How many poets do we have here in AB?

[JonnyBoy12]

"You are a poet, and you don't know it", we are told if we say things that ryhme. How many ABer here are poets, and can we have a little sample of your work please?

Thanks for any answers, and apologies to those many people who are "not really into poetry".

[NazNomad]

first AB then CB
every member wants to win both
small chance if Admin denies

[WELSHYORKIE]

There was a young woman from Ealing,
Who had a peculiar feeling.........


Oops sorry, not suitable here methinks

[grasscarp]

I wrote this many years ago.

He hasn't phoned yet.
In the present uncertainty,
Semi-convinced
It doesn't really matter
Until you catch yourself saying "Ring you bastard"
To a silent phone.

Probably doesnt make me a poet though!

[Mick-Talbot]

I've just started writing poetry actually, Do you want to see what i have so far?

[Kefalonia]

SIZZLE

Sweet sizzling in my vein today, and everything seems brighter.
Insidious hissing in my brain, and life seems sharper, whiter.
My edges blurred, an inner fizz
That thrills and enervates alike.
I’m slower, dreamy, broken down
My heart rate peak and spike.

Wondrous sparking round my brain, and Sugar! I’m God, I am!
The knowledge hurts my skull, the thought that everything’s a sham.
My eyeballs itch, my eyelids twitch
I hear a song, it must be me
But coming deep within some other
Me, a stoned-out zombie of a bitch.

The racing heart tick tocks my life, and good stuff fills up my vein,
Luscious sleep fights alien limbs and maybe it’s insane –
But me and my fix, my whole box of tricks
Take me somewhere far off,
Out there, better world,
A whole other way to get kicks.

[Buenchico]

I'm currently working on some performance poetry but it's not ready for public consumption yet. There's one of my kids' poems here:
http://www.theanswerb...3.html#answer-5465475

Woodelf is one of AB's poets. He's kindly emailed some of his work to me but I won't repeat it here without his permission.

Chris

[Answerprancer]

LOL @ Welshyorkie - exactly the same thing sprung to my filthy mind when I saw the original post heading.

[flobadob]

Everyone is a poet, simply
They don't know it.

[seadogg]

One of our best friends is a poet and we have 2 of his books. Not a thing rhymes in either of them. Waiting for the light to dawn as to what he is on about.

[grasscarp]

Ok, seadogg, if you need them to rhyme, here is one I wrote at school.
Beyond the east the bell jar, beyond the west the sea,
and east and west the science test that will not let me be.
It works in me like madness dear, for test tubes I dont care,
for water expands, and metal expands, and oh the expansion of air.

[Mick-Talbot]

I guess not

[anneasquith]

i do but i dont !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mick, go on then

[marval]

I am


I am the wind beneath your wings
I am the bird in the morning sings
I am the sea that touches the shore
I am the hand that opens the door

I am the voice that calls your name
I am the good thought that heals
I am the scenery all around
I am the mountain, the river, the fields

I am the flower that blossoms so bright
I am the leaf of green
I am the master of camouflage
I am the insect that hides unseen

I am the smile on a friendly face
I am the tears that cry
I am the feet that walk with you
I am the hello and the goodbye

I am the rain that gently falls
I am the sun that warms the sky
I am the snow that chills the air
I am the spirit that will never die.

[weecalf]

I walked you to your door and made to walk away .
You called my name and asked me to say .
I refused saying it would not be right
For me to stay through the night .
As I walk down the path I heard you say How Sweet .
I was thinking why did I not wash this blinking feet ... Anon

[boxtops]

I like naz's haiku

[heathfield]

When reading, I usually abandon
Anthing that poets reveal their hand in.

[dumbiedykes]

In the early morning rain
With a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart
And my pockets full of sand.

[boxtops]

If you've eaten too much
and your partner is Dutch
don't look at the ham
in Amsterdam

[sara3]

I like AB
well.. maybe

[dundurn]

Ah Gordon Lightfoot - I remember him well!