http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/-t1.htm If you're here, you probably write. Poetry goes here Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:21:13 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/empty.gif http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/-t1.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/herbal-medicine-poetry-3-t528.htm Manintheovercoat Caustic vibrations
Need to know the name
To find the location
Whispered sweetly
Without pause
I swept up a storm
A violent clause
On the paper
The contract
As I rolled it
Fluid motions
The stove-top all lit
Ready and willing
Sticky FlamesNext time it's noIf I can keep sane]]> Poetry Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:15:12 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/herbal-medicine-poetry-3-t528.htm#5276 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/herbal-medicine-poetry-3-t528.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/analogy-of-boys-t529.htm kittygonecrazy I really dont know what i wrote haha but kill it for all i care it came from within so to me thats all that matters A boy walks into a toy store and finds the best looking toy. He quickly buys it and takes it home, promising all the way there how much fun that little toy is going to have together. Everyday the boy would take his toy out and show it off to all the other boys who were really jealous and tried to take the toy home. But the boy wasnt going to let them, so he kept ... Poetry Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:21:13 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/analogy-of-boys-t529.htm#5280 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/analogy-of-boys-t529.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/love-replys-3-t309.htm Xillie I was asked to make a reply to that poem a few weeks back, but i couldn't decide how to do it. Wether to accept the proposal or reject it. So i did both!]]> Poetry Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:10:51 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/love-replys-3-t309.htm#3407 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/love-replys-3-t309.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/slither-on-poetry-easy-rhyme-scheme-3-t526.htm Manintheovercoat Slither on, she’ll do the dance Of worms and grime and happenstance Warping, and draining, like wet, crumpled paper And hope, not pray, for life like new-agers To silence their lies of blind ambition And write down their mottos of fame and contrition  In notebooks with spirals in words and in metal Not making much sense, letting dust settle Going on to be kings, titans of myths In Italian suits, holding credit card slips Slither and flail She’ll hate herself, her mind ... Poetry Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:09:35 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/slither-on-poetry-easy-rhyme-scheme-3-t526.htm#5261 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/slither-on-poetry-easy-rhyme-scheme-3-t526.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/a-dream-in-the-grass-poetry-0-10-t518.htm Eh In the morning of the storm the shudders slam shut the worms take their refuge in layers of mud. And the muck it is warming so near to the heart where ancient lost hot springs are bubbling up. In the morning we set out no waking, just we, lost in the downpour of old memories. In the evening of waking the birds are alive singing sweet softly their voices arise. And the night is not far now no farther than here clinging quite close to the salt in the tears. She's smiling ... Poetry Wed, 06 May 2009 19:09:53 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/a-dream-in-the-grass-poetry-0-10-t518.htm#5162 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/a-dream-in-the-grass-poetry-0-10-t518.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/icarus-strange-a-poem-t516.htm adsaige there's an ocean and a rock that separates us as I am the eyes of God, and have drowned many ships in my mouth for the itinerant movements awaits only kind sentiments in my pockets I feel you shift and I push you further into the dowdy stitches, until I am left in the deserts, transmuting sand into Eden. I search and I ache with the weight of destruction burrowed in my soles and miserable anguish as my sternum there is a sun and Icarus that separates us for you are ... Poetry Mon, 04 May 2009 01:08:21 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/icarus-strange-a-poem-t516.htm#5149 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/icarus-strange-a-poem-t516.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/oh-love-go-work-in-progress-poetry-0-3-t502.htm Ceswr I say go, oh love go Go and show this country what we are fighting for. I say go, oh love go know that i love you now and forever more. Cause I know, that the moon will keep on shining til the end of time and i know you have to go. so i say go as I watch you put on your uniform my heart cant help but to feel torn and it screams, dont go... love dont go cause i dont think i cant sleep in our bed alone dont go, love dont go without you this house...just wouldn't feel like ... Poetry Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:46:00 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/oh-love-go-work-in-progress-poetry-0-3-t502.htm#4969 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/oh-love-go-work-in-progress-poetry-0-3-t502.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/flat-note-poetry-reader-s-choice-t495.htm Sheakhan I rode across the memory of sunswept valley's history and tantamount to my recourse was self-actualization. Rambling does some good for those who've lost the subtle ebbs and flows of understanding, and compose nothing of note or merit. In depressive states of misery or leastwise deep considering of what is lost and what remains that changes all the notes. They analyze the music and get back to themselves. Poetry Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:17:34 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/flat-note-poetry-reader-s-choice-t495.htm#4906 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/flat-note-poetry-reader-s-choice-t495.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/i-ll-laugh-forevermore-poetry-0-9-t476.htm kryslee I got a good laugh out of this one, making fun of myself and...everyone else. Enjoy. Or don't. I'll Laugh Forevermore Stumbling over words that are never seen or heard Striving to find meaning from the things I never learned And still I'm left believing in their nonexistent worth. And we all know self-proclaimed is just another ... Poetry Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:46:01 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/i-ll-laugh-forevermore-poetry-0-9-t476.htm#4639 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/i-ll-laugh-forevermore-poetry-0-9-t476.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/sleep-can-silence-poetry-0-10-t469.htm Eh Sleeping in circles, dark rimmed monocles sagging below soft serve eyes. Dream of nothing and something in motion. Slow motion breathing fumes of history's fires. Head rush, indecision looming and winning such battle. Ground up in circles now and again, still hoping to a hope god, to a rain cloud and the thunder. Head is on fire underwater, losing breathing choking on bubbles and oxygen. Aye, the prophets of the day. Dream givers to a make believe futures market, in a ... Poetry Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:31:52 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/sleep-can-silence-poetry-0-10-t469.htm#4560 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/sleep-can-silence-poetry-0-10-t469.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/modern-shaman-3-i-beg-you-to-tear-it-to-shreds-t475.htm Godofgaming Charcoal tar and gold brown tobacco packed into a paper stick pressed firm and trusting to the lips of a modern shaman inhaling sharp barbs by smoke. A cloud of harsh, strong, bold, and bitter caress the tongue and prick and stick to pink organ flesh. Disorientating nicotine: Potentate in this scheme of purpose similar in structure to silk coffee; smooth and polished blended beans biologically endorsed and caffeinated for those late night - early morning massacres. The baked euphoria; living ... Poetry Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:31:28 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/modern-shaman-3-i-beg-you-to-tear-it-to-shreds-t475.htm#4634 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/modern-shaman-3-i-beg-you-to-tear-it-to-shreds-t475.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/ekphrastic-poem-titled-salvadorian-philosophy-3-t480.htm Godofgaming At the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Italy amidst the barren wastes of autumn two lovers are displayed atop a wooden wardrobe; showcasing their mass of shapeless flesh and quivering liquid opal. Silver instruments rest coolly in their skilled hands; wrinkled with age and charred by the white-hot sun while hungry fingers grip and mold like sculptors and connoisseurs lively and lost in the passion of the art. Discarded clothing is strewn and clustered, slowly melting across the pedestal ... Poetry Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:55:33 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/ekphrastic-poem-titled-salvadorian-philosophy-3-t480.htm#4660 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/ekphrastic-poem-titled-salvadorian-philosophy-3-t480.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/untitled-delusion-poem-3-t490.htm raining_roses Untitled Delusion ------------------------------------------- Infinite possibilities, each a facet of a precious gem as each casts its own light into the dark void of understanding. Pale comparisons are the hope against anger, love against despair yet each are sought after with a sort of fanatic reverence. Longing for one blissful touch of the embers that burn within the heart of the fire. The warmth nothing but a shadow against the icy calm of the human soul. Hidden storms ... Poetry Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:07:29 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/untitled-delusion-poem-3-t490.htm#4804 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/untitled-delusion-poem-3-t490.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/only-yours-poem-3-t468.htm raining_roses Though the day travels onward in its endless cycle of warm depression, alone in its orbit for those that surround it use it for only it's warmth and recoil at it's embrace. And all though the stars shine forever in a twinkling symphony they but offer so little with their ever lasting beauty that you cannot help but pity them in all their glory. And all though the sea is vast, and most parts remain untouched by the human hand, you cannot help but wonder if the secrets ... Poetry Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:44:05 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/only-yours-poem-3-t468.htm#4554 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/only-yours-poem-3-t468.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/aiolos-and-aglaia-3-t460.htm Godofgaming Our skin’s a splendid pigment blend Of browns and tans and milky white in coffee creamed and sugared Bittersweet. A mighty steed compelled by lust ------------lays cobblestone Beneath the booted commonwealth and is blessed to bask in the compassion of another. A hooved stampede of pegasus riding high --------and heavy panting out steam in long hollow gasps, while grasping, Clenching. It was nostrils flaring: A primal storm of upside downs complete with shaking sound ... Poetry Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:15:36 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/aiolos-and-aglaia-3-t460.htm#4484 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/aiolos-and-aglaia-3-t460.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/the-fall-poetry-3-t451.htm Lestat deLioncourte so proud and tall,
we walk a ledge
oblivious to the fall.

For glory and honor,
for greatness we search;
but are so unprepared
when we fall from the perch.

What is so wrong
with this human race
that we should always fall
and never walk with grace?]]> Poetry Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:24:58 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/the-fall-poetry-3-t451.htm#4399 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/the-fall-poetry-3-t451.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/in-memory-of-sarah-banks-1832-1857-poetry-0-3-t259.htm Eh Your body was listless, your mind at rest, your hands folded gently a shield on your chest. You're a sly one, a fox a snake in the weeds, trembling softly but burning beneath. It's raining or wilting this place in my head, and I'm wondering, wandering alone in your bed. Sweet melody, sweet mystery, sweet august moonlight. I'm breathing your memory you're saying goodnight. Autumn was the hardest then, no leaf, no gentle breeze, to brush your skin or touch within to ... Poetry Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:21:04 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/in-memory-of-sarah-banks-1832-1857-poetry-0-3-t259.htm#2882 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/in-memory-of-sarah-banks-1832-1857-poetry-0-3-t259.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/insanity-s-rant-poetry-3-t430.htm raining_roses Yearn for the love of passing years, the lingering taste is bitter-sweet against the alternative of moving on. Falling, twisting, laughing to pieces. Anger's suicide of long lasting hope. Searching with grasping fingers of cold, loving, tear caressed beliefs. Standing on the edge of everlasting light, waiting for the day of the tomorrows promise. Do you hear me, or am i just twisting into the abyss? ------------------------ Author's Note: If you ... Poetry Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:43:46 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/insanity-s-rant-poetry-3-t430.htm#4265 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/insanity-s-rant-poetry-3-t430.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/paris-3-t360.htm Xillie Paris I wonder what she was thinking As she waited for him that day Did she wonder if he’d left her? Had his heart been led astray? How did she rejoice? When she saw him from above When he held her in his arms Did she know she was in love? And what about that other boy? Surely she didn’t hate him so Just because he was Paris And she loved Romeo Maybe he really cared Perhaps they once were close Maybe he broke her heart And Romeo was just a morphine dose But now she ... Poetry Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:16:08 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/paris-3-t360.htm#3838 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/paris-3-t360.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/the-joke-t438.htm Xillie This one isn't mine at all. i found it when i was going through a noteboook full of poems i wrote last year and found one where some ass hole got ahold of it. It's hilarious though and makes me think of some of you guys, so ithought you might enjoy laughing your ass off while reading it. I'd love to know who wrote it though. Hate is what I feel Deep inside this feeling is real Love is far away Drowning in the bay I wish someone could see What they're doing to me But ... Poetry Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:49:21 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/the-joke-t438.htm#4315 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/the-joke-t438.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/so-much-more-2-3-t439.htm Xillie So Much More Love is so much more More than we can say or do Even if you're with her I will wait for you I'm ok with you not knowing It's alright that you don't understand Maybe you're not supposed to My heart still bears your brand Sometimes I'm disappointed Sometimes I'm simply mad Mad that I didn't say it Mad because you should have Would you tell me what you see When you look into my eyes Do you even bother looking When I hide in this disguise? ... Poetry Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:09:21 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/so-much-more-2-3-t439.htm#4316 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/so-much-more-2-3-t439.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/river-of-the-mind-poetry-3-t337.htm Lestat deLioncourte wide and deep without mar.
Sudden siphon, forced-narrow;
rolling rapids beneath the sky.
Violent falls of raging noise,
bubbling pools of boiling springs.
Stemming out in narrow rivulets,
calm and serene, peace again.]]> Poetry Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:01:11 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/river-of-the-mind-poetry-3-t337.htm#3658 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/river-of-the-mind-poetry-3-t337.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/poetry-can-t-let-go-3-t437.htm Aisling I keep getting this feeling. It's like a kick in the stomach. And each time I get it it comes with memories Memories of him. In one he sits in a chair in my kitchen, another he smiles at me from my couch, I open my fridge and flash! The beer is still sitting there from that one night, The night he seemed unable to get enough, and then the morning after, when a cold stony silence greeted me, crushing my happy thoughts, causing me to doubt myself. A day passed, it's friday. Tomorrow. ... Poetry Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:49:02 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/poetry-can-t-let-go-3-t437.htm#4314 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/poetry-can-t-let-go-3-t437.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/a-canvas-underwater-poetry-3-t429.htm raining_roses She seeks her watery grave, drowning gasps, grasps tendrils of floating crowfoot weed moved by each passing wave. Pale gossamer skirts bloom Like underwater lilies in clouds of grandeur, shroud of elegance for her tomb. Eyelashes flutter, as cold hands wave with the swelling water, her limp body settles and seeks the gentle caress of warm dark sand. The feeling ebbs out her finger tips; No heart-beat in her peaceful breast, Yet her brain in crescendo panic screams, But ... Poetry Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:39:48 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/a-canvas-underwater-poetry-3-t429.htm#4264 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/a-canvas-underwater-poetry-3-t429.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/poetry-3-t320.htm RichardRahl No longer happy, Unable to have fun. No more warm days, Under the sun. No longer alive, Always alone. Feeling the pain, Right through to the bone. I gave you my all, Gave you my soul. But you still left me, And now in my heart there's a hole. I gave you my heart, But you didn't care. An unbearable pain, I guess life's not fair. Angry at the world, But I'm the one to blame. I drew myself to you, Like a moth to the flame. Holding back tears, Trying ... Poetry Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:40:21 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/poetry-3-t320.htm#3506 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/poetry-3-t320.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/seasons-poetry-2-3-t317.htm RichardRahl The leaves have all left
Whispering in my ear
Is old man winter
Cold be his words
For truth brings a chill
That no summer can thaw
Cause even in love
Strong men will fall]]> Poetry Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:35:02 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/seasons-poetry-2-3-t317.htm#3477 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/seasons-poetry-2-3-t317.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/love-lost-by-a-knife-0-3-t335.htm kittygonecrazy I don't know what to do I was about to tell you my Deepest and darkest secret I....I've cut myself never hard enough to leave a scar that way no one would know but just as I'm going to tell you you tell me, that if I ever hurt myself you would stop loving me. Frozen with fear I tell you that I would never because its stupid. Later on I just start to cry so of course you ask me why the guilt has gotten to me and i break down and i tell you everything but before ... Poetry Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:37:23 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/love-lost-by-a-knife-0-3-t335.htm#3654 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/love-lost-by-a-knife-0-3-t335.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/sleeping-submission-poetry-0-t338.htm Eh See the winter sneak up on the trees Faded colors and the dying leaves Feel the cold wind underneath your sleeves There's no comfort here Turning restlessly throughout the night Watching TV for the soothing light Seeking shelter under sheets pulled tight There's no comfort here Walking aimlessly through city streets Past the bankers and their silly greed Never looking past your own two feet There's no comfort here Close your eyes before the sun goes down Hide behind the colors ... Poetry Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:33:23 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/sleeping-submission-poetry-0-t338.htm#3662 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/sleeping-submission-poetry-0-t338.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/a-poem-about-barack-obama-t345.htm LLCOLLINS BARACK OBAMA Out from the dark and stormy night he came beautifully black faced, arms stretched out to give, feet planted to stay. At the part of his lips, at the lift of his tongue, on the exhale of his breath Inspired ears now hung. A sadness, a silence began to disappear In the mist of every hush lived massive courageous cheers. Just as had been promised On the death bed of slaves, The tears on our face Now nourishing their graves. He who had been foolish enough To ... Poetry Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:29:33 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/a-poem-about-barack-obama-t345.htm#3736 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/a-poem-about-barack-obama-t345.htm http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/phospheresence-t346.htm abuzzbuzz92 flickers . . .
one for me, two for you
eight all around.

Firefly in my eyes,
your glows
beat me...]]> Poetry Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:03:48 GMT http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/phospheresence-t346.htm#3739 http://thehabitation.forummotion.com/poetry-f17/phospheresence-t346.htm