Daddy Bear Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 BY BREAD ALONE It breathes, and not with panting gasps, but as our longing quiet sighs; it leaves, and not by any door, but through the corners of our eyes. Within, we reap more golden grain than all the farmers ever grow; Without, our ovens damp and chill, no flour turns to warming dough. We glut - we sleep; we starve - we weep; thus we, as Man, will be The beast that cannot live by, nor live separate from, the seed. FAREWELL, TENDER She makes it clear with present tense: her love outlives their many trials. And he, stretched tight like cyclone fence, can only mock his pain with smiles. MEMO TO PAIGE TURNER if you've ever read the ending of a book, you know what happens is the lingering loose ends all get wrapped up like Christmas packages there's always resolution, be it comedy or drama so I wonder why our final words were followed by a comma my character's evolving and the plot's accelerating and this never had the feel of people casually dating there's no end and there's no middle, just a beautiful beginning we barely got it open and we closed it short of winning now there's only one thing to do how does this sound to you meet me on page two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Bear Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 The third one's a song fragment, btw, though it probably will remain unfinished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comfyshoes Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 you know you could put a recipe for apple pie down in verse form and i would go week at the knees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Bear Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 Hey, that's a good idea! Why didn't I think of that? Erm... what rhymes with 'apple'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiredofvampires Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Hmm....apple. "Apple." Nothing's coming to mind for me. You might have better luck with "pie." These are splendid. I like how your poetry makes me have to read it at least 6 times -- not just to try to figure it out, but because it feels so good to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallingAllAngels Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I love it... I think you should finish it...and if you do...I hope you would share it with us... ~Allie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Bear Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 Thanks much, Allie, but it kills me to even look at it now. Barring an unlikely miracle of divine intervention, it's just going to have to remain the Unfinished Symphony of my literary spewings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallingAllAngels Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Thanks much, Allie, but it kills me to even look at it now. Barring an unlikely miracle of divine intervention, it's just going to have to remain the Unfinished Symphony of my literary spewings. Sorry it hurts so much. Sometimes, those left unwritten are those that mean the most. ~Allie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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