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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Poetry in a nutshell
- Poetry is more than just rhyming and prose that is in meters and verse. It is an art form. It is something that can not be judged by its cover and can not be critisized to the point where it just "sucks." Poetry is about expression. Poetry expresses the way we feel on a certain subject through imagery and other senses. It helps us deal with our daily problems, be it good or bad.The emotion ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Learn about love from poet rumi
- Learn about love by reading poetry by a long dead poet named Rumi. No need to look for ancient texts hidden in caves...Search the Net.In this modern age of technology, busy lifestyles, and obsession with consumerism have taken a lot of the romance and love out of our lives. The Internet has become a medium to connect with people as everyone is finding it a lot harder to meet one another in ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Become a poet in ten minutes
- Have you ever sat there staring at the paper, ready to write, but unsure where to begin? Want a solution that will overcome even the worst writer's block? Anyone can start writing poetry today using a few simple techniques.One, two, ...?Did you say or think three when you saw the above? If not, you certainly would when I asked you to fill in the blank. Your mind is a powerful ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Three poems (while in transition/english and spanish)
- Here are three more poems by the author, Dennis Siluk, while traveling througout Central and South America.Three Poems While in Transition (In Spanish and English)Poem OneEnglish VersionOrange Timid MoonO´er the Copan skyan arch of shadows weave their webswith low-lights, as the moon rises...orange and t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Im sorry mom! a mothers day poem
- Mother's Day Poetry,I'm Sorry Mom!I'm sorry for the troubles And the worries I brought you. I'm sorry for my mistakes, I didn't mean to make you blue.When I was young and growing up, Living in your home for so long, I made many people sad, I did many things wrong.So I thought that I could show you now, By moving away and being on my own,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The spirits de copan
- Part oneI see them in the skies I hear them in their hells They whisper and they moanAnd never are alone- The Spirits and the Ghouls? The Spirits de Copan!They are shadows in my world Echoes in my dreams A mystery and a force To a cosmic happening! The Spirits and the Ghouls? The Spirits de Copan!...Part Two (Hiding Spirits)...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The dead god of copan (in english and spanish)
- English VersionAnd the Death God said: "Let it rise to its glory in the Rio Valley-for a season; then let it be gone, we shall call it Copan?"Prologue: Empires come and go, liken to cosmic events, or the storms around the world: Atlantis, Mu, Greece, Persia, Rome, the Inca Nation, and even the great Maya heroic times of Copan, in Central America. All came and all left, one ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Learn about love from poet rumi
- In this modern age of technology, busy lifestyles, and obsession with consumerism have taken a lot of the romance and love out of our lives. The Internet has become a medium to connect with people as everyone is finding it a lot harder to meet one another in the 'real' world. It has undeniably also become a place of voyeuristic fantasy in the realms of sexuality on pornographic sites. What ever ha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The butcher of lima and footprints to mantaro valley (two poems)
- Footprints to Mantaro Valley (Peru; in English and Spanish)In what retreat art hid?-Where falling mountains groan In shadow and amongThe rapids of the Rio? Is not your name Mantaro Valley?Beyond the footprints of the Andes--?I can hear your voice in echoesI can hear thy voice, divinely low. I do but know thy by a glanceAs the clouds above me kno...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rules for writing poetry
- You've been writing poetry since that first assignment in your high school writing class. You know the rules about writing poetry, right? Are there rules? Well, if you frequent the poetry forums across the Internet as much as I do, you'd find that there are a lot of amateur poets who adamantly declare that there are no rules for writing poetry and if someone even suggests reading poetry or books o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Write your way to fame
- Have you ever thought about how nice it would be to see your poem discussed in the New York Times? Think you have what it takes to become a famous poet? Well the unfortunate truth is that no one has what it takes to be a famous poet. Here's a little exercise: Name the most famous contemporary poet you can think of. Louise Gluck, Frank Bidart, and Maya Angelou, are all well known poets, but did you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The art of receiving poetic critique
- You can show your poem to your mom, your spouse, your co-workers, or your friends, but you might not get the responses that you can suck up into your little writing fingers to use in an effort to refine your craft. What does it really mean when someone who cares about you, but not for poetry says, "Wow, this is great. I really like it?"So perhaps you've realized this conundrum and you've de...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A happiness poem
- If a happiness poem could bring forth a smile, Then my face would always dress in style.If my ears could hear my computer screen, From one to another, they, too, would grin.My keyboard types for my eyes not my tongue This happiness poem will never be sung.But what of my eyes? Don't they shine? Yes, but not from this poem of mine.The pen is mightier than ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - New poetic work by ethiopian immigrant promotes respect, courage and cultural sensitivity
- McLean, VA - "The Healing Conscious" tells the story of an Ethiopian immigrant boy on his fascinating journey to America and adulthood. Author Kifle Bantayehu, a 23 year-old second-generation Ethiopian immigrant, recounts this poignant tale in poetic format. His inspirational collection of poems reflects the final words and thoughts of a dying man who traveled across the world, raised a family and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to write bad poetry
- "All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling."--Oscar WildePeople write poetry for a plethora of reasons, but this article has a sharpened arrowhead aimed directly at the fingertips of amateur poets who wish to be published yet refuse to learn the attributes of a well-crafted poem. These poets are the ones who plop their pieces, shining with every beam of ambiguity, vagueness and ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spell of the andes: (in english and spanish)
- Note: written 4-15-05, while driving through the Andes of Peru, from Huancayo to Lima. I sensed I was but an ant, among the mass of stone, earth and foliage of this enchanting, and enduring landscape.Spell of the Andes By Dennis L. Siluk English VersionThis is a song of the Andes,That reaches unto the sky On the slow warm days, When the Cholos play, And ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Thank you to our soldiers and a tribute to old glory and a prayer for peace
- Thank youDedicated to soldiers and their loved onesFor those who have laid in fox holes,carried guns,marched for hours.For those who have had cold sleepless nights,endless days of discomfort.For those who have endured the agony of war for my sake.Thank you.For those who have gently kissed a loved one goodbye,and with a tear looked back for a last ti...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Our home
- Our home was warm in the shade of the trees or when the sun was not upon it.It was built on the side of a hill, near a lake where spirits could be free.On the warm porch ? hummingbirds watched, from branches where they sit, and the cat and the dog lay sunning, as we read ? nestled very closely.It was made of dark wood and of brick, had green shutters and was designed by our fa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The treasure of catalina huanca (in english and spanish)
- Note: written after seeing the little adobe 16th century church San Sebastian, in San Jeronimo, by the mountains of Huancayo, Peru, after being taken there by the Wandering Quechua guide, Enrique (4-13-2005).The Treasure of Catalina HuancaWritten by Dennis L. SilukThere, by the lofty mountains fairHidden under the earth by Huancayo In San Jerónimo de Tu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The gaul of la laguna de paca
- Part OneI tell you a legend of long ago Of the sunken city of La Laguna de Paca, (Where I had met a lingering ghost) Within this region of Huancayo--Peru; Truth lies, but only the soul knows.Part TwoSo the legend goes, of long ago: During the rising of the full moon The Mermaid of La Laguna de Paca, appears And to the nearby towns folks, she echoes... Echoes: her cries and moa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Portrait of the artist as a young dog
- Emlyn Williams Theatre, Mold, North Wales: 20th February 2003Clwyd Theatr Cymru commemorated the 50th anniversary of the death of the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) with a superb run of performances by a small but accomplished cast of actors.Described in the programme as "A theatrical journey through the prose writing of Dylan Thomas", the production was created by Ti...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Death & the supernatural: poetry/five poems
- Supernatural PoetryHere are five poems,-what I call-death and supernatural poems. Perhaps a bit bizarre, a few stanzas may be, but with unfailing subtlety of course, and a ting of acuteness, but we have to hag on if we want a good ride:1.Evil's CreationThou knowith evil clings To tender peace-; Nor does it heed one's drowsy Un-enthralled grief?But sof...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Man unbowed [a poem]
- Man UnbowedUnbowed by sin, the world of man, stands Upon his feet he gapes into the sky, The indifference of centuries within his eyes, And in his heart the curse of the old world. Who made him dead to love and God? A thing that breathes only for wants and needs, With a lack of emotion, a brother to the fox? Who tightened and pushed up his jagged brow? (To ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Three poems [lima; judges and evils creation]
- 1.Evil's CreationThou knowith evil clings To tender peace-; Nor does it heed one's drowsy Un-enthralled grief?But softly it darkens Twilight's dunes-; With sprinkling shadows Straight from the moon.O Night! Who giveth birth? To Evils plight? As mighty murmurs Reached my breast?:"His name has no beginning And no end?!&...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Famous poets quotations - top 30 poetry quotations by famous poets
- "For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history."-- Aristotle"Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one."-- W. H. Auden"Eloquence is the poetry of prose."-- William C. Bryant...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The time has come and buzzing
- Most of my poems are written late at night, often, as this one was, after I have turned out the lights to go to sleep. It seems that is the time when I am most creative. I hope you enjoy these two poems that talk a little bit about where my ideas come from.BuzzingMy mind is buzzing as I try to sleep the words won't rest all around me they creep. They cry to me wit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rocks
- Take some time to stop and look at nature. Pick up a rock or two and think about where it might have started out and what it might have gone through to end up where you found it.RocksThe smoothest rock is the one that was in the roughest part of the stream, where it was tossed to and fro, bouncing from rock to rock or tree branch, losing a little of its roughn...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stones
- As I picked up some of the polished gemstones in the rock store I began to think about what the stones looked like before they were polished. The store had several rocks on display showing the before and after and I realized that unless you knew what you were looking for, you could easily pass by a valuable gemstone. I also thought about how many times we pass by someone because they look "ordinar...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The last king of mars [a poetic mytho]
- [As Told by the Last] King: it was in the year 23,700 BC that one of the two moons of earth was hit by a meteor that of which, a great part of the moon broke off and hit earth's surface with a devastating impact. Thus the solar system absorbed a cataclysm in unimaginable proportions, from Jupiter to Mars; knocking Earth out of its 100,000-year Ice Age. This destroyed three civilizations, two on Ea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A world that doesnt care
- War bombs may explode demolishing man and land. Hurricanes may devastate and leave us entirely bare. Earthquakes may devour and swallow up old landmarks. But nothing is as destructive as a world that doesn't care.Smog may be an atrocious bother in our daily living. We all suffer significantly from pollution in the air. Intoxicants may be debilitating to those who wil...