I Am (Rhyme reposted from English Workshop)

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Christopher

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0 posted 2002-05-27 03:14 AM

This is reposted in respect to the recent rhyme/no rhyme "discussions" (haha) going on lately. It's one of the few rhyming poems i've written that i still appreciate. It was written in response to a "challenge" in the English Workshop a couple years ago.

I Am
©2000-2002 C.G. Ward

I am challenge.
The prey, the game.
Chased, released.
Depressed, relieved.

I am sigh.
The cross, the nail.
Plied, untried.
Given, denied.

I am dream.
The wish, the fear.
Wonder, known.
Blinded, shown.

I am wind.
The far, the near.
Implored, ignored.
Followed, suborned.

I am earth.
The strength, the weak.
Pushed, pulled.
Confirmed, annulled.

I am sky.
The wind, the sails.
Mooring, pouring.
Flightless, soaring.

I am fire.
The cool, the burn.
Softness, hardness.
Loving, heartless.

I am loneliness
The crowd, the proud.
Soul’s perdition,
The contradiction.

I am paradox.

[This message has been edited by Christopher (05-27-2002 03:16 AM).]

Duncan
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1 posted 2002-05-27 03:19 AM

C---Your rhyme is only partial and so much appreciated. I wander there myself sometimes. And feel so cheap, afterwards.

Tracey
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2 posted 2002-05-27 07:14 AM

I like your rhyming style Chris. Lmbo at Duncan. Forgive me, I am generally one of those rhyming types, I can’t help it. on those occasions when poetry comes to me, it just comes in rhyme, and I actually find it difficult to write in free verse, though I like the style very much. Challenge well met (for a blond!!

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Poet deVine

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3 posted 2002-05-27 10:47 AM

You am a poet! Rhyming is good for you - puts hair on your chest...Hmmm..better start rhyming some more I think.

Christopher

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4 posted 2002-05-27 02:51 PM

D - HAHAHA That's it in a nutshell. LMAO!

T - Well HMMPH!

I'm not blonde anymore, so THERE! *grin* Thanks for your thoughtful reply!

Sharon - I don't want anymore hair! I've evolved darnit! Thanks you.

Alicia
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5 posted 2002-05-27 07:52 PM

~And so the walk will keep the beat,...enjoyed the pull of this shade Chris. Take care. *Peace.

Janet Marie
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6 posted 2002-05-27 09:54 PM

I am sigh.
The cross, the nail.
Plied, untried.
Given, denied
=======================
I am sky.
The wind, the sails.
Mooring, pouring.
Flightless, soaring.

I am fire.
The cool, the burn. (moth verse) lol
Softness, hardness.
Loving, heartless.

I am loneliness
The crowd, the proud.
Soul's perdition,
The contradiction.
============================

AHEM.... heh...you were expecting me right

Well I am so proud of you...its never easy coming out

ROFL ...

I always knew you were a closet rhymer

You are rhyme denied...meter untried
Your a poet ... and we all know it.

and? I am so glad you finally see it my way...

quote:
"in respect to rhyme"

hehe...whats a little paraphrasing amongst poets.
LOL@Duncan ... hey D...trust me..it aint that rhyme that makes you cheap

I remembering being one and the same ...
closer even than the heat and the flame.

Tom Kimmel

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7 posted 2002-05-27 11:33 PM

YOU?

smiling...

you are the twisting of the word
a metered sigh of rhyme unheard.
You are the blank that waits for fill--
the center of a storm--you're still...

A steely grip in velvet glove--
the asp that bites
then writes? of love...
A paradox you seem to be,
but no, methinks, you're poetry!

rwood
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8 posted 2002-05-28 11:16 PM

Okay..soooo it happens to even the best of us..

Actually..I like the way you integrated thought with personification.. I do that alot..as in what I feel or see is what I am..which can be really..sh***y sometimes~wink* But this is nice.. I could feel you squirm though.. like it burned going down..hehe

Sincerely,
Reg

Corinne
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9 posted 2002-05-28 11:40 PM

Very cool poem, Christopher. Tight and losing nothing in its succinctness.

Cor

Christopher

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Purgatorial Incarceration

10 posted 2002-05-29 03:56 AM

hey - thank you all for kindness and cracks!

C

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