The Poetic Silence

**The Silence** · May 4th, 2007 9:43 PM

That is all...
That is all...
That is all...

***Harry61*** · May 4th, 2007 10:17 PM

Other worlds await your knowledge
Your might, your power, and your needs
Why is it you stand on the ledge
When you need to show your deeds?

Into the darkness you shall go
blindness is your only sight
who is it you seek to know
and why is it you seek to flight?

S-- It has been a long time since I have been moved to poetry, but with your permission I will try....

**The Silence** · May 4th, 2007 10:24 PM

Beautiful...simply beautiful...I feel as if it was directed towards me though...I like that.

***Harry61*** · May 4th, 2007 10:52 PM

It was directed towards you. You write with an essence about you. I mean you play your part in this forum.

It is a tad bit scary I should say. You have a talent that is yet to be tapped and you should focus on that, not on your actual feeling because, well... feelings change.

Especially after a good nights sleep, a great weekend, a good meal, you get the drift.

Not all poetry was mean to be dark, mysterious and gloomy.

Look at some songs of the 60's (yeah that gives you a clue huh) lets look at:

all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey
i've been for a walk on a winters day
I'd be save and warm if I was in LA
california dreaming on such a winters day

stepped into a church I passed along the way
well, I got down on my knees and I pretended to pray
you know the preacher likes the cold he knows I'm gonna stay
california dreaming on such a winters day

all the leaves a brown and the sky is grey
I've been for a walk on a winters day
if I didn't tell her I could leave today
california dreaming on such a winters day

Now look at this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wI6uAOHzvo

Is this good or bad or happy or sad or both? Write until your heart is content, because something is gonna hit the mark. You can quote me on that!

**The Silence** · May 4th, 2007 11:01 PM

I personally thought this was a sad song...I will remember what you had said and I am most grateful for this. Me and my girlfriend share this personality in our writing...so much of this is directed towards how I feel about her and others.

I like that song...so calming...unlike what I normally listen to.(heavy metal, video game music, classic rock...)

***Harry61*** · May 4th, 2007 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by The Silence

I personally thought this was a sad song...I will remember what you had said and I am most grateful for this. Me and my girlfriend share this personality in our writing...so much of this is directed towards how I feel about her and others.

I like that song...so calming...unlike what I normally listen to.(heavy metal, video game music, classic rock...)

This is classic rock... oh boy am I old....

What do you call classic?

It isn't sad to me, it is embarking on an adventure. From NY to Cali a new life a new beginning.

You can do so much more.... If I get around to it this weekend I will dig out the song I wrote when I was about your age, I said IF I get around to it. But in the mean time there really is so much more out there for you to learn, to experience, to get the "ah ha, moment!"

TC · May 4th, 2007 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by Harry61

This is classic rock... oh boy am I old....

What do you call classic?

It isn't sad to me, it is embarking on an adventure. From NY to Cali a new life a new beginning.

You can do so much more.... If I get around to it this weekend I will dig out the song I wrote when I was about your age, I said IF I get around to it. But in the mean time there really is so much more out there for you to learn, to experience, to get the "ah ha, moment!"

Old? most of you guys weren't even born yet, and those of you who were, still had doo doo in the diaper! LOL Besides good rock stopped being made after 1969.LOL

***Harry61*** · May 5th, 2007 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by shortround

Old? most of you guys weren't even born yet, and those of you who were, still had doo doo in the diaper! LOL Besides good rock stopped being made after 1969.LOL

Yup.... I am in to You tube tonight.....

check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59YAn...related&search=

My favorit Vietnam song. No I didn't have doo doo, but close, for some reason I remember it very vividly.

As with this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XI4rLcs_Qw

I may have been young, but why does this stuff stick with me.

No offence bo-gartin' your thread S.....

TC · May 5th, 2007 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by Harry61

Yup.... I am in to You tube tonight.....

check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59YAn...related&search=

My favorit Vietnam song. No I didn't have doo doo, but close, for some reason I remember it very vividly.

As with this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XI4rLcs_Qw

I may have been young, but why does this stuff stick with me.

No offence bo-gartin' your thread S.....

It sticks because its timeless! It was an era that sadly will never be seen again, I was 15 then, and remember that 5 year period of music (1964/69) as if it was yesterday! Everything we hear today is a result of that explosion of expression.

***Harry61*** · May 5th, 2007 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by shortround

It sticks because its timeless! It was an era that sadly will never be seen again, I was 15 then, and remember that 5 year period of music (1964/69) as if it was yesterday! Everything we hear today is a result of that explosion of expression.

Whoa, I can't even imagin what they (the people of this time) would think of what music would be timeless. Timeless is Brintey Spears, Justin Timeberlake. Where are the true artists? (silence you gettin this?)

I don't mean to be rude but NOBODY can truley relate to this music except those that were exposed to it........

Where is the rap crap? Except for the fact they are free to sing it?

I hear nothing timeless now.

TC · May 5th, 2007 12:47 AM

Ok to be fair, every generation has its mark, and we relate to it by age and experience, but your right when it comes to a classic sense, there are distinct boundaries that carry on through generations. We still relish music produced hundreds of years ago, and no doubt ( if we survive) we will point to the mid 60s as a reference point, a sort of music renaissance that defined a generation better than most.

Really old guy stuff huh....

***Harry61*** · May 5th, 2007 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by shortround

Ok to be fair, every generation has its mark, and we relate to it by age and experience, but your right when it comes to a classic sense, there are distinct boundaries that carry on through generations. We still relish music produced hundreds of years ago, and no doubt ( if we survive) we will point to the mid 60s as a reference point, a sort of music renaissance that defined a generation better than most.

Really old guy stuff huh....

Was it the mother in law stuff that po'd u off? Get real remember the 80's? McArthur Park do you want me to go there?

No way we can mark the 70's 80's or 90's and so far the 00's for anything like this however I am looking at the TOP GUN video now, maybe????.... I hope.

Ha ha like anyone does that anymore?

TC · May 5th, 2007 1:08 AM

Ha, hardly...lol the older I get the shittier todays music sounds!

Nothing after 1969 will survive!!! its futile to think otherwise!

***Harry61*** · May 5th, 2007 1:28 AM

Poor kitty!!! Now I am on to the County side of music. But I do need to get that poem to S --

Musak sucks nowdays. I am sure I wil get some crap for this, but what they hey. I aint gettin paid.

Again sorry for b-gartin the thread.

TC · May 5th, 2007 1:40 AM

Thought he looked quite content. LOL ( at least the wifee poo thought it resembled me)

***Harry61*** · May 5th, 2007 1:54 AM

Originally Posted by shortround

Thought he looked quite content. LOL ( at least the wifee poo thought it resembled me)

Busted.....

You posted pics on the photo thread.

http://www.bigandrich.com

November 8th

TC · May 5th, 2007 1:59 AM

Not fair! I was shit faced....lol ( amazing... the balls we have when drunk)

***Harry61*** · May 5th, 2007 2:12 AM

Originally Posted by shortround

Not fair! I was shit faced....lol ( amazing... the balls we have when drunk)

Busted is busted, you can't scream "no fair" now.

LOL but still busted is busted. I got black mail I got evidence...

I have tipped the few tonight... I can just type better than you!!!

I have to get to the tornados, and the videos now. Will x'plain later

Harass ya later!

***Harry61*** · May 10th, 2007 9:16 PM

Originally Posted by Harry61

You can do so much more.... If I get around to it this weekend I will dig out the song I wrote when I was about your age, I said IF I get around to it. But in the mean time there really is so much more out there for you to learn, to experience, to get the "ah ha, moment!"

As Promised, except for the weekend part. I hope you understand I was busy watching all the tornado stuff.

I wrote this in high school so it is pretty old, you can do the math yourself. Acutally this isn't the song, it is a poem.

Depression

Despair is near
I see a black cloud
hovering over my head.

Gloom surrounds me
hugging me tight
I cannot illustrate the depression
but I am helpless in it's grip.

If finds pleasure
when tears fill my eyes.

Fiend! Depart my mind!
I will defeat your icy
claws upon my shoulder
I will fill my soul and show
My vicory over you.

Boy, looking that over again, I sure was dumb, but my teachers loved it. I went on to read poetry in competition. I won first place in that division Never looked back at it, but ended up majoring in Communication in college. Long story short, it all paid off in the long run.

I think the other one I answered you with was much better. Hope you liked it.

**The Silence** · May 18th, 2007 9:45 PM

Harry61...I never forget such a promise given unto me of literary works to be shared with me. I found nothing wrong with this poem...though it is true that the first brought feelings into me that I had never felt in even my own writing. I knew it was directed towards the very mind of myself, and such writing I admire with the utmost reverence.

**The Silence** · Jul 4th, 2007 11:28 AM

"Whatever it is that she fears
Hold her close and shed no tears..."

"There is an angel with me here.
I wish to keep her forever near..."

"Choose the path that leads to sorrow,
And it is your life she will borrow..."

"With you understanding that is blind,
It is you knowledge you will never find."

"Knowledge could may lie above this tower.
Understanding this you may cower..."

"Give yourself to this fragile heart
Or our world will fall apart..."

"Withhold from the silence of your own design,
So once again your life is mine."

(I may choose to use these in other writings if I find meaning to them.)

**Setsuka** · Jul 12th, 2007 3:52 PM

Originally Posted by The Silence

Speechless she may be,
She will never laugh with me.
Holding hands until the end,
We share a wound that will never mend.
Standing there on that lonely mere,
It still feels as if your always near.
Here again the rain will pour,
As I realize we are no more.
You've set ablaze my heart a fire,
Though I still resent it is you I desire.
Although my feelings for you remain unspoken,
I will promise you a heart unbroken.
Never can I understand why I feel this way,
So hold me truthful if you may.
All I alone I still cower,
As I stare at this beautiful flower.
Still now I hold regret,
For it is you I can never forget.
I know no longer what to do,
Cause all I think about is you.

Now I'm going to cry...your so passionate in this writing yet sorrowful as well...

**Setsuka** · Jul 12th, 2007 3:57 PM

Originally Posted by The Silence

There is a story
Of most profound glory
That was told as if to share
What it is they both do care.

Towards the seeking of an ever blessed light,
Within the shade of eternal night,
Found atop a cloud,
Hidden within a shroud.

Though its senses that are keen,
Something of cannot be seen.
Seeking an angel will not matter,
Find a mirror it dare not shatter.

Now it is the time we say
The words that rise again each day.
And so it is this story ends,
Whatever it was it all depends...
(This is a riddle-like poem of my own design...)

Hmm...I don't get it. Is each new beginning of the poem a riddle? Unless of course your speaking of a star shinning in the night...That's all I can think of, considering that the third part of the poem really doesn't mean anything to me...

**The Silence** · Jul 16th, 2007 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Setsuka

Hmm...I don't get it. Is each new beginning of the poem a riddle? Unless of course your speaking of a star shinning in the night...That's all I can think of, considering that the third part of the poem really doesn't mean anything to me...

I can't believe it...I can't even remember the answer to the riddle moreover my own riddle I had hidden in the poem. I must have misplaced it somewhere...or perhaps I thought I'd remember it for some reason.

I'm pretty sure now that I think about it that this writing had something to do with a star as I wrote this during midnight. Or maybe it was a love story I had designed having Night and Day being the lovers...Actually it may even had been about a solar eclipse.

**The Silence** · Jul 17th, 2007 12:54 PM

It has to do with the moon, sun, stars, life, and death itself. If you can grasp the part with the mirror...you should get it. And yeah I remember the riddle I hid within it now.