- Poetry Contests... To Bring Out the Poet in You By : .JohnSmith.
Poetry is a beautiful art form that has been successful in getting the appreciation of the world as a whole. Those who can?t enjoy the beauty of a poem can be described as someone who can?t appreciate true beauty. Love poems substantiate this statement. They are the masterpieces of many poets and there are poets who continue to consider their love poems as their best works. - Love Quotes By : Shweeta Bhandari
Yeats once wrote:
"But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams”.
The world of literature is filled with romantic love quotes and it is interesting to study the various styles and ways in which poets have expressed their love. The quote mentioned earlier is a typical example of Yeats’s writing style and is often referred to as ‘dark romance’ for its ironic yet poignant style. - Scattered Soul By : Paul Davis
As a life purpose coach, Paul Davis helps people sort out their soul and be made whole. Transforming individuals and organizations, Paul empowers people to live their dreams and break their limitations. - An Old Dirt Road (1958 -1962) Minnesota Reflections in Poetic Form By : Dennis Siluk
Here is a poem by Dennis Siluk, on his youth, his reflections, and he tries to bring the reader into them. Rosa - Pursuit of Happiness By : Paul Davis
Effect - making a desired impression Power to produce results; efficacy; Force; validity; influence; accomplish; Make happen; bring about; bring about; Purpose or intention; operation or execution. Not just an illusory fleeting phenomenon. - Nelson Mandela, Transcending and Triumphing By : Paul Davis
Paul Davis is a worldwide minister, life purpose coach, and change master transforming individuals and organizations. - Dragon Drawings-Tattoo Galleries-Fairy Tattoos- I Want To Go to a Party By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
I want to go to a tattoo gallery, count their fairy tattoos, on other people, maybe me, I want to fly free, and not care about anything at all. - International Cuisine, Foods for a Fiend By : Paul Davis
These culinary indulgences are some of my wishes. Depending on my mood, I enjoy a variety of dishes. So much more to eat too! Perhaps I will discover something nearby you. - How To Read Poetry By : Shane Magee
Good poetry is something that is not an intellectual experience, but something that speaks directly to the heart, and should be read as such. Many people just accept everyone else's definition of what constitutes good poetry without taking the time to find out what makes that poetry 'real' for themselves. Here are a few suggestions to use when reading poetry. - Give Me A Break By : Paul Davis
Please give me a break! There is only so much my heart and mind can take. - Chutzpah, Get Some Guts By : Paul Davis
Get some nerve and gumption to function. Be aggressive in your needed initiation. Don't sit idly by in the same pitiful station. - Beautiful Older Women Galleries - Art Is Who I Am - Do I Fit In? By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Beautiful older women galleries do I fit in? I can be anything still it is never too late! - What Happened to the Beauty? By : Paul Davis
What happened to the beauty? Who radiated matchless purity? Who lights up the world for me? What happened to your integrity? - Sweet From Head To Feet Formula By : Paul Davis
Turn the bitter to be sweet. Like delightful honey to eat. Saturate you from head to feet. Making you happy and complete. - "Pencil Drawings Of Dragons And Ships That Sail To The Milky Way" By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Art deco art stencils I paste my heart on the Milky Way. - Jewels In The Making By : Paul Davis
Jewels in the making, not merely for taking. First there is developing, extracting, and mining. The hidden treasures buried deep within. It takes endurance and imagination. - Blood Diamonds, This is Africa - TIA By : Paul Davis
The Western world wants shiny diamonds bling bling. The unsightly human cost throughout Africa is bling bang! Africa's valuable and priceless commodity, her people, need security. Help free them so they may live as one peaceably. - Slap Success on Me By : Paul Davis
Slap success on me! Great God Almighty. Victorious Jehovah-nissi. Generous Jehovah-jireh. I send up praises to you. - Box of old Photographs (A Poem About Getting Ready to Die) By : Dennis Siluk
So often we hide our heads in the sand when the word death comes up, the most common thing in all life, its end. Something we all have to face. Dennis' poem is to the point, and very real, perhaps hard to read, yet short as it is, it gives out strong emotions. As he has said, "There is a season under the sun for everything," and this poem ('Box of Old Photographs') says even a little more than that. Rosa - Remove Ego From The Equation By : Paul Davis
Remove ego from the equation. Reconsider your motivation. Recollect and reconstitute. Your willingness to be resolute. Your ability to not convolute. Hastily rebel and dispute. Your self-importance refute. - The Self-Motivational, 50th Birthday Poem, and Love Poem By : Pum Sandhu
I am a little girl with big dreams - Even though I am turning 50, even though - Inspirational poem for 50th birthday. 2nd poem - Why do I feel sad when you don't listen to me. Why? Then I asked myself, the true myself, Answer is - Workaholics Need Life Balance By : Paul Davis
Workaholics need life balance. More peace, joy, and time to dance. Sadly they slave away at home with their noses to the grindstone. Pushing through tasks and people aggressively. Alienating people relationally, they never enjoy their life fully. - God With Skin By : Paul Davis
God in Christ, the divine incarnation. Ironically conquering through crucifixion. Destroying death through the resurrection. Giving to humanity an open arms invitation. - Purity - Power - Promotion By : Paul Davis
Purity precedes power, after which comes promotion. God purify me thoroughly. Burn away every impurity in me. Help me to humbly live victoriously. - The Act Of Marriage - Sexually Intimate Poetry By : Joyce Rogers
To Married Couples - Sexually Intimate Poems To Warm Your Souls And Hearts. - A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing, Drink Deep, or Taste Not the Pierian Spring By : Ed Bagley
Alexander Pope, best known for popularizing the heroic couplet, came to my attention in an English literature class at Michigan State University in the mid-1960s. I was more interested in reading Pope at the time than learning about Pope because he clearly knew how to do what I call "turn a word". That is, to write a string of words that grabs your attention and delivers a thought so profound that it cannot be ignored. Pope, a master at this art in writing, has been cited as the second most frequently quoted writer in the English language. - Life's Pressures Compel Prayer By : Paul Davis
You may not be mindful of God, neither desire to cry out and pray. Nevertheless life's countless pressures have a humorous and remarkable way. Of driving you to your knees to please the mighty Maker of heaven and earth. Who enables you to overcome and birth. What you are believing and dreaming for. Supernaturally opening opportunity's door. - From Suicide to Supernatural Power By : Paul Davis
Never allow negative discourse to devour your inner self-worth and personal pride. Boldly step up to the plate and look inside. Don't run from sorrow, neither try to hide. These battles are common to everyone, though most never show or talk about them. - Three Lyrics (Subjectively Rich) By : Dennis Siluk
Notes on the last three poems above: poems like prose work (such as novels, short stories, and so forth) can be divided up into genres; in a similar manner, poems, not necessarily associated with a certain type of meter or rhyme form, often have, but sometimes lack, plot, and theme, but not always, and can be assorted into such categories as: Epic, dramatic, Lyric (as the ones above), ode, elegy and prose. - Simply Sestinas By : Lexi Jewlgia
Who says that repetition has to be a bad thing? - Live Full - Die Empty By : Paul Davis
Live full and die empty. This is my philosophy. A purposeful methodology. To live life meaningfully. Maximize potential fully. Leave a lasting legacy. - Spare the Rodham, Save the Nation By : Paul Davis
The national debate will soon show the ideal candidate for us to elect. Somebody will earn our respect. Spare the Rodham and reject her abrupt interpersonal inability. Our nation needs peace and tranquility. - Bridezilla Has A Breakdown By : Paul Davis
Bridezilla, what has become of you? It seems all these things you've gone through. Have utterly demoralized and got the best of you. Darling, let me encourage and tell you what to do. - Bridezilla Needs a Breakthrough By : Paul Davis
Bridezilla, your bridesmaids and mother who bend over backwards for you. With your bad attitude and behavior we are through. Bridezilla, get a personal breakthrough before we say no more and leave you. - Commander and Chief Cheerleader - Decide and Deny By : Paul Davis
Commander and chief cheerleader. Decide with your pride, then deny, and lie. Point down the ladder to the little guy. Deny wrongdoing with every reason why. Our Commander and Chief does never lack. A decisive decision, nor a bold faced denial. Until the subpoenas appear and he goes on trial. - Praise God Through the Storms By : Paul Davis
Stand firm and praise when that's all to do. Even when your soul wants to cry and wail. Praises will prevail and your God never fail. - Bring Back the Laughter By : Paul Davis
Declare a celebration for yourself personally. Laugh consistently en route to your destiny. Laugh more often exuberantly and expectantly. - Celebrity Weddings By : Paul Davis
Celebrity weddings come at quite a cost. Yet it's love without which we're lost. Love is precious and priceless. True love enduring and timeless. - Somebody Is Getting Married By : Paul Davis
Somebody is getting married. Congratulations on your engagement. I rejoice with you as you prepare to tie the knot. You have certainly got a lot to do. Don't be concerned or needlessly worry. Amazing love will see you through. Write your love story and comfort you. - Congratulations On Your Engagement By : Paul Davis
Congratulations on your engagement. Love's sweet and prized commitment. For long-term and a lifetime of fulfillment. - My Unicorn, My Legend of Pegasus and Dolphins That Fly - I Have Come To Know the Rain By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
I've come to know the rain. It is not enough to know that I am cleansed by it. I want to see its breath hold its message in my hand lest I fall on other journeys. - Generic Guys By : Paul Davis
Generic guys, girls despise, disassociate with, never value, nor prize. Proper, pleasant, and predictable. Women want refreshingly original. - A Guy That Can Cry By : Paul Davis
God help me be a true gentleman. To sincerely listen as much as I can. To be self-effacing and unassuming. A guy that can cry with deep feeling. - Waiting for the Tide Part II - In the Valley - A Dramatic Epic Poem By : Dennis Siluk
Ferdinand rode his Model T Ford through the city, up into the mountains, to the valley pastures noisily southeast catching the wind from the hills Many times he wanted Joana to show him some new beauty within the valley, the river or perhaps the old warrior sites Quickly they rode through the bleak cobblestone passages, elbows touching, winds whistling, black shaded areas following as if a shadow was caught on the back of the car (areas to the side of the lower hills - Anesthesia, Come Kill The Pain By : Paul Davis
Anesthesia, come kill the pain! This torture I refuse and disdain. Whatever it takes, I can't stay the same. Numb, dumb, and relieve me so I can be happy. - Landscape, Still Life Portrait Commissions and a Legend of Pegasus By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
I paint the sky and rest there.I am a token of the breath of flowers.I speak for themcall upon the moonlightto reassure my pathway. - Oh Legend of Pegasus - My Muse - My Captain - My Elusive Mentor By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
There you aremy pegasusin the rainnot sharing my shelter.I guess you do not need it like I do. - Waiting for the Tide (A Dramatic Epic Poem - Part I) By : Dennis Siluk
Here is a part of an epic poem, constructed by the Poet Laureado, that takes you into an adventure, and brings you out a little lighter (the beginning of an epic poem). Rosa - Outlook Poems (Time, Youth, Booze and Little Things - Part IV) By : Dennis Siluk
Advance: in this series of poems (called: "Outlook" poems)) for their sentiment)), which have thus far, four parts to it, here is a beautiful and most welcome addition to Dennis' collection of over 1750-poems to date; by an awarded lyric poet, each testifying to the everyday receptivity of life. In these poems, one can see a tribute to human nature, a power and mysticism of deep emotions. Rosa - Writing Good Poetry - Five Peas With Punch Please By : Joyce Rogers
Today, if you are desirous of becoming a better poet, please allow me to feed you five peas comprised of good digestible necessities for writing good poetry. - Crude Capitalism By : Paul Davis
Our corporation nation is for sale without hesitation. The revolving door of politics and business. From homeland security to procure one's personal prosperity. - Outlook Poems - Books, Vietnam, God's Partner and the Poet's Boots Part V By : Dennis Siluk
22) Joseph, God's Silent Partner (Joseph 'The papa'; Husband to Mary)Quiet-simplicity, like God, so Joseph was:Allowing Joseph to hear, God's whispers;Just a very simple man, Joseph was,Like God, he said very little: why?Because God is showing us (through Joseph) Actions and prayer (not simply words), with Silence, was his strength (he walked the walk, And threw away the talk); thus, he was able to Be the earthly papa, for Christ; the holy family Of the Universe…!#1756 - Teamwork By : Paul Davis
Us, over me, as we show sensitivity. Less of me, more of we triumphantly. Teamwork makes us indefeatable. Together for us nothing is impossible. - Integrity By : Paul Davis
Integrity is who you are when nobody is watching. I know the concept can be frightening and at times disheartening. Nevertheless it is always enlightening. - Outlook Poems [Old Friends, War and Bars - Part II] By : Dennis Siluk
Note: If anyone knows about drunks and bar life, the author does, he is recovering, has been for 22-years. He knows how it is in the bar, bar life, how it looks, and smells, and the mind set; unfortunately. And perhaps these poems will inspire someone to get out of it. You die before your time, but like the author always says, "You got to offer a drunk something better, otherwise why would he give up what he thinks is good." Rosa - Outlook Poems [Grief, Pride & Love - Part III] By : Dennis Siluk
Note: in this series of poems (called: 'Outlook' poems ))for their sentiment)), which have thus far, three parts to it, here is a beautiful and most welcome addition to the author's collection of over 1700-poems to date; by an awarded lyric poet, each testifying to the everyday receptivity of life. In these poems, one can see a tribute to human nature, a power and mysticism of deep emotions. - Window of Opportunity By : Paul Davis
Go through the window of opportunity. Seize it boldly and fully. It won't be open eternally. - Severance By : Oliver Luker
Set of six poems on the following theme: what meaning has any physical body when it is missing a seemingly vital element? A murdered body may be missing organs, an accident victim may lack a limb: on a daily basis, surgical procedures sever body parts that may be endangering the health of the whole, or repair the wounded. In most cases, identity is maintained - whether it be of a person or of some inanimate object. - The Proving Ground By : Roger Vincent
While some may succeed or not do as well in life. Never forget those who inspired you, helped you and cared for you. The very proving ground for success may be what happens if something should cause you to fail. Never dismiss the kindness of others when you do well because the same people you met on the way up the latter you may meet on the way back down. - Fantasy Art and a Goddess of Art's Creative Dreams - A Colorful Artist's Palette By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
I lie on the cool grassthe sky is my blanketthe moon is my compass. - Outlook Poems - (Love, Life & God- Part I) By : Dennis Siluk
Outlook Poems (Four poems with a View/ Part I)Poems about Life, God and Love - Shakespeare - Is He Relevant To Today's World By : Neha Mehta
Shakespeare once said" The world is a stage and we all are its players''. Waiting for every entry and exit. Yes it is absolutely true that the world is a stage and we all are participants in this big play called "life". The play's name is yet to be decided but the actors are always ready. In today's world it is very difficult to decide who is the actor and who is real. People come into this world as simple innocuous beings and then they metamorphose into ingenious products who try to back stab everybody they come in contact with. What Shakespeare wrote ages back seems to hold true echelons after his death. - IED - Improvised Explosive Device By : Paul Davis
IEDs are far more than military weaponry. Ideological economic devices rhetorically. Surface instinctually and harm us globally. Alienating friends for us internationally. - Karl Rove, Department Of Injustice And Propaganda By : Paul Davis
America's Joseph Goebbels of political machinery. Soon the national media shall expose Rove publicly. Deceit and chicanery shall be Karl Rove's unmistakable legacy. - Letting Go By : Alix Mosley
A poem of letting go. The fear of the future and what it might not bring, but also what it may bring. The need to stay in the past scared of new things. Knowing you need to cut ties but finding it hard to do so the past, and the future. - Be Bold and Courageous By : Paul Davis
Be bold and courageous. At times be reckless. Abandon yourself to your dreams. Live them wholeheartedly. Pursue them unashamedly. - Be Angry, But Don't Blow It By : Paul Davis
Arrest anger and utilize its emotional fuel. Before it gets the best of and imprisons you. Bound behind bars there's nothing to do. Therefore this paradigm shift I bring to you. Never nurse or rehearse the pain of the past. Press on into something new that will last. - Matrimony - How Is It? By : Paul Davis
How is it in wonderful matrimony that familiarity becomes deadly? Why is it we are impatient and impetuous all of the time? Many questions continually plague my heart and mind. Dear God come quickly to transform this marriage of mine. Also help all of the other married couples to be loving and kind. - Unruly Tongue By : Paul Davis
Unruly tongue, always ready to hurt someone. Their restless soul needs to be whole. Improving their manners is the goal. In a school of ettiguette they must enroll. - Lies - Accusation - and Manipulation By : Paul Davis
Lies, accusation, and manipulation. It's amazing to what extent people go to get their own way. They lie and accuse falsely. Push, bulldoze over, and act impolitely to get what they lust for insatiably. - Sacred Solitude By : Paul Davis
Sacred solitude is God's invitation to a never ending flow of inspiration. Unlock the keys to genius and creation. Experience a divine and supernatural manifestation. - Australia, A Land Down Under By : Paul Davis
Australia is a place I highly recommend to you. This vast and glorious country has much to do. - Weak, Restless, and Weary By : Paul Davis
I make no excuse for my irritation. As I await a supernatural manifestation. A miraculous financial flow for alleviation. Of all my increasing debts, doubts, and pouts. Of these present circumstances, I desperately want out. - Saya Cinta Indonesia By : Paul Davis
Saya cinta Indonesia. I love this country deeply. I have been across it entirely. From Sumatra to Irian Jaya. - Smiles, Hugs, and Kisses in the Airport By : Paul Davis
Smiles, hugs and kisses make the world go around. Surely lots of love does abound. Go to the airport and see people interacting affectionately. - Love Is Patient By : Paul Davis
Patience is most loving and liberating. Causing love to be full and saturating. Therefore try to be patient and kind. As you do newness of life you will find. - Lighten Up By : Paul Davis
Speeding through life recklessly and sadly. Missing out on what life was meant to be. Lighten up before you die prematurely. - Poetry - Two Poems By Turgut Uyar - "Mostly, It's Yours" and "It Hurts" By : Ugur Akinci
Two more poems by a Turkish poet practically unkown in the English-speaking world -- Turgut Uyar. For me he is as good and precious as the great Nazim. To really appreciate Uyar in full you have to read his "Divan" in Turkish. But I hope my humble translations still manage to give an inkling of his profound artistry. - Poetry - Two Poems By Turgut Uyar - "Let's Say You're Ready" and "An Evening Dream" By : Ugur Akinci
Two Poems by Turgut Uyar, one of the best poets ever who wrote in Turkish. His best poetry book is titled "Divan." - Minnesota Winter Crows - a Poem With Notes and Commentary on Winter Storms By : Dennis Siluk
Notes: here is a four stanza Haiku, on the ending of winter in Minnesota, in 2007. Minnesota is known for its winters going out like a lion, and so it has proven so in the month of March, of 2007, when this poem was written. It would seem winter would simply stop, and spring would come in, but it never happens that way. Even the crows have a period of time to readjust to the new season, for the winter has helped them grow thin and lean, and has helped the humans in Minnesota to grow fat, because they hibernate in the house somewhat. Then in spring the crows grow fat, and the humans start growing lean, they get out of the house as soon as possible—and then there is no end to their activities.Commentary on Winter Storms: - A Fairies Illustration of A Single Drop of Water By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
I stood beside a waterfall.It spoke of storms past.My heart accepted its remarksspeaking loudly.It sees new dayscontinuinguntil the last. - Mouth Everest By : Paul Davis
Verbiage and dialogue can be pleasant when less than impressive and exceedingly incessant. When will Mouth Everest ever get it? Not everybody wants to happily hear it. - Spirituality - Do You Believe In It? By : Neha Mehta
What is the significance of spirituality in our lives? How does spirituality affects our lives? - A Simple Love Story That Just Began Abruptly And Ended Abruptly By : Neha Mehta
What is love? What makes two people like each other and hate each other? - Golden Angel By : George Lockett
Golden Angel, shining bright, Guide me with your heavenly light; I breathe you in as you merge with me; Guide me with what is to be. - I Don't Need A Woman To Love Me By : Paul Davis
Illusions of love distract and get in the way. Respect is what a man needs day by day. - "Under The Rock" & "Moth And The Mind" - Two Poetic Prose Poems - With Notes By : Dennis Siluk
The prose poem is usually made-up with more wit than rime in it, so it has been by the master pieces, and master poets, in the past; the lines involved are not usually all that important. Here are two prose poems that deal with the mind. - Poems and Poetry on Love By : Richard Pettinger
What is the nature of love? True Love is at once inexpressible and to speak of love is to lose its essence. Yet the great poets have sought tirelessly to give expression to the deepest yearning of the Soul. Poetry more than any other medium seems capable of giving form to the highest ideals of love and the immortality of our soul’s loftiest consciousness. - Put Me Out of My Misery By : Paul Davis
Turn my misery into victory. Send your Holy Spirit's anesthesia. To numb my pain inwardly. Restore my joy wholeheartedly. So I can arise triumphantly. To tirelessly help humanity. But now most importantly. Deliver me from my misery, every fatal foe and calamity. - Don't Gang Up on Me By : Paul Davis
Don't gang up on me! Don't think to leverage your friends against me. I am who I am and I will not be changing. Your friends to me certainly aren't intimidating. - Find Somebody Friendly By : Paul Davis
Find somebody friendly. To talk to and just be. Be yourself with freely. Get along with peaceably. Believe in you confidently. - If God Can Use Me, He Can Use Anybody By : Paul Davis
Yield to God in heartfelt tenderness. Remember He has your best interest. Will give you more, not reduce you to less. Jesus is far more than slang, josh, or jest. He loves you unconditionally to be your best. - Devil in the Details By : Paul Davis
The devil in the details ensnares our precious souls. Strife takes its toll. Leaving us fragmented, broken, and unwhole. Too heavy in heart to be joyful. Too nervous to be peaceful. The devil in the details deceitful. - Don't Sell Your Soul for Sex By : Paul Davis
Don't let any woman reduce you and cause you to reject. Your personhood is paramount, maintain self-respect. Be alert, on your guard, listen, and be quick to detect. The mildest, most subtle rebellion before she defects. Sir, never ever sell out your soul and self for sex. - Wicked And Wild Women By : Paul Davis
Always boisterous and demanding. Purporting and grandstanding. Drama queens incessantly complaining. Proud as peacocks arrogantly parading. - Slowpoke - Christmas is Coming By : Paul Davis
Slowpoke be stirred and shake. Your potential and promises take. Your latent greatness awake. Do something powerful and positive. Passion is no elective, nor alternative. Slowpoke don't be pathetic and passive. Take immediate action! Be aggressive. - Placebo Please By : Paul Davis
Pop a patronizing pill and feel all the better. Give us your money, we will nicely reassure. Every child, parent, and grandmother. You pay and we'll placate you out the door. This placebo will perform that I assure. If not, enjoy my sarcasm, satire, and humor. - Discussing & Analyzing Structure By : Lexi Jewlgia
Tips on writing poetry and analyzing poetry. - "Iguazu Falls (And Devil's Throat)" and "Prophecy Guarded" (Two Poems with a Commentary) By : Dennis Siluk
Note: Iguazu Falls, is to me one of the great geological wonders of the world, it is as if God, Himself, fell on his elbow, and put a dent into the earth (if that was possible). Devil's Throat is simple an area among the 270 or so falls that are connecting to one another to make this world wonder one site instead of many. It has something like 450,000-liters of water per second going over its falls, at any given time, and has around a 300 foot trop, and is close to two miles in circumference. The falls are on the Argentina and Brazilian soil, Brazil perhaps being the better view. And taking a bus from Concepcion, Paraguay, is not a hard task, if indeed you wished to see Paraguay, which goes into a three angel corner with Argentina, and Brazil, in one location, thus, being in three countries at one time. - Hildegard Von Bingen - Ground-Breaking Visionary By : Sumangali Morhall
Hildegard of Bingen, Germany, was born in 1098: not really a time for women to receive much respect, or indeed to have the freedom to do anything worthy of respect. Hildegard's life was ground-breaking for many reasons, and it left behind a legacy of timeless artistic works.
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