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jlocke
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since 2000-09-10
Posts 169
CC,TX

0 posted 2000-10-20 05:22 PM


All right, here’s the deal
You’ve seen it before
I know some of you
But I want to know more

I’m a fan of anonymity
So don’t shed your disguise
But give us a quick taste
Of what lies behind your eyes

Let us know the finer things
That you hold so dear
Or maybe your nightmares
The things that you fear

Tell us what makes you
Just who you are
Tell us what drives you
I don’t mean your car

But don’t tell too much
No number to your phone
Some cybernauts are nuts
And won’t leave you alone

Now, don’t be afraid
Please stop and reply
If your life is a secret
Just tell us your lie


© Copyright 2000 Jeremy Locke Culberth - All Rights Reserved
jlocke
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since 2000-09-10
Posts 169
CC,TX
1 posted 2000-10-20 05:27 PM


Hi, my name is Jeremy.  I’m a 26 year old Texan.  I hold a bachelor degree in psychology, my passion is theology, and I love philosophy.  I’m a recovering addict.  My views and personal philosophies come from a wide variety of studies, and quite often they may seem morbid or twisted.  Sometimes I think the truths in my life are actually lies.  I enjoy surfing the waves, sometimes the net.  I’m no poet, but I’ve been having real fun here in your forums.  It seems a few of you suffer from multiple personality disorders or at least multiple identities.  

I can’t wait to read you!
      


Love is the law, love under will.

Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354
Listening to every heart
2 posted 2000-10-20 05:34 PM



I'm a hopeless romantic
or couldn't you tell?
and I have this penchant
when people can't spell

to get out my red pen
it's a habit, I'm sure
one that's obsessive,
and one I can't cure...

I'm a dreamer, it's true
actually it's a fact
and when the computer frizzes
it's me saying ACK!!!

I'm also in this field
of legal anonymity
so I learn to yield
to others proximity

and my biggest fear
right now I think
is when the blue pages
are on the blink

for here I come for therapy
I write for you, I write for me
I'm fairly nice, or so it's been told
and I'm rather shy, even when bold

so know that you know a little of me
tell us all, what do YOU see?

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263

3 posted 2000-10-20 08:10 PM


This is so interesting, I believe I know what you have experienced.  In poetry, and I mean true poetry and this site is gifted with it, the poet escapes from his own personality and his own expression at times, not all of the time, but at time into another realm of emotion.  When doing that, and if he or she does it from a poet's soul, it could very well appear to be a multiple personality.
It's the beauty of poetry, it's not a lie, it's poetry though, please disassociate lies with poetic verse.  

Every poem that I write is not about me, every poem I write is a feeling, but not necessarily an experience.  It's freer to write of something you have never experienced and the best verse comes from those tortured souls who have been so hungry for nourishment, that when they finally pen or come to the understanding of what poetry is,
they evolve into something more grand than anything a personality has to offer.  They find the essence of immortality, a means for leaving some kind of expression behind, whether it be a diary, a napkin, poems wrapped and hidden, something that said "I was here"

Enjoy your surfing!

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses
over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey.""
Laurie Lee

Kathleen



catalinamoon
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since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone
4 posted 2000-10-20 08:47 PM


I'm just a woman without love
although I was surprised
to find out all my dreams of him
had, suddenly for him, died.

Well that was not much of a spontaneous rhyme..LOL

I'm a romantic, a lover not a fighter, a dreamer, not always a doer, though I try. Currently I am broken hearted and my poetry is just pouring out my sadness. Someday I hope to be happy, and write some happy thoughts.

Loved your poem, by the way

Rosebud1229
Senior Member
since 2000-04-05
Posts 1813
North Carolina
5 posted 2000-10-20 10:18 PM


I'm very closed but with poetry my heart
blooms to share, the inner most feelings
sometimes they pour forth so abundantly it's hard to keep them in order on the page
I'm very passionate in all things
though sometimes I may not show it
I hold things in when eventually they have to come out. Sometimes I tempt fate I must admit and take a wild escapade but then that probably has to do with I'm 38 and realize I'm all grown up even though I find sometimes I have to say this over and over to believe it. There that's enough as you can see I can write and write so there's just a glimmer of myself.

The Lonely Stranger
Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 361
Upstate, NY, USA
6 posted 2000-10-20 11:42 PM


We are not just poets,
Our feelings are real.
We have all the heartaches
That everyone feels.

What do I tell you
Where do I start.
What do I feel in
The depths of my heart?

I'm just a man like
Most men you see.
I want to love someone
Who will also love me.

I want to live life
With the people I've met
To float on the lake
And watch the sun set.

But the center of life
The core of my world
Is that ponytailed angel
My sweet little girl.

It's like it has been
My whole sad life long
I've lived out the words
Of Clapton's sad song

"When I walk, stay behind;
Don't get close to me,
'Cause it's sure to end in tears,
So just let me be."


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Some men see things as they are and ask "WHY ?" I see things as they could be and ask "WHY NOT ?"



[This message has been edited by The Lonely Stranger (edited 10-20-2000).]

jlocke
Member
since 2000-09-10
Posts 169
CC,TX
7 posted 2000-10-23 04:53 PM


Sunshine
I see a soul so beautiful
A mind enlightened with thought
A heart that will keep beating
Till the whole world's love is caught

And behind this blue screen
I see your smile so sweet
It has enchanted my dreams
Seeing it is always a treat

Irish Rose    
You may have misunderstood
Though are thinking's the same
But when I said "multiple"
I only meant the name

Sorry about what I wrote
I didn't mean to sound uncouth
But in my way of thinking
A lie is a truth

catalinamoon  
My dear sweat Cat
Your poems are sad and pure
For that scoundrel Ken
I may have a cure

You may not like it
It involves some voodoo
E-mail me if interested
I'll tell you what to do

Rosebud1229  
Truely you are passionate
In all that you do
You may not think you show it
But it always shines through

Always stay a child
There's no reason to be adult
The pure excitment of a child
Is something that cannot be bought

Stranger      
I'm like you, I've loved too
Sadly lost, that love is done
But there's a love I'll never loss
That's the love for my son

I too lived the words
Of Eric's sad song
I used to distance myself
But found that to be wrong

Irish Rose I'm glad my words were  misinterpreted by you, because the thought pattern it caused you to express I agree with whole heartedly.  Keep shining, for in my eyes you are a star that will never fall.

I've been reading each of you since I found this blessed home of poetic talent, which makes me extreamly happy that you took the time to share.  Thank you all.
              

Love is the law, love under will.

Charisma
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Posts 5906
lost in blue pages
8 posted 2000-10-23 05:28 PM


I am rising my eyebow, thought I was clear,
where was you, when I penned it, my dear,
haven't you noticed that right up from the start,
I allowed you, to take a look in my heart.

I know that I aint just a poet like you,
but all what I told, where my feelings so true,
heartaches or love even sorrow and pain,
I have penned it here, they were not all the same.

hmm, isn't this the thing what you ment,
oh you would like to know mebetter, my friend,
well I hide my soul and heart in words,
even when I have to do some research.
so feelings from the past or even from tomorrow
are allways containt with love or sorrow
cause I am a woman with a heart...
but well I told you that right up from the start.

Charisma  


Sven
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since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA
9 posted 2000-10-23 06:59 PM


who am I?
well, that's a very interesting question. . .
to some, I am Knight of the Realm,
                     Defender of Romance
                     Minstrel of Love
to others, I am Friend to the Weak
                      Giver of Hope
                      Healer of Hearts. . .
But really, I am none of these things
I am merely a man,
who, like most people, longs to love and be loved
a man who shows his heart and his soul in his poetry
and always has

I am just me, that's all I can be
poet
writer
Hopeless Romantic
friend. . .

Nice to meet you. . .

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl





[This message has been edited by Sven (edited 10-23-2000).]

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

10 posted 2000-10-23 07:14 PM


I am lonely,
I am loved.
I am below.
I am above.
I am helpless.
I am strong.
I am silence.
I am song.
I am crazy.
I am sane.
I am different.
I am the same.
I am laughter.
I am tears.
I am champagne.
I am beer.
I am nothing--
Everything.
I caress...
and ouch. I sting.

All of this,
I am, I know.
Tomorrow I'll be different--
I grow...

Dee
Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330
Queensland, Australia
11 posted 2000-10-23 07:14 PM


Hi Jeremy, this is a great idea of yours! What a way for us new ones to get to know some of the others.

I am from a beautiful little part of the world, Australia. To earn my keep I cook at a local tourist attraction the "Big Pineapple" (luckily I love my job). In my spare time I love to spend time with my family. (I have two teenage daughters.)
I am a fairly private person, a little insecure, generally happy and optimistic. A romantic who wants to see everyone happy and settled.
I love reading and writting poetry, especially here as there is so much support. I listen to country music even when I cop **** about it. And I love photography. One day I hope to publish a book of my poems and photos.
Dee


[This message has been edited by Dee (edited 10-24-2000).]

Tara Simms
Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA
12 posted 2000-10-23 07:58 PM


Some would say that I'm a witch
over men, I cast my spell
I'm a woman of mystery
with secrets I'll never tell

Sometimes I am open
and spill my soul to share
I let down my iron walls
to show the hurt that's there

I have my flights of fancy
and dream into the night
I'm protective of my children
and love with all my might

I like to laugh and be carefree
spin circles in the sun
I blow bubbles in the wind,
making wishes on each one

I like to be alone when I break
with tears streaming down my face
So no one's here to witness
this angel's fall from grace

There are many sides to me
but inside, I'm still the same
I might hide behind a fan
but I've never hidden behind a name



Take me as I am or watch me as I go

Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada
13 posted 2000-10-23 07:58 PM


What a WONDERFUL post Jeremy! Terrific poem and sentiments to begin us with, and I've enjoyed reading all the responses!  Here's my little addition for you ...

I'm just a gal from Canada,
Who worked sixteen hour days,
For waaaay too many years
I lost myself inside that haze.

I vowed that once my business grew,
(Admin for oil and gas),
I'd take some time to just be me,
And try to have some laughs.

I found the forums, and I knew
The minute I began,
That I had found my second home,
'Twas fantasy ... this land!

My therapy had always been
To write a poem or two,
It kept me sane and gave me strength
Nigh thirty years, it's true.

So now I leave the files at work,
The end of every day,
And log in to this little world,
Where I can come and play!

Best wishes,
/Kit


Dee
Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330
Queensland, Australia
14 posted 2000-10-24 04:19 AM


Play it again, Sam!  
jlocke
Member
since 2000-09-10
Posts 169
CC,TX
15 posted 2000-10-25 01:48 PM


Charisma,

My Sweet Dove

Oh dear soul
You I do know
You have expressed your heart so true
Straight from the start
I opened my heart
And expressed my love for you

But in front of me
There lies a great sea
Keeping us so far apart
Knowing your lips so sweet
I will never meet
Creates a great ache in my heart

But maybe someday
We will find a way
A chance that we can meet
At that time
Sweet bells will chime
And I’ll lay my heart at your feet

jlocke

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Sven I'm glad you dropped in.
serenity I like your identity.
Dee, you it's nice to see.
Tara Simms I enjoy your whims.
Kit I loved your bit.

Thank you all for your wonderful contributions!


Love is the law, love under will.

Charisma
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lost in blue pages
16 posted 2000-10-25 04:29 PM




I am overwhelmed with your words so sweet,
and allowed my heart to make a faster beat,
it sings and jump and hum as you see,
because you opened your heart for me.
a dove can fly and cross the sea,
and close the distance between you and me,
your precious heart that lie by my feet,
will save that for you, till that we meet.




Charisma

suthern
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723
Louisiana
17 posted 2000-10-25 05:29 PM


Can I cheat? *G* This (if my attempt to link works *G*) is my response the one and only time I tried to answer a challenge. *G*
/pip/Forum18/HTML/001002.html

I'm not around much anymore
Without Toe, I'm just a bore.
So I usually hover and lurk...
Poetry reading sure beats work! *G*

Ron K. Fox
Senior Member
since 2000-10-24
Posts 925

18 posted 2000-10-25 07:00 PM


Who am I?
Cast into this life, not of my willing,
With a purpose unknown.
Will my every action cause a reaction?
Will the dominoes fall, one upon another,
With each deed I do, right or wrong?
Who will judge my existence?
Or do I judge myself?
Do I ask you?
Or do I face myself,
In a mirrored reflection, and ask,
Who am I?

see...now i'm no better off than when i started...Geez...Ron

Tennessee Angel
Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661
Tennessee
19 posted 2000-10-25 07:18 PM


I'm from a small town in Tennessee
and I hold a degree in Criminology.
My minor is in Psychology
and I'm still single at 23.

I do so want to be in love
yet it's my fault that I'm alone.
For several times love looked my way
and out of fear I chose to run.

I come to this place as an escape.
It's the only thing that keeps me sane.
I find eternal sunshine here
that chases away all forms of pain.

I want to do so much in life
yet so far I've done nothing at all.
I want to spread my wings and fly
but I constantly worry that I may fall.
~~~~
Well, it's something...I've suffering from a poetic dry spell...  



--You can either take me as I am...or you can watch me as I go.--

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546
missouri
20 posted 2000-10-26 02:02 AM


There are days that I'm a dreamer
A sentimental fool
There are times I am a cynic
No words can touch my heart
There are hours that Im lonely
There are moments I am at peace
Everyday I am a mother
To two wonderful young boys
And every now and then it happens
And I'm a poet too
But mostly I'm a woman
Alone and looking for a heart
To share what I am saving
For the man who looks inside

jlocke
Member
since 2000-09-10
Posts 169
CC,TX
21 posted 2000-10-26 05:06 PM


suthern
Loved your cheat.  Wonderfully done.  

Ron K. Fox
You are you, and a great you, you are, friend.

Tennessee Angel
Leave behind your fears.  If you fall all you have to do is stand up and continue.

Paula Finn
And how wonderful within you are!



Love is the law, love under will.

BloomingRose
Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092
Florida
22 posted 2000-10-26 08:05 PM


Things I hold dear came with a price
so I try to be nice and shed no tears

Things that bring nightmares
are monster movies
and my husbands ex-wife

Things I fear are
singing on stage
and standing on the bathroom scale

What drives me is my desire to live right
what drives me nuts are yapping dogs
and yapping kids

Who am I?
A wanna be soul singer/poet


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