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Re: Poppy beat poet symmetry
Posted By: Kiki, on host 208.151.220.100
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2000, at 11:21:06
In Reply To: Re: Poppy beat poet symmetry posted by Nyperold on Tuesday, November 28, 2000, at 09:03:37:

> > > > Speaking of poetry, I wrote two new ones, which is good cause i hadn't had any inspiration since August and I was getting worried and they're good poems! Anyone care for me to post?
> > > >
> > > > Ki"conspiracy? I think not..."ki
> > >
> > > Kiki! Need you even ask.... YES! POST! PLEASE DO!
> > >
> > > :-)
> >
> > Well then... Neither has a title as of yet, and neither of the two people who have read them has been able to tell what they were about... but I like them. Any comments are welcome.... although if they're of any deep nature, I'd prefer them to be emailed.
> >
> > Poem#1
> >
> > An impenetrable fortress
> > Falls
> > Leaving an idyllic world
> > In shambles
> > The city rebuilt
> > Will never be as strong
> > The new walls -
> > Needed to keep out
> > The savage unknown
> > And therefore
> > Hastily erected -
> > Are weaker
> > More easily breached
> > Eventually
> > That which is left
> > Is not worth
> > The energy of rebuilding
> > And a once respected citadel
> > Decays
> >
> > Unless
> > The time is taken
> > To prevent new weakness
> > And old faults
> > Are corrected
> > And long-term growth
> > Is placed before
> > Short-term safety
> >
> > But who has time
> > To bother with that?
> >
> >
> > Poem#2
> >
> > Forgiveness and trust
> > Are entirely different things
> > Quintessentially Pandora
> > The untouchable is touched
> > Raving demons released
> > To the leer
> > Of the punishing world.
> > What's done is done.
> > Yes,
> > But can you
> > Will you forget?
> > Grasp for the one
> > Beam of hope
> > Did it fly away
> > With the rest?
> > Was it ever there at all?
> > The apple has browned
> > The shadows lengthen
> > Our appointment ends
> > Unless you call them back
> > Is it too late
> > For a simple apology?
> >
> >
> > Ki"poetess"ki
>
> I understand those. At least, I think I do. :) Very well written.
>
> Nyperold

I'd be interested to know what you think they're about.... I've gotten LOTS of different answers so far... and by lots I mean, well, two, but I'd be interested.

Ki"at the folger"ki

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