evenstar said:

I had the same reaction. It really sort of goes off the rails at the end there.

Still....

http://prince.org/msg/15/267675

that is mine that i posted , reflecting where my head is atm

Change the letters of the alphabet
and I will learn your language

Tell me the sun isn't hot
and I will burn my eyes

Tell me that I will not be with you
and I cannot believe you

I wonder what it's like to be free
but there is no 'me' when it comes to us

Everyone keeps telling me to keep a healthy distance
to think about myself for once
But don't they understand
if there's no 'me' when it comes to us
there's nothing left without you.


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[Edited 4/20/08 13:55pm]

O, to be in England
Now that April's there

evenstar3 said:

Imago said:

SHUT UP. i'm doing a paper on browning and saw that in the textbook. not my fault.

evenstar3 said:

Sordello? Paracelsus? Fifine at the Fair? Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangu (sp?)?



(Please don't do Porphyria's Lover, that shit has been played to death. It's such a murderous Doom-style poem. )

2the9s said:

my last duchess. we didn't pick the poem, the professor did. it's okay.

there is no place i can go
there is no place i can hide
it feels like it keeps coming from the inside

*
[Edited 5/15/08 15:41pm]

change she's to he's

Whenever I feel like givin' up
Whenever my sunshine turns 2 rain
Whenever my hopes and dreams
Are aimed in the wrong direction
She's always there
Tellin' me how much she cares
She's always in my hair

She's always in my hair
My hair

Whenever I feel like not 2 great at all
Whenever I'm all alone
And even if I hit the wrong notes
She's always in my boat
She's always there
Tellin' me how much she cares
She's always in my hair

She's always in my hair
My hair

She's always in my hair -Prince

*
[Edited 5/15/08 15:42pm]

Alright, that's it, I've had enough, I'm on my way to you
It's nauseating and I’m sick of waiting
for all these pointless calls to go through

But no, I'm not a skeptic anymore
At last I see what all of this ridiculous hard work is for
The moisture in the air is begging for release
and the memory of your stare is raining down on me

Hypothetically if you were point A
and theoretically if I was point B,
we would be, we would be frantically melting
into one massive point
that could overcome anything

Constantly you're working through the mileage in my head
Oh, I'm calculating, yes I'm sick of waiting
How many hours left until I reach your bed?

And no, I'm not a skeptic anymore
At last I see what all of this ridiculous hard work is for
The moisture in the air is begging for release
and the memory of your stare is raining down on me

Hypothetically if you were point A
and theoretically if I was point B,
we would be, we would be frantically melting
into one massive point
that could overcome anything

My faith in you could move these mountains I am driving through
It's times like these when I wish I could teleport to you
'cause then we wouldn’t have an issue
We're cleverly, strategically
challenging our fright and insecurities,
and never seem to want to leave

People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good at all

It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
They can comfort you, some even try
They nurse you when you're ill of health
They bury you when you go and die
It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
They'd stick by you if they could

But that's just bullshit

People just ain't no good

People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good at all

I'm going to repost this poem that Thready posted by Nikki Giovanni

My boyfriend gave me a book of hers and I forgot it was on my shelf. I think I'm gonna read it tonight.

I love you
because the Earth turns round the sun
because the North wind blows north
sometimes
because the Pope is Catholic
and most Rabbis Jewish
because winters flow into spring
and the air clears after a storm
because only my love for you
despite the charms of gravity
keeps me from falling off the Earth
into another dimension
I love you
because it is the natural order of things

I love you
like the habit I picked up in college
of sleeping through lectures
or saying I'm sorry
when I get stopped for speeding
because I drink a glass of water
in the morning
and chain-smoke cigarettes
all through the day
because I take my coffee Black
and my milk with chocolate
because you keep my feet warm
through my life a mess

I love you
because I don't want it
any other way
I am helpless
in my love for you
It makes me so happy
to hear you call my name
I am amazed you can resist
locking me in an echo chamber
where your voice reverberates
through the four walls
sending me into spasmatic ecstasy

I love you
because it's been so good
for so long
that if I didn't love you
I'd have to be born again
and that is not a theological statement
I am pitiful in my love for you
The Dells tell me Love
is so simple
the thought though of you
sends indescribably delicious multitudinous
thrills throughout and through-in my body

I love you
because no two snowflakes are alike
and it is possible if you stand tippy-toe
to walk between the raindrops

I love you
because I am afraid of the dark
and can't sleep in the light
because I rub my eyes
when I wake up in the morning
and find you there
because you with all your magic powers were
determined that
I should love you
because there was nothing for you but that
I would love you

I love you
because you made me
want to love you
more than I love my privacy
my freedom my commitments
and responsibilities
I love you `cause I changed my life
to love you
because you saw me one friday
afternoon and decided that I would
love you

I love you I love you I love you
[Edited 4/25/08 20:45pm]

Distance was the house from which I welcomed you.
Time, time was the house, and to welcome you
I strung garlands of eggshells and rubies.

Thirsty I welcomed you, you the salt
sucked from the tips of braids
after running from the ocean of someone else's childhood.

I turned the skeleton key. I welcomed you from the narthex
of invisible churches.

There at the marble bar at the Folks-Bergère
I welcomed you in the mirror,
waving my chartreuse tumbler,
wearing my velvet choker, wafting my nocturnal perfume.

On the subway of extranjeros
I patted the empty seat beside me.

I foraged for you in welcome. Like a bottlenose dolphin,
I tore sponge from the sea floor
covered my beautiful nose with it and dug between barnacled rocks.
Yes I welcomed you with my efficient body.

I welcomed you from the house of memory,
where I am lonely

Again I vow not to think about whether you arrived,
or in what state.

Just that I was there, welcoming

with a singed collar, with a bee balmed in amber,
with an oyster cracker, a seashell full of champagne.

I welcomed you from a house of needles.
I welcomed you from the fists of babies.
Standing on the doormat
of' my black shadow,
with a beginner's brow, with a hoop of angels,
with the ache of unlit candles,
I welcomed you.

so many talent'd people here the poems are grand.
[Edited 4/26/08 3:28am]

I am filled with anger. I seethe with it so often it's unhealthy. I look for signs of it in my face in the mirror, but I don't think anyone can tell but me.

"Side Effects"

I was a girl, you was a man
I was too young to understand
I was naive, I just believed
Everything that you told me
Said you were strong,
Then I found out that you were weak
Keepin' me there, under your thumb
Cause you were scared that I'd become much
More than you could handle,
Shining like a chandelier
That decorated every room inside
The private hell we built,
And I dealt with it
Like a kid I wished I could fly away

But instead, I kept my tears inside
Cause I knew if I started I'd keep crying
For the rest of my life with you
I finally built up the strength to walk away
Don't regret it but I still live
with the side effects

When I space am I still dreaming
'bout them violent times?
Still little protective 'bout the
people that I let inside
Still little defensive thinkin' 'bout
me tryin' to run my life
Still little depressed inside, I
fake a smile and deal with the
side effects (Oh, oh)

It didn't stop, no one was there
Couldn't be real, had to keep quiet
Once in awhile, put up a fight
It's just too much, night after night
After awhile I would just lie,
You wasn't wrong, said you was right
Did what I could, just to survive
Couldn't believe this was my life,
Flickering like a candle
Do my best to handle sleeping with the enemy
Whether he was smothering every last part of me
So I broke away and finally found
the strength to leave

Hey, hey, hey Let's go!

Forgive but I can't forget,
Every day I deal with this
I live with the side efffects
But I ain't gonna let them get the best of me

Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet

Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street

Come and play
Everything's A-OK
Friendly neighbors there
That's where we meet

Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street

It's a magic carpet ride
Every door will open wide
To happy people like you--
Happy people like
What a beautiful

Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet

Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street...

How to get to Sesame Street

(Prince Markie D): $3.99 for all you can eat?
Well, I'm a stuff my face to a funky beat!
(Kool Rock Ski): We're gonna walk inside, and guess what's up:
Put some food in my plate, and some Coke in my cup
(Prince Markie D): Give me some chicken, franks, and fries
And you can pass me a lettuce. I'm a pass it by
(Kool Rock Ski): So keep shoveling, (Ha!) onto my plate
Give me some sweets and lots of cake
(Prince Markie D): Give me some hot Macaroni and Cheese!
(Human Beat Box): Give me, some more food PLEASE!!!!
(Kool Rock Ski): Give me some baloney, salami, and ham
Toast with butter and strawberry jam
(Prince Markie D): I love it whether the food is cold or hot
Put a burger on the plate, and it'll hit the spot
(Kool Rock Ski): We'll eat everything. An incredible feat
$3.99 for all you can eat!

y'all are such a talented bunch

Honeesuckle
a litte whisper
blew the breeze
breeze that lifted me

warm , yet so cool
cooler then my fears
fears that don't blame

awaking by flaming dreams,
come come come- with me-
love ablazing, time raging.
worlds enganing, moon, planets,
Sons of God, Angels bathing.

lovers, loveship battles untitled
banner, hang over me.
rivers of .....
clear, yet rainbo crystals

hovers in place 4me. In mother
all nature, salvation that carrys.
New seed, breeders, of the life tree.
earths waters as she erupts-sound
is (silent).....

honey gentle, pour over me
honeysucles, beneath,
smells of gardina, upon lips tenderly

innocents no ones here, yet touches me
feels the women to 2 be, shivers
laying still quietly, his breeze

over me....love, now that we, R (One-man)... can I blossom, she awating, do I breath breath....can i ..breath uncover me.

God a whisper ....softly