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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 You may have noticed that in record stores, a new style of career-spanning compilations known as The Essentials, which include the greatest hits from each artist, as well as fan favorites and bonuses. The Essential Eric Clapton. The Essential Jefferson Airplane. The Essential Clash. Imagine if you stopped writing poetry today, and you went back to reflect on your work to date as if you wanted to publish your most 'essential" work. Let's go with your top 30 poems. What would you want your "Essentials" collection to look like? Feel free to share your own sort of listing here! Sincerely, Noah Eaton "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" Mother Teresa |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
Here's what I'd like mine to look like, imagining if today was my last day writing: "Good Morning Cameron" "Blue Under The Collar" "As Long As It Matters" "An April Without Rain" "Musical Chairs" "Mythology of Lost Memory" "Francisca Latafolia" "Teia" "Xeranthemum" "Epiphany" "Loving Her Like The Leaves" "Magnolia Bend" "Crown of Ariadne" "Bonnie Brae" "Mall Rat Shim-Sham" "A Perfect Circle" "Archaic Smile" "Lighting Your Name" "Flowers In The Gutter/Caretakers of Creation" "Learn To Forget" "Elephant Ears And Crocodile Tears" "Pearl Street" "Crayola Bomb" "U.D.O" "That's How I Know I Love You So" "Mindy Melisma's Butterscotch Bandstand" "Equinox In My Heels" "Happy Dance Grab Bag" "Sweet Potato Pancakes" "Tourmaline" Bonus: "Summoning The Will" Love, Noah Eaton "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" Mother Teresa [This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (05-26-2005 02:48 PM).] |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
OK... I have checked over my pathetcic little output (volume and quality lol) and came up with the following: Crap-Ola: The Essential Ringo Crossroads (2005) Lullaby On The Wind Lonely Highway The Golden Phone The Hermit (Duet with M_L_M) The Ghost In The Darkness Imagine Concrete Matress Indian Summer Moon Shadows (Duet with Ceinwym) Footprints Brothers Behind His Eyes Velveteen Bear Lost Within Myself My Father, My Son Hearing Those Words Daddy Sings* My Old Guitar Conversation With Him Blind Vision The Fraud Within Rememberance Push Nose, Wave Hair The Other Day Hearing Tose Words Is There Any Way Eating Chinese Oklahoma City (Duet with Serenity Blaze) Grand Illusion (Duet with littlewing) * Stottbear's favorite Geez, who knows... maybe I'll publish these under this title. lol I'm drowning, choking |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
I don't know if I have 30 essentials, but I know I might have a few, so here goes... 1. "You" 2. "Melting Down the Vines" 3. "Flesh" 4. "Tempestuous" 5. "Mantlepiece" 6. "To a Blood, I am Your Kin" 7. "Way to make things better in a time of desolation and negative degrees" 8. "Surgery" 9. "Devotion" 10. "Pitfall" How's that?  |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
G54 m. gepetto. lotus. silences. (duet w/ dark angel) with or without you (meg's challenge) The Slaying of Idols from the south. catherine wheel. s'about all i can stomach reading, maybe a couple of senryus too |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
Raph - I'd add in Forensics, Voodoo Fusion (one of my personal favorites, never forgot it) and Sacrificial. |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
I'm a "one-hit wonder" lol |
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timothysangel1973
since 2001-12-03
Posts 1725Never close enough |
This is so weird. Just today I started a little project where I am going back over ALL of my poetry and taking parts of each poem and making one LARGE poem. Now, that sounds silly to some, but I thought it would be interesting to see how different times in my life would look all blended together. As far as my 30 Greatest Hits - The Essentials go, well... I actually only think that I have 23 that I would want to be remembered by lol, and here they be - Not listed in any order other than random. 1. Shoeboxes 2. Of Fire and Light (duet with Littlewing) 3. Private Ballare - The Dance of Lovers 4. Letting Go 5. THe Rock and The Willow 6. In Between 7. The Legend of Timothy Wayne 8. Bars of Flesh 9. October Morning 10. Three In The Afternoon 11. Pleasure In Things That Have Passed 12. Standing Guard 13. On The Banks of Old Tackachee 14. The Tables Turned 15. THe Voice That Said Goodbye 16. Drumline 17. Opposite Sides of the Water 18. Within These Walls 19. Of Writing and Painting 20. Los Acabar 21. The Swing 22. House Made of Stone 23. With This Ring I may hate myself in the morning - but I'm gonna love you tonight -Lee Ann Womack |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
Meg, just made my day  you know i'd add more to your list but we are our harshest critics. how you forgot 'letters to catherine' & 'she' (to name a few)on your list i'll never know* oh and 'if only', i think you should rp that one again |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
Raph - When you said Letters to Catherine, I'd almost forgotten I wrote it.. lol Seriously, I had to look for it. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
like i said, dunno how you forgot that one  |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Aenimal is very correct about self-critics, which is why I really can't provide a list. There's less than 10 of the 3000-someodd that I like, even fewer I love of all I've written. Now, if it was other people creating the Essential list for a particular poet, that'd be a bit different.  |
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timothysangel1973
since 2001-12-03
Posts 1725Never close enough |
Even tho we are our own worst critics, I do speak for myself (and probably plenty others) when I say that most of the time, SOMETHING in our life makes us write. Like for example... when my parents divorced, that me write. When my own marriage fell apart, I wrote. When I chopped off my own wings and tried to self destruct - I wrote once again. When I found myself and put ME back together, I wrote yet again. When life finally got sweet, and I realized it - I wrote. There were, and still are alot of times that no matter how hard I try, I can never get anything on paper that sounds like it makes sense, however there are times that emotions ran either too high or too low and there wasn't enough paper in the free world to satisfy the itch that my muse and pen had. The poetry that came forth during these moments are the ones that are my Essentials so to say because - it was then that I learned a lesson, or reflected long enough to remember what I swore I would never forget. My daddy always said "Don't ever forget where ya come from gal." And so, on occasion I give the bones a visit if for nothing but a reminder of how far it is in which I have come. I may hate myself in the morning - but I'm gonna love you tonight |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
I'm with Alicat i'd like to see a thread listing other people's works, there's alot of poems hidden in the archives that people should see. Ive always thought PIP should have a monthly, or even weekly spotlight on archive poems from poets past and present. |
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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
"Ive always thought PIP should have a monthly, or even weekly spotlight on archive poems from poets past and present." I like that idea as well. |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
That's an awesome idea....hmm.....Raph, you and I should do that together.. That'd be a fun project to keep me well entertained. |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
Alright I went back and found five that I can sorta stand, I think. The problem is a successful poem, to me, is one that accomplishes its goal of getting something out of my head, no matter how it turns out. That and the fact that I'm a lousy writer lol 1. Is there some way... 2. of friendship. (I'll hold you) 3. you reminded them of funerals 4. cliche (falling into raindrops) 5. You Never Really Cared The archive spotlight thing sounds like a great idea! He was a man of sorrows |
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