Archives 5 http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/forums/20 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:25:48 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/forums/20 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ An Idea To Die For ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4083/t/An-Idea-To-Die-For.html It cannot forever remain enslaved.
Governments cannot kill it.
It is stronger than prisons or torture or tanks.

This idea emboldens men,
making common men into heroes.
This idea leads men to tunnel under walls,
to cross oceans in unseaworthy crafts,
to risk death in order to escape tyranny.

This idea sparks revolutions to win it
and wars to defend it.
This idea lives and breathes in the
hearts and minds of people... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LaHarry) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4083 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:23:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Where Will You Be After ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4081/t/Where-Will-You-Be-After.html After the first drink

Will you be talking to your friends
Will you be dancing
Or will you be walking out the door

What about after the second
Or the third

Where will you be then

Will you be out in the parking lot
Fighting with someone over some dumb reason
A reason you wont even remember tomorrow
It might not matter now
But the bruises will still be there

Will you be hacking your guts out
Bent over a toilet
A... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (amayhem2002) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4081 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:28:58 GMT <![CDATA[ This is just a vent I needed to do. ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4088/t/This-is-just-a-vent-I-needed-to-do-.html
Dear God,

What my heart wants to say, and what my mind is trying to say is that the greatest loss is not knowing who you are, or from whence you came. I dont like being a stranger even unto myself, and to those I love and care for.

Being a Child of God is one thing, but You rooted me here, placed me in this world and yet I have no earthbound heritage that I can relate to. What do I pass down to my children, and to theirs and for the generations yet to be.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (angels4moms4) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4088 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:39:11 GMT <![CDATA[ Pachyderms ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4084/t/Pachyderms.html Long, but perhaps more remarkable
Even, is that, for such brutish size, so
Peaceful and sensitive is your nature.
However, if threatened, you trumpet
And charge, capable of great damage.
No natural predators have you but Man.
Tusks of ivory have led to your demise.
Shame befalls Man for mistreating you.



Please come visit me at www.gillelands.com/poetry/... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LaHarry) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4084 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:44:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Manana Todays idiocy ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4092/t/Manana-Todays-idiocy.html
The vicars trousers feel to tight,
it seems to him as if they might
restrict his circulation.
Oh ,how he wishes he had gone
and freely let his waters flow.

He had, had plenty time to go
but foolishly he put it off
and now he is afraid to cough.
The sermon that he chose to preach
is within everybodys reach.

Procrastination is a crime
there is a place there is a time.
Do it now or to your sorrow
you may find theres no... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4092 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 05:38:14 GMT <![CDATA[ After The Rain ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4091/t/After-The-Rain.html
The world was draped with wet
that early autumn afternoon.
Even in the city,
the scent of rain drifted on the air.

Clouds still huddled up above,
casting shadows
on the dampened pavement below;
making faces, like mimes,
in the puddles that collected at the curb.

It was strangely quiet,
as if the rain had sent people scurrying
to find cover
and theyd decided it too lazy a day
to venture back outside.

Only the occasional... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (janmew) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4091 Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:31:19 GMT <![CDATA[ Something different (Must Read Award) ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4098/t/Something-different-Must-Read-Award-.html Normally I can't write there, it is just way too hectic.
My father-in-law was put on hospice care on Monday. I wanted to write something special for my mother-in-law.
The words came tonight. I had no choice but to write them.
Tonight when I got home from work my wife had left a note. (She works days, I work nights.)
Her father passed away tonight.
I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (amayhem2002) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4098 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:33:12 GMT <![CDATA[ How Precious ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4099/t/How-Precious.html
How Precious

How precious.tictictic
no Russian cavalcade,
the slow march takes a walk,
past epaulette brocade.

How precious .tictictoc
importance, waves and bows,
where quiet shuffles decks of cards,
while from... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lazeez) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4099 Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:25:25 GMT <![CDATA[ Keeping score. ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4096/t/Keeping-score-.html
Each man has his allotted span,
so many heartbeats for each one.
A given time for every man,
our time is brief then we are gone.

There is no way to alter it,
no power on earth may rearrange.
Your time will come as it was writ.
Although it may seem strange

that some die young when others live
long useless lives in constant pain.
Some foster hatred, some forgive,
we must accept. There is no gain

in fighting this one... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4096 Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:08:55 GMT <![CDATA[ The Song Inside (Must Read Award) ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4103/t/The-Song-Inside-Must-Read-Award-.html The Song Inside

Im wishing I could sing
like the soprano in the choir,
but my voice wont touch the range
no matter how I try.

Im wishing I could harmonize
with the alto softened notes,
to blend in sweet refrain
just like the other folks.

Yes, sometimes even my baritone
will meet the lower line,
but theres just no way to match it
every single time.

Because the words always seem to clutch
my more than willing... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rlraybon) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4103 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:20:40 GMT <![CDATA[ In Stillness ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4110/t/In-Stillness.html He brings us bread
and wine, that we might learn
to love the simple things, The fruits
of heaven and earth,
that carry their own gleaming...

the only way
they have of speaking
that our ears might hear,
that our hearts
might open to.

It is a primal calling,
this need
to feed on something spiritual,
something internal
that stills the world.

This quest
for crystal... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (smzang) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4110 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:26:34 GMT <![CDATA[ My Prima Ballerina ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4097/t/My-Prima-Ballerina.html Prima Ballerina

for deb

Such grace within a small and delicate
arrangement, deep, containing passion bright.
The dance, a memory of elegance,
precision in each movement, sheer delight.

So like a swan, she swirls and dances free,
this alabaster beauty holds my heart.
How could another touch my very soul
or pierce me with sweet... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (DarkDreamer7) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4097 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:21:38 GMT <![CDATA[ LovesTear (Must Read Award) ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4101/t/LovesTear-Must-Read-Award-.html
She stood before him silently, in the midst of chaos
As worlds came crashing down around them, she never spoke
But then she didn't have to, for her heart spoke through her gaze

All the things she needed to say and couldn't
Rained like daggers from her tearfilled eyes

She wanted to hold him, tell him everything would be ok
That she could piece back together their broken worlds
But she knew he had already given himself to the break

Her... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PoeticRaine) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4101 Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:50:08 GMT <![CDATA[ Rivers Must Flow ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4100/t/Rivers-Must-Flow.html
Futility partners with decadence in a desperate dance,
slipping beneath hypostasis like a winter's draft.
My sparrows of morning ride the Divine Wind
into the window's transparent oblivion.

Within the fleeting reality of my nomad being,
emergent aspiriation lights the wisdom candle.
Flickering fingers tongue abstract languages,
where thoughts are heard only in the flame.

Peace is visible in the radiance smile
emanating from the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sojourner49) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4100 Sun, 06 Mar 2005 08:41:52 GMT <![CDATA[ I Remember (Must Read Award) ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4111/t/I-Remember-Must-Read-Award-.html
I Remember

I remember looking out to sea,
the feelings touched each finger tip at hand,
as sad emotions trawled my deepening thought,
I knew I was, just who I was, of sand.

There then I felt as every inch today,
no... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lazeez) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4111 Sat, 05 Mar 2005 18:25:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Before Daylight ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4104/t/Before-Daylight.html These hands
know exactly


what to do
when
the
lights
are
out...


-where to move

-how much to add

-when to stop

-where to pour

-can even feel
the ON button.




Setting up
the morning
coffee pot
for a delicious
brew is not
difficult to do
in my kitchen
before daylight.

 feeds@yuku.com (jantanleo) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4104 Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:35:35 GMT <![CDATA[ Stormy Weather ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4109/t/Stormy-Weather.html me, always prepared, under a large golf umbrella,
her, in a crouch, her coat partially pulled over her head.
In the same moment I offered half of my protection,
a clap of thunder made her acceptance quite immediate.
We both laughed at the chances of any denial.

We then stood before God and man,
after a brief rain of crimson petals
that fell before a train of white linen and lace.
In cascades, showers of rice... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rlraybon) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4109 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:19:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Psychological words ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4117/t/Psychological-words.html Cathartic writing, the pen is mightier than the sword
it cuts deeply to the bone showing the power of written word
unlocking hidden desires, hidden pains and truth
all manner of behaviour however uncouth

Controlling emotion, no need to face it head on
write down the words you feel in poem or song
there is no fear, only that which is found out
so don't interprete the words for them , let them find out

Be objective and imaginative in your thought
offer... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sweetobsession) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4117 Wed, 02 Mar 2005 18:49:31 GMT <![CDATA[ The Beast Within ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4107/t/The-Beast-Within.html The beast retreats.

The idea grows in the mind.
The beast stalks.

No! I can resist. I wont do it.
The beast waits.

One wont hurt, I guess.
The beast approaches.

Boy, that feels so good.
The beast pounces.

Maybe Ill do only one more.
The beast sinks in his claws.

Okay, another, then thats it.
The beast takes a bite.

Oh, well, Ive started now.
The beast roars.

I might as well enjoy... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LaHarry) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4107 Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:00:04 GMT <![CDATA[ There is a Moment ]]> http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4116/t/There-is-a-Moment.html
~ There is a Moment ~

There is a moment when I think about you
Where my breath fails me and my speech breaks
Then my skin fades pale and I fall to my knees

For there are no breaths or no words
That could give justice to the salvation
That I find in the existence of you

To your ever smiling eyes
That continually leaves me pondering
The gentle sweet of your being

To the warmth that cradles... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PoeticRaine) http://friendlymusings.yuku.com/topic/4116 Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:53:29 GMT