Silhouettes http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/forums/6 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:26:43 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://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/forums/6 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[ Harmony Restored for M 'lady Wanda ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15240/t/Harmony-Restored-for-M-lady-Wanda.html Harmony restored.

The vicar, such a nice old gent.

Sees both sides of the argument.

feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15240 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:22:33 GMT <![CDATA[ In two minds ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15238/t/In-two-minds.html In two minds

John William Henry Barthrop wrote.

In iambic pentameter

feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15238 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:57:56 GMT <![CDATA[ November 11, 1918 ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15237/t/November-11-1918.html

It was the end of WW1.

They called it Armistice Day.

This was the "war to end all wars,"

(but it didn't work out that way.)


After many decades, the name was changed.

By Veterans Day 'tis now known.

And during this time, other warriors fell,

where war seeds had been sewn.


We celebrate this... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (flameforest) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15237 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Honourable Members. Leonine verse ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15235/t/Honourable-Members-Leonine-verse.html Honourable Members?

The politicians all agree they have more rights than you and me

feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15235 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:24:01 GMT <![CDATA[ The Source of Talent ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15230/t/The-Source-of-Talent.html I've traveled the world, and I'm happy to say

I've seen a sight or two.

There is much more I want to see,

and things I'd like to do.


I sailed the Yangze River, and

then up the River Li.

I've climbed the Wall of China,

but there's more I'd love to see.


I've visited Germany's castles, and

I've sampled their beer and ales.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (flameforest) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15230 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:52:34 GMT <![CDATA[ Once a Marine, Always a Marine ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15225/t/Once-a-Marine-Always-a-Marine.html

The birthday of the United States Marine Corps was was November 10, 1775. This poem was written some time ago, but I thought it appropriate to post it here just a week before the birthday is celebrated.. The title is accurate. I became a marine at age 19, and I am still a marine at age 86. It was my privilege to serve this country in two wars, and I am one of the fortunate ones who survived both. I am proud to still call myself a marine.


... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (flameforest) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15225 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:30:36 GMT <![CDATA[ If Your Hand Found Mine ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15220/t/If-Your-Hand-Found-Mine.html If Your Hand Found Mine


While the troubled senses run rampid
traveling through folds of folly's waste
I lie supine, stripped of love's glories

It is a barren place to spend one's life
A dull and silent place, void of beauty
no sound of loveliness flowing here

There is an ache within that fills the air
that silent syllable of agony gone awry
shown only upon the face of pale age

If your hand should find mine to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cottagerose) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15220 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:10:04 GMT <![CDATA[ cold dietry comfort ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15219/t/cold-dietry-comfort.html COLD DIETRY COMFORT

feeds@yuku.com (PoeticPaul) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15219 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:31:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Sad but true. ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15214/t/Sad-but-true-.html Sad but true

Sometimes love dies. Wiser to part

than to prolong the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15214 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:50:57 GMT <![CDATA[ The silken strand. ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15211/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://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15211 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:48:04 GMT <![CDATA[ Clown Show ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15203/t/Clown-Show.html Clown Show

Paris designers put their new clown fashions on parade
to show the world how très chic clown clothing could be made.
Crème de la crème celebrities were sure to make the scene,
not so much for what they'd see as to be sure they were seen.

Photographers were legion, and Funny Wear Daily'll... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BoardFlak) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15203 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:54:47 GMT <![CDATA[ Horrors of H Night ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15199/t/Horrors-of-H-Night.html Bare-limbed sentinals of the night
Shape stark against October's sky;
Ah besoms for the cackling witch
To wheel in evening's blackest pitch;
Beneath the hapless morbid cry

Banished by mist day's vibrant light;
Ghoulish pumpkins sport toothless lears;
They gaze upon the fading gloom
As bats and frenzied warlocks croon;
Satanic screams bask in our ears

Moon hovers in cradles of mist;
Lends cadence to the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PoeticPaul) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15199 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:28:46 GMT <![CDATA[ Eureka. Todays Idiocy. ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15196/t/Eureka-Todays-Idiocy-.html eureka

He stands alone, he has B.O

He has no friends to let him know.

feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15196 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:39:19 GMT <![CDATA[ Sheer Jealousy for MY Lady Irene ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15192/t/Sheer-Jealousy-for-MY-Lady-Irene.html Sheer Jealousy

Triple triolet

feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15192 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:19:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Unwinding morning. ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15191/t/Unwinding-morning-.html Unwinding quietly away, the fading remnants of a day
that started in the hush of me,
a softly breathing sanctitude, where wishes never dared intrude
so never really came to be,
for morning starts unknowingly, like pages written on the sea
that turn so slowly with the tide,
until at last it's blossoms bloom, like shadows in a firelit room
just floral dreams that try to hide.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (backstreetdreamer) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15191 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:13:36 GMT <![CDATA[ A Para Tribute to a Bard of Yore ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15189/t/A-Para-Tribute-to-a-Bard-of-Yore.html Parting now, we must, it's late.
I must, this much now state
A fairy tale it's been.
All the time my tale aspin!
But if hope remains so bright
Throught the day and through the night,
Can we see it in mind's eye?
Fairytales to make me sigh...
All I can see is bliss-
Imagination of your kiss.

I'm here, on shore to see
As the waves attack my knee.
In my palm is sandy grain
Which... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (jgdittier) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15189 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:02:47 GMT <![CDATA[ there can only be one absolute truth. For M lady Wanda. ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15188/t/there-can-only-be-one-absolute-truth-For-M-lady-Wanda-.html There can only be one absolute truth.

I thought I wrote but only dreamt a poem showing my contempt

For those who claim to know the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15188 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:33:59 GMT <![CDATA[ The Little Things - A Poem for Thanksgiving ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15187/t/The-Little-Things-A-Poem-for-Thanksgiving.html Last year on a poetry board, I started a challenge called "Special Thanks", the theme of which was to write a poem thanking someone who was no longer around to thank in person. This was the piece I wrote to start the thread.

The Little Things

Granddaddy, I can remember
the layout of your store;
with rods and reels, outboard motors,
sleek fishing lures, and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BoardFlak) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15187 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:28:55 GMT <![CDATA[ Keeper Of The Heart ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15181/t/Keeper-Of-The-Heart.html Keeper of The Heart

Awareness and acceptance
like the keeper of the nile
she rules with tender hands
sometimes a sweet smile

No commands, only laws
made to ease their stay
to the end of life's journey
to love patiently is her way

She too will walk this mile
her sons to ease her sleep
to reunite with these parents
who hold her now to weep


sylvia sammons spivey
Nove, 2009
For my daughter Tanya... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cottagerose) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15181 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:19:33 GMT <![CDATA[ haiku (10/22/09) ]]> http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15176/t/haiku-10-22-09-.html dirt path parallels river
mountains kiss rainbow
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sharon Bullard) http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/15176 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:35:21 GMT