Poetry Game, Anyone?

Realize

When you realize
That only you can decide
How to play the cards
You've been dealt
That winning isn't in the cards,
but
In the decisions
You begin to see then
With your
Real Eyes.

Next Word: succinct

Please realize this
you're full of s**t
your mouth spews words
with nowhere to fit
you paint an image
of greatness and knowing
when really your picture
was yesterday's showing


Next word: arrogance

I guess I'll use arrogance since I can't think of a thing that i consider succinct at the moment! I guess I can make that the next word after my poem

The arrogance you display
as if only your way
is the path
to enlightenment

Well, let me tell you
that just won't do
I seek all my wisdom
In fortune cookies!

Next word succinct.

Oopsey! Sorry Unique - we must have been posting at same time. Anybody reading this, go with Unique's word of succinct as she posted before me!

Thanks,
Debbie So Next Word: succinct

i'll make this
succinct,
as short and sweet
as i can
(but even i
-the romantic-
know
that the sweetness
is long gone
and won't
be coming back),
i loved you,
once upon a time,
long, long ago...

next word - forsight

Foresight

Hindsight, foresight
foreplay, wordplay.
It was all a game
for you and I
being the loser
Refuse to play
Another round.



Next word: 0023
.(that's not really it; my cat left that)
Next word: Renounce

Funeral of the Past

Dancing flames
scorch silver dreams
that once were life-
and I watch,
uncaring,
as they turn to ash.

next word: until

Until We Meet Again

until we meet again this is our time to say goodbye,
our time to let go of the past we once had.
this is the night I will let you go,
until we meet again


Next Word: lost


chelle21

Lost

I lost the opportunity
to tell you I was sorry
I lost the words
somewhere between
my hurt feelings
and my belief
I had done nothing wrong
I lost the oldest friend
I ever had
Remember in kindergarten
You looked up the skirt
of my uniform
on the jungle gym
I lost my footing
and twisted my ankle
You laughed about that
for fifty years
Now, you may be dying
They tell me
you didn't open my card
They tell me
not to visit
I've lost my respect for you
But not
No I have not
Lost my love for you.



Next word: Regret

Regret

Regret is guilt in fancy clothes
We deny our guilt yet we
Wallow in our regret.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda
becomes a mantra or a fancy hat
leaving furrows in our brow
from the weight.
Tight shoes pinch our toes
but we refuse to take them off.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda
sweeps in wearing chiffon
tickling our senses.
We revel in the pain of
our lost possibilities.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda
a tight collar, choking.
Guilt has lost the power
to enslave us but
Woulda, shoulda, coulda
takes its place in disguise.
Regret becomes a costume
that we wear to cover
the hairshirt leaving scars
upon our soul.

Next word: Creation

I tried the lie
pretended not to see
the difference between
you and I.

I reached back
beyond the hands of time,
pulled rainbows through the liquid sky.
Still you would not see
The way you differ from me.

I took careful steps
along the milky way,
hopscotching my way across
the opening galaxy,
wondering why you feared
that first step
you never took
to follow me.

The difference
between you and I,
That I believe
I make creation in my path,
and you, always cautious
are afraid to follow it.


Next word: saints

Saints

They look upon us
Weeping
All the Saints in Heaven.

We ignore their pleading
Blind in our pain.

Longing for love
Yet turning from its grace
We struggle on
Searching
Praying
Bleeding
Hating.

I lift up my tearstained face
Remembering you
Smiling
At peace
Alive with
Love.


next word: ignore

Few things are as easy to ignore

as a polar bear in a blizzard.

(sorry-it's short. but i just had to, lol)

next word: timeless

Timeless

timeless held the greatest skies as heaven begin to cry
his sorrow eyes. why I'm I crying I say? I'm I alone that
I can't think or sleep! What happen to you yesterday
when you want away?

Timeless held the greatest skies as heaven begins to cry
his sorrow eyes. As time stand still, as morning turn dark
and the wind begins to howl.


next word: heartbreak

Heartbreak

the heartbreak she endures
through her oceans and forests
deserts and mountains
pristine and pure
to be soiled and dirtied
disregarded and disrespected
by a race too arrogant and self-centered
to appreciate the beauty
exquisitely moulded
by her Creator


Next Word: sculpt

Chair

Alone, she would sit rocking in her chair
Out of the window, she'd often stare
Wondering where her family went.

Throughout her days, she would sit and talk
On the phone with me, and she would rock
And her words replenished my soul.

When I'd find her there and to her, draw near
She'd smile at me and say, hello dear
And her smile would erase all my tears.

Her embrace and her strength would comfort me
And I would give anything for her face, to see
But she's gone and my soul weeps.

I think of her often and tears again rise
She was tender and loving, her words always wise
And I thank God for knowing her love.

And when I am scared and don't know what to do
I think of her love and the blessing I knew
In my grandmother.

by Kim Gogo-Melvin
In honour of my grandmother, Emily Gogo, who passed from this world to the next on July 2, 2003.

Next word: HOPE

Yikes!

It appears I found a comfortable 'chair' to sit on but I was in the wrong line-up. Sorry, folks! :Smack:

Don't mind me and my delusions.

Continue on with sculpt.

Making amends

Shape me, sculpt me
To be who you want
That I might please you
And you will
Want me

Who are you to judge me?
With your meaningless measurements
You are a fool if you think I would
Want you

by Kim Gogo-Melvin

next word: HOPE

Endure Sorrow

I wonder what does it mean to cry? when all I did was endure sorrow
how can I hope for a new tomorrow when my world is shatter like ice?
I feel so empty now like I'm about to cry. I done nothing wrong but
love him. Tell me why do I feel like I'm about to cry when he walked
out the door and he never said goodbye?

Tell me what have I done to deserve this kind of pain? When all I did
was trust him. I wonder is there a new day for me? A new beginning
for a new day. I wonder what does it mean to cry? when all i did was
endure sorrow.



Next word: Endure

Too many words
to throw at nothing.
Wasted arguments
vastly ignored.
Hatred simmers
in rooms unvisited.
Love unrequited
hard to swallow.
Still I endure,
hoping against hope.



Next word: Tuesday

Tuesday

Tuesday, today
I get up at dawn
shower and shave
then mow the lawn

Gobble down breakfast
brush my great teeth
kiss the kids good-bye
the carpool I meet

Quiet and lifeless
we sit in our seats
cars racing by
faces in fleet

Get to the office
settle in quick
behind on the "Benz File"
boss is a b**ch

Coffee, pop, coffee
caffeine, aspartame
file is now flying
on top of my game

Glance at the clock
quarter to five
fifteen more minutes
I'm out of this dive

Gather together
car pool of four
race to the elevator
out the front door

Home to my family
kisses and hugs
dinner smells good
"Dad, kill that green bug!"

Work, I can do it!
anything I will take
for this life I have here
for my family's sake



Next Word: commitment

The Commitment

Looking at a tiny kitten
yellow with fuzzy paws.

Do I want this comitment?
I wonder as I smile and pat.

Home I go with my yowler
Disengaging needle sharp claws.

Curling up in chilly sheets
A purring motor tucked nearby.

Commitment was good this time
As we drop off to sleep together.

next word: claws

Claws

Claws on paws
cutting raw
like a saw
into my flaw
now I thaw


Next Word: Frozen

Frozen

Frozen peas in the check out line
Used to cost a dollar
Now a dollar and a dime.
Prices going higher
day after day.
can't stop crying
there went all my
pay.


Next word: carmine

Carmine

Carmine Lips
Chocolate eyes
Black hair
Mocha skin
In love
Breathless now
Kiss quick
Kiss slower
Feeling dizzy
Warm inside
Follow home
Forget me.

next word: chocolate