Poetic Travels - by Melissa R. Bickel

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Welcome Welcome poets one and all. May your travels through poetry increase your love for composing beautiful verse. We're all family here. This is a place to come to read poetry, sip coffee and explore the talents of fellow poetry writers. “Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these” Emily Dickinson Senior Corner Youth, Day, Old Age and Night Youth, large, lusty, loving-youth full of grace, force, fascination, Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination? Day full-blown and splendid-day of the immense sun, action, ambition, laughter, The Night follows close with millions of suns, and sleep and restoring darkness. Walt Whitman Poetry by Amias Tender Beginnings it's windy outside. trees swaying erratically - thunder in the distance rain is sure to come, concealing tears of loneliness, feelings of exclusion - it's quiet inside. soul searching peacefully - revealing my vulnerabilities, and i dare think of human kindness kisses you let me borrow but not keep - sweet is the nectar endowed in frozen - communication. unthawed two souls discovering acceptance in a world intolerant of human differences - and secret tears ceased flowing quietly - a breeze invades the stillness solitude conquered by friendship a heart giving way to joyful overtures – A Knowing What is this longing I feel? My love has burst forth like a rose, hidden behind the leaves out of sight Knowing you consciously loved me once, but it's been so long you have almost forgotten I want to fall outside of you, wrap my arms around you like a shield to protect you from the horrors you live in; this ugly state of being unaware of yourself. Instead I just hide behind the leaves, hoping the breeze carries my scent to your nose, so you will turn around and see me. Like a statue I stand observing. Powerless to come to you without being summoned how I long to whisper, ever so softly in your ears, that you are not alone on this path. Our love has passed the eternal test. Forbidden to interfere with your chosen path, I’m comforted in knowing, in the end you will be my soul mate Acrostics Only Amias' Acrostic Poetic Nods The Legacy of Poet Billy Collins Poetry Analysis of Chicago by Carl Sandburg Poetry analysis: To a Mouse, by Robert Burns To a Mouse by Robert Burns: An Analysis I love this poem by Robert Burns and feel I can totally relate to it, having grown up on a farm, a... Poetry analysis: Tulips, by Sylvia Plath BRIGHT RED BLOOMS OF AFFLICTION American poetess Sylvia Plath is perhaps best known for The Bell Jar, a perennial must-read for high schoo... Poetry analysis: If, by Rudyard Kipling Poetry analysis: If, by Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling, indeed a man best known for (what many consider) genius literary works. Remember... Poetry analysis: E. E. Cummings Works of literature are for me like buildings. Some are elegant edifices of dizzying height and rococo embellishment; others are simple A-f... Poetry analysis: Grass, by Carl Sandburg This poetry analysis of the poem Grass by Carl Sandburg will focus mainly on the meaning of the poem, since that is what students so often ... Poetic Adventures Shadow Poetic Ponderings My poetry blog Keith's - No rhyme or reason Nirvanasgate William's poetry site Wondering Wanderings Scott's personal web site John Ecko's Visual Concrete Poetry Matangmanok ( Sufjan's Blog) Allpoetry.com Poetry writing site Poets and Writers Non-profit organization serving Creative Writers American Life In Poetry Ted Kooser - Poet Laureate on-line magazine Famous Poets and Poems Poets.org	Poet Recognized Poetic Travels is recognizing a publish poet whose poetry is visualized through concrete poetry. John Ecko has taken poetry to a new level with his concrete poetry. He breathes life into poems through visual imagery. John welcomes anyone interested to view his blog and experience examples of such poetry. (Click on John's name in blue to be taken to his blog.) John has published the book “Signs of Life, A Book of Visual Poetry” Click on the book title to be taken to the purchase page. Best Regards Poetic Travels Poem Recognition by Elisabeth Mcgrath Finding God A mighty wind splitting mountains Breaking heavy boulders and rocks But the presence is not in the wind Whose sound and fury only mocks. The fearful quake rends the earth Its aftermath a path of destruction Tis not in the chasm that we look For our answers or for instruction. Nor yet in the billowing fire is He In flaming pillars reaching the sky Not in the depths that oceans swell Nor the heights where eagles fly. In the throbbing pulse of silence Our hearts stop with hope and fear Impatient for the encounter we yet Retreat as He bids us draw near. POETRY IN PHOTO One thing about poetry, it doesn't need to be captured in words to be breath taking. My dear friend Keith Hillman is a fantastic photographer (he'd blush me saying that) but in my opinion he is. Please stop by his Photo blog and enjoy a plethora of poetry in the gorgeous photos he takes of his travels and land around him. Click here to enjoy the views ---------> Keith's Images Effigy Melissa R. Bickel Affix my face to an effigy, no not a sculpture on some stone. but chiseled inmost words unrhymed so others see how I'm predisposed. I want my image not sheathed in marbled rock of counter use, but buried deep within the verse where edicts cast a better view. Jack Kerouac Haiku's Birds singing in the dark —Rainy dawn. The low yellow moon above the Quiet lamplit house The taste of rain —Why kneel? Poetry of Emily Bean "Me & De Sade have a arduous affiliation. A nefarious, hilarious understanding of decadence, death and degradation". "And yet I was such a soft little thing before my innocence did disband. She thought as a man holds his weight down on her hands." "Poetry has never been a beautiful sequence of 'we' and 'they', it only has room for the I's & 'why's'." "I’m dancing now, alongside this melody, just typing and dancing; floating. But who here could ever understand something so invisibly unsure, again it stabs at the trumpet sound. It pounds empty when I see your name. Oh the shame she is afraid. Such reverence for his flair, but again stab, stab, stab my heart’s hole a ‘beats. To be entwined would be divine but you are so attached to the scent of Dill, your blind." "As Jeff would softly say, your the very ingredient of the lilac tree. And yet you cast my advances away." http://ssalbion.blogspot.com/ Famous Poets and Poems Famous Poets and Poems Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Jack Prelutsky Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot. Imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes, that clearly would not be a treat, for you'd be forced to smell your feet. Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head, it soon would drive you to despair, forever tickled by your hair. Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe, for when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze. Your nose, instead, through thick and thin, remains between your eyes and chin, not pasted on some other place-- be glad your nose is on your face!
Comments (1 to 10 of 49) Elaina Wicks Jan 19, 10 at 02:08 PM Hi Missy, Just now getting a chance to make some rounds and check out some of the other great zones here on Helium. I really like this zone, great pictures and wonderful poetry! It's obvious that you have put a lot of work into it. =) Keith Hillman Nov 29, 09 at 08:18 AM Missy, thanks so much for comparing my photographs to poetry. Coming from you this is a complement indeed Peta S. Cameron Nov 07, 09 at 05:48 AM What a great zone Mellisa, I love reading what is on your zone. Fantastic! Cheers Peta Cameron Jeffrey Miller Oct 14, 09 at 11:52 PM Thanks so much for featuring one of my poems on your site. I am honored to have one of my poems featured with so many other wonderful poetic stylings. Jon Coe May 22, 09 at 02:09 AM Well.....another day has come and gone the sun rose up and went to bed, anon I did my best, with what I had I do not feel sorrowful, nor, sad The moon takes watch upon me now green fields, nestling, up to cow Inside, I think, and write with glee until the sand man cometh, late for we pa cockle Apr 24, 09 at 09:59 PM You have outdone yourself here Missy...On behalf of the Ebay chinwaggers thanks for judgeing our Comp and displaying the winners and entrats...bloody good job ma'am.. Shaheen Darr Apr 23, 09 at 08:49 PM This is great, with focus on Australia...good idea! Used to enjoy watching "home and away" once upon a time, Australia looks like a wonderful place. :) Nancy Horton Apr 20, 09 at 01:07 PM Oops... sorry, my head is in too many places at once I guess. Here's a direct link to that thread if you want to check it out. http://lifesdailychallenges.7forum.net/poems-quotes-f11/ Nancy Horton Apr 20, 09 at 01:05 PM Melissa, how are ya doing? Wanted to drop by & invite you to my forum. I have a tread there for inspirational poems & quotes. Your beautiful writing would be a compliment there! I look forward to hearing from you now & then. Hope you're doing well, have a super day! Jon Coe Apr 17, 09 at 01:46 AM Just wanted to post something here on this wonderful site. There........it is something indeed! See More Comments Enter your comment below: If you are a registered Helium member, you may login and then leave your own comment. Flag Inappropriate Content

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VERENA SCOTT

breathe the breath that angels share
on balmy summer nights
as they dance through silver fronds
while chasing pure delights

and feel their touch as they enlace
their magic through your mind
to softly falling water drops
that open your eyes blind

to rainbows in the glowing dark
of streetlights that you guide
through a world of wonder filled
with joy that grows inside

they touch the ones whose hearts allow
the mysteries in their soul
and fill with glee the seeking hearts
that through the moonlight stroll

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Sid-De-Knees

'm feeling like a weatherman,
keep saying if it's snow or rain,
and yes to add a small insult,
we've got no snow, but rain again!

And I once said to write of birds,
was all I really sought to do,
but seldom do I speak of they,
avoiding proving envy, too!

To come back as a bird or fish,
would satisfy my inner need,
but if I was a Husky dog,
then I'd be well impressed indeed.

unless I lived in some hot place,
and hardly walked nor ever race!

Melissa R. Bickel
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