Poetry Submissions, to cB news Options

[sadolakced acid]

hello poets!

the cB newspaper (letter, whatever) is looking to feature a poem (or two) every issue.

so: if you want us to consider your poem for featuring please:

1. Post your poem(s) in this thread
2. Post a link to the thread with your poem(s) (if you didn't make a thread already for your poem, then just say no thread)

please, no comments - if you wish to comment, click on the link to that poem.

please note that we are cannot feature every poem, and we may not be featuring the best poem; we also consider the emotion that the poem evokes, and if it fits with our publication. Poems submitted will always remain in consideration.


Pinned by Fae. Please do not remove until further notice, mods. Thank you!

This post has been edited by sadolakced acid: Jun 12 2005, 12:44 AM

[ItzOnlySydney]

hmmm...it doesn't have a title yet.



Running from life but getting no where
someone please help me!
trapped inside a glass box
screaming loudly though no one seems to hear
can't you see my smile is fake?
I’m crying for help
someone please help me
take me away from this horrible place
I want to go home!
but where is home?
has everyone abandoned me?
where are the people I thought I could trust
someone please help me'
I’m bleeding now
the knife's fallen to the floor
someone please help me
crying tears of shame
I want to go home!
some please take me home
I’m waiting for my hero
where are you?
someone please help me!
hello?
is anyone there?
why can't you hear my screams?
please help me….before it's too late

[racoons > you]

trees scream elegies
of souls lost to banality
fatalities
as bone children haunt the blood pools
willows whip their weeping limbs at passersby
and bone children haunt the blood pools
twisted boughs menace the innocent
while demonic howls chase life from the hopeless
conjour an empty path
past where the bone children haunt teh blood pools
a ripple 'cross the blood pool
a heart beat from the blood pool
life pulses from the blood pool
but bone children hunt the blood pool
dragged back into the blood pool
brittle bones snap
or is it a twig?
from the screaming trees
nothing could grow here
near the blood pools
a sickly light casts no shadows
over the macabre
a palor from a dream
not a dream
all thats left
are the bone children by the blood pools

Original Thread
also, if a mod woul dpin this, i will love them forever.

or, until i want something else. but either way

[dispn0ygonekrazy]

Stand Up and Fight
im kicked down on the floor swallowing the dirt
my blood runs down my eyes as it stains my shirt
i stand up for what i believe in, i stand up for the fight
even if it means if they take away my rights
what happen to the times when black or white didnt matter
racism still flows, as it rises and scatter
they took it all away from me, i went for my dreams
all i hear now is the young ones start to scream
it's been done and they've took it to far
i watch it all as it leaves me with a scar
pull out their guns i've seen them do
murder after death these words dont go through
i pray to god for all this to end, bring peace here on earth
so we can give a better life for those bringing birth
as i wait here watching everybody else cry
i wont give up the fight till the day i die.

Ill Miss You
i walked away from you and left u to cry
i cant forgive myself for saying goodbye
im thinkin to myself how i did you wrong
ive been so lonely now that your gone
missing you so much i cant sleep at night
keep going back to that day when i held u tight
i knew from that moment it had to be true
your the girl i love, baby ill always love you
ill always remember your smile and your sweetest kiss
the girl who made me laugh, your the one i'll miss
if i could id rather be by your side
ill kiss away all the tears you've already cried
i know i cant be with you cuz things wont be the same
the only thing that keeps me alive, is living through your pain

Original Thread To stand up and Fight
Original Post Ill Miss You

[RiddleMeWonders]

Alyssa
Colorful bits of image flood my mind but I can not find the words
I felt so empty for days and after waiting for inspiration nothing came
Now I realize, sometimes, you must come to it.
It's in the childs hand has she raises the dandy lion telling me to make a wish
And blow all the new ones into the day
I sat outside for a bit on the swing set and watched her play, staining her dress but paying no mind
And a humbling came over me for no reason I can put
I felt inferior to this small, helpless child with baby blue eyes and tangled blonde hair
When I looked at other things I still felt it
The curious wonder but sadness of such a pretty world
And for a moment I'd seperated myself from my surroundings, felt as if I didn't belong in the picture
That something so twisted and so imperfect as I, did not belong in a world of innocence
And then I realized I'd felt that way before, and that was me either submitting to the demons
Or it could have just been that I was being absolutely naiive.


No Thread

[ChasingLife87]

Is this cheating? Seeing as how I'm an editor?


Original thread: http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=80273


You and I

Two girls. I want to tell you about two girls
Two souls who can write the world in and out of existence
One I've known for years
The other a recent friend
They have never met, no, and they never will

I've known you forever, dear, if only for five years
And I can remember those starry nights
When we would disappear to the far corner
Of our security zone.
And we would talk about the world, you and I
The future, and God, and life
And guys, and friends, and fathers
We did some not-so-crazy things, you and I
It was the age of innocence, and you were such an angel
A red-haired girl with sparkling eyes
Ready to face the world with purity and charm
And I don't know where we went wrong, you and I
And I don't know who it was, you or I
But I can barely see you now, through a hole in time
And you've changed, oh, you have changed
Your innocence is gone, your radiant smile replaced
By a devilish gleam and a pile of letters
And I know that you are what the world likes to see
You epitomize everything that every sixteen year old girl wants to be
What every young writer dreams of becoming
And love took over you, what you thought was love
Love took over your being and turned you into an angry soul
I know you suffer, my red-haired spitfire
I know that life has not been good to you, and you have not been good for life
You wrap yourself in these momentos
These vacuum-filled words of anger and spite
I don't know how long it will last
I don't know how long you will stand solid
Before you collapse

And you, I've only known for a few short months
When I met you, you were so unsure of yourself
And we were strangers, you and I
Never sure what to make of the world
And I saw you had conviction, and I wanted some of it
You looked in the mirror every morning and never liked what you saw
Plain brown hair, you and I, and you had eyes like stars
Metamorphosis strikes everyone, you and I
But it hit you like the morning dew, quite fitting
And love took over you, touching you gently, filling your heart
Love took over your being and turned you into a radiant dance
And now I know that you like what you see in the mirror
The world looks at you, dear, and frowns at what it sees
Because you have escaped their mold and defied their reality
See, you are happy when you don't have what it takes
You immerse yourself in what is holy and pure
You wrap yourself in these momentos
What is innocent and praiseworthy
And I know it will last forever
Because you are strong, and love strengthens you daily
And you will never collapse

And I look at you, you and I
And I think that love will never come
Someday love may take over me
And I must decide what transformation I will take
Would I rather be a fiery redhead, wallowing in a pool of empty words?
Or plain and radiant, choosing the path of righteousness?

I want to defy their reality.

[Grim_Sorrow]

Hey...

Here You Will Find But A Few Of My Poetic Works

[*paul murphy*]

Who is wrong
Who is right?
Yellow, brown
Pink or white?
So many questions
And answers to find.
Open your eyes.
You're now colourblind.

[wickedcurse]

my poems and stories were posted in fictionpress.. feel free to read and comment on them.

[*paul murphy*]

Pretty
Amazing
Un-ugly
Lovely

Magical!
Understandable
Really hottttt!
Pretty
Heroic!
Young!


Notice anything?

[*iNyCxShoRT*]

That poor little Girl
I decided to take a walk around my block
As I passed the alleyway I heard a continuous knock
I stopped to glance at what the noise might be
I gasped and covered my mouth, my eyes decieved me
There was a girl no more than 3 or 4
Her eyes are cloudy and her skin burned from the splintered door
She looked at me with such shame and sorrow
She touched my cheek and asked if my soul she could borrow
I pushed her away but she held my wrist tight
Her skin was pale, like the moon. Pure white.
She opened her mouth but her words did not spill
she collasped in my arms, she had taken poison pills
I looked down at the girl that had once been mine
oh yes, my poor daughter...not at all was she fine

[*paul murphy*]

Express yourself
I'm expressing with my full capabillities
Now I'm living in correctional facillities
Cos some don't agree with how I do this
I just straight medatate like a Budhist
I'm dropping flavour, my behaviour is aretetary
But my techniqe is ver neccesary
Some drop science
Well I'm dropping English
Even if yella
Makes it acapella...
I still express you
I don't smoke weed or sess
Cos it's none to give a brother brain damage
And brain damage on the mic don't manage
Nothin for makin a sucker in u ppl,
Don't be another sequel
EXPRESS YOURSELF!

[sweetxsimplicity]

Life http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=86162
I wish that everything would just mend back together,
And life would be perfect,
Forever and ever,
If only, my dreams were real,
If only, everything didn't seem so surreal,
If only, my life was a dream,
And everything was as everybody thought it seemed ..

Love at First Sight - no thread
Your face is so sweet,
So simple yet serene,
I wrapped my arms around you,
As you gently kissed my cheek,
Was this love at first sight?
Could it be that God was right?
I kissed your delicious lips
As you lifted me up in the air,
Life was so sweet,
I just couldn't bare,
I gazed up at the sunset,
The day was about to end,
But at least you had mended my heart back together again.

Can you enter more than once?

[*paul murphy*]

Twinkle, Twinkle
Little Star


hehe...

[*iNyCxShoRT*]

^ Please don't spam =\

She gave me life, and I gave her mine (Fiction)
I watched as my mother took in another puff
I hated to see her suffer from breathing problem and all that stuff
We tried giving her some medication but that did no good
She would always smack them away, we did all we could
One day as I set aside my books and my bag
I found a medication on the table with a white warning tag
I took a look at the strange object and read what it said
Take one per day, the symdomes are aches in the head
But she just bought it today and the bottle was half empty
I crept to the bedroom as quiet as I could be
There she layed lifelessly on her bed
Think about others rather than yourself was what my father said
I called the hospital in no time they came to save her
They said she could have an operation, i asked what the options were
The doctor said she needed an extra kidney but they had none
I thought for a moment and did something I would have never done
I told them to give her mine just so she could come back
The doctor sent me on my way with only a lolli and a sack
I missed my dear mother but what could I do
She was not healthy and I would die too...

[*CrackedRearView*]

Perfection

Until tonight I had never realized just how perfect the human figure is. As I stood there, isolated in a stark white room, alone in a sea of a hundred, I came to this conclusion. I found that the contours on the hand are perfectly complimentary. As if one day, your hands clasp, and the missing piece to the proverbial jigsaw is recovered.

So hypnotically calming was the idea of human perfection; so healing was the idea that perhaps things, like hands being shaped for one another, are planned, fabricated, executed, committed, and hurled onto the unsuspecting for an ultimately divine purpose; so numbing was the sense of propriety I felt in the connection of two hands.

And then it crashed down; her hands, like mine, were clasped. As if to erase the idea from the forefront of my mind, and as if a simple disconnection could eradicate the throes impeding my emotional stability, I quickly jerked my hands apart, and found pockets for them. Like a child hiding that one forbidden toy.

I remember mine like it's still in my arsenal; as if my wall of electronics, serving only for superficial entertainment, is still complimented by my childhood cap gun.

Oh, what a joy that little vessel of happiness truly was. What excitement it brought; what dolor it ended with. Banished from accessibility forever more, the cap gun dissolved into blurry memory, along with an ample amount of other, more important recollections of time spent with her.

The feeling is indescribable; the feeling of guilt that comes standard when you simply cannot remember your mother's voice without the assistance of an answering machine.

71 times, and counting. It's 27 seconds long, too. She sounds so artificial, yet I just can't bring myself to ignore it. It's as if her recorded message is the only snippet of her addictive, alluring voice that I'll ever be able to retain. As if that tape, that is tucked so tightly into my shirt pocket, is the last morsel of that beautiful voice I'll ever taste.

How ironic that it sits over my heart; the heart that failed. Failed at what it's programmed to do. Failed to love her when it was most important. Failed to do the job any typical son does. The heart that forgot her voice; the voice that first spoke to it. A heart that commits that foul is not a heart at all. Apparently, that must be the void in my chest, because I feel it. I feel it every day she's gone.

She was so beautiful tonight, wearing a white silk gown with exquisite trim. I put my hand on the edge of the casket, and stared in wonder; in paralyzing bewilderment. The stupefaction that such perfection can inflict on the observer is ineffable.

I leaned forward, and placed a final kiss on the very forehead I had kissed so many times. A final kiss; my heart's final attempt to succeed.

I remember, as I gazed my final gaze at this wondrous prototype of a mother, a solitary saline tear made the plunge from my face to hers.

"Don't cry, mom."

And the casket was closed. The hundred left. I stood, arms draped over my mother's final bed, yearning for the chance to exchange 18 years for five minutes.

But it never came. And I stood, a black suit, isolated by four oppressive, austere white walls, admiring perfection.

[*iNyCxShoRT*]

Why did he have to die?
It was late in August when I found out that my boyfriend had died
There was an aching in my heart, frustration. All of this I've tried to hide
When came the day that his funeral took place
I walked up to his tomb, placed down the flowers and gave him space
I loved him so much I hated to see him dead
We even promised each other that this weekend we would wed
I scooped up a handful of sand and then whispered why
Why baby, you were my everything why did you have to die?!
I held his hand tight as if waiting for him to hold mine the same
I knew he wouldn't, but there was this feeling love was the game.
Then suddenly the tomb began to lift
our hands did not part and I did not drift
Unfortunately for me, the took him farther away
our hands seperated and there was nothing I could say
He was ripped out of my life, like a broken clip
In my heart was a gap, a space, a big rip.
Since that day, my life has been a bloody hell
but I promised him I would join him as well
Wherever he went I would be there too
If you get what I mean, where I was you already knew...

[*paul murphy*]

God is great,
God is good,
Thank you God,
For all our food.

[Paradox of Life]

Catfight

Ablaze with cold fury,
These two gleaming eyes,
Staring at two others,
Two he did despise,

Their tails upright and tense,
Their fur like needle tips,
Their sharp teeth bared, their weapons,
Like poison, saliva drips,

Feline brows are furrowed,
Staring each other down,
No game, no sign of merriment,
Bloodthirsty, malicious frowns,

Then one leapt at the other,
A hiss, a scratch, a growl,
A feline yowl of agony,
A sound so very foul,

The dust arising from the bricks,
Bloodstains on the tile,
One is lying on the ground,
The victor adorns a smile.

"Let this be a lesson,
My silly former rival
We are strays, no rules, you see?
I'm better fit survival."

[*SimplePlan_Luvr*]

I jst made a new account,
so I am gonna post it in my new account

[xenosaga]

just posted it up: Original

The Ninja
Through the Darkest night,
when the full moon's glow has cast.
A ninja, a living shadow, steps into the pale moonlight,
To slay every man in it's way.

The ninja is not indeed a man,
but a woman to be precise.
Her weapon's, her trusty companion,
is a steel fan, and a sharp small dagger

With deadly grace, and costant skills
neither beast nor man can match,
no mercy for those she kills.
She became feared as the shadows of death.

A lone samurai stood to test his might,
a worthy opponent is her.
His blade yearned to give me eternal night.
Like the unseen wind, I was upon him.

With a flash of steel
I fell to my knees holding my stomach
blood running down my side,
The samurai has drawn his last.

With a quick rebound from the samurai's blade,
My dagger found it's mark.
With blood and debt repaid,
The samurai fell lifeless to the ground.

My opponent vanquished, my love for death still unquenched, as I set off to continue my committment.

[technicolour]

Thread: Here

Poem:

Torn edges around the details
Failure written upon her face.
Tears indicate everything that fails
What happened to her grace?
There has always been a hint of sad.
Always being known as the disgrace.
For everything she was ever known for, it was nothing but a had.
give her a penny, she'll give you a dime.
Now tell me why would you would let her go?

By Kristina

[[Mediocre]Artist]

cB! My muse! Now available in thread!

Revolution
You're lost, confused
Alone and scared
Life is so hard, right?
We've all been there

You say-
No use living
No use trying
I say-
No use whining
No use crying

Straighten up,
dry those eyes
So what
if everyone lies?

Sitting alone in the dark
Never brought on a solution
Stop complaining and
Start
A
Revolution.

[[Scr3amin][Horro...]

Link

Summer Dreams

You feel the last days of
Summer that linger on
In the cool night breeze
As the days of summer fade into the pass
Walking into the shadows of a lonely starless night
Alone with unspoken thoughts of the eternal pass
Loneliness crumbles under your steps as you
Stretch forward to heaven’s light
But only to find nothing
You feel cheated from existence
Emptiness haunts within you
As you disappeared from my summer dream

By//Liz

[J-DraGoNz]

A young, beautiful girl; just at the age of fifteen,
With so much potential to do so many great things,
A girl so sweet with many ambitions and dreams,
But struck down at her peak; a disaster unseen,
How can this be? I still can't believe,
That something so tragic would happen to someone so sweet,
I miss you terribly, I know everybody does,
You were more than a great friend; an Angel sent from above,
It's hard to imagine life without your presence,
You were more than a part of mine; you were the essence,
I cried so much when I first heard the news,
It was a shock to me; I was so confused,
I refused to believe it; I remember the day clearly,
It was early in the morning; half past three,
Fearfully knowing the truth; I called you and texted you,
Then cried again while imagining the pain that you went through,
That same day, I stopped by your house around six A.M.,
I sat still in my car, not even daring to look in,
I sat there in sadness; knowing I'd never see you again,
It tore me inside knowing that I had lost a close friend,
I remember when we used to talk on the phone all night,
I remember looking with you in the sky for stars shining bright,
I remember the way you made me laugh and your beautiful smile,
I remember thinking how spending time with you was so worthwhile,
I will remember the things that you taught me forever,
And I will never forget the times that we spent together,
I miss you dearly, and I always will,
But now I realize that you are here still,
Because even though you're gone, we will never be apart,
For you will reside forever within my heart.


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