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Compilations for the win!!

Today I actually put titles on my poems, because I hadn't before.

I don't have a favorite poet, mainly because I don't read very much poetry. If it's a book written in poetry, I like it, but otherwise, no.

Anyway.

You may critique/review it if you like. Or give feedback, etc. Actually, please critique it. And give feedback. Please, please, give me reasons for your opinions. I like in depth comments. (Who doesn't?)

Anyway(for the second time):


Here's the first.



Inspirat


âBe the change you want to see in the worldâ ~ Mahatma Ghandi


Life does not spring from death
Freedom is not a force that breaks chains
Love will not erupt from hate
Power does not flow from weakness

You must make your life what it is
be it happy or sad
slow or fast
light or burdened

You must have willpower
to fight against what you do not want
life does not happen, before your eyes
while you watch
and be lazy
sitting on a couch
eating Doritos

Yes, you may watch television
and see what you think is life
but you will never be exhilarated
sitting down

You need to be the one
standing at the edge of the cliff
trying to keep your balance
while someone is pushing you down
You need to be the one
rushing down the slope
in makeshift skis
trying to get away from your captors

No house will rise
from the rubble
if no one works to build it
you will not eat
if no food comes to your mouth

What you want will not happen
if you do not make it so.

(I was too lazy to finish the title)

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IcyIndia
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Speak

My lips are stitched tight,
No words will come.
I'm trying to breathe, but
No air enters these lungs.

I'll never forget you;
You'll always be there.
But how could you stay,
When I can't remember?

What did you look like?
I don't even know.
Sure, there are pictures
But they're not what I want.

I'm drowning already
I'm already gone.
Just try to reach me.
I know I'm alone.

Maybe I'm healing
I don't know yet.
If memories could kill
I'm already dead.

MoonFairy
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Oh come one make it rhyme! Geez!
Fourth stanza.. the only thing iffy about it is that you used already twice..... Soooo. yeah

IcyIndia
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you used already twice


I know; I was trying to do that. Sure, it probably sounds bad, but...

Oh come one make it rhyme! Geez!


Is that a bad thing? :/
MoonFairy
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I just like rhyme. That poem could of easily rhymed, and made it flow beautifully in my mind, but if you think it is good, stay un rhymed.

IcyIndia
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It was supposed to rhyme...ABAC. With a few variations.
The thing I really dislike about it was the meter...It was kinda loose, and not really in a good way. But I actually did something other than free verse.
Of course, I wasn't all about getting it right while I was writing it, so. But whatever.

MoonFairy
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~hinthintnudgenudgewinkwink~ make one that rhymes

IcyIndia
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I don't like rhyming that much. And I *did* try to. That one rhymed more than some others have.

MoonFairy
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Then you have an unhappy viewer. Just one. Cmon. Just one.

IcyIndia
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I'll try. Like I said, I don't like rhyming that much. But it'll be awhile.

IcyIndia
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In the meantime, here's a haiku.
_______


Possibilities
Predictable, easy, straight,
Math class really sucks.

Efan
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Maths classes do suck. All of them.

IcyIndia
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Yeah, I actually like the class. Which is weird. I think it's more the effortlessness of it. I'm not sure. Whatever.

MoonFairy
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I think you need a bump.
So here it is.

TA DA

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Reach

Maybe they mean something.
It's possible they don't.
If you ever ask me,
I'll probably say no.

If someone tries to find me
I'll work to hide myself
But if they do persist,
I know I'll let them help.

I never said it
I'm already broken
It's killing me now
I still haven't spoken.
_________

I probably could have finished this, but I was in the process of abandoning it. So I didn't want to try anymore.
And this poem isn't very good, technically, but it's great in its meaningful sense. I think.

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Haha does it have anything to do with halo reach?

JK

But still, its a good poem, much much better than nothing.

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