The "discuss your favorite poems" thread (Page 4)

b1gr0mee0
b1gr0mee0: apart from "the tiger" blake's poetry is just OK
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h0nd0 
h0nd0: """waiting"""

Serene, I fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;
I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For lo! my own shall come to me.

I stay my haste, I make delays,
For what avails this eager pace?
I stand amid the eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my face.

Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends I seek are seeking me;
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.

What matter if I stand alone?
I wait with joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where it hath sown,
And garner up its fruit of tears.

The waters know their own and draw
The brook that springs in yonder height;
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul of pure delight.

The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.

*my grandma stenography for "john burroghs" ny 1921.. she was 21..
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NormaTavish
NormaTavish: I don't know much about poems but I read one once my kids brought home from school called Desiderata and I quite liked it so framed a copy and put it in the kitchen
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b1gr0mee0
b1gr0mee0: aww that was nice. the poem touched you
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h0nd0 
h0nd0: ""begging to trade""

its all just a tease,
through and through life`s mysteries..
or rather forerunners of realities..
our soul aspirations and prophecies,
its never a breeze,
but, its never a breeze,
you can have my soul..please,
i`m giving way to my tendencies,
those indicators of the possibilities,
grasping the over engineered philosophies,
but, its never a breeze,
you can have my soul..jeez!!
i`m exploring all the idiosyncrasies,
of my mathematical inadequacies,
suffering with all the iniquities..
but its never a breeze..
generalizing the beneficiaries,
listening to all those obscenities,
to err is human, forgiving divinities,
please, i`m on my knees..
one day i would like to feel the breeze,
to exist without discrepancies,
respecting nothing but formalities.
mentoring for all the wanna be`s,
just a day to feel my soul..please.
remove myself from this constant freeze,
and have my heart warm to humanities..
but life comes in different degrees,
near blasphemers and the hieracies,
you can have my soul god,
..its a disease,
i`m not using it anyways,
...you have the keys..

h()nd()
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b1gr0mee0
b1gr0mee0: nice
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Bac77
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h0nd0 
h0nd0: ""memoirs""
its no use.. missing you.. i cant help it ..
its too hard.. caring.. just a little bit
no one can see you as i do.. or did..
from the first day to last i was fascinated..

its no use crying.. cant stop it if i could..
its my feelings that demand i should..
no one can see you as i do.. or can..
i tried damn hard.. to be a good man..

i know i let you go.. when you drove me too..
i know i hate myself.. and this bluest, blue..
but, its no use.. if we dont matter anymore..
ill go my way, alone. lost.. and butt sore

its no use.. missing me.. i`m a lost cause..
especially with all my iniquities and flaws..
no one could see me as you can.. or do..
a man like me deserves an invisible you..

love has no use, it seems so very clear..
its complicated, mistaken, year to year..
no one should know it,, this has to be true..
so why cant i get passed "the missing you"?

its useless to fight..you, cuz, youll always win..
im who i am, used now cuz you wouldnt give in..
i really wanted more.. without having a defense..
an un-negotiable bond that made perfect sense..

well at least.." I " made the top of my list..
where i was defeated, changed, and pissed..
i am still loving you.. even though its done..
and its impossible to forget you as "the one",,

there`s a use in me,,. to give my heart out..
make things understood, take away doubt..
so see the break like bits of broken glass..
.. people are remembered from the faces in the past..

HND
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