Hope by Val Fletcher

Not this months theme but hey...

Hope

I am a soldier of courage, and I know that you are too, so whatever life can throw at us we strive to make it through. The ups and downs, the highs and lows, it never rains but it pours, and then it hails and snows. Still we struggle on, and still we fight the fight, because we know that with luck and hope one day things may come right. So with heads held high we carry on hoping its not for much longer,and we all know very well that which does not kill us only makes us stronger.

By Val Fletcher

Favourite Jeans (Ocean) by Simon Sylvester

favourite jeans
by
simon sylvester

your eyes are like denim
she said
worn and scuffed and well-loved
hers are the depths
of the atlantic
bursts of lights
vertigo darks
endless nights
for abandoned men
who wear favourite jeans
and make green tea
in favourite mugs
while she chops onions
the saucepan steams over
the lid measures in clunks
my boiling heart

The Journey by Asil

"The Journey"

The sun rose over the red city
The market stallers made their way to their place of residence - the souq
The travellers embarked on what would seem like another episode in their journey
The city became a sea of colours, until all became green and blue
The road seemed neverending, mystical
The travellers weaved through the mountains, taking narrow turns at heart racing speeds, feeling almost like they were flying
The dream cut short
The colours hazed into one as the car spun and rolled in the air
The car froze
The world paused
The traveller's minds turning into a state of half dead half alive, carried on to what could only be described and thought of as heaven
Heaven was shaped as a thundering waterfall in a vast evergreen
If heaven could be a place on earth - it would be this

Rythm by passionateman1

Hi,
Its great , I found your site
I can sit here now and write
A verse or two,or three or four
And maybe publish them, and more
"Rythym" movers and the shakers
Electricians,Vicars,Quakers
Imagination running riot
All I want is peace and quiet
I may see you in Earls Court Road
Feel the rythym then explode
All for now,the Weather's fine

A happy healthy year 09

Unoriginal by leo difiore

Unoriginal

You copied me,
Word for word,
Every nuance
Exactly the same,
Subtle right tilt
And no paragraph,
You even used
A red biro,
Just as
I had,
The tear at
The left corner,
Same length
And gradient,
Even though it
Ripped by chance.

Realistic portrayal

The battle,
All pith
And bravado,
Raged on
So violently
,For all of
Five minutes.