Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 they live in the cellar you've seen the light in the cellar through the cracks in the floorboards you've seen movement throught the cracks in the floorboards after you lock your doors and go away they unlock them you come home your computer and the things you've saved all your life are gone you sit in an empty home you see movement in the light coming through the cracks in the floorboards they're coming upstairs they have three horns one protruding from each temple and one in the center of the forehead you want to strike one hard for all they've done to you but he hugs you sensitively and looks into your eyes with a mocking sadness they go back to the cellar all you can do is go shopping and yell at them to keep the doors locked when you go away --Jerry http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/umbada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hi Jerry. I don't like most poetry. I like this though. David , Jerry Katz <umbada@n...> wrote: > they live in the cellar > > you've seen the light in the cellar > through the cracks in the floorboards > > you've seen movement > throught the cracks in the floorboards > > after you lock your doors > and go away > > they unlock them > > you come home > > your computer > and the things you've saved > all your life > are gone > > you sit in an empty home > > you see movement in the light > coming through the cracks > in the floorboards > > they're coming upstairs > > they have three horns > one protruding from each temple > and one in the center of the forehead > > you want to strike one > hard > for all they've done to you > > but he hugs you sensitively > and looks into your eyes > with a mocking sadness > > they go back to the cellar > > all you can do > is go shopping > > and yell at them > to keep the doors locked > > when you go away > > --Jerry > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/umbada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 > Message: 11 > Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:34:36 -0000 > "david bozzi" <david.bozzi > Re: they live in the cellar > > Hi Jerry. I don't like most poetry. > I like this though. > > David thank you. i like my own poems the best. i would think that a poet has to like their own poems the best. Or in the field of enlightenment, their own version of enlightenment. does that make sense? jerry , Jerry Katz <umbada@n...> wrote: > > they live in the cellar > > > > you've seen the light in the cellar > > through the cracks in the floorboards > > > > you've seen movement > > throught the cracks in the floorboards > > > > after you lock your doors > > and go away > > > > they unlock them > > > > you come home > > > > your computer > > and the things you've saved > > all your life > > are gone > > > > you sit in an empty home > > > > you see movement in the light > > coming through the cracks > > in the floorboards > > > > they're coming upstairs > > > > they have three horns > > one protruding from each temple > > and one in the center of the forehead > > > > you want to strike one > > hard > > for all they've done to you > > > > but he hugs you sensitively > > and looks into your eyes > > with a mocking sadness > > > > they go back to the cellar > > > > all you can do > > is go shopping > > > > and yell at them > > to keep the doors locked > > > > when you go away > > > > --Jerry > > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/umbada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Message: 11 > > Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:34:36 -0000 > > "david bozzi" <david.bozzi > > Re: they live in the cellar > > > > Hi Jerry. I don't like most poetry. > > I like this though. > > > > David > >thank you. i like my own poems the best. i would think that a poet has to >like their own poems the best. Or in the field of enlightenment, their own >version of enlightenment. does that make sense? > >jerry Dear Jerry, I too liked this poetic offering a lot. It was just such a real real poem Jerry. I found it so intriguing of a way to write. Of course now I have been inspired by what you have written, as I often find myself inspired from poets like Eric Ashford and Mark Valentine aka White Wolfe. This poem is just one of those that I go back and read again and again for the full effect. As you also wrote, poets like their own work so well it is funny sometimes. I have found myself come across some poem I have written months previously, completely unaware that it was something I had written, and as I was reading I thought, "Wow, this poet really is good and has a cool way of saying what cannot be said." This sounds so filled with ego leanings, but it was come about free from any attachment, just open listening to that voice I failed to recognize as my own. Sometimes when I feel I have found that perfect line of expression, that hook to the heart, or that slam to the brain, it is nothing short of joy, sweet joy and love of singing about the beauty and weirdness and all this wild and wonderful adventure we are all in. It is a superb poem Jerry. It really has its hook and slam. Love, Mazie > > >, Jerry Katz <umbada@n...> wrote: > > > > they live in the cellar > > > > > > you've seen the light in the cellar > > > through the cracks in the floorboards > > > > > > you've seen movement > > > throught the cracks in the floorboards > > > > > > after you lock your doors > > > and go away > > > > > > they unlock them > > > > > > you come home > > > > > > your computer > > > and the things you've saved > > > all your life > > > are gone > > > > > > you sit in an empty home > > > > > > you see movement in the light > > > coming through the cracks > > > in the floorboards > > > > > > they're coming upstairs > > > > > > they have three horns > > > one protruding from each temple > > > and one in the center of the forehead > > > > > > you want to strike one > > > hard > > > for all they've done to you > > > > > > but he hugs you sensitively > > > and looks into your eyes > > > with a mocking sadness > > > > > > they go back to the cellar > > > > > > all you can do > > > is go shopping > > > > > > and yell at them > > > to keep the doors locked > > > > > > when you go away > > > > > > --Jerry > > > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/umbada > _______________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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