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Marvin Quiroz

The Bible (state your opinion/beliefs) 28 Replies

to start it off... lets say a bible was really written at a point; if so than it was likely to have been who knows how long ago, i'm talking about far back in time. Over the years i guess it was bein…

Started by Marvin Quiroz. Last reply by Romone Rucker Mar 7.

lieke

Fear 3 Replies

What is your biggest fear right now?

Started by lieke. Last reply by Nick K Mar 1.

Martika Laraye Barriere

Phone HOme? 3 Replies

I love Aliens! lets talk about alieens for once!! no im not off my rocker LMAo no but really i want everyone to express their opinions much appreciated id like to know im not alone you guys . Know th…

Started by Martika Laraye Barriere. Last reply by Jesus+Angeline I Love You Babe! Feb 12.

angeline aka famous <3

Please help me i need yalls help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 Replies

right now me and ma baby are having some problems all i asked was dat he quit talking too so many gurlz kuz i kant talk to him as much as i use too and im afraid him to lose another gurl! he went to…

Started by angeline aka famous <3. Last reply by Truly Madly Deeply Feb 11.

Danielle

animal within 3 Replies

if you had the power to become any animal what would you be? why? P.S. i know kind of weird discussion topic

Started by Danielle. Last reply by Truly Madly Deeply Feb 11.

Solo

If you could do one major thing in your life what would it be?

For me it would be to produce a screenplay that I wrote. I’ve always had a creative vision and writing scripts brings it out the most. I believe it’s going to happen but until it does I just have to…

Started by Solo Feb 10.

Angelica G. Tavarez

General statements on The Holy Bible 2 Replies

So Many things in this world happen Based on what we do to make them that way. Some times we don't do anything and we loose everything..I Would Never stop believing in God Question about his exitense…

Tagged: Bible, God, Opinion, Faith

Started by Angelica G. Tavarez. Last reply by Solo Feb 9.

Alexis Marie Friend

What's the easiest subject to write about? 9 Replies

My easiest subject to write about would have to be love. Everyone craves it, So why not describe you feelings about it. Anyone else?

Started by Alexis Marie Friend. Last reply by mark perez Jan 22.

Cesar Morales

SONGS THAT REALLY HIT YOU HARD 31 Replies

Place here songs that really hit you hard, emotionally. This song reminds me of my dad who passed away last year because of cancer. The lyrics and melody are just awesome. This song also uses a type…

Started by Cesar Morales. Last reply by Erica Robinson Jan 20.

Juan Bonds

Have you Ever allowed yourself to fall for someone and realized later they were no good for you.... 2 Replies

This being a love question (can't go wrong with that subject), I wanted to know if anyone has been in lust or love with a person so hard that you just coouldnt quit them, and you knew they were bad f…

Started by Juan Bonds. Last reply by Erica Robinson Jan 20.

mark perez

call me weird but i find the music played on the radio today provides a sense control on how we view our political lives (please be open minded) 1 Reply

ok...yeah this is weird for me to explain. but ill break it down as best as possible I am mostly hip-hop/metal/rock orientated and i remember those day's when hip-hop was veiwed as "bad" music from…

Started by mark perez. Last reply by Angelica G. Tavarez Jan 17.

malachi ephraim

RACISM JUSTIFIED BY RELIGION?! 2 Replies

QUESTION -What are the origins of ethnic racism? ANSWER-'It is historical fact that racism as a ideological system in social/economic practice did not emerge until the advent,unfortunately, of the Af…

Started by malachi ephraim. Last reply by malachi ephraim Jan 8.

BORIS THE SPIDER

SECOND CHANCE? 16 Replies

IF YOU COULD HAVE A SECOND CHANCE AT SOMETHING,WOULD YOU TAKE IT? I WOULD.I WOULD NEVER HAVE LET HER WALK OUT THAT DOOR.

Started by BORIS THE SPIDER. Last reply by Jessica Sowders Dec. 29, 2009.

Cynthia Cynical

What Do You Think About Love? 7 Replies

What Is It About Love That Drives Us All Crazy? Is It Our Emotions Playing Tricks On Us Until We Find The Real Thing Or Is It Even Real At All? What Do You Think? Speak Out!

Started by Cynthia Cynical. Last reply by Liive::LoVe::Dream Dec. 23, 2009.

malachi ephraim

ARTISTIC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

As Artists,namely---poets; its is imperative that we all understand that 'the freedom of expression' is non-negotiable, in that, as artists 'WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR WORKS MUST BE DONE WITH TASTE; AND…

Started by malachi ephraim Dec. 23, 2009.

Leya

Continue This Poem 17 Replies

Rules: 1. One verse per post 2. Stay on the subject of the most recent post Let's see where this goes :) What happens when you get as high as the clouds and turn the corner? Will you find heaven Or…

Started by Leya. Last reply by Jessica Sowders Dec. 15, 2009.

Santiago Rupp

which is better to have loved and lost or to never have loved 12 Replies

If you want an idea read the poem Question of love on the blog page

Tagged: love

Started by Santiago Rupp. Last reply by Danielle Dec. 13, 2009.

malachi ephraim

UNITEDWORLDPOETS-MYTHIC POETRY 1 Reply

The perceptive reader will have noticed that i use much mythic-metaphors in my works...references to the ancient deities, oracles and esoteric-traditions, in poetry-format, enhances the potency of th…

Started by malachi ephraim. Last reply by Mr Government Dec. 11, 2009.

Santiago Rupp

Have you ever had someone you loved 1 Reply

You can tell all about. I know I have and lost her for a while. A mistake currently made 2 and a 1/2 years to 3 years ago depending. I know how it all feels and if you want to talk about it somehwere…

Started by Santiago Rupp. Last reply by Danielle Dec. 11, 2009.

Runin my life my way

I hate people being sexist and other things. What do you hate bout people being? 11 Replies

I hate that some people are sexist n that they hate on people that are bi n crap. Last year my friends n i got treated like crap because people found out that they're bi n someone said that i was too…

Started by Runin my life my way. Last reply by Danielle Dec. 11, 2009.

 

Famous Poets

Peter Conners

Peter Conners is the author of Of Whiskey and Winter which will be published by White Pine Press in fall 2007. His two previous collections of poetry & prose were published by FootHills Publishing. Conners is founding co-editor of Double Room: A Journal of Prose Poetry & Flash Fiction, which has been published online by Web del Sol since 2001. He also edited PP/FF: An Anthology which was published by Starcherone Books in 2006. Peter Conners works as Fiction Editor and Marketing Director for BOA Editions. His web site is: www.peterconners.com.

Chris Mansell

Chris Mansell (b 1953 ) is an Australian poet. She was active in Sydney in the 1970s and 1980s as an editor and poet and since the 1980s has lived in regional Australia where she continues to write, perform, and edit.

In 1978 she founded Compass poetry & prose a little magazine which published many of the young Australian poets of the time. She closed the magazine in 1987 and soon after, was a member of the collective which founded Five Islands Press.

Like many poets of her generation, she makes her living by performing her work, publishing and teaching writing at various institutions. Although primarily a poet she has also written a number of plays including Some Sunny Day. Always interested in experimentation with form, she now also works in digital media. She founded PressPress, a small independent poetry publisher in 2002.

Collections of poetry: Mortifications & Lies (Kardoorair, Armidale, 2005); Fickle Brat (audio + text) (IP Digital, Brisbane, 2002); Stalking the Rainbow (PressPress, 2002); Day Easy Sunlight Fine in Hot Collation (Penguin, Melbourne, 1995); Shining Like a Jinx (Amelia, Calif., USA, 1992); Raptors Blue (audio) (Well Sprung Productions, Sydney, 1989) with music by Rob Cousins; Redshift/Blueshift (Five Islands Press, Wollongong, 1988); Head, Heart & Stone (Fling Poetry, Melbourne, 1982).

Smaller publications: poem about the road (2004), [five n twenty] (2004), Fantasy suite (2000), honey honey (1999), On Edge (1998), the other river (1998), Death of a poet (1988), Being there at the birth (1998), Epitaphs (1998), Words on Words (1998), The event horizon (1992), On the railway near the sea (1992), Zoom poems (1988), Taking heart (1987), Delta (1978).

Children's book: Little Wombat (New Holland, Sydney, 1996)


For more famous poets visit the famous poets page under the blogs tab.

Blog Posts

Juan Bonds

Humanity

The very thing that makes me human seems to make me weak,


or is it a strength so hidden and buried deep that it is frequently mistaken for weak.


I've never learned how to superficially connect with people.


I always want to explore who you are deeper at first meet.


I've under valued the ability to superficially connect.


This approach le

Continue

Posted by Juan Bonds on March 9, 2010 at 7:46pm

Jesus+Angeline I Love You Babe!

She, I, and You

She never loved you.
She broke your heart and now she treats you ver cruel.
I'm the one that always has and always will.
I'm the one that will cook you warm meals.
She's making your life a living hell!
She's the one that broke your heart like an egg shell.
I remember she broke up with you and you wanted to kill your self.
I remember when she broke your heart I picked up every single piece and told you everything was going to be ok.
I held you as you cried and wiped away every tear that fell from… Continue

Posted by Jesus+Angeline I Love You Babe! on March 9, 2010 at 12:52pm

Mary Joy Antonio

I'd Rather

Sight,hear and touch
We value these things very much
Thinking that we'll be good as dead
If we'll lose at least one of them

But if having these eyes
Means that I have to see all the cruelty in this world arise
Then I'd rather lose my sight
And live everyday as if it's a night

If having these ears
Means that I have to hear all te bad words
That people are throwing at each other
Then I'd rather be deaf and hear nothing but laught
Continue

Posted by Mary Joy Antonio on March 9, 2010 at 4:50am

Jessica Hoffman

Back To Basics.

I didn't do anything but write a poem or two,


Just dashing off when I saw you together,


She loves you and you love her too,


But you love me and I love you.


I won't say we belong together,


But we've been through stormy weather,


I won't promise everything is alright,


But something about you holding me all night,


Just continues to feel so right.



I can't believe there's even a contest,
Over who controls your heart best,

Continue

Posted by Jessica Hoffman on March 8, 2010 at 11:00pm

visionvision

cCOME TALK WITH ME

You are welcome to talk with me
As no one listens to me,
We are sailing the same boat
The oars are a single pair
Sometimes you’ll row
I'll take over
Whenever
But don’t ask me to row,
As I will be busy talking all alone,
Your ears would be listening,
As you shall be rowing,
So come and talk to me.
Are you listening?

Posted by visionvision on March 8, 2010 at 9:38pm

Ian Rotondo

Dust

Floating through time with the other dust specks,
At mercy to the wind and all its aspects.

Blown about with no eyes to see,

Slaved by the careless that has imprisoned me.

Wanting to break free and plant my feet,

Wanting to force up my voice that was made weak.

But the hands around my throat choke out my breaths,

Making it harder to retain what little i have left.

Supposed to look for help but no one knows me,
Continue

Posted by Ian Rotondo on March 8, 2010 at 3:45pm

Jesus j. Alanis

I'll live on

You may betray me and treat me worse than the shameful ground you walk upon,
just don't ever think that I'll die without you because i'ts over and our love is done.

Jealousy and doubt all lead to this and i't was all because you didn't listen,

left me alone for the longest of times just to learn that you were poison.

Stop all the empty apologies because i know you lie in every sentence you speak,

I had always died a little for every kiss you had la
Continue

Posted by Jesus j. Alanis on March 8, 2010 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

me

The streets are full of water....

tell me if it's absolute shit... i need to know the truth
But please, don't judge me too severely, I'm not english and I'm only 14...Thanks :***


It’s early autumn and it’s late at night.

Raindrops no more play a tune on my windowsill.

And I don’t really care to know who’s now by your side.

And I even pretend I no longer wis
Continue

Posted by me on March 8, 2010 at 11:00am

CiCi S.

Hero

Who are you?


Your nice, kind, funny,


smart, intelegent, wise


Caring, respectful, and responicible



You are my role model


Someday I want to be just like you


You're perfect


You know me, you understand me


You are always here for me


You're irreplacable


You're my hero.




What happened to my hero?


Where did you go?


I miss you


I want you back.



What happened to the hap

Continue

Posted by CiCi S. on March 8, 2010 at 9:59am

visionvision

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALL PISCEANS WORLDS FISH

''Pisces… Happy… Birthday''
Please do remember me all my friends,
I am the one, who a poetic greeting does send,
So how can you not remember every Piscean?
Can you deny me my rightful place?
All I want in return my dear-fish,
Ever in your hearts’ a loving dish,
Never to be forgotten, till an Hbyday I wish.

Posted by visionvision on March 7, 2010 at 11:19pm

visionvision

In The Midst

In the midst

In the midst of friends,
Fans,
As well as foes,
In my absence
I see many have added on
And in my work
Love they do repose
Its poetic love,
I do really suppose.

I am in the midst
Of a viral infection,
As someone has said
Glad not of my lap,
Perhaps throat too,
It’s only some nasty guy
Playing foul
With my laptop
My only love so true

I have observed
During my brief break
Many hearts make
Many more do break,
But those who love sincerely
Never part
So be by guest tonight
Once again
A… Continue

Posted by visionvision on March 7, 2010 at 5:45pm

chinka

me without you is like...

a message in a bottle fallen into indifferant hands
like... a flower that never blooms
like... a puzzle with missing pieces
like... a bird that can't fly
like... a poem that dont rhyme

you is unique
me was tailor made just for you
so me without you is like
trying to separate oil and water
like... a song never heard
like... an angel without wings
like... a direction less violent wind

tamed hearts of wild men
submissiveness in independent women
the things we do for love
me without you is
like...… Continue

Posted by chinka on March 6, 2010 at 4:49pm

Andie Walker

Alone

Surrounded by friends,
Some fake, some real
and the only one


I see


Is the one who is in the corner


Alone and scared


Afraid to speak


Just obeying what they tell her to do
I see what used to be


Me



Posted by Andie Walker on March 6, 2010 at 3:48pm — 2 Comments

darius jones

to her

u r the omega of my heart

the foundation 4 my conception of love


when i think of what a woman should be its u that first think of





u will never fully understand


how deeply my heart fells 4 u


i worry that we will grow apart


and ill end up losing u





u bring me 2 a climax without sex


and u do it all with regal glance


u r my heart in human form


a friend i could never replace

Posted by darius jones on March 6, 2010 at 12:15pm

Shaughnessey R. Watson

Your stuck in my head

Sitting in math class,


daydreaming free,


reminising on days past, waiting for the bell to ring.



your always on my mind,


i wonder is that bad?


You're so beyond kind and yet you seem so sad.


Maybe your hiding something inside,


or your happiness hides.



Sitting in math class falling asleep,


with your voice in my head,


mmmm what a treat.



Your gorgeous brown hair,


and your breathtaking eyes.

Continue

Posted by Shaughnessey R. Watson on March 6, 2010 at 12:09am

Nikki. I

Trust

It's not sorrow, and it's not pain.
You don't know what you're saying.
This feeling you speak of is foreign.
You feel as if your life is fraying.

Don't back away or run from it.
Stand your ground and be strong.
Open your eyes and see it for real.
You've been blinded for so long.

Without this you will shrivel.
You'll never reach the highest peak.
Forever you'll have questions.
Time will only make you weak.

This appears so very frighte… Continue

Posted by Nikki. I on March 5, 2010 at 8:24pm

Maria Tavarez

My Physical (Im Screaming)

Doctor: :Bang Bang Bang.!!.
Me: I Cant Hear Its To Loud !!!
Doctor:Pefect

Doctor: Stomp Stomp Stomp !!
Me: Aoouwwhh Your Hurting Me!

Doctor: Perfect

Me: It Feels So Cold
Doctor: Perfect

Me: Why Is It Soo Blurry In This Room?

Doctor: Perfect.



I Cant See What It Is You Want Me To See Your Going South While We're Going East...

Its A ParaDox To Continue With The Same Comitment Of Your Touch
Continue

Posted by Maria Tavarez on March 5, 2010 at 4:01pm

de mille villarin cero

Motion Freakness

Keep your eyes off
Don’t look, don’t stare
A discriminating syndicate
Putting pressure on spare

Who cares more?
When I ain’t even
Still a deep digging
Creating craters within

Keep your mouth shut
You don’t have something to say
Words are just letter prints
A blank monitor display

Never brag a single step
If it’s a misstep in a wrong play
Reverse ideology showing
Who of us described with dismay?

Dont think of stretching that arm
Not even extending that finger
You might end up facing yourself… Continue

Posted by de mille villarin cero on March 5, 2010 at 6:33am

Jesus j. Alanis

Left Behind

You left me breathless heart of shame,
you left me sitting, just going insane,

you left my heat out in the rain,

you left me here with all my pain,

you left me shackled in deaths chains,

you left me to be juged by all the oppressing saints.



I'm tired of all the fighting and now we had to part,

it hurts when you told me that our heartbreaking will start.

I stick my head under your violent lies,
Continue

Posted by Jesus j. Alanis on March 5, 2010 at 1:10am — 1 Comment

Nikki. I

A poem, or a song... or something...

I know it's not like you, to say the things you've said.
And I know it's not like you, to do the things you do.
Each day it gets harder, to remember who you are. And
Everyday you act like this, I forget that I love you.
If ever you rediscover, the person you used to be, then
Please, oh please, just call me. I'd really like to see.

The way you walked out, well, it really shook my heart.
How you didn't even look back, that just tore me apart.
I loved you then and probably now. How can you be like… Continue

Posted by Nikki. I on March 4, 2010 at 9:44pm

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