Welcome to the Town of Feeling

Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad, Moved in down the streetCautious watched them, from her window, Wondering, which one should I meet?Confused came in with overwhelmed and said, "The Panics have come to town"Then Hopeful called the carefulls, And said that Happy was a clown.Anxious came in with the news, Confident... Read More

A Case of The Fears

Chicken Soup is good for a coldSleep is good for the FluWhen I get a case of the FearsWhat is a person to do?It is not bacteriaAlthough it can eat away my soulIt is not a virusYet, it can keep me from feeling wholeI know what will do the trick,What... Read More

I Hate The Wait (Weight)

I get up in the morningAnd want to stay in bedOh, so nice and warmLike fresh from the oven bread.My day is oh so busyI wish that I could stayIn the quiet of my houseIf only I could play.Relax and play like Children doNo matter where they areNever worried about... Read More

Why I enjoy Writing?

During interviews and general conversations with the public,one of the most difficult questions for me to answer(timely and thoroughly) is,"Why do you enjoy writing"?So due to the challenge manifested in such a question,I pondered on creating an answer. Many reasons came to mind,but after digesting much"time for thought",I managed to... Read More

Growing

Growing hurts sometimes; saying goodbye to friends, to things you've known and done to things you wanted to do. Growing heals sometimes the shattered dreams and hopes of a life you once knew leading you to a new knowledge... Read More

Kens Poem

How wonderfully sweet to be a dweller dwelling on the road of goodbye. Bittersweet tears fall as I think of all the places I'll never see, all the faces I'll never know, all the joys I'll never share, as I head for the... Read More

Find the Magic

FIND the MAGICFind the Magic As you release old bondage Come out of hiding And see the starsFind the Magic As you expose the pain Let the tears flow And find beauty in your bodyFind the Magic As you scream from the beating Run from the threats And feel the... Read More

Ocean Heal Me

Ocean Heal MeOcean heal my wounds Let your waves curl and foam on my body Wash away blood, heal scarsOcean renew me with your power As unceasingly you roll Giving strength that's been drainedOcean keep me warm Wrap me in your brine Caress me with your tidesOcean disperse my tears... Read More

Bleed

now is not the time to open open that great door again not the time to be more tolerant not the time to play to winnow is not the time for justice evolution mercy choices not the time to pet the puppies yipping with pathetic voicesnow is not the time... Read More

Joined

JOINEDHeart beat of man pounding - yet unheard joined becomes the beat of a nation.Words of man written - yet unread joined becomes a proclamation.Sounds of man spoken - yet unheard joined becomes a production .Lines of man drawn - yet unrecognized joined becomes an illustration.Beings of man humming... Read More

In The News:


Poetry: What Does It Accomplish?
Huffington Post (blog)
type a: Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. type b: The poem must resist ...
An Interview with Dorothea LaskyBookslut
An Interview with Matthew LippmanBookslut

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Poet's Pad Helps Unleash Your Inner Poet
PC World
Poet's Pad is designed to let poets write, arrange, and store all of their creative writings and poetry concepts, while offering a few tools to help provide ...

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Deadline Approaching For Poetry Contest
WLKY Louisville
Kentucky high schools that want to participate in a national contest in poetry reading have until Sept. 17 to get in their applications to the state arts ...
school newsMadison County Herald

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York Emporium hosts York Poetry Festival, Beatnick Café
York Daily Record
Listen to local poets recite their work this weekend during the York Poetry Festival at The York Emporium, 343 W. Market St. in York. ...

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Poetry-loving 'Emily' vanishes; Westport couple asks public's help
Westport-News
For Harvey Steadly, the disappearance of "Emily" was not just a theft; it was an "abduction." Sometime between the night of Aug. 31 and the morning of Sept. ...

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Get College Alerts
Huffington Post (blog)
Trying to deduce such information from a published novel or poetry collection is folly. Instead, applicants concerned about mentoring seek programs with low ...

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'Do I think I'm the best? Yes'
Chicago Sun-Times
It's best to leave poetry to the poets. As I chatted with Livingston over a cold iced tea, the man who calls himself the Greatest Poet Alive -- that's "GPA" ...

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)

Frenchtown poetry festival
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Frenchtown is a beautiful Delaware River town with quaint shopping, fine restaurants, kayaking, tow paths and a great place to inspire poetry, ...



OnMilwaukee.com

Enter the OnMilwaukee.com Poetry Contest
OnMilwaukee.com
By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers Poet Derrick A. Harriell is one of the judges for this year's OnMilwaukee.com Milwaukee Poetry Contest. ...



Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Poetry for the new season
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
And fall is the perfect season for enjoying poetry ... see below for some wonderful events coming up soon. Tuesday, September 7, 7 pm -- LiTFUSE Launch ...


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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Discussion of How Do I Love Thee?

"How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was... Read More

Ambiguity and Abstraction in Bob Dylan?s Lyrics

To many people contemporary poetry is a turn-off. The reason... Read More

Footprints to Mantaro Valley (a poem in Spanish and English)

Footprints to Mantaro Valley (English version)In what retreat art hid?-Where... Read More

Wars, Air of Ambiguity [for: Lt. Laura Walker] in SPANISH and English

Wars, air of AmbiguityDedicated to 1st. Lt. Laura Walker (From... Read More

Mechanical Poetry; Part Two

What do you do when you want to write poetry?... Read More

Contract of Death [Now: in SPANISH and English]

Contract of DeathI heard today, the preacher say: "Daniel has... Read More

Mother, I Dont Mind The Pain

I am among those who know that one never recovers... Read More

The Gaul of La Laguna de Paca

Part OneI tell you a legend of long ago Of... Read More

Im Sorry Mom! A Mothers Day Poem

Mother's Day Poetry,I'm Sorry Mom!I'm sorry for the troubles ... Read More

Let Your Feelings Be Your Guide

The light of all eternity shines with me now /... Read More

The Ballad of: Brawling Mad-dog Sergeant Rook [Now in: SPANISH and English]

English VersionA bunch of us guys in the hutIn ?Nam... Read More

The Valley Of Pain

We were exiled from the Garden of Eden. Its... Read More

Mechanical Poetry

Do you ever stare at the paper, waiting for poetic... Read More

Walt Whitman, Romance With a Stranger

The concept of brief encounters, even romantic encounters, with a... Read More

Uamaks Aquatic [suspense: now in Spanish and English]

Delicately, my mind was selecting a muffled tune, out of... Read More

Man Unbowed [A poem]

Man UnbowedUnbowed by sin, the world of man, stands Upon... Read More

Its What She Didnt Say

When I hear your voice inside my head it makes... Read More

Hindu Poet - Kamalakanta

Kamalakanta was born in Burdwan India in the late 18th... Read More

A Ship to Remember

Hammers. Timbers. Iron. Steel.They're laying down a mighty keel.As ant-like... Read More

Rules for Writing Poetry

You've been writing poetry since that first assignment in your... Read More

Tsunami Day

A Poem - By Lorraine KemberIt was a day like... Read More

Changes

I am not the one I was before yesterday.I cannot... Read More

San Francisco [Almost a Sonnet]

(The city by the bay of Northern California, near which... Read More

Cruel World

Azra, Azra, Wake up Azra. Wake up Azra, It is... Read More

Africa - Wheres The Profit?

A poetic comment that just welled up inside my head... Read More