Poetry

Abou Ben Adhem
by Leigh Hunt.

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight of his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold:-
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the presence in the room he said,
'What writest thou?' - The vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answered 'The names of those who love the Lord.'
'And is mine one?' said Abou. 'Nay, not so,'
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerly still; and said 'I pray thee then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.'

The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names who love of God had blessed,
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.

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2007-09-06 19:17:34 · 13 answers · asked by Schittzu 2

Please follow this link and tell me if you think I have any chance of getting it published and, if possible, where would be a good place to try: http://morethanflames.blogspot.com/2007/09/rain-of-dirt.html

2007-09-06 18:21:40 · 7 answers · asked by Shadow Lor 4

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain
There once was a girl who’s always played it safe, never cross the line, never step out side of the box. She had many fears and obstacles but they were mostly in her head. Many prevented her from doing the things she’s always wanted to do. One day she woke up and realized that life is short. She realized that in one minute, she can be taken out of this world, just like that. So before she leaves, she vowed to go where the grass is greener and where the rainbow reaches the end. Because twenty years from now, she doesn’t want to be disappointed by the things she didn’t do than the ones she did do. So she will throw off the bowlines. She will sail away from the safe harbor. She will catch the trade winds in her sails. She will explore,dream&discover

2007-09-06 17:54:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

kisses in the rain,
days without blame,
the things we all wont tend to always be the same.
who am i? and who are you?
you know us? yeah we we're special us two.
but i can't believe your gone, it's been so long.
tears still fill my eyes,
even though we're done with our goodbyes.
with time the pain may fade, but the blame will always be on me for what happened that day.
even though your 6 feet under, the pain is still the same.
the day you left, is the day i know it would never be the same

Yeah...so whats you people thinks? =]

2007-09-06 17:43:29 · 3 answers · asked by Ryans Coolage 1

I can’t deny how I feel for very long
Every time I do, the feeling comes back strong

I can’t escape these thoughts
Whenever I think of him my mind becomes distraught

Tried to save myself by saying good-bye
Didn’t know all of this would just leave me to cry

I lay on the ground thinking of my mistake
The worst one I could possibly make

I can’t even look at him or look into his eyes
What I feel now I can only feel inside

I die every time I see him sitting there
Him leaving just his memories, hung in the air

I thought saying good-bye would un-break my heart
But it seems as if heartbreak is just a painful art

Takes precision and quick thinking and lack of inhibition
But giving him up wasn’t part of the mission

I still feel the way I did before, maybe even more so
I thought to save myself this was the right way to go

I was wrong it seems, and it makes me sad
I didn’t know the great thing I had.

2007-09-06 17:28:28 · 3 answers · asked by OhhBabyy♥ 2

2007-09-06 17:28:23 · 5 answers · asked by ? 5

What do you get by this?

2007-09-06 17:25:32 · 2 answers · asked by Yop15555 2

most of my poetry now specializes in pride poetry and love poems. if you want me to emial you a poem once a day emial me at angelknightfaith@hotmail.com
just tell me what is the subject and style and i will send you one the next day.

2007-09-06 17:19:04 · 1 answers · asked by minds_3eye_i_posses 1

Quiet reply
on a damp grass dew.
Quick shadows passing,
from where the green grass blew.
Misty fog
Above the log
a cricket fondles its legs
and talks.
Frogs croak,
the mist rises slow.
The trees began to quiver lighlty,
the sun is in the sky,
filling the morning with light,
so slightly.
No burst of light
through the leaves.
It slowly emerges,
from that dark black sea.
Mist fades,
as the sky turns blue.
An owl flies over
and belows its last hoot.
The dew on the ground is all but gone.
And still I sit in the sky,
with my smile on.

2007-09-06 16:46:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm looking for this poem that I read in high school for use in a college class, but I can't find it! It was in an anthology book in my high school's library, which is of course now not anywhere near me!

The poem is approximately 20-30 lines long, and it talks about how old men talk and tell the children about war, and when the second world war starts, they all enlist. It basically paints the older generation as talking up the war, and the children as ignoring the lessons of the first war... The last line ends in "and they went" or something like that.

Any leads?

2007-09-06 16:24:02 · 4 answers · asked by calliope320 4

Please help me to write an Acrostic Poems. Please use word or phrase that have something to do with the word.
M
I
C
H
A
E
L

tnxz...

2007-09-06 16:03:04 · 9 answers · asked by Park 1

1. Which one of the following sentences is an example of a metaphor?
A. I am a rock.
B. She eats like a bird.
C. I’m as hungry as a wolf.
D. The breeze blew the branches back and forth. is it A?
Which one of the following words is an iamb?
A. Rachel C. JoAnne
B. Alice D. Sally is it C?

3.The line “A tree whose hungry mouth is prest” is an example of iambic
A. trimeter. C. tetrameter.
B. pentameter. D. dimeter. is it B?

4.What is the most probable reason that rhyme and repetition first found their ways into poems?
A. People wanted a beat they could dance to.
B. They were written for the upper class.
C. Heroes in epics tended to talk that way.
D. The poems were easier to remember and pass on.

5.“Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds” is an example of which type of poem?
A. Narrative C. Dramatic
B. Discursive D. Descriptive is it D?

2007-09-06 15:56:56 · 5 answers · asked by wolf_in_da_room 1

I am writting a love peom for english anyone have one abab or aa bb 14 lines

2007-09-06 15:24:17 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey guys please help me with a poem that includes communication and is catchy that would surely help thanks and i would love even more if u could tell me a poem about school and how its fun by the way please rate the following poems on my 360 page

2007-09-06 14:07:06 · 1 answers · asked by PiNk_sLiP 4

many people have different views on the poem "Invictus". What do you think it means?

2007-09-06 13:24:13 · 2 answers · asked by vizicky 1

Its Called- Remember a time?
Remember a time when it just used to be, all about you and all about me? when things where so healthy and everything was great.
That time when you became more that my mate?

Remember a time when it used to be?, Cozy nights in, just you and me, you'd get the chocolate and i'd get the tea!, then we'd both snuggle up on that big huge settee?

Remember a time when it used to be?, me watching the clock for just after three?, Knowing that you'd soon be home and we could once again be alone, I'd kiss you so deeply and hold you so tight, then we'd make love all through the night.

Remember a time when it used to be?, that time when we both where free...

2007-09-06 13:08:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are some poems by William Ernest Henley that contain a high quality of literary elements?

2007-09-06 13:02:06 · 2 answers · asked by Justin H 1

Its Called-Tae a 21st century Rat our a Moose.

Is it a rat or is it a moose? for what is this vermin thats invaded ma hoose?
Ivve seen the dropping on the scullery flair! And with us being so tidy and clean , it just izny fair.
For once they where sleeked, noo there just wide, I think its all the toxins they dump in the Clyde.
They used tae be timid, now there well game! I was eating chips and two followed me hame!.
And the rest of the family, they dont even care!, Can yeh no hear them scratching on the laminate floor? They say it's a phobia, that its all in ma heid! See if wan bites yeh? you'll get Rabbis and yer deed!
Is that wan of there tails? Look there in the light!, No just a bit of spaggetti we had for our dinner last night.
I'll need tae calm doon, ive got mice on the brain, see if any of them go near that wain?.I'll no be responsible for the carnage i'll cause! as i break every wan of there wee mousey jaws.

2007-09-06 12:20:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have to write one of those "i am" poems. I have most of my lines ready, but I still need ideas for: I say___ and I touch ______

2007-09-06 10:17:04 · 4 answers · asked by John C 2

I just got this published in a fine arts magazine. Do you think it was worth publishing. Honest opinions, critiques and improvements highly appreciated.

My libidinous spirit rages
As gently your thighs I caress
Milky white and silky smooth
leading to the gates of paradise

Softer than muslin
like a feathered down
crowned by rubies
heaving up and down

In the throes of pleasure
your moans crescendo
You shudder in the pale moonlight
As I draw so softly away

You pull me back in
My death is complete
Pollen grains move with the wind
Falling on flowers and moss alike

Suddenly you let go
cooing softly in my ear
under the linen covers you shrink
The warmth that was, for a moment, is gone.

2007-09-06 10:03:26 · 4 answers · asked by Crashovdr 4

The Early Purges by Seamus Heaney ????

2007-09-06 08:59:15 · 3 answers · asked by Cady 1

2007-09-06 08:42:55 · 2 answers · asked by jess 2

Much better, I think. Next, we can argue if "heart" or "friend" is the substantive noun in the last line of Longfellow's "The Arrow And The Song."


*****
A fellow longs

I shot an artichoke into the air,
It fell to easel, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the significance
Could not follow it in its floatage.

I breathed a sop into the air,
It fell to easel, I knew not where;
For who has significance so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of sop?

Long, long afterward, in an obduracy
I found the artichoke, still unbroke;
And the sop, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heath of a friend.

*****

2007-09-06 06:35:41 · 3 answers · asked by TD Euwaite? 6

The replacement words are the 7th noun in the dictionary after the substantive noun from each line. It is not my fault that A R S E fit the formula, replacing arrow. Also, be sure to look up sigmoidoscopy...


*****
OUCH!

I shot an “A.R.S.E.” into the air,
It fell to Earth Science, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sigmoidoscopy
Could not follow it in its Flight Line.

I breathed a songstress into the air,
It fell to Earth Science, I knew not where;
For who has sigmoidoscopy so keen and strong,
That it can follow the Flight Line of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oarlock,
I found the “A.R.S.E.”, still unbroke;
And the songstress, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a Frier.

*****

2007-09-06 06:11:18 · 2 answers · asked by TD Euwaite? 6

When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little--but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared,
Miss me--but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take
And each must go alone.
It's all a part of the Master's plan,
A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick of heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds.
Miss Me--But Let me Go!

2007-09-06 05:47:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I sit cross legged cross eyed staring into space ,

Believing to believe that such a simple act should lead to redemption
Truth is subject to each hour, for with each day a new truth is found
Relevant …. Relevant to me
Peace is a cloud that u can sink into forever
Just keep sinking,
Enveloped by steam, water vapor clinging to my skin,
Warm in the cold sky that surrounds me,
How words and thoughts trickle from a place that cant be seen,
I turn the key on another day
I play this song some other way
I feed my soul a bitter pill
My expectations are eating me up whole
Money is alive my innocence is stole
Never to return I’m amongst the rest ,
Fighting for the scraps like a pack of wolves
We’re lost and found , until we leave it to chance
To drift away in this place we call life

2007-09-06 04:43:45 · 4 answers · asked by likeminded 3

I'm open to the men.
Feeling like an upturned crab on the shore.
Claws agog and ready for the mischief!
Ready to snatch my mate.
Rushing in on waters like a well timed piece of seaweed.
Then shutting my shell around him.
Dueling with other odd crustacian for his affections.
Taking off the toughness.
Ready to flounder sideways home if he stings like the jellyfish!

2007-09-06 03:13:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

William Shakespeare - Sonnet 18
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?

The poet I have selected is William Shakespeare. He wrote many poems and I have chosen Shall I Compare Thee Sonnet 18 .it is one of his romantic poems it shows how he wrote his sonnet in his way and how he thought love was about and how he described it. He is comparing a woman to the way he feels towards summer and how this feeling gives him life to breathe. Summer must be his favourite season, so this is why he describes his love to summer. This poem describes how love isn't a possession, but as long as men can breathe, they can live with love. Summer is lovelier and more temperate, like his love he is comparing in this poem.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

2007-09-06 00:28:17 · 2 answers · asked by Dr Ask 1

2007-09-05 21:59:49 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was wondering who would like a weekly emial of Gay pride poems involvi ng hate love fear rejection need want desire and passion. just te3ll me the style of poem if you want and ill email you in a werek of a poem.

i also write truly dark christian poems heavily infulenced in gothic style poetry

2007-09-05 18:08:57 · 1 answers · asked by minds_3eye_i_posses 1