ROSE of TRALEE.Rhyming poetry only.--- You post 1-You COMMENT on {at least} 1. PLEASE! http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/forums/2 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:31:00 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/forums/2 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Moments drift. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4257/t/Moments-drift-.html Softly stored in gold and grey
secured in silence
endlessly,
the moments drift
upon their way
without a second
glance at me,
for I have never
had the time
to watch the seconds
as they climb,
and I will never
ever see
the hours
of eternity.

Waiting on some far off shore
with patient
reflectivity,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (backstreetdreamer) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4257 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:30:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Dawn on the South Downs--{Sonnet.} ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4255/t/Dawn-on-the-South-Downs-Sonnet-.html


Over the south soft rolling hills of the South Downs,

Horizon wears beauty, like Royalty wear crowns,

As water-weak... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MrLeslie) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4255 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:54:10 GMT <![CDATA[ Dancing words. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4254/t/Dancing-words-.html

Poetry dancing on the air,
Like pages turning in the breeze,
Like fingers ruffling through your hair
Or whispers from a forest's trees,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (backstreetdreamer) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4254 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:09:56 GMT <![CDATA[ Ellan Vannin's kiss. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4251/t/Ellan-Vannin-s-kiss-.html the triskelion is the three legged symbol
Of the Isle of Man, also a symbol associated with druidism.




Soft harp strings shivered longingly upon the flowering day
And Ceridwen's smile was magic as it wandered down the bay,
For Ellan Vannin's waters were all mist wrapped in the dawn
And Ceridwen's love was blossoming, for it... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (backstreetdreamer) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4251 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:58:44 GMT <![CDATA[ Back There ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4249/t/Back-There.html BACK THERE

"You'll have to go to Brisbane Sir," my doctor said to me,
"So one of them there Specialists can see your gammy knee.
Some friends said I could stay with them and take a train to town,
But thought I'd take my walking stick, old knee might let me down.

The lady at the ticket box she gave me quite a scare,
My train had just pulled in you see she didn't seem to care.
Five dollars I then handed... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (bush poet) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4249 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:41:16 GMT <![CDATA[ Remembering Mama ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4244/t/Remembering-Mama.html




Mama, can you hear my prayer?
Can you see your child from there?
If you feel my fear, my pain,
please dry away my tears again.

Watch me, Mama, dance... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (FairEllen) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4244 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:58:05 GMT <![CDATA[ Moments. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4243/t/Moments-.html In the time it takes
the final leaf
to tumble
from a tree,
no more
to whisper
softly
in the
secret
dancing sea,
is the silence
of a moment
that
I treasure
most of all,
in the lifetime
of together
that it
took the leaf
to fall.


In the time it takes
the final... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (backstreetdreamer) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4243 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:28:57 GMT <![CDATA[ Dear friend ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4239/t/Dear-friend.html

Dear friend!image



Paint me a poem that comes straight from your heart

Paint me the true words that begin... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MrLeslie) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4239 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:18:37 GMT <![CDATA[ The perfect rhyme. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4233/t/The-perfect-rhyme-.html Deeper than the darkest night
like secrets hiding from the light,
the children of the hidden flame
are known by yet another name,
for in the depths of evermore
like seashells on a distant shore
they tumble in the seas of time
just pieces of a broken rhyme.

And in each line they see again
through latticed mist and teeming rain,
the images of poetry
that... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (backstreetdreamer) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4233 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:43:18 GMT <![CDATA[ A bird on a branch. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4228/t/A-bird-on-a-branch-.html Falling leaves in the Autumn asleep on the air
Join together in scattering gold everywhere,
Summer streams that stitch meadows together with song
Dance in sun shadowed joy as they tumble along,
And a bird on a branch silhouetted at dawn
Is much more than a bird, more a dream being born,
In each of these treasures the pleasure of seeing
Is just part of the natural beauty of being.


Smiling faces that shine from the mirrors of love
Eyes... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (backstreetdreamer) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4228 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:10:43 GMT <![CDATA[ I think of love.{Sonnet.} ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4226/t/I-think-of-love-Sonnet-.html



Some dark nights, when just a pale moon adorns the sky

I think of love and then, I think of you and I

Just how the Gods had sent you down... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MrLeslie) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4226 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:33:33 GMT <![CDATA[ The silken strand. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4221/t/The-silken-strand-.html That tied themselves subversibly, before the fire's last ember fades
Then crawled back deep inside themselves, to dream the dream they always do
Until the ashes blink and die, before their fading shine is through,
And in the garden's waking glow, she wanders like a silken strand
With no-one there to make her smile, and no-one there to hold her hand,
For deep within her inmost being, time... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (backstreetdreamer) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4221 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:41:50 GMT <![CDATA[ After Avalon. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4215/t/After-Avalon-.html I once accompanied a friend to his meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, which is where this poem came from...


In the circle, there
are no holds barred, it holds
mirrored eyes and ordinance
survey faces, and promises
a thousand times
repeated,
but never kept.
Reflected guilt is passed, from
beacon to beacon, along with
single malt wishes, liquid
gold... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (backstreetdreamer) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4215 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:29:57 GMT <![CDATA[ Poui Me ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4208/t/Poui-Me.html If I could be just any tree

Without a doubt I'd be a Poui

A golden one with blooms so fair

And hummingbirds caught in my hair.

But when 'twas time for me to rest

http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4208 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:11:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Jack Lantern. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4187/t/Jack-Lantern-.html above the village of Ghoon
the will o'wisps rise from the marsh
to write their mysterious runes
on the thin evening air that blows from Kildare
lashed with rain from the Isle of Auchtroon.
As goblins awaken and murmur
and Barrow-worms shiver and stir
Jack Lantern sets out for the forest
where giant moths flutter and whirr.
Old Jack Lantern sings and shakes a brave leg
beneath the green Moon of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Willowdown) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4187 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:34:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Small Token ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4174/t/Small-Token.html I wanted to give something back to Him,

To thank Him for the things He's done for me;

This was a burning wish, not just a whim,

And so I pondered on it carefully.

feeds@yuku.com (trinimade) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4174 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:42:20 GMT <![CDATA[ Sonnet---'In God's sight.' ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4166/t/Sonnet-39-In-God-39-s-sight-39-.html Do thee thus think the world is at thy beck and call,
with place reserved for thee in hallowed hall?
Doth thee then think that Angels whisper soft thy name,
or in Gods kingdom, thy can play this childish game?
~~
A wicked game of lust and cheating loves own heart,
the weapon thee did use, right from the very start
Now I kneel on bended knees in solemn prayer
whilst thou just play your churlish games without a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MrLeslie) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4166 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:48:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Divali Celebrations ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4158/t/Divali-Celebrations.html Hindus everywhere today celebrate

The Festival of Lights, their Divali,

To mark how goodness can claim... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (trinimade) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4158 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:50:14 GMT <![CDATA[ Haunting Fear ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4103/t/Haunting-Fear.html image



Haunting Fear


feeds@yuku.com (cusick) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/4103 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:16:20 GMT <![CDATA[ BRITISH Island of JERSEY; Leslie's place of birth, and its USA connection. ]]> http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/3978/t/BRITISH-Island--JERSEY-Leslie-39-s-place--birth---USA-connec.html

New Jersey USA was named because its first Govenor Phillip de Carteret, was born on the Island of Jersey, British Channel Islands. UK.

New Jersey was founded in 1664. The founder was Philip de Carteret from the British Island of Jersey, he became NJ's first Governor.
The first town was called Elizabeth Town,

NJ became a state of the USA on the 18th Dec... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MrLeslie) http://aspiringpoets.yuku.com/topic/3978 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:19:25 GMT