by Paghunda Zahid |
Categories:
joy, love, smile,
Futile is the sun to a heart in awe
And trivial is the moon's cosmic fame
All these voices are nothing but noises
These Flowers are like invisible stars
For what's it that the universe contains
Nothing... but your face to keep me sane
Only your voice brings exceptional joy
Only your lovely smile can make me fly
Syllable count: 10 per line
27th July, 2020
by Brian Jinanwa |
Categories:
basketball,
Basketball
It's not a sport
It's a lifestyle
No one understands
What it means to play it
Not for the money
Not for the fame
But the love for the game
Basketball
Not a sport
It's a lifestyle
by Carolyn Devonshire |
Categories:
love
I waited for a man with no cards up his sleeve
one who dated with sincerity
hoping, believing
searching for a beau to cast a royal flush
I seek only to complete his life
I've encountered many Jacks
players lacking good intent
yet these men had found their matches
they had more in common with the Queen of Diamonds
I need no wealth or fame
professions of love would be enough
it is a game I cannot win
a Queen of Hearts, I lie unnoticed
having slipped to the floor
will anyone miss my presence
or is the deck stacked against me
*Entry for Paula's "Pick a Card, Any Card" contest
by James Marshall Goff |
Categories:
introspection, light, prayer,
At night rapscallions in my head
Refuse the coal that scorches dread
And peace, however light the touch
Calms the seas where dragons rush
The crescent moon, my dreams aglow
With love so pure, pearl ivy grows
Hurried heart that once sought fame
Must kindle hope née shatter shame
Above the sky where angels dwell
My pealing bark in prayer reveals
A moment filled with His relief
When light grows dim
doth vanquish
Grief
02/01/12
1:56am
© All Rights Reserved
by Xinyue Zhang |
Categories:
12th grade,
That flowers fall
Like autumn comes and leaves begin to blush
Like rains confess the wild’s restraining souls
Screams the rowdy youth of such fragile rush
Roars our untamed minds from London to Seoul
Speak love, speak hate and He may laugh at thee
At crazed and blinded fixations like fame
But though He sings slow ballads to the sea
So does He mourn unruly souls like Cain
And look, oh look, that flowers fall as well
and blushing leaves shower idlers in fall
Like wind lies, like rain dies, like waves shall swell
Like flowers fall, like me, all things befall
Does Nature not die certain as shall I?
As Nature is beauty, I am alive.
by Verlena S. Walker |
Categories:
angst, celebrity, encouraging, freedom, irony, metaphor, simile,
of love of war
the staff of a prophet, seen
fairness not imagine, sings
shouting out, obscenity
recognized, yet
in search of fame, seeking stance
the moment arises, seek
of voice of power, godsend
renown supremacy, yet
prophet not acknowledged, kept
desire of a great life, sought
skill of voice, articulate
hardly ever, cheek
no longer free, famous self
seldom bite snarls dogma, link
of country of faith, kinship
all that’s true, fair play
desired fame acknowledged, pent
the home front, covetousness
war or peace love or hate, just
yelp puppy love, nice
_________________________|
Penned on September 28, 2014!
by Matthew Anish |
Categories:
poetry,
There are I'm sure
people
who
will
tell
you
to
stop
I'm also sure
you will persist
in your literary
efforts
Some may say
its only poetry
but we know
different - don't we friends?
Poetry can change a life
It can even change societies
You might not achieve fame until after you are gone
Poetry is for the ages
People may be reading you
in a couple of millennia
Sobering thought
After we disappear
our poems may very well
bring a smile
to people who love the genre
by Olusegun Arowolo |
Categories:
health, me, me,
HIV Positive
I am HIV positive that I know,
But I will exercise my civic right,
As my blood continues to flow,
For my views to be heard I will fight.
Known to have been wayward and careless,
That does not mean I cannot be benevolent,
Which had made me to be fearless,
This malady has made me to be malevolent.
I Love playing poker with my dames,
After basking in the euphoria of many liquors,
which has actually earn me my fame,
Soon,I will varnish like the gas vapor.
But,the doctor told me I`m negative,
My blood was mistakenly substituted for,
Ha!this news serve as a purgative.
by Cona Adams |
Categories:
betrayal, love hurts, music, song,
(Shakespearean Sonnet)
The blue-grass music blares from speaker's face
as guys and gals entwine moon-round the floor,
she sits alone, ignores the dancers' pace
although her ears record the rhythm score.
He begged her love; he painted instant fame.
She nursed her song in dreams alive to wit,
she trusted him to give the verse her name,
and reasoned out they spun a perfect fit.
With traitor's greed intense, he stepped aside,
and claimed her song as his with no remorse.
He left her raw, his chest out-puffed with pride.
Disgraced, abased, her anger reinforced,
she writes another song, recounts the tale,
assured his star will now commence to pale.
by Timothy Yeager |
Categories:
introspection, life
When I have fears that I may fail to die,
After all my mind has given to my pen,
No worldly wonders left there to defy;
No answers to the mysteries within.
What worry it would be on how I fared,
For surely it's lowly life to live,
To think that this is all that chance had spared;
To know that this is all I had to give.
And when I feel, foul bitterness of years,
Knowing I shall bear these with a smile,
I simply bite my tongue and fight my tears;
The raging rivers, hidden in my guile.
On the wide world I stand with sums untold,
For love and fame is all I have to hold.
by Mark Toney |
Categories:
appreciation, cat, celebrity, cool, england, music, song,
Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind
Farrokh Bulsara a.k.a. Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter known universally
Confirmed he had AIDS and then died the next day
His music through Queen still rocks us all the way
Came a man from Zanzibar named Farrokh
Whose tastes were both flamboyant and baroque
For fame he was ready
Changed his name to Freddie
After his death millions still love this bloke
A Heathrow baggage handler prior to fame
Wrote a song about his favorite cat, Delilah by name
In his personal life he was very shy, gentle and kind
His life and times are “guaranteed to blow your mind”
by Carole Duet |
Categories:
love,
Love is always a sacrifice.
What would you willingly give
for love to live?
Your wealth?
Your religion?
Your job?
Your identity?
Your weapons?
Your fame?
Your friends?
Your family?’
Your home?
Your life?
What would you willingly give
for love to live?
By: Carole O’Terry Duet
Copyright: 4/27/2019
“All Rights Reserved”
by Charlie Smith |
Categories:
religious,
If only one shall know my name
With pride to care that I have been
A title that might share such fame
And from my cause true passion seen
A name that defines one life
Worthy of fame's price to bear
Lived for peace and free of strife
That's just, in honor, not from fear
I'd be content if called by God
A name that's less than pride affords
That leads to paths so seldom trod
For fortune undescribed in words
From true hearts let names be heard
May lives with love define the words
What's In A Name Contest
Sponsored By Silent One
01/16/2017
by Curtis Moorman |
Categories:
beauty, flower, love, love hurts, missing you, rose,
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
A rose by any other name
Is disgraceful to the rose
No other flower has such fame
Among all those seen in shows
Whether at a funeral or a wedding
The rose stands out more
At a birth, or a special setting
The rose is sure to score
I have no doubt about this gem
To bring joy to whom it is given
A single rose on one long stem
Is like a small touch of heaven
What's in a name, you say
It's just another flower
It will die and fade away
Yes, but it's the flower of the hour
20 October 2019
Writing Challenge, October 2019 -Flower Challenge-
Sponsor, Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode
by Vladislav Raven |
Categories:
love,
(Valentine's Collection)
51.
I now sing love's song, in praise of your name,
of beauty divine, in Heavenly grace,
a heart softly singing into the night,
I sing my song for the one I adore.
In love's domain, you are my passion's flame,
I praise your name as we stand in embrace,
lost within your eyes, shining Sapphire bright,
with you my love, I shall stand by love's shore.
You are the glory, you are my love's fame,
I see the wonder of your golden face,
in praise of your name I walk in your light,
beloved, your joy sings into my core.
I was alone into my life you came,
I now sing love's song, in praise of your name.
11/02/2019.
by Connie Marcum Wong |
Categories:
hope, loss, pain, visionary, war,
The cotton runs high in the Taliban sky
Resistance continues, into the south.
I watch nightly news with a heavy sigh
Not letting judgments escape from my mouth.
I see the pain that rues life for the same
For their families each suffer loss too.
For those seeking revenge or seeking fame
They know not what damage to souls they do.
Children need to come first, not the adverse
In a sinful will that tears life apart.
Bless all who try to obtain a reverse
That fight for God's light that dwells in their heart.
May love spread throughout in pink healing light
That peace may finally dwell with insight.
4-28-19
by Goodness Lanre |
Categories:
tribute, me, me, poetry,
When I first heard your name
I felt you detest this poetry game
But you are a lover,
A giver of courage
That my poetry race is not over
And to my writing a new page.
You ignite in me a new flame,
And allowed me in your hall of fame.
You are a mother,
Mother of the poetry village
Your soup makes me forge further
Your love, my great advantage.
For poetry, all I can tame,
For your stopping by never leaves me the same.
by Angelina Calamare |
Categories:
8th grade, happiness, happy, poetry,
People wait.
They wait for friday
They wait for summer,happiness
People wait for happiness
They wait for that special something
Or special someone.
Money isn't true happiness
Fame isn't true happiness
What true happiness feels like is making the most of everything
Family,friends,love
Theres alot of evil in this world
But there also a lot of good,focus on that.
They say happiness is in hand
In your control
You decide
It's your choice
Make the right one.
by Lacey Petty |
Categories:
confusion, lost love, love, passion, philosophy, love,
Remembering that Valentine’s
Is just an off kilter lie
And love is cruel and hateful
A salted drink splashed in your eye
Perhaps you will live your life
For no one else’s fame
Clutching for no other’s gaze
Far ways from the game
But no, you want to fall in love
Just like all the rest
Through warning friends will say to you
Alone is for the best
Gods look down and laugh at us
Like a sitcom, only real
And so they grin and snicker
And let their laugher out in peels
Hope is all we try to keep
When love just isn’t fair
There’s just no help for us you see
‘Cause Cupid doesn’t care
by Phil Johnson |
Categories:
life, love, wife, love,
i cannot give you studded diamonds,
or give you fine white pearls,
nor can i give you money,
that could buy the whole wide world.
i cannot give you airplane tickets,
new fashions, trends and fame,
the only thing that i can give,
is my heart, my soul and name.
im not a man of upper class,
or a man who is well known,
my needs are very simple,
just a place to call my home.
i'll give you all i have to give,
but as i say it isnt much,
a future,land with house and kids,
and my love on hand as such.
and to know you'll always love me,
even if we're very poor,
really makes me glad found you,
the girl that i adore.
by Amber Powell |
Categories:
lost love, me, me,
because of this game you played with me now i cant sleep
the way you left me it was un called for
you left me for that hore
she will never do the things i do for u
the only things she gon do is abuse you
because tha game you feel ashame
now you aint got the fame the way you use to blame me
and never blame your self can you belive
how you leave me so harshly now i can see
by Adeleke Adeite |
Categories:
dedicationpoetry,
We are not the same… no shame
I love her golden grains and game;
Her name and game flows like fame
And her pens and poems you cannot tame
We are from different races… reality
Yet I crave her colors and creativity
Every time I soar to her sights and sound city
My pen do praise her art and alacrity
We’ve all got pleasant, passionate pages
Yet her scripts are signed by sincere sages
Her poetry pictures are immortal images
That earns her wisdom and wonderful wages
…and Crystal is her noble name,
her aim and game burns with fire , not flame.
in my heart I see her poetry picture frame;
she’s got a friendly face…she’s a darling dame
by Stranja Depoet |
Categories:
thank you,
Sicken all this while
Life is in a jittery
For the pleasures of life not a surety
Sorrow haunts my abilities
I'm enmeshed to grief and solitude
I never swore to serve pain
Never did I take aye to sorrow
Yet I'm submerged in life's pool of agony
I play for the world love tunes
But in return it gives me misfortunes
Guess I was born to be lonely
With no one to call my one and only
The ladder that lead others to fame
Leads me to shame
These words are of the past
I say them no more
The war against life is over
I have found hope
Thank you God for touching me
And for being there
My best company.
Stranja
by Kable Hendrix |
Categories:
love, sad, me,
Love is like a river that runs and hides
For I will never be by your side and yet my heart still wants you
But I can't bring myself to say anything to you
I'm just glad that I knew of you
Why?, I ask you why? Why could I not have been with you when you felt afraid?
I know you hear me calling out you name.
Do not be fooled by uncertain fame for it is lost faster then it is gained
Speak not of me if you will but please remember this...I loved you
by Unseeking Seeker |
Categories:
love, wisdom,
Indifferent to fickle fame,
recognising transience of life,
the earth entity sought but love,
that in this realm it feels complete
and so it was, compassion stirred,
when wayward ego vaporised.