http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ it rarely rhymes, but it's pretty. en Vox Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:01:22 -0700 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/untitled-poem-from-62204.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(arie) http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/untitled-poem-from-62204.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/untitled-poem-from-62204.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:01:22 -0700 <p>They will exist forever in my dreams,<br />Unchanged, my childhood memories<br />Undimmed<br />The grassy shadowed paths,<br />Dappled in sunlight<br />Strewn with faded leaves of autumn past<br />I will walk them once more.<br />My footsteps softly pressing <br />Into the dark dirt and mossy slopes<br />Or crunching up a sunlit hill,<br />Scattering gravel and acorns dropped<br />By squirrels.<br />They will forever be mine,<br />The trees of my growing up<br />Always the place of refuge and peace<br />Where my soul could rest<br />My eyes close<br />My spirit find the Spirit in the wind.<br />They are mine.<br />They are ephemeral, lit in my mind&#39;s eye<br />With an otherworldly light<br />Glowing golden,<br />Softly shimmering green<br />Brilliant in a thousand brightened leaves<br />Touched in sunlight<br />That beamed through pure white clouds<br />Out of a wide blue sky<br />That stretched further than my eye<br />Could see.<br />But that I knew<br />Was held in my Father&#39;s hand. </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/untitled-poem-from-62204.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141925b9685e00d09e601f7abe2b?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry trees http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/blood-in-my-hand.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(arie) http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/blood-in-my-hand.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/blood-in-my-hand.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:23:00 -0700 <p>there is blood in my hand.<br />blood from my heart<br />spilling <br />gushing<br />trickling<br />in rivulets<br />darkening my skin,<br />crimsoning the earth under me.</p><p>there are tears on my neck.<br />salty rivers from my eyes<br />spilling<br />gushing<br />trickling<br />in rivulets<br />bathing my skin,<br />drenching the earth under me.</p><p>there is blood in my hand<br />tears on my skin<br />you i&#39;ve said i loved<br />you who&#39;ve said you loved me<br />leaving me reeling,<br />bleeding<br />crying<br />gasping for breath.</p><p><br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141925b9685e00d4142c49883c7f?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry bleeding pain crying http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/i-sometimes-write-poetry.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(arie) http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/i-sometimes-write-poetry.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/i-sometimes-write-poetry.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:33:15 -0800 <p>i write it when i want to, and i write it because some turning of a phrase or twist of several words together rings in my ears and i must.</p><p>it mostly will not rhyme.&#160; it will paint pictures in words, and make you feel feelings.&#160; unless i fail... and i most likely will.&#160; such is life.<br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elfpoetry.vox.com/library/post/i-sometimes-write-poetry.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141925b9685e00d4141d442c6a47?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p>