Topic: Poetry thread anyone?
- Posted on: May 23, 2009 09:07 pm
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 490
Hi Ladies,
I read apple's poem and it certainly says it all! Thank you, It was a joy to read. PT63 suggested a poetry thread and I thought, why not? I didn't write poetry until a series of strokes left me having to learn to speak and read comprehensively again. So I began and this is a little of what came out. Please join with me. Whether it's funny or sad or just thought provoking. We all have so much to say and some of us need simply need a vehicle to express ourselves. I dedicate these to all of you brave ladies.
Lunacy
Moonlight shinning on my windowsill
You keep me moving, I can not be still
I pace silently all through the night
I meet no strangers in your shards of light
Oh, how I wander when I want to sleep
Memories stirring now from echoes deep
Within my soul a yearning to escape this shell
Peeling off the layers that I hide so well
I can pull the shades down tightly
Blocking out the light
But darkness can't fool morning
When it is no longer night
Is this emerging alter ego whom I really am?
Who slips so deftly in and out again
Is it because I'm Pisces that you tug at me so well?
As with tides which have no eyesight but still know when to swell
Take one of me with you
But leave this one behind
So that in the daylight
There is someone left to find
Nancy S.
Dx 3/2/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 1/9 nodes, mets, ER+/PR-, HER2+
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 25, 2009 12:47 pm
apple wrote:
oh my goooooooooooooosh! so so clever. what an awesome poem.. very well done! i just love it. Seriously, that is an excellent poem. The neat thing about poetry is that there are so many types.. there is such freedom in wordplay. I will definitely help keep this thread going. Sometimes one needs to write a poem to capture an intense emotion that cannot be conveyed with normal speech. I have written poetry all my life. i love playing with words. Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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pantufas Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 490 |
May 25, 2009 01:16 pm
pantufas wrote:
Thank you apple, the comments are very much appreciated, coming from you. I have to admit that one was a little dreary this one is more uplifting.
The good times don't last forever so neither will the bad.Lumpectomy with SNB. Right mastectomy with no recon. Power Port and am currenty on chemo and am embracing the bald.
Dx 3/2/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 1/9 nodes, mets, ER+/PR-, HER2+ |
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 25, 2009 01:20 pm, edited May 25, 2009 02:04 PM
by apple
apple wrote:
lovely! here's a little one about losing hair......... growing bald is very sad we miss the hairs that once we had we wake and it's another day a hundred hairs have slipped away. what we wish we could control reveals a window to our soul. we smile and say that it doesn't matter inside we cry and we are sadder. Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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pantufas Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 490 |
May 25, 2009 01:45 pm
pantufas wrote:
Oh apple, that is so touching and it is certainly touching me at the moment. You remind me of Erma Bombeck. She would be proud of you. One of the ladies mentioned on another thread about a chunk of her hair flying out of the window while she was driving. I had to laugh! Can you imagine someone finding it and thinking there must be a mad scalper about? Nancy The good times don't last forever so neither will the bad.Lumpectomy with SNB. Right mastectomy with no recon. Power Port and am currenty on chemo and am embracing the bald.
Dx 3/2/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 1/9 nodes, mets, ER+/PR-, HER2+ |
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 25, 2009 09:37 pm
apple wrote:
i know there are many poets among us. Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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hollyann Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,391 |
May 25, 2009 09:47 pm
hollyann wrote:
I got one!..... Roses are red..... Violets are blue..... Cancer sucks..... And drains do too!........ Could not resist that one!..... Hugs and love, Lucy
Dx 1/15/2007, IDC, 1cm, Stage Ib, Grade 1, 0/6 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 25, 2009 10:15 pm, edited May 25, 2009 10:36 PM
by apple
apple wrote:
the drains were almost the most horrific ............. . . i think the worst was the constipation after my modified radical mastectomy i really wanted to make a donation into the toilet bowl next to me. i think i had to wait a week totally stopped up, so to speak Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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pantufas Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 490 |
May 25, 2009 10:51 pm
pantufas wrote:
Well, I have been in a blue funk all day thinking of chemo tomorrow. I tuned here for solace and ended up busting a gut! Keep them coming ladies! Nancy The good times don't last forever so neither will the bad.Lumpectomy with SNB. Right mastectomy with no recon. Power Port and am currenty on chemo and am embracing the bald.
Dx 3/2/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 1/9 nodes, mets, ER+/PR-, HER2+ |
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 26, 2009 12:09 am
apple wrote:
chemo for me tomorrow too.. sigh Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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cherneski Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 517 |
May 26, 2009 12:19 am
cherneski wrote:
Love the thread. I am sure I will be adding something soon. Thanks I really like the one about the hair. I havent started chemo yet, and I am having fun with my hair while I still have it, but the truth is that each day I shower and the few hairs that everyone loses everyday sends me into tears because I know what is coming. Deborah AKA Sybil
Dx 4/9/2009, IDC, 2cm, Grade 2, 13/7 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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NatureGrrl Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 171 |
May 26, 2009 07:21 am
NatureGrrl wrote:
What a great idea, and what great poems! Thanks especially for the laugh, apple! I have my third A/C Wednesday and am not looking forward to it; today is my last "energy" and "normal" day for 10 or 12 days, so I'm determined to make it a day of joy... your poem started it out on just the right note! I'll have to put on my thinking cap and see if I can come up with anything! Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. (R. Tagore) ~~~ If you're going through hell, keep going. (W. Churchill)
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 26, 2009 11:57 pm
apple wrote:
Bedtime I think it must be time for bed There's music playing in my head It might be Brahms's lullaby Or sleep my baby, don't you cry. I don't know. Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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pantufas Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 490 |
May 27, 2009 12:49 am, edited May 27, 2009 12:49 AM
by pantufas
pantufas wrote:
May I Sleep? May I sleep a while longer And not face the day? There is peace in my slumber. The pain's held at bay. I may be still in the blackness. Or roused in some dream. My worries can't haunt me, I'm adrift on a stream. Please wait to wake me. My pleasures are few. Let me gain strength To face life anew. The good times don't last forever so neither will the bad.Lumpectomy with SNB. Right mastectomy with no recon. Power Port and am currenty on chemo and am embracing the bald.
Dx 3/2/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 1/9 nodes, mets, ER+/PR-, HER2+ |
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 27, 2009 09:31 am, edited May 27, 2009 09:40 AM
by apple
apple wrote:
Morning
Morning is the time of day
Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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saint Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,839 |
May 27, 2009 10:05 am
saint wrote:
WOW! Love this thread & was just wondering if there was one like this on the boards----gotta spread the word & actually WORK on some! THANX..will be back! Be well & stay strong Life is not about waiting for the storms to end, but learning to dance in the rain! Orig dx Nov '00 stg1 gr3 0/27 pos nodes er/pr+ her2- mets dx apr '04 eyes & bones new dx jan '07 lung
Dx ILC, 1cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 0/27 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 27, 2009 10:03 pm, edited May 27, 2009 11:53 PM
by apple
apple wrote:
not a BC poem Osama's mama Osama has a mama Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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saint Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,839 |
May 28, 2009 06:09 am, edited May 28, 2009 06:10 AM
by saint
saint wrote:
From my cancer I never can hide, it makes me a different woman. I carry the beast like a child inside does that mean he's become a companion? Life is not about waiting for the storms to end, but learning to dance in the rain! Orig dx Nov '00 stg1 gr3 0/27 pos nodes er/pr+ her2- mets dx apr '04 eyes & bones new dx jan '07 lung
Dx ILC, 1cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 0/27 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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saint Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,839 |
May 28, 2009 10:56 pm
saint wrote:
THE BEAST WITHIN Like a dark angel he haunts me ever present, always threatening. He lurks in shadows casting mists & smoke to weave a veil between me & the Light. He does not know he has taught me of the Light. I am imbued with it as no other could be due to the contrast he created! His intention is clear: to devour me! But I will not be defeated. He will grow darker & cease. I will grow brighter & shoot to the heavens. No victory for him, I will not loose. For he can not exist in my absence!
I feel shy about this endeavor, but this has been interesting -- I didn't realize that in a dark way I have sort of made some peace with my "co-existence"........gonna try for something a bit less macabre next time........ Life is not about waiting for the storms to end, but learning to dance in the rain! Orig dx Nov '00 stg1 gr3 0/27 pos nodes er/pr+ her2- mets dx apr '04 eyes & bones new dx jan '07 lung
Dx ILC, 1cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 0/27 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 28, 2009 11:58 pm
apple wrote:
i love it. Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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Estepp Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,796 |
May 29, 2009 12:07 am
Estepp wrote:
There is so much inside that cannot come out It tries so hard to show its face Age is all that spares my victim Age and fear that is Tomorrow is another day Will it be the day? We are the Ta Ta Sisterhood! Laura
Dx 6/25/2008, IDC, 3cm, Grade 3, 1/7 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2+ |
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saint Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,839 |
May 29, 2009 07:40 am, edited May 29, 2009 07:42 AM
by saint
saint wrote:
Oh, to be a word-smith! That would be grand. To have all the verbiage obey my command! To remember each lesson, a secret, a rule, If only I knew how to use every tool! I could write for the heart-sick & make that heart soar. Then something macabre; make it crash to the floor! It all seems so easy in the dark, in my bed When the words are are swirling around in my head. But they won't obey me; no cadence or meter They won't come to together to appeal to reader! No matter my patience, no matter my time The meter abandons; leaves an "aa" type rhyme They want an adventure, not to be fixed to paper! To go off on their own for a fun little caper. Oh to be a word-smith, I'd need a chair & a whip Cuz the words won't obey me & fall into a quip! Sleepless on steroids.....galloping along...howling at the moon! Will I come back & delete these once I regain some sanity??? LOLOL Life is not about waiting for the storms to end, but learning to dance in the rain! Orig dx Nov '00 stg1 gr3 0/27 pos nodes er/pr+ her2- mets dx apr '04 eyes & bones new dx jan '07 lung
Dx ILC, 1cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 0/27 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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NatureGrrl Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 171 |
May 29, 2009 09:20 am
NatureGrrl wrote:
I love this thread -- so many wonderful poems. Love the ones that make me laugh, love the ones that speak to my heart... you all are wonderful! saint, please don't delete your poems. I love them, and can definitely relate to the steroid-induced mental energized writing! You should see the emails I get done on steroid days! :) I'm not sure others appreciate receiving them, but boy, do I get a lot said! But somehow, what really got to me during this thread was reading everyone's dx at the bottom of your posts... not sure why my eyes went to them all this time; I read some of them sometimes, but this time I was reading all of them, and they just brought tears to my eyes. Adn the quotes included made me smile... You are amazing, each and every one of you. I meant to write a funny poem, but this is what came out instead. Maybe funny next time. This isn't a traditional rhyming poem, but if ee cummings and others can take flight with form, so can I! (yeah, like I'm an ee cummings!). Well, bear with me, it's full of cliches and all, but it's sincere.
courage heart love strength tears fight survival weakness energy hope courage love one day at at time sometimes, one second at a time we dig our way out of the trenches and help us to a better place. on the darkest days you remind me one day at a time sometimes, one second at a time. courage hope love Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. (R. Tagore) ~~~ If you're going through hell, keep going. (W. Churchill)
Dx 4/13/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage IIa, Grade 3, ER+/PR-, HER2+ |
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pantufas Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 490 |
May 29, 2009 10:10 am
pantufas wrote:
NatureGrrl, You are incredible! Am also loving every poem, everyone's thoughts. I agree, please don't delete, saint, you are making a record of your experience and may want to go back and see how you managed it. Carefully Watch me As the tide rolls in Swirling eddies that recede again Check me to see If I am whole If nothing has left me If I still have my soul Oh how I've taken The bitter with the sweet Of mistakes I have made And those I repeat When the water washes over And deposits the sand Then goes rushing back Leaving naught in my hand I don't want to be empty I want to be filled A purpose, a longing Till my heartbeat is stilled If I touch your life Leave something behind A memory, a whisper A caress of some kind Don't leave me stranded Don't toss me away For I'll see the night But you'll see the day The good times don't last forever so neither will the bad.Lumpectomy with SNB. Right mastectomy with no recon. Power Port and am currenty on chemo and am embracing the bald.
Dx 3/2/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 1/9 nodes, mets, ER+/PR-, HER2+ |
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 29, 2009 11:01 am
apple wrote:
a site that helps with finding rhyming words and synonyms http://www.rhymezone.com/help/ Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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saint Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,839 |
May 30, 2009 04:49 am
saint wrote:
This is my new GO TO FIRST site! Like a frustrated old artist I keep tapping on these keys & take such pleasure in what you all are sharing here. I have always been an "artist" but shy to share my personal stuff...this is where I will work on that. My dh has a few degrees-one in English. We have written little ditties together to sing at parties & silly poems for the animals & kids, but after over 30 years this is the first time I have ever saved & shared something like this with him. He really liked my first & third ones (so did my son) OK--steroid induced lunacy (it is by the dark of the moon yet AGAIN) Maybe posting this will allow me to return to sleep (why do they come full blown/unbidden at 2 AM & elude me when the light comes on??) Life is not about waiting for the storms to end, but learning to dance in the rain! Orig dx Nov '00 stg1 gr3 0/27 pos nodes er/pr+ her2- mets dx apr '04 eyes & bones new dx jan '07 lung
Dx ILC, 1cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 0/27 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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saint Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,839 |
May 30, 2009 04:54 am
saint wrote:
POSSE My man calls them "posse" I call them "team" They pass on their strength when I run out of steam. A sister or girlfriend, prayer pal or other. They step in as drivers, a helper or mother. They are the big guns who come in as women, but the ones I now speak of are not even human. They are my sweet boys: a cat & a dog With their adventures they could start their own blog! They are always employed in monitoring me I haven't a moment from them to be free. They sense every feeling; happy or sad Are with me whenever good things turn to bad. They sleep with me nightly-one on each side from the dark or a nightmare I don't need to hide. When I find my heart breaking they come cover me with a hand on each head I know how it will be. They each have a job & work well in tandem to correct all my flaws. Their luck isn't random. They know what they do in a deep earth-trust-way They're a gift from on high & I pray they will stay. My Alfie & Jonsey- about 10 pounds each; The color of snow & the sand on the beach. You can pick out a pet -it will go live with you. But when the pet picks out you, there is nothing to do! It's a mystical, magical, powerful love! It assures me that someone is watching above. I must have done something terribly right To deserve special creatures with eyes full of light It's beyond understanding, but I wanted to say I believe in their magic-earthbound I'll stay. Life is not about waiting for the storms to end, but learning to dance in the rain! Orig dx Nov '00 stg1 gr3 0/27 pos nodes er/pr+ her2- mets dx apr '04 eyes & bones new dx jan '07 lung
Dx ILC, 1cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 0/27 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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apple Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,304 |
May 30, 2009 09:31 am
apple wrote:
got a pic? "I must have done something terribly right To deserve special creatures with eyes full of light" That was a really a nice poem. Dx 5/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, ER+ |
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saint Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,839 |
May 30, 2009 10:09 am
saint wrote:
My intention on waking was to post these pix from the other day when they joined me on the couch while I was resting...no "eye-light" since they were OUT! Alf is the papillon, Jones the cat:
Life is not about waiting for the storms to end, but learning to dance in the rain! Orig dx Nov '00 stg1 gr3 0/27 pos nodes er/pr+ her2- mets dx apr '04 eyes & bones new dx jan '07 lung
Dx ILC, 1cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 0/27 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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saint Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,839 |
May 30, 2009 10:20 am
saint wrote:
Without intending to take over this thread I MUST add that it seems as tho writing is having a positive affect on my life! Like a gratefulness journal I have kept for 8 years, it is affecting my subconscious! I have found that after posting & going back to sleep, poems enter my dreams & words join to make dreams with struggles come out resolved. It is very hard to explain, but it is very literary & I wish I could remember them when I wake! I am left with a deep sense of well-being & peace! I feel more self-awareness seeping into the night.......or it's just neurotic, steroid se's!!!! Either way I just LOVE this thread! HUGS Be well & stay strong Life is not about waiting for the storms to end, but learning to dance in the rain! Orig dx Nov '00 stg1 gr3 0/27 pos nodes er/pr+ her2- mets dx apr '04 eyes & bones new dx jan '07 lung
Dx ILC, 1cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 0/27 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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coonie Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 5,522 |
May 30, 2009 10:33 am
coonie wrote:
Saint!!!! Just wanted to tell you that I LOVED your poem about your animals!!! Being an animal lover myself, it really touched my heart!! You're very gifted!!! All of you are!! I don't write it, but I sure do love reading:) Thanks!! Chemo, Herceptin, Bilateral Mast/Ooph, Arimidex ~~ i'm gonna LIVE till I die ~~~Lisa
Dx 11/14/2007, IDC, 2cm, Stage IIa, Grade 2, 0/15 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+ |
