Poetry/prose sharing

Edgar Allan Poe is widely believed to have been autistic. I certainly identity with this…

Yes, The Lord of the Rings is full of bits of verse. It made me cringe when I first read the book at around 12 years old but I realise now he was really good at it. 

This is one of the best known examples:

April Fools Day

I shine my flashlight

Back at the moon

Thank you for that very poignant poem.

I wasn't aware that Tolkien was also a poet.

It's nice to see old threads resurface.

I Sit Beside The Fire and Think by JRR Tolkien

I sit beside the fire and think

Of all that I have seen

Of meadow flowers and butterflies

In summers that have been

Of yellow leaves and gossamer

In autumns that there were

With morning mist and silver sun

And wind upon my hair

I sit beside the fire and think

Of how the world will be

When winter comes without a spring

That I shall ever see

For still there are so many things

That I have never seen

In every wood in every spring

There is a different green

I sit beside the fire and think

Of people long ago

And people that will see a world

That I shall never know

But all the while I sit and think

Of times there were before

I listen for returning feet

And voices at the door

As death is being discussed in another thread, I thought of this song by Leonard Cohen, Who by Fire:

Hiya all

Ive loved poetry for all of my life, both writing and reading. I have had many published including in magazines, a national broadsheet newspaper, four pamphlets and a full length collection. I no longer bother much about publication but write most days for pleasure and as an incredible kind of creative self therapy  

This unpublished one is about my cat Tree. I rescued her in 2019 from Cats Protection

Tree (her first poem) 

The Curly Gurl

The curling-kat

drifts like a puck on ice

through my life.

A purring-kat

all fuss-and-gifting

her love, an unconditional.

As I thinks on in the ice,

she is excellence, rescued

to my bright home.

Emma

2019?

I am not here, I am gone

to travel tracks and lines alone, 

to walk between this life and one

of dreams - as many more have done

before me in the shadowseas

of time, the mists of memory

Friend of moments, days, of years,

Spare thought of me, and still your tears

for all the words we couldn't say - 

We'll meet again, one distant day,

In some familiar, far-off place...

Be sure that I will know your face.

I wrote this 'teenage angst' poem when I was 14 (I'm 51 now), after watching Dead Poet's Society at the cinema. I've not written anything since.

Seasons:

Of life, I have little.

Of love, I have none.

As seasons drift by,

My winter stays on.

I sit here alone,

With harsh, frosted breath.

My heart freezing over.

I live a long death.

 Excellent!

The BURGLAR is lucky to have you on his side! 

The defence understands that due to the high level of publicity received by the dragon since the start of this case, he has accepted a contract for a 3 x movie deal and is now so rich that he's actually grateful to the potential burglar.. 

In the circumstances, he may keep the Ming vase... 

Objection! Speculation! The prosecution couldn’t have know that the ‘home’, which the dragon had previously commandeered from the dwarfs, was broken into, owing to the damage that the dragon has caused upon entry into the ‘home’!  

My client, the defendant, had thought the property was occupied by squatters, and had endeavoured to help those in need of the word of the lord.. he is innocent of these spurious allegations.. and is very brave to have give testimony here today, despite the psychological distress, caused by the dragon in this case!

It was the dragon’s vicious-flurry of igneous-breath, that caused that Ming vase to land in my clients satchel, my client was merely saving it permanently from harm!

 Malicious?? MALICIOUS??

That dragon - surely one of God's creatures himself - was sleeping! Absolutely minding his own business, guarding treasure- which, let's be honest here, is totally in his job description. 

Sleeping, minding his business, doing his job, when this BURGLAR broke into his home! 

The dragon is the injured party here and the burglar owes him compensation of... let's say a thousand leaflets, which should be easy for a door-to-door salesman..

If they didn't all get burned in the fire... 

DeSpereaux said:

Have I discovered ultimate dragon-slayer strat’..?

Hmm...

And wasn’t it Jesus that said ‘where one door closed, god opens a window’, this man was an upstanding-faithful citizen! And this malicious BEAST cut him down!!  ..

Batteries sold separately, from Bandai, terms and conditions apply..

If you can prove the break part and the intention to enter for unlawful reasons..

Have I discovered ultimate dragon-slayer strat’..?!

DeSpereaux said:

Well if he never managed to burgle anything, before being caught, he’s just a innocent-trespasser

Breaking and Entering, 6 years in jail...  

Well if he never managed to burgle anything, before being caught, he’s just a innocent-trespasser.. if the dragon caught him in the halls, he’d never have managed to complete the act.. THUS.. the dragon is the only criminal..

The dragon owes the burglar 1million gold pieces in reparations, for the harm done, plus lost labour as he is unable to continue his small-business forever. Which was dedicated to bringing the community closer to Jesus Christ, through door-to-door charity-work, totally innocently..

It's illegal to BE a burglar! 

Looks like he's in trouble either way! 

It’s illegal to attack a burglar, sooo, that law suit would cost the dragon his hoard..

So let’s hope the burglar survived to tell the FEDS!!

Let's hope he wasn't in the hall when the fires started...