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    Been following the rise of poetry on the forum. I've never written a poem before, nor have I ever felt the urge to until recently whilst lingering over a coffee on a cold cold morning. Just happened to have a notebook in front of me (full of tedious to-do lists) and off I went!

    Am a bit shy about this, hence the new username, but I know there are people who can identify with some or all of the verses below.

    Getting Round

    Thoughts of why have long since gone
    Nine hours gone, fifteen to come
    That early talk of pace and plans
    Has given way to destiny's hands
    As autopilot lifts a leg
    Our hero is cajouled and fed
    Whilst one by one the peaks slip past
    Each heavier than the last

    Wishes and hopes have never left
    The others that won't see their beds
    Guesswork and sustenance are made
    Is he well up, or rain-delayed?
    Cars are parked and necks are craned
    Food on, chair out, mood up, tea made
    Is that a rock, or is that him?
    Today the two are kin

    That time ago, this just a seed
    Exploring which advice to heed
    The first of many a slipperly slope
    That faces all who dare to hope...
    ...and plan, and train and organise,
    Obsess of bearings, schedule times
    To study every inch of ground
    And dream of getting round
    Last edited by OneOffPoet; 03-01-2010 at 12:52 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by freckle View Post
    Anonymous traveller

    Flashlight of the orient, a picture of my dreams
    Acends into unknown ink, a beguiling beam.

    Not knowing where your journey will end,
    the fragile beauty of you melting into darkness

    I am left wondering where this seed of light
    eventually descends.
    What a beautiful image. Candles on the Ganges yesterday. Chinese lanterns in the sky today. What a lovely way to start the New Year.

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    What a great way to get started! That is one of the best Bob Graham-inspired poems we've had. So good of you to share it.

    I bet it wont be a one off either.

    Quote Originally Posted by OneOffPoet View Post
    Been following the rise of poetry on the forum. I've never written a poem before, nor have I ever felt the urge to until recently whilst lingering over a coffee on a cold cold morning. Just happened to have a notebook in front of me (full of tedious to-do lists) and off I went!

    Am a bit shy about this, hence the new username, but I know there are people who can identify with some or all of the verses below.

    Getting Round

    Thoughts of why have long since gone
    Nine hours gone, fifteen to come
    That early talk of pace and plans
    Has given way to destiny's hands
    As autopilot lifts a leg
    Our hero is cajouled and fed
    Whilst one by one the peaks slip past
    Each heavier than the last

    Wishes and hopes and never left
    The others that won't see their beds
    Guesswork and sustenance are made
    Is he well up, or rain-delayed?
    Cars are parked and necks are craned
    Food on, chair out, mood up, tea made
    Is that a rock, or is that him?
    Today the two are kin

    That time ago, this just a seed
    Exploring which advice to heed
    The first of many a slipperly slope
    That faces all who dare to hope...
    ...and plan, and train and organise,
    Obsess of bearings, schedule times
    To study every inch of ground
    And dream of getting round

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    Quote Originally Posted by OneOffPoet View Post
    Been following the rise of poetry on the forum. I've never written a poem before, nor have I ever felt the urge to until recently whilst lingering over a coffee on a cold cold morning. Just happened to have a notebook in front of me (full of tedious to-do lists) and off I went!

    Am a bit shy about this, hence the new username, but I know there are people who can identify with some or all of the verses below.

    Getting Round

    Thoughts of why have long since gone
    Nine hours gone, sixteen to come
    That early talk of pace and plans
    Has given way to destiny's hands
    As autopilot lifts a leg
    Our hero is cajouled and fed
    Whilst one by one the peaks slip past
    Each heavier than the last

    Wishes and hopes and never left
    The others that won't see their beds
    Guesswork and sustenance are made
    Is he well up, or rain-delayed?
    Cars are parked and necks are craned
    Food on, chair out, mood up, tea made
    Is that a rock, or is that him?
    Today the two are kin

    That time ago, this just a seed
    Exploring which advice to heed
    The first of many a slipperly slope
    That faces all who dare to hope...
    ...and plan, and train and organise,
    Obsess of bearings, schedule times
    To study every inch of ground
    And dream of getting round
    A warm welcome OneoffPoet!......This is a wonderful poem and all the more so as it is your first one! What an evocative description of a beautiful journey, I love the imagery of each peak slipping past "each one heavier than the last" (that line is extremely slick!) and I also really liked the last two lines which just about sums up your dedication ....I implore you to not be a "Oneoff poet" that would be a crying shame....come back soon

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    Quote Originally Posted by freckle View Post
    Tee Hee! your a right card you are...oh and school BOY humour eh?
    Have you ever heard the phrase school-girl humour - I ask you!

    Anyway, now you've mentioned our Syliva I've suddenly gone all wobbly and serious, so....

    Love Letter

    Not easy to state the change you made.
    If I'm alive now, then I was dead,
    Though, like a stone, unbothered by it,
    Staying put according to habit.
    You didn't just toe me an inch, no--
    Nor leave me to set my small bald eye
    Skyward again, without hope, of course,
    Of apprehending blueness, or stars.
    That wasn't it. I slept, say: a snake
    Masked among black rocks as a black rock
    In the white hiatus of winter--
    Like my neighbors, taking no pleasure
    In the million perfectly-chiseled
    Cheeks alighting each moment to melt
    My cheek of basalt. They turned to tears,
    Angels weeping over dull natures,
    But didn't convince me. Those tears froze.
    Each dead head had a visor of ice.

    And I slept on like a bent finger.
    The first thing I saw was sheer air
    And the locked drops rising in a dew
    Limpid as spirits. Many stones lay
    Dense and expressionless round about.
    I didn't know what to make of it.
    I shone, mica-scaled, and unfolded
    To pour myself out like a fluid
    Among bird feet and the stems of plants.
    I wasn't fooled. I knew you at once.

    Tree and stone glittered, without shadows.
    My finger-length grew lucent as glass.
    I started to bud like a March twig:
    An arm and a leg, an arm, a leg.
    From stone to cloud, so I ascended.
    Now I resemble a sort of god
    Floating through the air in my soul-shift
    Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift.

    Now if only I could have that effect on someone
    Am Yisrael Chai

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    Quote Originally Posted by freckle View Post
    Mossy you would have been so proud of me yesterday...whilst others were building snowmen i was taking photos of the snow in our local cemetry...i felt it had a certain plath like beauty about it!....anyway...i am planning on getting really miserable soon when we get more into january with plenty of sexton/plath etc etc however I will intersperse this with spike milligan at various points!!!!

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    ps do you think i am just a frustrated goth waiting to get out?
    I love the tree in the top right that looks like it is about to fall like an axe into the scene. I'm sure you framed it just like that for the added effect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mossdog View Post
    Have you ever heard the phrase school-girl humour - I ask you!

    Anyway, now you've mentioned our Syliva I've suddenly gone all wobbly and serious, so....

    Love Letter

    Not easy to state the change you made.
    If I'm alive now, then I was dead,
    Though, like a stone, unbothered by it,
    Staying put according to habit.
    You didn't just toe me an inch, no--
    Nor leave me to set my small bald eye
    Skyward again, without hope, of course,
    Of apprehending blueness, or stars.
    That wasn't it. I slept, say: a snake
    Masked among black rocks as a black rock
    In the white hiatus of winter--
    Like my neighbors, taking no pleasure
    In the million perfectly-chiseled
    Cheeks alighting each moment to melt
    My cheek of basalt. They turned to tears,
    Angels weeping over dull natures,
    But didn't convince me. Those tears froze.
    Each dead head had a visor of ice.

    And I slept on like a bent finger.
    The first thing I saw was sheer air
    And the locked drops rising in a dew
    Limpid as spirits. Many stones lay
    Dense and expressionless round about.
    I didn't know what to make of it.
    I shone, mica-scaled, and unfolded
    To pour myself out like a fluid
    Among bird feet and the stems of plants.
    I wasn't fooled. I knew you at once.

    Tree and stone glittered, without shadows.
    My finger-length grew lucent as glass.
    I started to bud like a March twig:
    An arm and a leg, an arm, a leg.
    From stone to cloud, so I ascended.
    Now I resemble a sort of god
    Floating through the air in my soul-shift
    Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift.

    Now if only I could have that effect on someone
    Oh Mossy as usual you have outdone yourself with your outstanding choice...i think you might be psychic or something! either that or you have a special invention which can actually see inside my brain at times and pick a poem to match the web of my (oft perplexed) mind!.....the plath is the daddy is she not! (so to speak...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by OneOffPoet View Post

    Getting Round

    Thoughts of why have long since gone
    Nine hours gone, fifteen to come
    That early talk of pace and plans
    Has given way to destiny's hands
    As autopilot lifts a leg
    Our hero is cajouled and fed
    Whilst one by one the peaks slip past
    Each heavier than the last

    Wishes and hopes and never left
    The others that won't see their beds
    Guesswork and sustenance are made
    Is he well up, or rain-delayed?
    Cars are parked and necks are craned
    Food on, chair out, mood up, tea made
    Is that a rock, or is that him?
    Today the two are kin

    That time ago, this just a seed
    Exploring which advice to heed
    The first of many a slipperly slope
    That faces all who dare to hope...
    ...and plan, and train and organise,
    Obsess of bearings, schedule times
    To study every inch of ground
    And dream of getting round
    I hope that's not just going to be a oneoff, that's really exquisite - thanks
    Am Yisrael Chai

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    Quote Originally Posted by freckle View Post
    Oh Mossy as usual you have outdone yourself with your outstanding choice...i think you might be psychic or something! either that or you have a special invention which can actually see inside my brain at times and pick a poem to match the web of my mind!.....the plath is the daddy is she not! (so to speak...)
    Perhaps we are simply co-anima, or should that be co-animus?
    Am Yisrael Chai

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    One off poet your fantastic. Didn't know you were a big plath fan Mossy. Is the cemetery comment regarding your like of some would call morose poets ?.On that point i totally disagree i find plath fascinating,flawed,beautiful and a genius but not morose. My wife bought me The Bell Jar really interesting read regarding mental breakdown. Highly Recommended.

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