Paradox
Why riddles?
Because I could never say
Exactly what I mean
Straightforward in a world
Essentially structured
On grounds of paradox...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Related quotes
Inner Need
I had something strange happen to me.
Someone asked for a copy of my Easter sermon.
They said the words I spoke
made such of an impression on them.
They asked if they could have
a copy of it to keep.
Of course, I said it was no problem.
Sometimes we as writers
write things we cannot see,
that fill someone else’s world
with some inner need.
The words we write bring them something
we may have never thought about.
They bring some peace of mind
that they had been searching for.
They feel our words
are so relevant to them
that they have this need
to read those words
over and over again.
2 May 2009
poem by David Harris
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
If Only Then I Knew
When the Lord came for me,
The whole world changed,
I don't think it was me,
Except that I believed...
And we laughed together
The Lord and me,
He took away fatigue
And rocked me to sleep...
No more loneliness
With so much to do,
The world became a playpen
And me, a little child...
It was sometimes in June,
Through He was there all the while,
When I was fighting to belong,
If only then I knew...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Mr. Riddle
I like riddles,
how about you.
I can say this,
can you too?
I like riddles,
how about you?
colors.
white and black.
you had tack.
I like riddles.
you play the fiddle.
i have a book,
you have a nook.
I like riddles,
how about you?
guess my answer
to your question.
If you don't know
my answer to this riddle,
I'll make you a deal,
But remember,
all deals come with a price.
10/14/12
poem by Regan Galloway
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
All These Things I Have Found
All these things I have found
Take from me, take my pride....
But take them in such a way,
That neither the potsherd breaks
Nor the diamond cracks...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
I Am Me
(diana ross/freddie gorman/janie bradford)
Go deep in circles
To find it in me
Rain falls around to my beginnings
So many riddles of my identity
I know all the answers of who Im supposed to be
I am me
Good or bad
I am myself
Im no carbon copy of no one else
Right or wrong
I will stand up like a tree
Happy or sad
Good or bad
I am me
I am me
Following a move
Set up by some others
I would lose myself
And become another
Should I fail
And come to my ruin
Or if I succeed
It would be, be my doing
Im me
Good or bad
I am myself
Im no carbon copy of no one else
Right or wrong
I will stand up like a tree
Happy or sad
Good or bad
I am me
I am me
Different images
So many people see
Not knowing themselves
They are unique
To copy may be flattery
I understand
I can be a better me
Than anyone else
I am me
Good or bad
I am myself
Im no carbon copy of no one else
Right or wrong
I will stand up like a tree
Happy or sad
Good or bad
I am me
I am me
I am me
song performed by by Diana Ross
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
Reasons
There must be reasons
Why the eyes linger
One picture over
Another...
What then is captured
By instinct allured
A stroke of wonder
Remember-?
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
A Few Words
Too few words
Upsetting the silence
You do not trust...
Listen!
Your ears cannot tell you
What I am saying...
Unnatural quiet
Gives the heart most true
Away......
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
One Way Street
In my car, in the snow,
Having no particular place to go,
I dream contentedly
And realize how few
Obligations cannot be construed
As to be avoided...
This capability
Of removing all stability,
Keeping no attachments
Is a prerequisite
To entering the holy kingdom,
No mingling persists
Tormenting the free-will
Of world's separate
But parallel,
Apart which we avoid...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
I'm Goona Copy
I’m surely gonna copy,
Be it poem, DVD or floppy,
And win Nobel Prize and trophy.
I will copy poets all
Whether they are big or small
Ya! No one can make me stop
Till I scale a fame’s highest top.
At the beginning of age
When God made men in his own image
He started this “Plagiarist” trend
Which I am not gonna end.
And what is creativity?
If not an ability to hide
a source of theft
with impunity.
When there is nothing
original under the sun,
Why should I copy not
and deprive myself of fun.
So I’ll copy them word by word
be they Pablo, Shakespeare or Wordsworth.
I’ll copy them from morn to evening
And would excel HITESH and Kipling.
Can you prove, they were not plagiarist,
And had not copy from some poet’s list.
You can inform FBI, KGB or CIA,
But I won’t stop my wanton ways.
And I will copy without shame,
Till I earn big name and fame.
I will copy till people start copying me,
And then and then only I will
give up this vice with glee.: -)
(This poem is a sequel to poem, “hay all you people that like to copy” written by Melissa Schreuder)
Dr Hitesh C Sheth
19/05/2009
poem by Hitesh Sheth
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
A New Me
Things not always turn out to be
What you would love to see
However, reality you must face
It is like being here
And at same time, lost in space...
One must welcome destiny without fear...
Never losing touch of reality
Turning down the world of fantasy...
Living a life upright with a big smile,
As a real person with class and style...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
In The Song Of Your Smiles
In the song of your smiles
Is hidden all joy...
So, let me savor every lyric
Though my life
Will never last that long
And so all my memories are
With all the shadows you are
In the water and in the air
And I give myself to you
As a shadow...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
A Fact
Day becomes night
Black to white
Shadow reflects behind the light...
High is the flight
Withdrawn from sight
Returned anew all the more bright..
COPY WRITE©2009.
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
It Just Came To My Mind
A retrain of time
Contained in a day
A familiar breeze
Blows morning away...
The wind gathers dust
From landing before
Filling up with air,
Departing once more...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Fear Of Flying
The bird that flew so fast
It could not see the path
And was carried off in flight
Leaving the wind far behind...
So far above the course
It traveled with such haste
That fear stopped the flapping
And it came crashing down, down...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Nature Of Love
Of what I did
I have no regrets,
Since I did it to gain respect...
Acts of pure love and self-defense!
You built in front of me a fence
Which blocked my view
And I was so glad to rip it apart
For it gave me the chance
To see the whole world....
Even though we are now apart,
I find my life once again in review...
Knowing for a fact,
That my love for you has been intact.
I say it once and many times,
I love you for always!
And I say it in just a few words..
I say it again and again
Without any disdain,
'I love you for always'...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
As An Artist
With my magic wand
I wipe away all my worries
Making them disappear
With a brandish of
A writing weapon...
Adding and subtracting where I please
The inkiness blots of unpleasantness
Distracting the mind from attention
To the regiment of social obligations...
The artist has a peculiar power
To envision on only the ideal
Through a secret of the imagination
Creating a private world
Of perfection...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches.
quote by Douglas Wood
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
One Evening I Go To A Shepherd's Hut
One evening I go to a shepherd's hut
How quiet it is,
And when it becomes dark,
The only sound-
The soft breathing of lambs...
The smell of grass and sweet milk
And when you look out,
You will see trees in the wind
That move silently-only this...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Afraid Of Repercussions
Brake the rules
Part with tools
Matter need not be uniform
Things that should
Or should not occur
Can all be changed
From the other side of the door...
If I believe
What repercussion
Can bind me?
No penalty
Can steal from me-a wish
Once is written
In faith it can exist...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Blue Christmas
A Christmas eve
Without you my love,
Is like Adam without Eve...
It is like a white dove
Who has a broken wing
And is fighting against the wind...
Christmas becomes just another day
When you are so far away...
Now, the questions remain:
Am I happy How could I be?
Another Christmas without you, again? ...
COPY WRITE©2009
poem by Romeo Della Valle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!