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by Stella
Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:44 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Guilt
Replies: 3
Views: 9877

Re: Guilt

Karin and Ken, thank you both so much for your kind comments :)
by Stella
Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:43 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Splashes of Colour (Haiku)
Replies: 4
Views: 18911

Re: Splashes of Colour (Haiku)

Oooh yes, crimson is such a wonderful bright fire colour and i think rosellas are parrots so a joyous chorus indeed :D
by Stella
Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:40 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: The beach (haiku)
Replies: 1
Views: 4934

Re: The beach (haiku)

A lot of wonderful imagery here Ken and i can feel the peace inside that warms the soul even if outside is cold and rough...
by Stella
Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:38 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Calm
Replies: 4
Views: 19029

Re: Calm

Hi Ken, and welcome back... you were missed :)

what better way to spend a winter morning than to read a good story as the weather freezes....
by Stella
Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:36 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: The Ballerina
Replies: 2
Views: 7674

The Ballerina

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/475/32159575532_e3eab80b08_m.jpg The child danced in her make-believe theatre, she practiced out of sight as the world slept a cold bedroom her stage, mute rag dolls her audience as the night breezes played their music to willing her to reach for the stars. Arching her...
by Stella
Sat Jan 14, 2017 6:30 am
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Bedfellows
Replies: 2
Views: 8876

Bedfellows

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/595/32147481582_f58510d08a_m.jpg She stole into my bed again slipping so easily between the covers and i steeled myself against her touching me, but this time there were no harsh words shouting in the silence, no accusations, no demands of keeping me awake in her fretf...
by Stella
Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:58 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Guilt
Replies: 3
Views: 9877

Guilt

https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/274/31795619530_d4b59d2e67_m.jpg I have forgotten to feed them and they sit there on cold naked branches patiently waiting as the frost stings spider webs. I in my soft bed ‘neath warm cosy coverlets cannot sleep for my guilt and they cannot sleep for their hunger; So ...
by Stella
Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:41 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: I Knew
Replies: 3
Views: 11282

I Knew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peWWBdyFD30 He made a lonely, soft silhouette in the doorway against the bright rising sun, but i knew the eagerness of those green eyes still lingered, that even now blindly facing the light just one more time he was again making love with me. Standing in his own sh...
by Stella
Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:30 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Pocket full of Rainbows
Replies: 4
Views: 19972

Re: Pocket full of Rainbows

A beautiful and refreshing poem to start the new year with, we all need rainbows after the rain and this is delightful Adette, light and uplifting on a dull, dreary day :)
by Stella
Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:01 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Walking with You
Replies: 1
Views: 7439

Walking with You

https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/362/31298839953_b19c1f4a6e_m.jpg I admire the faith you walk in as serene as the setting sun, it spreads calm on troubled waters dispels fear before it’s begun. I admire the light you walk in it lets no darkness have its play, and in the moments of despair shines new b...
by Stella
Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:41 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Life
Replies: 2
Views: 7603

Re: Life

A gift indeed, the present is living in the moment and enjoying its beauty.... :)
by Stella
Sat Dec 31, 2016 4:50 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: A COLOURED HAPPY NEW YEAR
Replies: 3
Views: 9684

Re: A COLOURED HAPPY NEW YEAR

You are the kindest poetess Karin, only your words could lift my spirits about the world situation today, your beautiful painting , alliteration and magical metaphors are sublime...my prayers are with yours for new portraits to be painted and peace to be woven within the canvas. Happy New Year my de...
by Stella
Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:16 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Christmas
Replies: 2
Views: 8196

Re: Christmas

A very beautiful prayer and uplifting video Adette... a joy to see and hear, thank you ♥
by Stella
Thu Dec 22, 2016 10:15 am
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Merry Christmas
Replies: 4
Views: 9683

Re: Merry Christmas

sadly Adette, you video as well as that of Karin has been disabled by the owner, but thank you for your warm and kind wishes ♥
by Stella
Wed Dec 21, 2016 6:11 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Christmas ~trijan refrain
Replies: 3
Views: 9258

Christmas ~trijan refrain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SJZ18sLZE4 Such a magical time of year when children hope and pray that someone they hold very dear will soon be on his way. Father Christmas sings “Ho ho ho” he and Rudolph sleigh through the snow. Father Christmas Father Christmas down all the chimneys he will go....
by Stella
Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:35 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: OH! HO HO HO & BUNDLES OF LAUGHS
Replies: 5
Views: 9830

Re: OH! HO HO HO & BUNDLES OF LAUGHS

Thank you for a lovely musical Christmas greeting Karin and a cheerful wrapped refrain for all to enjoy :lol:
by Stella
Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:33 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Winter
Replies: 2
Views: 5699

Re: Winter

Knowing that the seasons will come full circle gives us something to hope for and look forward to, i like winter... each season has its own beauty :) :)
by Stella
Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:31 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: 2016 - Connect With Gracious Lord
Replies: 3
Views: 7160

Re: 2016 - Connect With Gracious Lord

God is a wonderful artist in all the nature and natural music that he provides... thank you Seema :)
by Stella
Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:16 am
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Praise poem
Replies: 2
Views: 5608

Re: Praise poem

Just beautiful David ... :)
by Stella
Wed Dec 07, 2016 11:30 am
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Blessed to be Broken
Replies: 2
Views: 7514

Blessed to be Broken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDTph7mer3I You need to be broken to find the light to be weak before you can be strong you have to get lost to find yourself on a path that was there all along perfection is just a hollow vessel a beautiful voice devoid of song you need to know failure before you ca...
by Stella
Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:16 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: His Words Are Cheap
Replies: 7
Views: 12856

Re: His Words Are Cheap

i think we all experience at least one person in our lives like this Cindy, false people who make false promises for their own gain. i have really enjoyed the rhythm in which you are written this and the repetition of the title words which has emphasized the whole meaning of the poem. Lovely rhyming...
by Stella
Mon Dec 05, 2016 12:34 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Dickie's Christmas Tree
Replies: 3
Views: 8388

Dickie's Christmas Tree

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3846/14570400707_dbd06b8c97_m.jpg Dickie got very excited his friends wondered why that could be and then they all started chirping when he wanted a Christmas tree. “Oh you are silly” said his wife, “You live in a tree in the wood” but all his friends liked the idea so...
by Stella
Sun Nov 27, 2016 2:04 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: The Silent Snow ~ trijan refrain
Replies: 4
Views: 10681

The Silent Snow ~ trijan refrain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLnpusbrCvE Naked trees become silhouettes in winter’s pretty shawl snowflakes dancing in pirouettes so graceful as they fall. Oh so tranquil the silent snow soft and serene where ’ere i go oh so tranquil oh so tranquil I love this gentle warming glow. I caught a sno...
by Stella
Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:25 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Winters Grace
Replies: 5
Views: 11409

Re: Winters Grace

a lovely video Adette and i can see it has inspired some lovely words from you.....a perfect poem for this time of year :)
by Stella
Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:01 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Fine Vintage Wine & Rum Plum Pudding...a wrapped refrain
Replies: 4
Views: 10104

Fine Vintage Wine & Rum Plum Pudding...a wrapped refrain

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5627/30434450384_ee2dd9f344_m.jpg Fine vintage wine, feeling merry, cheeks ruddy as holly berry, more mistletoe to kiss beneath; front door adorned with welcome wreath. Roast turkey and trimmings, they are ready to dine and toast another Christmas with…. fine vintage w...
by Stella
Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:17 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADETTE
Replies: 1
Views: 7000

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADETTE




We wish you a beautiful and happy day Adette ♥
by Stella
Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:48 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Half A World Away
Replies: 2
Views: 6856

Re: Half A World Away

How beautiful Karin with some lovely alliteration. I could feel the love you portray coming through in each verse and the closing lines tell the story ..♥
by Stella
Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:44 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Dickie Sparrow and his Friends
Replies: 3
Views: 8102

Re: Dickie Sparrow and his Friends

Thank you Cindy, i enjoy writing about him :lol:
by Stella
Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:43 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: A Soldier’s Prayer ~ minute Poem
Replies: 4
Views: 10313

Re: A Soldier’s Prayer ~ minute Poem

Thank you Cindy, always nice to hear from you :)
by Stella
Wed Nov 16, 2016 3:44 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: My Darling Daughter
Replies: 2
Views: 6993

Re: My Darling Daughter

a loving tribute to your daughter Adette; i don't think they know how much we loved them until they have children of their own. :)
by Stella
Mon Nov 14, 2016 6:32 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Dickie Sparrow and his Friends
Replies: 3
Views: 8102

Dickie Sparrow and his Friends

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3846/14570400707_dbd06b8c97_m.jpg One day Magpie received a letter and he completely refused to share all the words that were within it, pointing his beak up in the air. The friends thought it rather strange that anyone should write to him, “It looks like it might be i...
by Stella
Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:34 am
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: My Piano Cries For You
Replies: 3
Views: 8090

Re: My Piano Cries For You

Oh Karin, this wrapped refrain is so very beautiful. The refrains that wrap each verse at beginning and end have been placed perfectly and of course what better music than an accompaniment by Ernesto could the whole perfect poem have. I had never heard of or tried this format until you introduced me...
by Stella
Sat Nov 12, 2016 9:00 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: INHUMAN
Replies: 5
Views: 11620

Re: INHUMAN

Almost impossible to comprehend the torture endured.

Two world wars, we remember the fallen heroes today..... their families and loved ones too♥
by Stella
Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:38 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: WAR ~ a Villanelle
Replies: 4
Views: 9034

Re: WAR ~ a Villanelle

Thank you all for your kind comments :)
by Stella
Sat Nov 12, 2016 7:29 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: In Remembrance ~ tanka poem
Replies: 2
Views: 7133

Re: In Remembrance ~ tanka poem

They deserve all the tributes for what they gave up for us Karin...it must always be remembered
by Stella
Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:29 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: A Soldier’s Prayer ~ minute Poem
Replies: 4
Views: 10313

A Soldier’s Prayer ~ minute Poem

https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5441/25303095899_db6c992f72_m.jpg At close of one dark war torn day I heard him pray “End this discord please take me Lord my pure life’s blood is almost bled my brothers dead there’s naught to gain from all this pain my duty done let me escape for war is rape it wants...
by Stella
Thu Nov 10, 2016 3:09 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: In Remembrance ~ tanka poem
Replies: 2
Views: 7133

In Remembrance ~ tanka poem

https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/636/22427465047_ebaf6d2139_m.jpg Bravest of the brave we remember you today bringers of freedom courageous young men fighting that the world might live in peace Freedom a promise for future generations an end to all wars for this you gave your future unselfishly and fr...
by Stella
Wed Nov 09, 2016 11:18 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: The Naga Sage
Replies: 4
Views: 7439

Re: The Naga Sage

Beauty is indeed hidden within my friend..
by Stella
Wed Nov 09, 2016 10:21 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Summer Clings (Choka)
Replies: 13
Views: 19597

Re: Summer Clings (Choka)

you are most welcome my friend♫
by Stella
Wed Nov 09, 2016 10:12 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Autumn Leaf
Replies: 1
Views: 7041

Autumn Leaf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjFTVVqeQ_0 I knew her beauty and I felt her pain an autumn leaf that would not live again. My heart was saddened to see her fall as she spun and tumbled I could recall the day of her birth from my chestnut tree, and just how lovely she was then to see. All through t...
by Stella
Wed Nov 09, 2016 10:00 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: 2016 - Unbundle And Untangle Worries
Replies: 2
Views: 6903

Re: 2016 - Unbundle And Untangle Worries

a great way of putting it Seema to "Untangle" our thoughts, and yes it is exactly that we often need to do to find some contentment..
by Stella
Wed Nov 09, 2016 9:57 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
Replies: 5
Views: 7441

Re: AN EYE FOR AN EYE

Oh, you do make me laugh Steven, i don't know how i came to miss this little gem :lol:
by Stella
Wed Nov 09, 2016 9:55 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Yesterday.
Replies: 1
Views: 4945

Re: Yesterday.

Lots of yesterdays to think about David and their happenings, we don't realize at the time it is history in the making..
by Stella
Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:21 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Loving Friends
Replies: 3
Views: 6831

Re: Loving Friends

A lovely rhythm Adette and lots of repetition which i like to see in poems, it enhances the main theme beautifully.. :)
by Stella
Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:19 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Painting Dreams
Replies: 5
Views: 8611

Re: Painting Dreams

One of your best poems Adette, this is truly serene and lovely.... :)
by Stella
Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:17 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Summer Clings (Choka)
Replies: 13
Views: 19597

Re: Summer Clings (Choka)

Hi Cindy, it is lovely to see you introduce a new format to the site, i like this very much it's not unlike a tanka poem but more interesting and you have included in it some wonderful imagery..

i hope things are getting better for you and yours :)
by Stella
Sun Nov 06, 2016 11:41 am
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: WAR ~ a Villanelle
Replies: 4
Views: 9034

WAR ~ a Villanelle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIn2kEE5DfY Young men fight in such an horrific war each one fully armed and ordered to kill many lives are lost like often before Hundreds will be waiting at Heaven’s door so much earlier than would be God’s will young men fight in such an horrific war Commands give...
by Stella
Sun Nov 06, 2016 11:30 am
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: The Fallen
Replies: 3
Views: 6830

Re: The Fallen

A lovely tribute to your grandfather who like many others went away to fight a war that they believed would bring peace for ever. Especially the first world war was horrific not only in the loss but in the dreadful conditions in the trenches... a very brave generation of men fought in that war their...
by Stella
Sun Nov 06, 2016 11:24 am
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Prayers for my fellow men
Replies: 1
Views: 5202

Re: Prayers for my fellow men

At this time of remembrance every year the families of those lost ask the same question "Why"? Every year still sees another bloodbath in the name of peace, it is nothing short of disgusting and we are disgrace to humankind, there are no valid excuses it is all born from greed and ignoranc...
by Stella
Sat Nov 05, 2016 2:00 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: My House
Replies: 1
Views: 6325

My House

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5518/30675351842_df1f9a368c_m.jpg I live in a mansion although I am small my bedroom is the clock that lives in the hall, no one ever cleans there and I have made a bed of pieces from the cushions and carpets I shred. I dine on only the best of good fayre from crumbs o...

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