How about a little culture....post your poems.

[Captnjack]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

I love Jays poetry
and every one elses here
maybe poetry isnt every ones thing
Thats ok
but budding poets or lovers of poetry
please keep posting this is a great thread

Danny

[Captnjack]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

The Bluebird

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess me up?
you want to screw up the works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so dont be
sad.

then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?

Written: Charles Bukowski

[jay42]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

poem

boozing alone
where even the snowy white pills cant swallow
i sieze the blue frost of a september morning
only
a soft indent of her pillow remains
a negative of nights electric rythym
i move on
to face east
in unshaven stubbled elegance
smearing away hot breath
on spent windows (jL)

[Captnjack]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

perfect poem jay thanks you have been missed.
welcome back jay

Danny

[Niblet]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

I'd like to share with you all a poem I wrote to my brother-in-law that was going through a really tough time after being kicked out of the house. A little back ground, It was a toxic home with no respect to one another.
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Into this world another child is born
A helpless, impressionable tyke,
He's so soft and beautiful in Gods eyes
For the parents to do as they like.

He was their possession, and you owed dear,
So they used to say
We feed you, and put a roof over-head
Listen or be on your way.

So this little tyke, looking like a man
Was up against a wall,
He hadn't much a choice, but to make the move
I think it was late in the fall.

And when everything is said and done,
Those things are stored away
They're piled up somewhere and never leave
You live with that every day.

Sometime just pull that stuff out,
And you'll see... there's a little boy;
He's been covered for years, and left behind,
When he could have brought so many such joy.

Only you can pull that stuff away,
And send it up above
Cause God can filter out the hurt
And give back to you the love.

Take that little boy in your arms,
Now you can see him clear;
That stuff will never pile up again
As long as you hold him near.

He knows you deserve happiness,
And never again will he hide,
Cause you'll always be his hero
Facing life with you side by side.

Written, Feb. 21,1991

Update, Steve now lives in Hamilton, has a great job, just bought his first home along with his loving girlfriend. He just needed to believe in himself all those years ago.
__________________

~Niblet~

[Captnjack]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

Niblet,
i am sure you helped him to believe in him self such wonderful writing I love this thread thanks tony IAD

[hart]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

Culture huh? There once was a gal from Nantucket............No Wait, probably not considered culture :H

[Noelle]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

Hart...I'm going there!! *I* did not write this. My daughter told me this, although she didn't write it either.....you might notice like mother, like daughter. And it keeps with my manic writings of today. I probably shouldn't post this, but my filter seems to be off today.

Live by land
Die by sea
Anyone f**** with you
Dies by me.

[IAD]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

Hart...
I came real close to say that the girl from Nantucket was no to be metioned!!! We know what she is all about.,,,LOL :H

[hulagirl]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

hope for a friend

gray clouds hug the ground
smothering my lost spirit
rising sun warms me

[hulagirl]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

haiku for Easter

out of the darkness
the light shines and bells ring clear
Easter season comes

[Niblet]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

very nice hulagirl, and I love your beagle too

[IAD]

How about a little culture....post your poems.

" Roses are Red and Vilotes are Blue if I had stripes....I'ld live in a zoo ! Keep them coming boys and girls....IAD