Just give it to a boy.

Boys they like to play with things
To see what makes them run,
But when it comes to kissing,
They do it just for fun.

Boys never give their hearts away
They play us girls for fools,
They wait untill we give our hearts
And then they play it cool.

You will wonder where he is a night
You will wonder if hes true,
One moment you will be happy,
One moment you will be blue.

If you get a chance to see him
Your heart begins to dance
Your life revolves around him,
Theres nothing like romance.

And then it starts to happen,
You worry day and night
You see, my friend, you're losing him
It never turns out right.

Boys are great, though immature
The price you pay is high,
He may seem sweet and gorgeous
But remember, hes a guy.

Don't fall in love with just a boy
That takes alot of nerve.
You see, my friend, you need a man
To get what you deserve.

So when you think that you're in love,
Be careful if you can
Before you give your heart away
Make sure that hes a man."


*********************
Got a good guy quote? Send it in!

You can view guy quote on G.A.S. if you look it up you will see what it stands for. I still love guys, but you suck!!!

[ramesh]

Glory

In the morn
When I awake
You are there
For Heaven's sake

Your glory
Lights the path
You douse my fears
Curb any wrath

From dusk till dawn
You shine so bright
Not even the clouds
Can block your light

From beach to mountain
After all is said and done
Everone is greatful to you
O mighty Sun.

[AngelsKiss]

Glory

In the morn
When I awake
You are there
For Heaven's sake

Your glory
Lights the path
You douse my fears
Curb any wrath

From dusk till dawn
You shine so bright
Not even the clouds
Can block your light

From beach to mountain
After all is said and done
Everone is greatful to you
O mighty Sun.


Did you write this Ramesh?

[ramesh]

Did you write this Ramesh? Yep, that's all mine. Composed it this morning. :)

[AngelsKiss]

Yep, that's all mine. Composed it this morning. :)
It's good Ramesh...you are talented:)

[ramesh]

It's good Ramesh...you are talented:)I did start a poetry thread on Techjamaica.com's forums, but it never went too far, even with Gillion and Xeno's help. It became a dancehall lyrics thread instead!

[AngelsKiss]

I did start a poetry thread on Techjamaica.com's forums, but it never went too far, even with Gillion and Xeno's help. It became a dancehall lyrics thread instead!
LOL...am not surprise it became a dancehall thread...it's the kids that are on there :)

[Cocoa]

I liked it ramesh... but the 'un' at the end.. is it Jesus the Son or the sunshine?

[ramesh]

Actually, I meant the Sun not the Son. But it's still open to interpretation

[ramesh]

Beautiful

Your soft skin
Smooth to the touch
Your silky soft hair
Never have I experienced such

I look at you
Your face so bright
Looking into mine
The entire night

How could I deserve
A woman like you?
Some unselfish act perform'd?
What miracle did I do?

I care not
For my heart is full
Just one more thing
You are beautiful.

[Cocoa]

Beautiful

Your soft skin
Smooth to the touch
Your silky soft hair
Never have I experienced such

I look at you
Your face so bright
Looking into mine
The entire night

How could I deserve
A woman like you?
Some unselfish act perform'd?
What miracle did I do?

I care not
For my heart is full
Just one more thing
You are beautiful.
oh Ramesh... you are quite a charm. She must be someone special ha? Great piece. :eusa_clap

[ramesh]

oh Ramesh... you are quite a charm. She must be someone special ha? Great piece. :eusa_clapI'll have to reserve it. I'm what you call "unattached" at the moment. :(

[ramesh]

Lost
by Ramesh Daryanani
=====

For days we have drifted
Food and water almost gone
No land in sight
Looks like Death has won.

Caught between the devil
and the deep blue sea
Don't know what
Each wants with me.

My thoughts turn
To the knife at my waist
One eye on my companion
Wondering how human flesh would taste

The food and water no more
Will I go to hell I wonder
My companion dead from exposure
Surely God will understand the need of hunger?

[AngelsKiss]

Lost
by Ramesh Daryanani
=====

For days we have drifted
Food and water almost gone
No land in sight
Looks like Death has won.

Caught between the devil
and the deep blue sea
Don't know what
Each wants with me.

My thoughts turn
To the knife at my waist
One eye on my companion
Wondering how human flesh would taste

The food and water no more
Will I go to hell I wonder
My companion dead from exposure
Surely God will understand the need of hunger?

Another good one Ramesh http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_17_209.gif

[Cocoa]

Man Ramesh.... now I know how it TRULY feel fi dead fi hunger. That poem was deep!

[Zoley!]

it was alittle morbid like gruesome. interesting what compelled that thought hmmm.

[ramesh]

it was alittle morbid like gruesome. interesting what compelled that thought hmmm.I've never been lost at sea in a boat, if that's what you mean. :D

[ramesh]

Caribyard by R. Daryanani
=====================

It is a wondrous thing
This meeting place
Caribyard.com
Somewhere up in Cyberspace

People from near and far
From places too far to walk
They all come together
Come here to talk.

Arch_Angel, Drew, Gillion, Pondadat,
Greatis, Xeno, Bashment Girl, Zoley,
BCK, BMGrip, Jacocoabutter, Nastro,
Kitten, Messinya, Simran, Tastee,

InkyP1, deakie, priceless_d,
ActorRod, Ropy, Chris,
Is there anyone I missed?
Oh yes, almost forgot Angelskiss! ;)

[Cocoa]

:D aww that's sweet Ramesh.

[Pondadat]

Hey ladies before gentlemen Ramesh.. :eusa_naug

Keep them coming they are special like the writer. :)

[InkyP1]

Caribyard by R. Daryanani
=====================

It is a wondrous thing
This meeting place
Caribyard.com
Somewhere up in Cyberspace

People from near and far
From places too far to walk
They all come together
Come here to talk.

Arch_Angel, Drew, Gillion, Pondadat,
Greatis, Xeno, Bashment Girl, Zoley,
BCK, BMGrip, Jacocoabutter, Nastro,
Kitten, Messinya, Simran, Tastee,

InkyP1, deakie, priceless_d,
ActorRod, Ropy, Chris,
Is there anyone I missed?
Oh yes, almost forgot Angelskiss! ;)


Thanks for including me in your poem. I thought I was the only writer around here. I think I have some competition here. What do you say? Keep them going, because they are delightful to read. Maybe you should think about publishing some of them. I think you have something there,you could try a contest and see what happens. ok

[ramesh]

Everyone here is special. :)

[InkyP1]

Simon and Garfunkel Lyrics:
Bridge over Troubled Water

When you're weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I'm on your side. When times get rough
And friends just can't be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

When you're down and out,
When you're on the street,
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you.
I'll take your part.
When darkness comes
And pains is all around,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

Sail on silver girl,
Sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.

[Cocoa]

Oh my, thank you!!! I love that song soooooo very much. :)

[ramesh]

Loved that song ever since I can remember.

[ramesh]

Ready or Not by R. Daryanani
======================

Ready or not
It's now my time
The World is out there
And I'm going to get mine.

Been cooped up for months
Need to get out
Any much longer
And I swear I shall shout!

Ah, now outside
Now I'm going to paint the town red
Hey, someone slapped me in the butt!
Darned Doctor! Wnen I'm bigger, I'll hit him in the head!

[Cocoa]

My Quiet time

With the hustle and bustle of the day
I stop to relax and rest for the day
I hadn't had time for myself lately
Cause sometimes life is like internal insanity.
The car needs fixing;
My money is low
The work needs improvement
But I have no where to go.
So now let me get my fingers working
to post on Carib Yard another line
These are my only moments of quiet time.

............................................... :eusa_pray

-JCB.

[Yo-Yo]

My Quiet time

With the hustle and bustle of the day
I stop to relax and rest for the day
I hadn't had time for myself lately
Cause sometimes life is like internal insanity.
The car needs fixing;
My money is low
The work needs improvement
But I have no where to go.
So now let me get my fingers working
to post on Carib Yard another line
These are my only moments of quiet time.

............................................... :eusa_pray

-JCB.

So Sweet dont get depressed. get up and say YO what the hek! :icon_mrgr

[little warchief]

Laughter

My world RIpped assunder

by the blinking of an eye

my world was brought to an end

my hopes in life was crushed

as the meciless wave began to descend

Happiness florished on fields of flower

And like a tempest great did the wave devour

a moment a sec in time

consumed by judgement devine

shattering bones and flesh and so much more deep

crushing spirits and hopes

seperating body soul and mind

the fundimental answers in life i tried to find

as i drifted away with its regurgitated debre

my fate so clear i could not see

a river a sea of my peoples tear

my crying mother i could not hear

the stench of death begin to fill the air

can you feel and hear the screaming wombs

but no answers were heared from the beloved tombs

tiranic tsunami

why did you take my mommy

her smile devine

my wifes gentle touch

i loved her so much

Wicked tsunami

why did you take my only son

my only child

so gentle so mild

tsunami

why did you take my life

With no warning you came in

and with such ease you took everything

my morning or Eternal light

now by your will

Endless starless night

you covered me over my breath you took away

could i prove you did it now i cannot say

youth eternally was your gift to me

for now i cannot age

I suffered irony

THe tsunami's Rage



Dedicated to the tsunami victims. RIP to all lost souls. I was thinking about you

[ramesh]

Coming Darkness by R. Daryanani
======================

Wind blows
Through trees of old
Whispers of
A nameless danger

The Wizard listens
Knits his brow
His age showing
He is worried

Below the wall
The little people revel
Oblivious to
The coming shadow

He is not alone
The Elf Lord shares his worry
Will they withstand
The coming evil

The Quest hangs
but on the edge of a knife
In the hands of a Hobbit
Named Frodo

[Pondadat]

Lil Warchief, Good poem for the Tsunami victims.... Ramesh, I love Lord of The Rings.

[little warchief]

yeah man respect i was moved to write something

[Zoley!]

Gwey From Me!"

By Margaret Bailey


You know me now,

Just de odder day you act like yu was too busy to pay mi no mind,

Now you act like me is yu only sunshine,

Mi have tree words for yu, "Gwey from me!"

Now you pon bending knees,

Willing to wade thru de fleas,

Mi case an get out mi way,

Me have a very full day,

Just gwey from me,

Because me is the same somebody that you pretended not to see.

[ramesh]

Unwanted child by R. Daryanani
========================

All his life
he had lived
In the cupboard
under the stairs.

All the pain
All the abuse
From the family
That was not his own.

Then there came
The letter of hope
An escape from
The prison of a house.

Jump for joy!
He had been invited
to attend a school
known as Hogwarts.

[Yo-Yo]

Robert William Service - Stupidity

Stupidity, woe's anodyne,
Be kind and comfort me in mine;
Smooth out the furrows of my brow,
Make me as carefree as a cow,
Content to sleep and eat and drink
And never think

Stupidity, let me be blind
To all the ills of humankind;
Fill me with simple sentiment
To walk the way my father went;
School me to sweat with robot folk
Beneath the yoke.

Stupidity, keep in their place
The moiling masses of my race,
And bid the lowly multitude
Be humble as a people should;
Learn us with patient hearts, I pray,
Lords to obey.

Stupidity and Ignorance,
Be you our buffers 'mid mischance;
Endoctrine us to do your will,
And other stupid people kill;
Fool us with hope of Life to be,
Great god to whom we bow the knee,
--STUPIDITY.

Thought I would add this one to you alls poetry cafe.

[Pondadat]

Nice poem Yo-Yo. :)

[Pondadat]

This Poem is for Tastee & BMGrip.


He never leaves the seat up …

He never leaves the seat up

Or wet towels upon the floor

The toothpaste has the lid on

And he always shuts the door!

She’s very clean and tidy

Though she may sometimes delude

Leave your things out at your peril

In a second they’ll have moved!

He’s a very active person

As are all his next of kin

Where as she likes lazy days

He’ll still drag her to the gym!

He romances her and dines her

Home cooked dinners and the like

He even knows her favourite food

And spoils her day and night!

She’s thoughtful when he looks at her

A smile upon his face

Will he look that good in 50 years

When his dentures aren’t in place?!

He says he loves her figure

And her mental prowess too

But when gravity takes her over

Will she charm with her IQ?

She says she loves his kindness

And his patience is a must

And of course she thinks he’s handsome

Which in her eyes is a plus!

They’re both not wholly perfect

But who are we to judge

He can be pig headed

Where as she won’t even budget!

All that said and done

They love the time they spent together

And I hope as I’m sure you do

That this fine day will last forever.

He’ll be more than just her husband

He’ll also be her friend

And she’ll be more than just his wife

She’s be his soul mate ‘till the end.

[Gwadinka]

wow guys i m really impressed!!!!Ramesh urs about Harry Potter is great, i havn't read the others yet, and Pondadat thanx now i know some gossips about the other members

[ramesh]

wow guys i m really impressed!!!!Ramesh urs about Harry Potter is great, i havn't read the others yet, and Pondadat thanx now i know some gossips about the other members Thanks, Gwadinka. We have some very talented poets here! :)

[ramesh]

Search for a new home - Ramesh Daryanani
=================================

Far across the Universe
They fight to survive
Their home destroyed
By robots they created.

They searched for survivors
On their planet Caprica
They found quite a few
Helpless men, women and children

Put together what they could
To escape the Cylon tyranny
Leave their home
For space unknown

A few ragtag ships
And the Battlestar Galactica
On a quest to find a mythical planet
Known as Earth.

[Pondadat]

Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross Lyrics

Many rivers to cross
But I can`t seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it`s only my will
That keeps me alive
I`ve been licked, washed up for years and
I merely survive because of my pride.

And this loneliness won`t leave me alone
It`s such a drag to be on your own
My woman left and she didn't say why
Well I guess I have to try.
Many rivers to cross but just where to begin
I`m playing for time
There`ll be times I find myself thinking
Of committing some dreadful crime.

I`ve got many rivers to cross
But I can`t seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it`s only my will
That keeps me alive
I`ve been licked, washed up for years and,
I merely survive because of my pride.

[Cocoa]

Just me in my little world - JCB 2/05

It's just me in my little world
But I like it this way
No one bothering me
Don't have much to say.
Seeing them pass me by
As if I don't exist
No hugs, no tears for me
Not even a little kiss?

Just me in my little world
I'd rather stay in my shell
Who cares anyway?
They won't know thats where I dwell.
Hearing the voices around me
Weighing the positive and the negative
Seeing different images
Playing the devils advocate.

Just me in my little world
Right now this is where I want to be
To hopefully grow and learn
Through the years; so let it be.
Certificates, diplomas & recognition
Their significance is on a low
Cause I feel numb to this world
I don't want to let my feelings show.

Just me in my little world
Pretty soon it will be BIG for me
Cause I was born for opposition
But I was created with destiny.

[Pondadat]

A Poet's Prayer
by Connie Hinnen Cook

There are words that You want said,
Place these words inside my head;
Jesus, speak through me as I
Write the words that You supply.

There are hearts You want to reach,
Truths that only You can teach;
Unsaved souls that yearn for You,
Wonders only You can do.

If You want a willing heart
That will eagerly impart
Each new thought that comes from Thee,
Here am I, dear Lord, use me.

Let this yielded piece of clay
Write the words You want to say;
Please anoint my writing pen,
This I humbly pray, Amen.

--Connie

"...the Holy Spirit will teach you
in that very hour
what you ought to say."
(Luke 12:12, NASB)

[Gwadinka]

This one is known as the 'Four weddings and a funeral' poem but its real name is Funeral Blues by W.H.Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever:I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

[Nastro]

Jealous & Insecure
By: Nastro


I read through these poems and feel so inspired,
by the passion and skills you all have acquired.
Your feelings I feel, through your eyes I can view,
But deep in my heart, my true envy grew.

You are free to express yourselves so great,
but I am bewildered and can't think straight.
You are destined for greatness in all the earth,
and I will never be respected for what I'm worth.

Why am I feeling the way that I do,
Because I'm overlooked and the focus is you?
or is it because I have been pushed and shoved?
or have I forgotten what it means to be loved?

Ah well, such is life its time to move on
Who here wants to help me get my groove on?
Got to end this poem, I've run out off time.
Ilding here at work is considered a crime.

[shakeri]

please take into consideration,
that you must never give up in desperation,
but work with positive inspiration.

[Pondadat]

Jealous & Insecure
By: Nastro


I read through these poems and feel so inspired,
by the passion and skills you all have acquired.
Your feelings I feel, through your eyes I can view,
But deep in my heart, my true envy grew.

You are free to express yourselves so great,
but I am bewildered and can't think straight.
You are destined for greatness in all the earth,
and I will never be respected for what I'm worth.

Why am I feeling the way that I do,
Because I'm overlooked and the focus is you?
or is it because I have been pushed and shoved?
or have I forgotten what it means to be loved?

Ah well, such is life its time to move on
Who here wants to help me get my groove on?
Got to end this poem, I've run out off time.
Ilding here at work is considered a crime.

Nastor, That was really good. :eusa_clap

[Nastro]

Nastro, That was really good. :eusa_clap

Thanks Pondadat
By: Nastro



Thank You Pondadat, I do appreciate it
Remember its was your skills that did initiate it ;)
I am still sad inside but I feel a bit better
Admired by someone though I'm no longer the trendsetter.

What poems do you like, maybe I could do some,
Something about love or something more gruesome?
Which topic will it be, hhmm I wonder what?
Come on now we patiently waiting pondadat!



-----
Thanks again Pondadat.

[Pondadat]

Nastro, A poet writes of Love, Philosophy, Inspiration. Words that touch your Mind and Your Soul. I know you can do that for the Mind and Soul. :)

[shakeri]

u are very talented nastro. i love writing poems also,but urs seems better.

[Nastro]

u are very talented nastro. i love writing poems also,but urs seems better. Thank you..


hhmmm.... Pondadat.......


Gonna eat my lunch and write one for you on that.

[Nastro]

Mind Body and Soul (MAD Version)
Nastro


Cowardice, Bravery, shyness, bold
Young at heart and men of old
Endlessly, in thought we seek to find,
The truth of our body, soul and mind.

We think of life and love and lust,
Of what we can't and what we must,
Of things up-building, ourselves to grow,
I'm liking this poem, oh does it show? :D

Your soul is yours but not to keep,
What does it do.... when you sleep?
Does it rest with us or takes a walk,
and meet with others and have a talk?

I am taking this poem on a careless spin,
but I'm just expressing my thoughts within.
So I know its strange and seems quite ODD
But enlightenment comes from the one true GOD.

[Pondadat]

Mind Body and Soul (MAD Version)
Nastro


Cowardice, Bravery, shyness, bold
Young at heart and men of old
Endlessly, in thought we seek to find,
The truth of our body, soul and mind.

We think of life and love and lust,
Of what we can't and what we must,
Of things up-building, ourselves to grow,
I'm liking this poem, oh does it show? :D

Your soul is yours but not to keep,
What does it do.... when you sleep?
Does it rest with us or takes a walk,
and meet with others and have a talk?

I am taking this poem on a careless spin,
but I'm just expressing my thoughts within.
So I know its strange and seems quite ODD
But enlightenment comes from the one true GOD.


that was absolutely wonderful Nastro.. i been so busy working i haven't been able to take a break. but this break was worth it reading your poem. God is true all the time. hope you join my forum and write me some. http://linkup.forumer.com. still a work in progress. peace

[Cocoa]

Nastro your an excellent writer.

[Nastro]

I am glad you guys like it.

[shakeri]

bravo nastro! excellente! magnifioso! muy bien! irie!


NASTRO!

[Pondadat]

bravo pondadat! excellente! magnifioso! muy bien! irie!
ok thanks but what did i doo. :icon_mrgr lol

[shakeri]

Oooops! My Mistake Pondadat I Meant It For Nastro.sorry!

[ramesh]

LOL!! Mistaken identity? ;)

[Pondadat]

You see that i cant get no love! ;)

[Foxy Kay]

... :)... I enjoyed the poem too Nastro ... great job!

[Nastro]

You guys are making me blush....thank you guys, i really appreciate it.

Give me a topic or senario or event

[Arch_Angel]

Nat bad Nastro. Not bad. :cool:
Could be better though. ;)

[Gwadinka]

Nastro your poems are really great, I' m truly impressed. But what about the life of a leaf falling from a tree? It's just an idea, as you said you lacked inspiration. Hope it will arise soon.

[Gwadinka]

So this it
All this for that
Butterflies, waterfalls, didn't think it'll ever die
Daffodils, blue roses, purple sky, didn't think you'll ever cry
Strange isn't it how life can change in a second
You forget everything but this blood pond
Focus on nothing but this little ugly pretty body
Worry about nothing but to hear it say something
And in your anxious silence, revolt inside
'Yell, cry, shout, scream, talk,
Love me, hate me but please speak'
And as there is still no sign of life
You let yourself go into desperation,
You stop fighting and start thinking
He won't die alone, I'll go with my baby.
And when every one gives up on him,
Hope herself decides to go away
A muffled murmur, a strange whisper
The sound of life, he is alive
Tears of joy, you'll name him Heroy.

[Cocoa]

My Black Man
Written by Kimberly R. Lynon

(For Manu...embrace your Blackness Prince
Poem for him just because I feel his pain, my friend)

From the shortest strand of hair on
his head to the very tiniest crease in
his feet

My black man is strong and complete
The lusciousness in his lips
and the strength in his hips

My black man is ever bit of unique
The seriousness in his eyes and
even the tears when he cries

My black man is a man of emotions
And when he speaks everyone stops to
listen because what he says is "real"
My black man is a man you can "feel"

His shoulders are strong,
they can carry a lot of weight
And when you need him
My black man does not hesitate

He speak with knowledge and with
confidence
My black man is intelligent.
He is a man of promptness and
cares about time
But the best thing about my black man is

My black man is mine.

[Manu]

Um...Cocoa...mine you get mi in trouble with the wife :eusa_shif

A joke....thanx...thanx a whole lot!

[Cocoa]

Um...Cocoa...mine you get mi in trouble with the wife :eusa_shif

A joke....thanx...thanx a whole lot!No trubble man..tell har fi call mi if needs be. Nothing wrong wid level! ;) Just that me n yu deh pan a level wid de blackness, thats all. Nutn more.

[Master E]

nice poem
nuh av nutin bout yuh coolie man?

[nuhsenutten]

dat mi a sey too.....bwoy :eusa_snoo

[Cocoa]

nice poem
nuh av nutin bout yuh coolie man?same ting apply. :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

[Master E]

My Black Woman
Original written by Kimberly R. Lynon
Edited Version by Master E



From the shortest strand of hair on
Her head to the very tiniest crease in
Her feet

My black woman is strong and complete
The lusciousness in her lips
And the strength in her hips

My black woman is ever bit of unique
The gentleness in her eyes and
Even the tears when she cries

My black woman is a woman of emotions
And when she speaks everyone stops to
Listen because what she says is "real"
My black woman is a woman you can "feel"

Her shoulders are strong,
They carry a lot of weight
And when you need her
My black woman does not hesitate

She speak with knowledge and with
Confidence
My black woman is intelligent.
She is a woman of promptness and
Cares about time
But the best thing about my black woman is

My black woman is mine. :eusa_whis :icon_lol:

[Manu]

Ever heard of PLAGIARISM?

[Master E]

Ever heard of PLAGIARISM?
No Conteraction! :eusa_danc

[nuhsenutten]

u haffi come better than that boss........error .....try again :eusa_naug

[Manu]

Wah kinda counter-action that????? Use back the same words....

[Master E]

Wah kinda counter-action that????? Use back the same words....
ah di remix fi di women :D

[Cocoa]

Back to posing poems ladies and gents please.

[Jae]

Bwoy unnu full a lyrics eeh? Glad to know that true talent still exists. Maybe me'll post one when the inspiration lick mi...until then...

[Jae]

The Circle- Jae

Trapped within infinity, time has not a chance.
Wishing to embrace eternity, but it's at such a distance.
Calling through the emptiness, only echoes accompany me.
On my journey to nowhere, and nothing is all I see.
How to rise above it all, without dying inside.
Can we all make it without being denied?
Time to live.
Time to breathe.
Time to love.
Time to grow.
Souls can't drift forever, they must at sometime find somewhere to go.
But believing in a dream is worth losing reality.
Because reality has no appeal,
And dreams can't from you your soul steal

[Nastro]

Falling for Higher Purpose
by: Nastro
Inspired by Gwadinka



Weak I am, as tears fall down my cheek,
and in my own tears my own strength I seek,
To guide me and push me in times of grief,
just like a tree and the falling of a leaf.

Tears of happiness, tears of joy,
joined by laughter, by delight filled boy.
Like fruits, and flowers and blossoms so free,
all caused by the falling of the leaf from the tree.

I cried with my friend who I held so dear,
who lost all her family and now lives in fear,
just like the earthworm, that lives in the earth,
is fed by the leaves that has fallen to the dirt.

These things occurred as the leaf had got rotten,
did its good work and is done and forgotten,
But just for its causes, I'd like to be,
Just like the leaf that had fell from the tree.


Nastro.

[Cocoa]

Falling for Higher Purpose
by: Nastro
Inspired by Gwadinka



Weak I am, as tears fall down my cheek,
and in my own tears my own strength I seek,
To guide me and push me in times of grief,
just like a tree and the falling of a leaf.

Tears of happiness, tears of joy,
joined by laughter, by delight filled boy.
Like fruits, and flowers and blossoms so free,
all caused by the falling of the leaf from the tree.

I cried with my friend who I held so dear,
who lost all her family and now lives in fear,
just like the earthworm, that lives in the earth,
is fed by the leaves that has fallen to the dirt.

These things occurred as the leaf had got rotten,
did its good work and is done and forgotten,
But just for its causes, I'd like to be,
Just like the leaf that had fell from the tree.

~Cocoa


Nastro. :icon_cry: :eusa_clap you do awesome work Nastro. He absolutely love it.

I know how it feels to be that leaf on the tree
That was once fallen from grace but eyes are open to see
I pray that your heart will learn while you stand away from the heap
For in due season, all that you have sown will be reaped.

~Cocoa

[Gwadinka]

The Negro Speaks of Rivers (to W. E. B. B. DuBois) by Langston Hughes

I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow
of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.

I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went
down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn
all golden in the sunset.

[Gwadinka]

Refusal by Maya Angelou


Beloved,
In what other lives or lands
Have I known your lips
Your Hands
Your Laughter brave
Irreverent.
Those sweet excesses that
I do adore.
What surety is there
That we will meet again,
On other worlds some
Future time undated.
I defy my body's haste.
Without the promise
Of one more sweet encounter
I will not deign to die.

[Xenocrates]

Tin Soldiers
by Xeno

Bequeath me the Gods of War
That sought to slay this metaphor
Of thin tin soldiers who just may
Not realise they're Jars of Clay!

With what bargain shall thin tin men
Exchange in life for their brethren
Who've lost their lives for but black gold
In a dry land of hearts so cold?

They murder so salaciously
And victimize voraciously!
They kill themselves and enemy
All to ensure their victory!

For how is one to beat a foe
(Whom thin tin soldiers also know)
Fear not fear nor death nor pain
And carry such intense disdain?

Just how many more crying mothers
Need to see the death of others
Caught amidst lies and deceit
Of a pathological cheat!?

Is this "America the brave"?
A lost bewildered soul to save?
Too blind, too far, too mad to see
Their folly and their misery?

Fetch them more wood for the hot fires!
Write the speech, more words for liars!
Put more thin tin men to grinders,
Then just pull the media blinders!

They slaughter them for personal gain,
Thin tin soldiers maimed and slain.
Though it's become "New Vietnam",
They neither flinch nor give a damn.

It's sad to see these jars of clay
Break and splinter in every which way.
As they partake in this glorious sin,
It's only a pity they're made of tin.

[Jae]

You guys make me feel like mi nah try :icon_cry: :icon_cry: !!!

[Manu]

Bombart star......xeno....that should be submitted to the TIMES......:eusa_clap

[W.I.L.L.Y]

Ok this is from one of my songs i did a while back its called
I want to know yeap by Willy

Of course I cried when I heard that my best friend died
I had to show feelings I couldn’t hide behind my pride
I was eleven back then it was the first for me, man I’ve never lost a friend
Time and time again good memories leads me to crying.

While I wipe away the tears has a way of hiding
The pain that I felt inside when I recall the past
And realize you no longer living, I’ve begged for forgiveness
But to tell the truth I don’t think I’ve been forgiving
For the sins I’ve done committed for the lives that got omitted

So I cry every night before I go to bed to sleep
And I beg for forgiveness before I cover with the sheets
Protect me while I walk on these streets
Please I’m young I don’t want to go six feet deep 

[bernie]

what a thing???? i never knew this thread existed....manu you couldn't tell me????

[Cocoa]

"Still I rise"
~Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

[ramesh]

O Siddhartha by R. Daryanani

You have come
To drown your sorrow
Wasted life you have led
By craving wealth
Abandoning your teaching

What you left behind
All the world of want
Is part of your salvation
That is how you learn
The meaning of Self.

You have learned
What is wrong
It is part of Life
Without wrong how
Can you know right?

Listen to my song
Endless as life
The song of the endless river
Having no Beginning
And no End
.

[Jae]

UNTITLED

The emptiness I feel cannot be explained.
I wish I could pull you in with me,
Make you understand the darkness that wraps itself
around me.
But you'll never see, nor taste firsthand this torment within.
You seperate yourself from me, I guess you are afraid.
I should be ashamed of myself for making you fear me,
but truly I don't care.
I wish I was even a bit remorseful of my actions towards you, I can't say that I am.
I restrain myself time and time again, from causing you mortal damage.
I yearn to strip your soul of the image you put forward, so pure, seemingly untouchable.
But without it you are nothing but a mere apparition of failure and misgivings that you hide so well.
If I took from you, I would lose my need for your demise, you would no longer attract me.
So I lead you on without a second thought or feeling of guilt.
I am insane with fury, your inevitable end is so near yet so far.
I savour it, I breathe it in, I become it.

[Nastro]

Inside of You.....
by: Nastro


To think the thought of thoughtless minds
To see the light that darkness blinds
Close your eyes and look within,
and to your own self doth give in.

To mend the hearts of unbroken souls,
To soothe the storm that calmness bowls,
Just close your eyes then listen well,
and you'll find the answers your heart does tell.

To lift up spirits of enormous weight,
or tear at that which caused this state,
Close your eyes and think at length
From this your will gain, enormous strength

You have great power, deep down inside
as long as GOD is IN IT and not beside.
Close your eyes and begin to pray,
that now and forever thats where he'll stay.

[Xenocrates]

Very Nice master Nas ;)

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Ode to a worm

A pox on you
Oh worm most foul,
Infecting hosts,
Creating scowls.
Scanning,
Breaching,
Mailing,
Crashing.
If I found your author,
He'd get a thrashing.
Fyah 'pon you!
Oh trenton of code.
May 1's and 0's forsake your abode.
Let the plug be pulled
on the cable net of ether.
And stop you cold,
So you can face the deleter.

[bernie]

I like that one nastro

[Nastro]

Thanks much.....written in 6 minutes..one this very website.

As a matter of fact all the poems that I have written here I did as a reply to the thread so should not be found anywhere else.

[Izemi-Clem]

Hail

Last night Treealife productions kept their inaugural segment of "Poetry Night" at Jamaica Vibeson Hainning Rd. It was not well attended but we got to see Yasus Safari whom we haven't seen on stage for a while.

Was it bad organisation and bad promo ? Or is it Jamaican poetry lovers would rather watch Def Poetry Jam on TV rather than making the effort to support the Jamaican poetry scene ?

We need live poetry in Jamaica.

Izemi-Clem

[nester-san]

I like poetry myself, however I find the sing sony way poetry is recited to be bland, esp since almost everyone does it the same, this weird stressing of every other word ( I have no idea correct literary term)

Creepy.

I like to recite in my head, where I have a captive audience.

[Nastro]

The Rent is Due
Nastro


I'm stressed right now, and calm deprived,
panic and anguish have all revived.
I've lost my appetite and cannot sleep,
Clear cuts signs that I am in too deep.

I am going nuts, soon to loose my marbles,
Attempt to fix things just ends in garbles.
My energy is done, I gave all that I've got,
Now don't be surprised if you hear that I'm shot.

Confused as hell, i cannot think
I feel like the water going down the sink.
Futile efforts with mindless games,
plans and hopes all gone in flames.


Now its here, the day has come
the choices I've made have proved me dumb
The landlord is coming to collect his rent
and God know star I don't got a cent.

[Izemi-Clem]

Hail Nester-San

I'm not certain of the correct term for that style of delievery but it is a form of "Slam Poetry" from the North American influence.

What is interesting is that a lot of local young poets seem to be using this style of delivery. I myself find it bland and ridiculous even, that poets in Jamaica who have a strong tradition of the spoken word should be following others and using their slangs and terms.
A Jamaican poet who sounds like and American ? C'mon
But I am able to overlook the style of delivery, what is important to me is the strength of the words; I look for inspiration, Poetry is the power of words and the ability to inspire and change moods and attitudes and even lives through the use of words; written or spoken.

There are now new groups of Jamaican grass root poets who have been making their name on the local scene,who have been finding the oppurtunity to showcase their work wherever and whenever they can.
Groups like Tuff Tuff Triangle (just released their first album "Urban Journey") Royal African Soldiers, LSX and Jah Children, plus many others in the movement who have mad talent.

The Mecca for poetry now seems to be Calabash in St.Elizabeth, as we all gather there every last weekend in May to be inspired.
FYI... Upon Di Roof has poetry mixed in to their regular band night on Thrusdays, Red Bones has Poetry night every last Wednesdays.. I think Earth Woman Productions have closed their "Per Verse" program at Weekendz but I think they are planning to start a new series. I'm not sure if Treealife will continue their series after that dismal start last Monday, lets see but there is always the Poetry Society's last Tuesdays at Edna Manley..

Maybe we'll see you there .

Izemi-clem

[bernie]

OUR ISSUES…………………..

For the life of me, I just can’t understand
Is it too hard to devise a resolute plan?
To reach our brothers minds; joining hearts and hand
Emancipating ourselves; broadening our mental span

Are we a people that are lost? Don’t we stand a chance?
What if we unite? Won’t our possibilities be enhanced?
What can the “free minds” do besides fuss and quarrel?
Are we only some crabs just stuck in a barrel?

I pray to God we’ll be able to see…
Far beyond the barrel in which we are said to be
Rising like an army…. to our fullest potentiality
And like a great people, reshaping our society

Crime and violence definitely wont help…but neither will desertion
So your peers are bad…. is running your solution
Do we leave them to die in their state?
If we condemn and desert them, that will be their fate

We need each other…now more than ever
We have to help ourselves…. no other people will bother
And for those of us that are oh so clever
We’ve used it in speeches; lets now use it to make “us” better (if we can)

Bernie

[Nastro]

Nastro a bit tipsy

In 20 seconds I'll write this poem
For big breasted women who like to show em.
I m a bit tipsy right now, I've had too much rum
Its cold outside now and my (pea)nuts are numb.

I hereby request from those who will,
some sort of service that can cure this chill.
Left ways or right ways, infront or behind,
Just do what you must, trust me, I do not mind

[easyskanka]

Some amazing talent on display. Big up conscious poets one and all.

Great poem entitled 'OUR ISSUES' Bernie,simply superb!:eusa_clap

[Cocoa]

Don't know how to explain it
Can't really put it into words
You've touched my life in so many ways
You never cease to amaze me.

I don't know what the future holds
I can't pretend that I do
I just know beyond a doubt
I always want you around.

Whether we stay the closest of friends
Or I become the love of your life
Or maybe even both occurs
As long as your in my life I can smile.

Something about you makes me smile
Not just with my mouth
And not just with my eyes
But all the way to my soul.

Thank you for what you are to me
For being who you are
And adding happiness to this life
And giving me a reason to smile.


..somewhere online...

[Nastro]

Missing in Action.
Nastro


I've been gone and now I'm back
To make sure you all are kepted on track
Nuff more niceness and smiley face
Tell pure jokes and buss the place

Lots more people to sweeten the pot,
and some of those pictures look kinda hot
we will all link to our hearts satisfaction
until once again I am Missing in Action.


Nastro.

[flirt]

Thinkin back on the monthz, the dayz, the hourz, the minz, the secz we shared together. The smilez the laughter,the play fightz, the verbal fightz, and the silent fightz. Thinkin back on the timez you spent makin sure I was okay, me vice versa N all was well. Thinkin back when I was within your soft arms,feelin your heatbeat and your whisperz in my ears. Thinkin back on the first kiss we shared, the smile, or the first play fight( most of all I loved and cherised these), the first time I was sick and you took good care of me. Thinkin back on that special night when you tenderly kissed me, caressed me, when you gently kissed my breasts. That special night when we first made love: together we shared something that had a deeply felt silent meaning. Thinkin back on that moment; that moment when I heard your soft moans and I felt your heat racing, sweat runnin off your body drenchin you and me. Thinkin back on that month, that day, that min that second that we both reach esctacy.

[Keiba]

I never knew someone could have such an effect on me.
For a reason beyond me i held onto something that could never be, something that had no future.
I let myself get so involved a got hurt more times than i was happy.

For months i held onto the idea of something that wasn't.
I would stay away as long as i could but like an addict i went back to the emotional rollercoaster that was our "relationship".
Holdin onto something that deep inside i knew wouldn't be, or was it the idea of letting go that scared me.

I let myself do the stupid things which i knew i shouldn't do but didn't care.
I put myself out of my way for u, did the dumbest $#!t possibly.
Yes we had some good times, great memories. But i always doubted myself around u, u made me feel inadequate. Another dumb $#!t.

The months i was unhappy i could have been smiling,
The times i was in tears could have been used to enjoy life.
The time a took waiting i could have moved on.

Yet i'm thankful. Thanks to u i know the games guys play, the stupid excuses they use and the dumb **** they do and think they can get away with.
I also am thankful, i now think about myself and protecting myself. More me less u.

And yet that's why i'm so angry at you.
I know that the next guy that comes along i'll never let completely in until i'm ready.
And for that i'm sorry. sorry that i let someone as selfish as u. Someone who only thought about themselves being happy, ruin the happy person i was.

You might never truly understand the effect u had on me.
But this is wat i do know... i am thankful.
Thankful i met u, thankful u went through what i went through with u, thankful u now know better. Thankful i have grown. "Letting go of someone isn't easy, especially when u don't want to, but when u do u'll be truly happy u did."

[tiffany]

Thinkin back on the monthz, the dayz, the hourz, the minz, the secz we shared together. The smilez the laughter,the play fightz, the verbal fightz, and the silent fightz. Thinkin back on the timez you spent makin sure I was okay, me vice versa N all was well. Thinkin back when I was within your soft arms,feelin your heatbeat and your whisperz in my ears. Thinkin back on the first kiss we shared, the smile, or the first play fight( most of all I loved and cherised these), the first time I was sick and you took good care of me. Thinkin back on that special night when you tenderly kissed me, caressed me, when you gently kissed my breasts. That special night when we first made love: together we shared something that had a deeply felt silent meaning. Thinkin back on that moment; that moment when I heard your soft moans and I felt your heat racing, sweat runnin off your body drenchin you and me. Thinkin back on that month, that day, that min that second that we both reach esctacy.
.................that was hot....

[W.I.L.L.Y]

Insight....

I’m trying to let the world know that my life wasn’t easy
Cause everyday these evils use to tease me
Black and ugly they said his feet are kinda cheesy
So at nights I was on my bedside asking God to release me

I never had any idea how means these streets would be
My father died when I was 3 no-one to teach me
Fell in with the wrong crowd could feel my soul leaving me
Even the preacher tried but no-body was reaching me

I remember I saw my mother cry her tears opened my eyes
She said without you SON she would die
I could not deny the fact that I love my mom more than words could define
So and that time I change my mind ………..to be continued..

The Ecanem

[lillian]

Excellent Sean Bee i too enjoyed it. I particularly like the answers to the questions asked. Thanks for the reminder that god hears, cares and is always there.

[lillian]

ohh! Cocoa i don't think you can TRULY know what hunger feels like until you have TRULY experienced it.

[lick_if_you_dare]

I like the darkness
No one can see you or judge you
I love the strength it gives you:eusa_danc
It protects you from what lurks in the light:eusa_wall
it brings pain and it takes it away, but who cares
i like what it does for me, it makes me more keen
it makes ....................me..........scream......

[bernie]

:icon_eek: :eusa_thin
--------------------

[ramesh]

Me, Myself and I by R. Daryanani

My boss shouted at me again today Because I was late
My Shoes were tight, lunch was worse than goo
Why must I go through life like this, Lord?
Price of gas has gone through the roof
Going home costs me all the money in my wallet
At home the kids make my head ache
I go to sleep, my pillow too tough and I curse my existence.
While, half a world away
A child dies from starvation.

[Manu]

??????????? Lost in translation..........

Not yours Ramesh

[Gwadinka]

Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda

I don't love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don't know any other way of loving

but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close

[Juliet]

To Sean and Emily

Peace at last

I now live in the warmth of mother earth
in the company of my new friends.
They do not seek to harm me
like you did

Is that all I was to you- target practice?
The blows, kicks and licks
using your manhood to rip me apart
piece by piece by piece...

What have I ever done to deserve this?
What have I ever done to make you so vile and hateful of me?

Ms. Ann from across the road
and Uncle Boyie from the down the trace heard my screams for help
both day and night-
and did nothing.
My mother saw the bruises but never asked a question.
My life is worth nothing.

What? Is the government to blame?
The ministry- what ministry?
They weren't there when my life was viciously yanked away from me-
but you were.
Such torture, such horrendous pain you wouldn’t believe!
It was the crucifixtion over, and over, and over...

The pain is gone now .
Even as I lay here with my new found friends and mother,
I have found peace- at last.

By Juliet


To Sean Luke and precious Emily who were raped, buggered, sodmized and murdered earlier this year.
You are gone, but you will never ever be forgotten

[easyskanka]

Humans At Their Best; by mr. e.skanka

Humans at their best can still put you to the test
I know this to be true, it is not spoken in jest
But though they might cause your heart to ache
To find better than them would only serve to frustrate

The laughter of children conjures up a sweet cool babbling brook
From the twinkle in their smiling eyes the stars were took
If ever you should in a temper strike a child of innocence
By lightest day or darkest night, then prepare yourself for
An endless flight to be hidden forever out of mind and out of sight.

[easyskanka]

Bun & Cheese

Look how mi big an brown, I'm a bun dun tu a tern
look how mi battam flat an mi hed nuh hav ahn nuh hat
watch how mi shine wid goodness an na guh choke
nuhbaddy wid rudeness. currants dem jus a look out from widin
an a call fi mi sistrin.

I'm u sistrin cheese, an widowt mi u kina dry
nuh trute mi a talk? a nuh lie
we guh tugedda like bird of di same fedda
an a suh wi fi get wash down wid likkle sugar an waata
we wi full up a belly for a few howas until di day
we turn furtiliza fi di flowas

[ramesh]

What can I give him
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb;
If I were a wise man
I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give him?
Give my heart.

Christina Rossetti

[Twinkie]

A jus de powers
Blooming like a flowers


- Twinkie

[bernie]

As she past me this evening
I paused for a while
her beauty is beyond reasoning
God, what an elegant smile

she touched me with her motion
as she gracefully glided
i must have been hit with a potion
cause my heart just slided

her skin had a tone that was loud and clear
with a voice so powerful, nothing could compare
those eyes.......those lips..........
her walk supported by those hips....
oh yeah, she teased me in ignorance
leaving me in a big 'ol trance
thinking bout sweet romance
oh, how i'd love that chance

but she passed by so quickly
i didn't even say hi
it was just five seconds...
there was no time to try

[Cocoa]

My Black King

Let me tell you something about my Black King
He has Africa branded in his heart.
He is a Protector of his household;
His wife and children are his glory.

My Black King has a heart of gold and a smile to light up my day;
He often comes in from work, kisses my cheeks, and licks my ears;
Then he strides so gracefully with his best foot forward,
Smelling the love food that I prepared for him.

My Black King is the Ruler of my castle
What he says goes
And if he needs me to be there-I will.
For I refuse to loose him because of a faulty mistake.
I vow to be the rib from his side-his helpmate.

My Black King is my Lover at night.
When we lock away in our secret chamber
He makes love to my mind; he caresses my body
And shows me a good time.
He makes an example of who a King is
While treating me like his Queen.

My Black King is a Conversationalist.
When he talks he constructs his sentences well
He wets his lips with his tongue and smiles after each thought,
He knows when to be silent and when to speak
For he is a good listener.

My Black King is a Singer.
His melody echoes peace in my heart,
He is never off beat but in tune with what I want.
When he sits across from me in the sofa and smiles
He stares at me and admire my chocolate skin.
He is the beat of my heart.

My Black King is a Sexy Beast.
I often time touch his arms gently and kiss his nicely knitted abs,
The warmth of his eyes, the curves in his lips, his long neck,
His arabesque body, his feet, and deep dark brown skin.
His overall body, mind and soul make my heart pulsate.

My Black King is the backbone to my existence.
When society puts him down, I tell him he is strong.
He is a good and hardworking man.
For now matter how we disagree sometimes
He will forever be my Black Brother.

© Cocoa 2006.

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[tiffany]

That was beautiful Cocoa......................

[Cocoa]

That was beautiful Cocoa......................Thank you.
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[ramesh]

"Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

I KNOW what the caged bird feels, alas!
When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
And the river flows like a stream of glass;
When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,
And the faint perfume from its chalice steals--
I know what the caged bird feels!

I know why the caged bird beats his wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and cling
When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
And they pulse again with a keener sting--
I know why he beats his wing!

I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,--
When he beats his bars and he would be free;
It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings--
I know why the caged bird sings!

[recursion]

"Uhm!!:eusa_wall" by recursion

I'm as left-brained an individual as you'll ever see
Thus, writing good poems it just not for me.
Yet I find it hard to fight the temptation,
To come up with more lame crap, oh the elation

My mind says no, while my fingers say yes
To typing more rubbish, creating a mess
Could be that they see this as chance for each cell
In my brain to get active before the webs begin to dwell

Some say I'm so smart, that I'm destined for greatness
From what I've been seeing, seems I'm destined for lateness
Works starts at 8:30, I'm there way past nine
While y'all are losing good sleep, I'm still gett'n mine.

I see the potential, str8 A's in CompSci
In Coore's killer courses the A's were quite high
Then I add the fact that if I even took up a book
It was a rare occasion that I would even take a look

Maybe one day my true purpose I will see
When I allow full control of the FATHER over me
Cause the times I truly felt I was abiding close to his voice.:eusa_ange
Were the time of peace and tranquility where I could rejoice.

But the world I have allowed to distract me a bit
Even allowing myself to conceive of ill-sh1t
Where I should be focused on the will of GOD
I'm checkin out honies thinkin "what a hot bod".

I guess now it's about time to come to a close.
I hope my true identity no one actually knows
Cuz this is so lame, so before you agree
Remember what Greatis said and just let it be.

Recursion 2007 :rolleyes:

[RachieBabie]

thts a cool one recursion.... u got skills