Cinquain Train

[poetinahat]

Just for fun -- one more game thread. I got the idea from Norman D Gutter, who mentioned cinquains.

Cinquains are five-line poems. I've found several sets of rules for them -- I've picked the form below because it lends itself best to a game. Just start with the last line of the previous poem (as in the chain, chain, chain thread).

Line 1 = 2 syllables
Line 2 = 4 syll.
Line 3 = 6 syll.
Line 4 = 8 syll.
Line 5 = 2 syll.

Okay, here's your start:

Floodlights
Bathe shy faces
In a crude dazzle splash.
Frightened men hunch and wail, helpless.
Dogs bark.

[Rivana]

Yay! Game!
^o^

Walk on
scattered roses.
I hear a distant prayer
calling for the darkness to end.
Dawn comes.

*

[KTC]

Dawn comes,
white light nestles
upon the spread of sheets
intriguing me with their wisdom
Cool warmth

[Norman D Gutter]

Floodlights
Bathe shy faces
In a crude dazzle splash.
Frightened men hunch and wail, helpless.
Dogs bark.
===========================

Dogs bark
as lightning lights
a night sky. But no, not
a storm, but a lone meteor.
Cats sleep.

[Rivana]

*groans* I knew I'd missed something... Oh well...

Cats sleep
under moonlight
lapping milk from the sky
in dreams full of playing and fun
Stars fall

[jst5150]

Stars fall
mighty gall'yon
thunders shots into night
smashing clipper's thin outer shell
Deep sixed

[Godfather]

deep sixed
watch them thrift
a six-pack of artists
haha! diff'rent, original?
whats that?

[moblues]

What’s that?
You say something?
I must have misheard you.
I fear it is just but a game
To you.

[poetinahat]

To you
a gallery
is vibrant asylum,
a decrepit shipping warehouse
downtown.

[ddgryphon]

Downtown
night lights blinking
reflections in windows
flashing between breaths in dark panes
alone

[KTC]

.

[Rivana]

Chanting
prayers to the sky
forgotten words of faith
fill the heavens with their love
Be safe

[KTC]

Be safe,
arms to Jesus
flung in prayer despair
circling the dizzying fray
faith song

[Rivana]

Faith song
for the first time
sung as if they meant it
Perhaps there's hope for mankind yet
Let's hope

[Godfather]

lets hope
that we can hope
even when our hope glands
have dried out, and our eyes start to
water

[Lyra Jean]

Let's hope
all is fair in
love and war for they both
hurt. Injured parties grieve with each
other.

[moblues]

Water
cold and lonely
is the home we now know.
Rust, ruptured bilge now our blanket
We sleep.

[Dee]

Let's hope
all is fair in
love and war for they both
hurt. Injured parties grieve with each
other.

Rosemerry, I see you too love faeries. I am working on a book of faery poetry. It's been blissfully fun. :)

Anyway, I'm glad I stumbled across this thread... I love these games.

Other
People may stare
But they can't see inside
To where the soul cradles my heart
Divine

[moblues]

We sleep
Once we were young.
We speak to you each day
Of the tales of your ancestors
We live.

[Lyra Jean]

We live
in a world of
wonder and delight mixed
with terror, sorrow, grief and then
we die.

[kdnxdr]

we die
extinquished suns
vibrant fires no longer
black holes consuming others' death
we're cold

[Dee]

We die
Life extinguished
Our essense floats away
Scooped up midflight by God himself
We live

[KTC]

We live
inside ourselves
protection against death
a promise broken in the end
with hope

[Dee]

With Hope
She bade farewell
To the love of her life
Only temporarily gone
Faithful

[pconsidine]

With Hope
She bade farewell
To the love of her life
Only temporarily gone
Faithful
Faithful
do we suffer
the sins of our fathers.
Our redemption comes from battle
hard won.

[Rivana]

Faithful
to the night life,
they fail to seize the day
But those who fall will rise again
stronger

[Rivana]

Hard won
is this our fate,
but the years are worth it
For all our troubles we will grow
stronger

[Dee]

Stronger
And stronger still
Says my soul in the night
Speaking of love for only you
Passion

[Godfather]

passion
red red red lips
mad curves, crazy, red dress
and the eyes, and the breasts, the a$s...
Don't Touch.

[moblues]

Don't touch
nor speak to me.
You'll never deserve me,
you will never break my stone heart.
Goodbye.

[Godfather]

goodbye
babylon, sing.
one guitar, one drumkit,
drowning in the blues they are the
black keys!


(check out the black keys - great band)

[Rivana]

black keys
lead to black hearts
you cannot open love
if you try to force yourself in
hate kills

[aspier]

Floodlights
Bathe shy faces
In a crude dazzle splash.
Frightened men hunch and wail, helpless.
Dogs bark.


This is good, Poetinhat. Not fun at all but diamond stuff. See what I mean?

(Pssst sorry that I don't participate ... I always falls out of the boat when I 'force' poetry!)

[moblues]

Hate kills
innocents die.
Gods play chess games
pawns march on to the promised land.
Gods lie.

[Godfather]

gods lie
and we just stand
hangin' around, cryin'
not much more we can do, always
cryin'

[moblues]

Cryin'
ain't never helped.
Spit, toil and motor oil
Is how I feed my family.
I failed.

[moblues]

I failed
the soil is burnt.
Mother earth laughs at me
I'd sell my soul to feed my kids.
Let me.





Edit. I can't believe I did the eight sylabble line twice. LOL

[Dee]

Let me
I beg of you
Bring you closer this night
And touch my skin against your skin
Lips meet

[Godfather]

lips meet,
and rain pours down
in a great dramatic
closing scene. pity nobodie's
like that

[Dee]

Like that
Like this and that
I'm tired of all the fuss
Style is always changing anyway
Who knows

[Dee]

Like that
Like this and that
I'm tired of all the fuss
Style is always changing anyway
Who knows

[Ganesha]

Who knows
what they may think
or when they wrote the thought
written with invisible ink
thoughtless

[pconsidine]

Thoughtless
action curses
us to relive mistakes
as if tomorrow counts for naught.
Fools reign.

[moblues]

Fools reign
angels waver.
Death takes a holiday
while Dante just sits back and laughs.
Who wins?

[moblues]

Who wins?
Forget your sins
I am here to save you.
God? He's only a pretender.
Love me.

[Dee]

Love me
I want to say
But it sounds so selfish
One should not have to ask these things
Ever

[Ganesha]

Ever
aft forever
followed by never aft
joie de vie- my eyes upon thee
joyous

[poetinahat]

joyous
you smell of soap
we eat cinnamon toast
measure the sunrise in coffee
kiss me

[kborsden]

kiss me
and make it quick
don't forget, mouth open
and slip your tongue between my lips
please do

[moblues]

Please do?
No please do not.
Who's life am I living?
I'm not here to amuse you, dear
Get lost.

[P.H.Delarran]

get lost
walk in circles
keep eyes closed for balance
chase your tail like a kitten
now drop

[Rivana]

now drop
it's much too late
to worry about your pride
get on your knees and make it good
then leave

[Godfather]

then leave
your red anger
at the door, on the mat
forget about it, have a drink.
then leave

[Rivana]

then leave
your shadow there -
in the cold and darkness
this is not a place for sorrow
rejoice!

[Godfather]

rejoice!
or better still;
rejoyce! in words. vague, clear,
big, small. i want you all to dig
these words

[Jayne]

these words
are black and white
but bring color to mind:
lemons, sun dried blue-bonnets and
red barns

[Ganesha]

red barns
paint our landscape
drifting misting river
I draw a sharp breath seeing your
red barns

[poetinahat]

red barns
keep the rain off
the leatherbacked old cows
mashing hay like chaw into cud
more rain

[Godfather]

more rain
keeps me from you,
i'll get wet on my way.
the rain won't stop and you end up
forgot.

[Rivana]

forgot
I'm not like them
forgot that destiny
constantly revolves around me
forgot

[kborsden]

forgot
to speak my mind
and sat in silent binds
tied up in missing enclosures
somewhere

[Godfather]

somewhere
clear windows are
misted. some by lust, some
by cooking, and some by drowning.
watch out.

[kborsden]

watch out
something lurks there
although i dont know what
maybe its just an illusion
maybe...

[moblues]

Maybe
I'll remember
The smell of gasoline.
Nicotine; a farmer's field of tall corn.
Bye, punk.

[kborsden]

bye, punk
with your spiked hair
and tight leather jacket
your drain-pipe jeans with many zips
for good

[moblues]

For good
or for evil.
we all stand together
for a cause we don't understand.
For life.

[Jayne]

for life
given without
discretion or willing
and capable participants,
struggles.

[Ganesha]

struggles
become snuggles
I gaze at your zipper
we roll over newly mowed hay
hey you!

[kborsden]

hey you
get up, push off
get away from my door
stop thowing stones at my window
or else

[Godfather]

or else
the reels of film
will be really left there
while i'm reeling after that punch.
really.

[LimeyDawg]

Really
Told your last lie?
Well, forgive my mistrust
Only God offers forgiveness
Liar

[Ganesha]

Liar
play your mouth out
till all your truths of life
spill into memories of love
destroyed

[kdnxdr]

destroyed
all the pieces
grandmother's favorite vase
smashed against your disgusting head
marriage

[kborsden]

marriage,
is it just me
or is this sacred bond
just vile exstatic blasphemy?
I do

[Godfather]

i do,
good lord, i do!
good lord, of course i do!
good lord, of course, hell, i do! but...
i don't.

[ddgryphon]

I don't
but then again,
often I can't stop from
doing or not doing again
confused

[Beyondian]

Confused
Shaking alone
And wondering if dreams
Are really worth all they demand
From Me

[Angelinity]

from me
it has to flow
chipping at the granite
i send secret mystical streams
to you

[kborsden]

to you
my only you
the light in my darkness
my shining morning star of life
daughter

[ddgryphon]

daughter
all smiles and joy
every moment you grow
further from any need of me
love, dad

[kborsden]

"love, dad"
read his letter
the one he wrote before
his final words that told me how
to be

[moblues]

To be
here before you
is victory itself.
To stand here, with my heart exposed
is love.

[kborsden]

is love?
or is it not?
could it be that we've lost?
or maybe that we have just found?
regret

[Jayne]

regret
sings a sad song
but I've always been a
sucker for old leonard cohen;
passion

[moblues]

Passion
is it a play?
I never thought it was.
Yet I've been stripped threadbare before
I'm lost.

[moblues]

I'm lost
Where have I gone?
I'm holding, hugging a lamp-post
true friend.

[ddgryphon]

I'm lost
Where have I gone?
(Stumbling in the dark night:)
I'm holding, hugging a lamp-post
true friend.

Forgot the 6 syllable line.

[ddgryphon]

True friend
your smiling face
hides nothing, but glows hope.
If others could only manage
as you.

[kborsden]

as you
just as you are
no disguise or costume
just the way you always have been
as me

[Jayne]

as me
we were just fine
but then you had to pop
my voice up as you instead
of me.

no offense anyone who might have dissociative identity disorder. :)

[Dee]

As me
Only as me
All I ever can be
To expect more is a folly
Selfish

[kborsden]

selfish
to hide away
keeping it from the rest
holding it only for yourself
buried

[moblues]

Buried
in a corn field
shotgun blast to the head.
Who cares, I was never pretty
I'm dead.

[kborsden]

I'm dead
dead to the world
but alive in my head
visions swim and dance forever
undone

[ddgryphon]

undone
lost, bewildered;
dimness at vision's edge
too long a pause between my breaths,
fading

[Godfather]

fading
my tragic li'l
drawing on the window
of the train, the midnight express.
it's gone.

[kborsden]

it's gone
is no longer
it never really was
but what was it in the first place?
confused

[dahmnait]

Confused.
A state of mind
I willingly accept.
Or not, I think. Well maybe, I
suppose.


Ok, not great, but not too bad for my first try. :) It's quite different from haiku.

[kborsden]

suppose
I'm better off
better off without you
but it still hurts so much to say
goodbye

[Godfather]

goodbye
pretty lady,
i'm sick of you by now.
your whining, your love has gotten
to me

[Jayne]

To me
winter’s lake leers
saccharin blue; finds fault
with my mood’s deeper mirror of
cold sky

[Godfather]

cold sky
kiss it baby
lets drink some beer and grin
we got nothing else to do. well...
there's that

[kborsden]

there's that
the only thing
that is worth living for
and then there is the other thing
the end

[ddgryphon]

The end,
for all its loss,
simply a poor method
used in seeking new methods to
begin

[kborsden]

begin
circle of life
the well of forgiveness
vision of a new horizon
in smiles

[Godfather]

in smiles;
another world.
your smile, oh what a smile
your smile will justify me for
ever

[ddgryphon]

Ever
pleasant, ever
joyful, no matter time
or seasons reflected within
her eyes

[moblues]

her eyes
liquid thunder
froze my heart, took my soul.
bowed my head, accepted defeat
I'm hers

[moblues]

I'm hers
won't deny it
eyes of flashing cobalt
thighs that could not but mesmerize.
I beg

[P.H.Delarran]

I beg,
spit obscenely
against your sneer of spite
as you glibly shrug and refuse
my coin

[moblues]

my coin
spent unwisely.
it was such a fool's chase
your virtue was much less than that
for naught

[moblues]

for naught
what have I wrought?
for lack of medicine
I have condemned my child to hell.
Forgive me

[poetinahat]

Forgive me
For the first time
You will get used to it
And agonise about it much less
With time

[moblues]

With time
Our bodies break
Each soul falls to fallow
If I could take away this pain
I'd lived

[Jayne]

I'd lived
with broken men,
patched them up with my gaze,
stayed just long enough for them to
break me

[ddgryphon]

Break me
without remorse
without promise or care
casually fail to see my
damage

[Ganesha]

damage
your eyes appear
bruised by my piercing glance
as you dance with her, my rival
I broil

[moblues]

I broil
boss is watchin'
the tar sticks to my lungs
only forty feet to freedom
damn guns

[moblues]

damn guns
brother's dyin'
can't make it through the lines
I'm hurt too. Don't know how bad
I pray

[kborsden]

I pray
every day
for my own salvation
redemption and peace from life's grief
in vein

[P.H.Delarran]

in vein
cursing desire
stifled by protocol
never flows from heart to actions
stagnates

[kborsden]

stagnates
in viscous pools
time stands still in waters
unknowingly unleashing tears
saltened

[Ganesha]

saltened
her pale blue eyes
blazed into burnt anger
tears evaporated leaving
salt pools

[poetinahat]

salt pools
in rock hollows
a lap of tidal lapse
above the sole-searing beach sands
quiet

[kborsden]

quiet
deafened silence
unsound disquieting
unsettling morbid lack of noise
rings out

[Ganesha]

rings out
without a sound
we turn and look upon
a lichen grazing doe who falls
softly

[moblues]

softly
ever softly
motes of gray seek escape
swept away, but not completely
new home

[moblues]

new home
it isn't fair
what about all my friends?
I like it here. Don't make me leave
again

[moblues]

again
always again
I told him no again
he wont take no for an answer
again

[P.H.Delarran]

again
the young girl served
chocolate layer cake
topped with less frosting than that on
her face

[wyzguy]

her face
demure allure
shy eyes looking away
blush in the cheeks now descending
i'm lost

[P.H.Delarran]

I'm lost
the rope you used
to tether me has torn
you've allowed me to wander off
alone

[ddgryphon]

Alone,
lovely meadow
stretching all directions
solitude, my fair companion,
comforts

[Jayne]

comforts:
fragrant coffee,
cold bare feet on glowing
wood floors warmed by pot-bellied stoves,
daybreak.

[jumping dingbat]

daybreak
not night but daybreak
crawling through the night i fall
daybreak

[P.H.Delarran]

daybreak;
suspicious of
intimidating light,
anticipation worries dark
shadows

[moblues]

shadows
ever my friend
you helped me hide my work;
perform my slick and bloody craft
my friend

[P.H.Delarran]

my friend
you cannot hide
your anguished heart from me
it lingers, spreading damp pain on
my shirt

[wyzguy]

my shirt
i still smell you
you linger in my air
caressing my skin like your hair
last night

[Jayne]

last night
mother welcomed
herself to my nightmare
she became the dreaded monster -
I fled

[moblues]

I fled
serpents followed
swallowed whole by desire
body wracked by unclean hunger
fallen

[wyzguy]

fallen
lost and alone
echoes return my calls
haunted by my hollow presence
i wait

[moblues]

i wait
doc says two days
the medicine will come
food is spare, and our lives are cheap
winter

[Godfather]

winter,
the last bus home,
miss it, in a warm coat.
a time for them smiles that say i
like you

[kborsden]

like you
I too am lost
missing in agony
wandering through anguished hallways
always

[Jayne]

always-
sweetest whisper
ever heard by sandy
sunburned lovers. but forever?
Long time.

[kborsden]

long time
not to be seen
hidden away from me
luring my wit into the dark
was she

[wyzguy]

was she
ever to know
what i did that friday
she'd have my guts for garters, pal
no doubt

[kborsden]

no doubt
there cannot be
for things we do like this
are seldom forgotten or passed
before

[wyzguy]

before
when dreams were green
and life hummed with promise
nightingales sang the world's joy for
we two

[kborsden]

we two
dancing devils
in the pale moon-lit night
shaded shadows of reflection
twilight

[Godfather]

twilight,
name of a song,
never heard twilight though
and i don't know how the song goes.
(and i never do)
ah well.

[kborsden]

ah well,
so there it goes
another long journey
away from house and home and me
begone

[Jayne]

begone
futile wishes
on stars reflected in
well-water. Look, the wind blows them
away.

[kborsden]

away
and there they be
a constant reminder
of things that have passed in life
for me

[Ganesha]

for me
your glove, my breast
lest we dally at court
a blush upon my cheek I don
sweet love

[kborsden]

sweet love
of my short life
I shall miss you deeply
and long to hold you near again
desire

[P.H.Delarran]

desire
a seductress
visits you in your dreams
leaving you unsatiated
wanting

[wyzguy]

wanting
more than you have
for all the wants i feel
asking more than you know to give
distance

[Godfather]

distance
43 miles
slap bang in the middle
also ten miles away from some
where else

[kborsden]

where else?
nowhere but here
as still our distance grows
you speak dishonest emotion
and bile

[Beyondian]

And Bile
Fills my throat
Acid-like and burning
Fear and mixed loathing covers me
Alone

[kborsden]

alone
disputing fates
of my passed decisions
as to where they will lead to now
and why

[Beyondian]

And why
Should I listen
Giving silent ear to
Their raucous, jabbering, whining
Silence!

[kborsden]

silence
summons bedlam
with all around quiet
deafening, unsound, destitute
madmen

[Beyondian]

Madmen
Scream and gibber
Clutching at my fingers
I pass them, locking them out of
My head

[Ganesha]

My head
spins within mind
thinking of you has spun
fantasies of life and loving
I am

[P.H.Delarran]

i am
without remorse
enjoying the moment
anticipating tomorrow
i am

[Godfather]

i am
fortunately,
and unfortunately,
for better or worse, i am who
i am





sorry. hahahaha

[wyzguy]

I am.
Often confused
With who I wish to be.
Sometimes trying to find the man
I was.

[Godfather]

i was
so sorry, and
i felt that i'd done wrong
but, i found it was you who was
not right

[ddgryphon]

not right
somehow broken
lost in whirling colors
seas of thought sacred and profane
floating

[kborsden]

floating
scenic ocean's
fish of many colours
rainbowed in the high azure sky
all dead

[Beyondian]

All dead
Hazy moonlight
Shrouds the stony faces
On guard, solemn, unmovable
Watching

[kborsden]

watcching
forever more
until the day we pass on
epitaph of our written souls
no more

[Godfather]

no more
of this whining
no more of this pity
just live your life boy, and i'll live
my life

[MacAllister]

my life
sprawls out messy
wandering about but
arriving just right, exquisite
timing

[P.H.Delarran]

timing
counting hippos
their wet noses dripping
too late i notice razor teeth
timing

[kborsden]

timing
is humor's key
to well-timed oneliners
from silver-speaking mouths of gold
funny

[moblues]

funny
is just a word
that can mean many things
words are really funny that way
sometimes

[kborsden]

sometimes
I might go out
myself and look across
water from other portly shores
at home

[moblues]

at home
within myself
feel warm within my skin
not ashamed of places i've been
i love

[kborsden]

i love
everything
i am hunted, haunted
by all those that fear what i am
a queer

[MacAllister]

I love
sometimes enough
plunging into unknown
watching your frantic break for it
hold tight

(ETA: :oops - cross posted w/ kborsden)

[kborsden]

hold tight
please dont let go
just hold me evermore
for I do not wish to lose you
ever

[Beyondian]

Ever
Happily After
Twisting old day's stories
No more handsome princes, extinct
The fey

[Ganesha]

The fey
with chipped teeth- backs
away, from bat wielding
cruelty drunkenness, I hate you
clearly

[kborsden]

clearly
as a whistle
sounding on and throughout
new zealand's mighty caliber
we lost

[Jayne]

we lost
dreaming's magic
somewhere in this routine
of babies and work. we forget
to live.

[Ganesha]

to live
I am dizzy
with so many deaths, ah
I stumble upon my own tongue
he's died


(in honor of a family member who died this last Sunday morning of mouth cancer)

[wyzguy]

he's died
a thousand deaths
barely lived a single life
fear drew him back from breathing free
empty

[P.H.Delarran]

empty
once a vessel
laden with decadent
extravagance, once fortunes failed
useless

[Beyondian]

Useless
Droopingly grey
With turned down mouth and brim
Drips with low self estimation
Small Me

[Jayne]

Small me
misses moments
my larger self knows and
hidden, binges darkly on fear's
buffet

[Beyondian]

Buffet
Clanging eardrums
Slurred sight and ringing head
Shocked with the suddeness of life
Troubles

[Rivana]

Troubles
always find me
when I want peace the most.
Like unhappy puppies ignored,
they bite.

[wyzguy]

They bite,
The flesh tearing.
Dragging sins into light,
Caged, alone, my soul despairing
The spite.

[Jayne]

the spite
leaves me ragged
like a cat ran over
and my indifference blares like a
Semi

[wyzguy]

semi
same as hemi
ditto also demi
not at all referring to Moore
wierd, huh?

[Jayne]

wierd, huh?
sure, that's darn strange!
I haven't the slightest
clue of what wyzguy is talking
about.

[kborsden]

about
a little boy
life momentarily
changed for that one second in time
his birth

[Beyondian]

His Birth
His life, his death
A span of three score years
Ending with minor violin
Music

[kborsden]

music
this taste, within
an ever going sound
to my remorse of lost brothers
without

[Beyondian]

Without
Outside behind
Lonesome prepositions
Placing one beyond the reach of man
Alone

[kborsden]

alone
just me and you
only you are not there
you are just a thought in my head
my friend

[Beyondian]

My Friend,
This world's too hard
For me, without your rock
To lean on, to cling to, your hands
save me

[kborsden]

save me
from myself
my ever sorrow self
this pain I will feel within me
always

[Rivana]

Always
look to windwards
and always, search for it -
that mysterious notion love,
then reach.

[wyzguy]

Then reach
For me, my love,
As whispers softly shhhh,
As gentle dreams caress dreamers,
Tonight.

[kborsden]

tonight
they all shall come
they shall dance in grey hues
a song from the shadowy dark
my tune

[Beyondian]

My Tune
My Beat to walk
Like a stern jawed, gimlet
Eyed Policeman, keeping to my
Own Way

[kborsden]

own way
it is one way
a path taken by fools
blank-eyed dwarvish intelligence
dullened

[wyzguy]

dullened.
resigned to fate.
no more struggling to shine.
feeling the tiny goads of shame
no more.

[Rivana]

No more
glittering eyes,
pangs of disappointment.
I'm giving up Christmas for good,
I swear.

[kborsden]

I swear
I 'f-' and blind
in caustic burning rage
I stubbed my f***ing toe again
bastard

[wyzguy]

Bastard!
Dread word, father.
A sound no son should hear.
Even less so a prince because
Kings die.

[kborsden]

kings die
or are dethroned
be-headed and slaughtered
none other than their own regime
to blame

[wyzguy]

to blame,
no more, my child.
my love lifting you above
guilt, shame, contrition and remorse.
forgive

[kborsden]

forgive
what I cannot
emnity gagged by fear
as I am forced to endure this
evil

[moth]

evil
Christmas light strings
tangled so horribly
I swear I'll pack them neatly for
next year

[dancingandflying]

Next year
Rain will scatter
Around the darkened streets
Hopelessly forgotten gray rain
Will sing.

[wyzguy]

Will sing.
Mayhaps will dance.
Happy children will spring
Stumbling, laughing under my glance.
Dreaming.

[kborsden]

dreaming
of losing you
to the fear inside us
ever onward eternal flow
of sleep

[ddgryphon]

of sleep
without dreams
I have much knowledge.
unfulfilled, confused, even lost
awake

[Jayne]

awake
am I to his
luscious ease drawing me
through confines thought solidly fixed.
Alarm.

[kborsden]

alarm
at this quiet
not bustling great city
vehicles dispersed through the night
red lights

[dancingandflying]

Red lights
Blinking slowly
With crazed, cold, flashing eyes
They blind the rain splattering roofs
Like paint

[wyzguy]

Like paint?
Why, yes, I do.
On cars, buses and trucks,
planes, but surely I like painted
women

[Jayne]

women
envy mermaids
their seaweed tresses spilled
wildly about, laughing with
the sea.

[wyzguy]

the sea
persuades mermaids
squeezing teasing pleasing
delights requites incites ignites
naughty

[kborsden]

(great stuff wyzguy)

naughty
as a nymph is
dances naked between
forest trees and watery waves
of life

[Beyondian]

Of Life
The hereafter
Hamlet's soliloqouys
Dealing with the unknown country
Beyond

((Hi Kie :))

[kborsden]

beyond
is the future
behind the precident
of all things that have gone before
moral

[moblues]

Moral?
I'm immortal.
Morality to me,
is like feed to simple cattle.
Like you.

[Beyondian]

Like you
I wander the
Pathways of life and death
Scribing the inexhaustible
Story

[moblues]

Story?
My story, right?
I wasn't of sound mind.
You can't convict a lunatic ...
can you?

[Beyondian]

Can you?
Will you? Could you?
Listen to me pleading,
A broken glass of optimism..
Please Help

[moblues]

Please help.
Always: Please help.
Begging for coins each day;
every night they are my prey ...
my lust.

[dahmnait]

my lust
knows no bounds. As
I peel back your gold wrap
set free the deep, dark chocolate
yummy

[LimeyDawg]

Yummy.
I watch you walk,
all legs, tight ass, blue jeans.
Yummy comes from below the belt.
I sigh.

[P.H.Delarran]

I sigh
And say nothing
Your body language is
enough answer for both of us
let's go

[moblues]

let's go
oh, let's go back
I want to remember
how it was to be innocent
I beg

[Beyondian]

(cool, Moblues)

I beg
For simpleness
For clarity in life
For one moment good is certain
I wish

[moblues]

I wish
I was a fish
a fish out of water
Mr. Limpett with thick glasses
I'd be ;)

Hey, I'm not always dark




Mike

[Beyondian]

I'd be
Just that alone
Just me for a few days
I'd be the me I've forgotten
Again

[moblues]

again
blamed once again
life has fallen apart
it's time to find another way
restart

[Jayne]

restart-
choose differently,
the twisted uphill road
has better views for those with eyes
open

[wyzguy]

open
eager forthright
living thanking giving
can i receive only what's good?
vital

[Ganesha]

vital
wandering now
he tips his head: eyes focus
she twirls her skirt full-shy, he looks
moon ward

[ddgryphon]

Moonward
dreams of flight,
imagination
fired, flings space knights into the void
searching