' Live-Poets Society ' – A Corner For Poetry

[Lacuna]

7 hours ago, Emi GS said:

 

Always try to post a link here, rather than a statement. We will find it easily... 

Ah, I was unaware that simply including the link would turn it into the cool little story box. Thanks for the tip!

 

I tried to check out your book, but unfortunately, I don't have a Kindle unlimited membership. Hopefully, viewing and "looking inside" is helpful  in some way?

[Emi GS]

1 hour ago, Lacuna said:

Ah, I was unaware that simply including the link would turn it into the cool little story box. Thanks for the tip!

 

I tried to check out your book, but unfortunately, I don't have a Kindle unlimited membership. Hopefully, viewing and "looking inside" is helpful  in some way?

 

About the tips. You are always welcome if you have any doubts. I'll help you if I can or suggest you about somebody you can ask. So feel free to ask anyone here. 

 

It's fine with the book. Amazon is always about commercial. But borrowing a sample, reviewing or rating helps a little too. Thanks for checking on my book. I really appreciate it. 

[Emi GS]

@Lacuna I'll check out your poetry soon... 

[Parker Owens]

Have been writing some Haiku as the fall progresses.  I am always astounded by how hard they can be to write. I try to remember AC's notes and advice, for these are an excellent resource.

 

You can find the new Haiku here. https://www.gayauthors.org/story/parker-owens/disasters-delights-and-other-detours/11

[AC Benus]

Love to ourselves is a gift, that you've said;

We make gift of it to ourselves to choose,

To look at with stagnant, hopeless dread,

And thereby all the best options confuse.

In many ways I treasure your laptop,

It is a lifeline and a link between

Those impulses you have to simply stop,

And your desires to me that careen.

You say ours is too beautiful to live,

But you know it has already survived

All the cruel torment a cold world can give,

And through our joined suffering it has thrived.

     You choose to love me every day, I know,

     And what links us can sorrow overthrow.       

 

 

...like it? You can leave your thoughts here   https://www.gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/onehundredandfifty-fivesonnets/38

 

 

 

[AC Benus]

...how about this poem? It can be found here https://www.gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/amaninaroomandotherpoems/18

 

 

We go along in the big parade,

     thinking we know the score,

Hoping for a chance to do what's

     not been done before.

 

From the darkness, misty fingers reach,

beckoning me to myself.

"How do I know it's me?" I say.

The reply is none.

In the darkness she stands with features horrible.

Others answered, who looked like me,

called to themselves,

apostle and novice alike,

"How do I know it's me?"

Her answer is none.

 

 

[Lacuna]

On 11/14/2017 at 8:27 AM, Parker Owens said:

Have been writing some Haiku as the fall progresses.  I am always astounded by how hard they can be to write. I try to remember AC's notes and advice, for these are an excellent resource.

 

You can find the new Haiku here. https://www.gayauthors.org/story/parker-owens/disasters-delights-and-other-detours/11

 

 

I really appreciate more traditional haiku! These are lovely.

 

I just finished writing a poem about virginity; it needs to go through a few more rounds of edits before I perform it or post it, but I figured I'd share. I'd consider this close to Mature but... more artfully? Content does contain references to female masturbation and m/f and f/f sex. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JiHLnDqwHn-h7gp8tjO9QDDiemGzDEJ-DtUsGLk9rsI/edit?usp=sharing

Edited November 20, 2017 by Lacuna

[BDANR]

On 11/19/2017 at 9:23 PM, Lacuna said:

 

I really appreciate more traditional haiku! These are lovely.

 

I just finished writing a poem about virginity; it needs to go through a few more rounds of edits before I perform it or post it, but I figured I'd share. I'd consider this close to Mature but... more artfully? Content does contain references to female masturbation and m/f and f/f sex. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JiHLnDqwHn-h7gp8tjO9QDDiemGzDEJ-DtUsGLk9rsI/edit?usp=sharing

 

The first line of the poem is striking. You immediately grab the readers attention from that line alone.

 

Your first and second stanzas are written in a way we all could relate. We not only do we get a glimpse of your story and your thoughts at the time, but we can put ourselves in your shoes and reminisce about our own first time, the feelings that came about from it, and the role of curiosity and research during those years. Eloquently done.

 

The third and fourth stanza was heartbreaking, but I think it did well to showcase the real anxiety and exposure you felt from that moment.

 

The fifth and sixth stanza were placed perfectly. I loved the way you described that moment in the fifth stanza and the space imagery you used was a beautiful touch to it. The last stanza was an excellent ending and I feel brings it all to completion.

[Lacuna]

5 hours ago, BDANR said:

 

The first line of the poem is striking. You immediately grab the readers attention from that line alone.

 

Your first and second stanzas are written in a way we all could relate. We not only do we get a glimpse of your story and your thoughts at the time, but we can put ourselves in your shoes and reminisce about our own first time, the feelings that came about from it, and the role of curiosity and research during those years. Eloquently done.

 

The third and fourth stanza was heartbreaking, but I think it did well to showcase the real anxiety and exposure you felt from that moment.

 

The fifth and sixth stanza were placed perfectly. I loved the way you described that moment in the fifth stanza and the space imagery you used was a beautiful touch to it. The last stanza was an excellent ending and I feel brings it all to completion.

 

Thank you so much for your feedback! Maybe it needs less editing than I thought. (:

[Parker Owens]

On 11/20/2017 at 12:23 AM, Lacuna said:

 

I really appreciate more traditional haiku! These are lovely.

 

I just finished writing a poem about virginity; it needs to go through a few more rounds of edits before I perform it or post it, but I figured I'd share. I'd consider this close to Mature but... more artfully? Content does contain references to female masturbation and m/f and f/f sex. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JiHLnDqwHn-h7gp8tjO9QDDiemGzDEJ-DtUsGLk9rsI/edit?usp=sharing

 

I followed the link, and I think the poem at its end is quite marvelous. It tells so much compactly. 

[asamvav111]

On 11/20/2017 at 10:53 AM, Lacuna said:

 

I really appreciate more traditional haiku! These are lovely.

 

I just finished writing a poem about virginity; it needs to go through a few more rounds of edits before I perform it or post it, but I figured I'd share. I'd consider this close to Mature but... more artfully? Content does contain references to female masturbation and m/f and f/f sex. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JiHLnDqwHn-h7gp8tjO9QDDiemGzDEJ-DtUsGLk9rsI/edit?usp=sharing

Such an intimate yet delightful verse, the words stood at the outset of fantasy and reality, straddling both worlds with equal ease. The visuals were very visceral but poignant as well. Thank you for sharing this.

[AC Benus]

I posted this in my Translation Trashbin. Let me know what you think. 

 

  https://www.gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/translation-trashbin/4

 

[AC Benus]

"I open my arms, and you fit like a glove,

Your ear on my pulse, my hand on your head,

For this contact; this silence – this is love –

In spite of all the things we have said."

 

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/onehundredandfifty-fivesonnets/39

 

[Parker Owens]

1 hour ago, AC Benus said:

"I open my arms, and you fit like a glove,

Your ear on my pulse, my hand on your head,

For this contact; this silence – this is love –

In spite of all the things we have said."

 

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/onehundredandfifty-fivesonnets/39

 

 

Must reads, both of these...

[AC Benus]

I've posted the complete set of Lyrics for K. Here's a sample....

 

 

Lyric No. 6

 

friday night 

and a date that won't be 

because too much trouble has occurred; 

sadness for the two years you would not speak to me, 

anger cuz i said too much again,

and forced my too-kind words

upon you. 

 

Lyric No. 7

 

To hurt me without thought

Is one thing;

To hurt me because I

Make you feel

Is quite another.

 

 

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/lyrics-for-k/1

 

 

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[Defiance19]

I was cleaning up my bookmarked pages and came across this..naturally I thought of @Parker Owens

 

Small Kindnesses

There are many kinds
and none are truly random,
a mathematician might say.
They’re all calculated, multi-variable
functions of the recipient. Small,
even infinitesimal acts, when we integrate
over the interval from zero
to infinity, give us the whole,
filling in the area under the curve.

Reply

[asamvav111]

On 09/12/2017 at 7:35 AM, AC Benus said:

I've posted the complete set of Lyrics for K. Here's a sample....

 

 

Lyric No. 6

 

friday night 

and a date that won't be 

because too much trouble has occurred; 

sadness for the two years you would not speak to me, 

anger cuz i said too much again,

and forced my too-kind words

upon you. 

 

Lyric No. 7

 

To hurt me without thought

Is one thing;

To hurt me because I

Make you feel

Is quite another.

 

 

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/lyrics-for-k/1

 

 

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All of them are equally amazing, but no 2 and 7 are especially so. Thank you for sharing them with us. 

[AC Benus]

3 hours ago, asamvav111 said:

All of them are equally amazing, but no 2 and 7 are especially so. Thank you for sharing them with us. 

Thanks for your comments, Sas. I appreciate them. 

[Parker Owens]

On 12/10/2017 at 5:35 PM, Defiance19 said:

I was cleaning up my bookmarked pages and came across this..naturally I thought of @Parker Owens

 

Small Kindnesses

There are many kinds
and none are truly random,
a mathematician might say.
They’re all calculated, multi-variable
functions of the recipient. Small,
even infinitesimal acts, when we integrate
over the interval from zero
to infinity, give us the whole,
filling in the area under the curve.

Reply

 

You humbled me and made me smile with this...it is wonderful!

[Parker Owens]

I was going to post this observation earlier, but was distracted....

 

Finches, 
fierce and feisty, 
feed so ferociously, 
fighting furiously to claim 
each seed; 
cheeky 
chickadees so chide each other, 
they cheerfully change place 
with a needy 
nestling. 

 

[Emi GS]

A small poem...

 

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/emi-gs/MIP_MGK/31

 

[Defiance19]

Found this essay on poetry, and thought I’d share. I hope you find it as interesting as I did. 

http://poetrysociety.org.uk/underwood-uncertain-subjects/

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, Defiance19 said:

Found this essay on poetry, and thought I’d share. I hope you find it as interesting as I did. 

http://poetrysociety.org.uk/underwood-uncertain-subjects/

brilliant ...

[AC Benus]

I posted this today. https://www.gayauthors.org/blogs/entry/16575-skinnys-sorry/?page=3&tab=comments#comment-62035

 

In tribute to Skinny, I'll re-post one of the poems I wrote for his memorial. 

 

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I saw one of those wire racks

The drug stores used to hold their stacks,

When I was but a little child,

Of the tawdriest paperbacks.

 

The day was bright and on me smiled,

Calling me to the used books compiled

Lovingly in the little shop

To browse the titles they had aisled.

 

Straight back to the Poetry crop,

Quarantined as it were atop

The highest, loneliest shelf, where

Twix Plays and Art they always plop.

 

The drug store rack was loaded there

With artless ease and simple flare,

But not with pulp's raunchy fiction –

Flashed in covers of chests half-bare.

 

No, as if to flaunt tradition,

Softbacks of hard erudition

Stacked themselves four to five deep each

And offered me benediction.

 

My walled-off heart needed a breach,

For its beat had been robbed of speech

And silent with the recent news

A dear friend had come in Death's reach.

 

But here timeless works stood to choose:

Antigone; In Cold Blood – whose

Author ate rich at Tiffany's –

In Our Time; Red Pony peruse.

 

Madame Bovary's sure to please,

As Illusions with symmetries;

Vanity Fair and Twist infuse

Some laughter and conspiracies. 

 

Chekhov and Mary Shelley muse,

While James Joyce and Steinbeck enthuse

On mankind and the tyrannies

Virgil and Gore Vidal excuse. 

 

Lessons from Will and Sophocles

Vie with Oscar Wilde's litanies;

'Gainst racy Andros and Balzac,

But all offer epiphanies. 

 

Though nothing special of a rack,

I saw David's work join the stack:

His Twoey, and his lovely Toph;

His Ian and Miles nothing lack. 

 

For then my heart was filled with hope –

Though gone, I have no need to mope –

Each time I read him, he'll be back

With his undying love to help me cope.

 

 

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[AC Benus]

This is the book rack that inspired the poem. You can see some interesting titles, and many more were stacked 3 or 4 deep in each cubby.

 

 

 

 

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