Does anyone else write poetry?

all that glitters is ice
Posted by michellegosse at 04:41 PM on March 25, 2009


outside, mid night

the ice clings to the trees, shifting, cracking in the waking breeze.

the streetlight in the yard casts an light orange glare,

clashing with the shiny sliver of the ice coated trees,

who are dancing in the cool winter breeze.

Dunno if you want to check out my blog or not - its www.writes-from-the-heart.blogspot.com I post every now and again with poetry and stuff. Just encase you'd want to check it out.

allllllways!

I used to write poetry when I was about 13... I'll see if I can find one of my old ones

I was forced to partake in a poetry contest my senior year of high school where I had to write and recite a poem in front of an audience and judges.
I was recently asked to submit a poem or another type of short writing to someone I know whom is compiling works of written or visual art made by students, and will be publishing and distributing it in a low-key underground project. I'm still unsure as to whether or not I'm going to do anything for it.

I have in the past, but I was always more of a prose writer.

Also, about the made-up words thing..... Shakespeare created many of the words in the English language! SO THERE! Hit 'em with that next time. ;) Bwahahahahahh!

Stephie N
Your poem is full of imagery. I particularly like the idea of counting stray cats x


Love writing, especially performance poetry. There's nothing quite like jumping round a stage trying to remember the words ;-) Done a bit for local radio & BBC Radio Leeds. That was scary! Done a few shows for Mental Health awareness. I'm a manic depressive so I get the best of both worlds. The energetic mania & the depressive muse. Have to do sandwiches on the run sometimes. Here's one of my John Hegley inspired poems. It comes from personal experience of walking into a lampost after taking my glasses off when a guy made a comment to me.......

ON THE WEARING OF SPECTACLES
Met a bloke who said
'without your glasses you look great'
So I took 'em off and said
'So do you mate'!!!!!

Here's a short one for fellow depressives. No title, no explanation required

For those who care to listen
Here my plight and weep
For I am bereft of heart
And have no care to sleep

Please feel free to use in any way. I don't own the words, just put them in the order they appear

peace & blessings
Shelly x

I used to write poetry but I haven't written in about a year..

I write poetry! My fiance and I also write poems together.
He'll start off the poem with a line, and then I'll add a line - we keep alternating till we have a complete poem, or we sometimes take a book/magazine and randomly open it up and then we have to use the first word that our eye catches in our line. It's great fun!!

Here is a poem that we did together:

Frustration is flowing through my veins (me)
and sticking to my mind like stains (him)
It takes over my bodily functions (me)
and I get stuck in deep dark dungeons (him)
where I become my own prisoner (me)
of my stranded mind's wanderings (him)
I become lost in a labyrinth of untruths (me)
A butterfly thought flutters in (him)
And a sense of beauty grips my mind (me)
A change glitters on the horizon (him)
All I need to do is just reach out and touch it! (me)

I used to write quite a lot, read at literary festivals and even had bits published. I liked performance work because that's where a lot of poetry has its roots. However I haven't had time to write/go to workshops/edit/rehearse for months now :0( which is a real shame. I know I should make time... I will deffo try more in future!

I used to write loads when I was depressed but as I had a massive great stretch between black clouds I haven't written any for ages. As the black cloud has returned though I should try it again. I found it very freeing and an excellent means of expressing all the nasty shit in my head. heres one from donkeys years ago

My Dear But Fallen Bride

Rainwater sp;ashed and fell onto his gun
Tears rolled down his face, he yelled but could not run
The air cracked, rumbled and echoed round the sky
He knelt beside her figure and his face began to cry
Acid tears swelled and burned into his face
His mind was overflowing with a cold and empty space
He tapped his foot unhinging clods of dirt
The earth shifted and peppered her sodden skirt
Water filled her mouth as he tried his best to hide
The clear but shattered shape of his dear but fallen bride

Hi Arty KitKat

Fantastic poem, what inspired you to write this dark tale of loss?

A lot of the stuff I wrote was very dark. I think I wrote this one when I was about 17 and I was extremely depressed then and I think I was thinking a lot about death and other cheery stuff I also liked putting a bit of dark humour in too. I loved your one about wearing glasses. I've been in that situation so many times that its nice to have a little witty comeback I'll have to search around for some more.

I too like dark humour. Most of my poems have a kick in the tail. I like to lead people down one track and end with a clincher. It's funny to see peoples' reactions. I've got loads of what I call 'get out of shxt quotes' which randomly appear in my poetry and a cheeky husband who requires an occasional putdown. We laugh a lot in our house x

I've written over 10 notebooks full of poetry. Just in the past few years.
I started in high school, b/c i was depressed and insane. & it was a great release.
Now its compulsive, and i cant seem to stop. Its pretty daily, like a disease. lol

The first year it was mostly funny made-up dark humor. But now its mostly tons of personal crap about myself, others, & fuck up things about the world. Its still dark. But now totally serious.
I wrote a poem recently that was based on my friends abusive childhood, & she eventually read it, & it made her cry. :O But she said it was beautiful. Just too painfully true to her.

I dont write when im happy either. lol I dont see the point, since its therapy to me when im depressed. It all turns out horrible anyway.

I won 3 writing contests in High School for poems i wrote. One of them earned me $50! =D
It was total bullshit tho. I only did it for the money. lol