Quatrain Corner

[BEAKER]

Dude...Hey dude

 

yeah baby

 

lie wow!

 

far out.:)

[Turtle]

skyward looking at the stars,

night enfolding nothing mars,

moon is high but clouds withhold,

while all goes spinning past.

[Queso]

downward to the passing cars

the day's imploding sidewalk scars

sun was low, or so i'm told

while nothing spins toward the right.

[Queso]

i came across a lonesome gnome

with a beard and hat and knack to roam

i asked him where he told me rome

and hit me right upside my dome

[Turtle]

Orby must I say,

in regards to that last poem,

it is your best to date,

at least the part on gnome.

:note: :note: :note: :note:

[C1ay]

No God

to nod,

or Todd

for Maude.

[BEAKER]

No God

to nod,

or Todd

for Maude.

Poor Maude

That's odd.

[infamous]

Ode to the Atheist:

 

I once thought to myself,

just why am I here?

So many dark questions,

so few answers I fear.

 

I'd like a few reasons,

to satisfy my mind.

My ego is suffering,

as no certainty I find.

 

Some have great trust,

in their point of view.

How certain can one be,

that their opinions are true?

 

So I'll continue to ask,

all these questions of mine.

To remain committed,

will be perfectly fine.

 

When men pretend to know,

all the facts they profess.

Where they get this confidence,

this man can only quess.

 

I'll remain a man of questions,

truth with time I'll eke.

Those with all the answers,

will not bother to seek.

 

by Infamous

[BEAKER]

Those with all the answers,

will not bother to seek.

 

by Infamous

Not bother to seek?

No bother they need!

Prideful and arrogant

Boastful breed.

 

They have neither answers

nor questions beyond

the realm of the test tube's

magical wand.

 

Seeing the world

through studious eyes

colored by science

and compromise.

 

and never to question

the method used

arriving at answers

already confused.

 

For students of those

who studied in vain

are doomed to continue

and there remain.

 

They seek nothing more

than what they've found

in the realm of the physical

tangible ground.

 

all they can see

is what they can measure

all their eggs in one basket

no room for the treasure.

[infamous]

[Originally Posted by BEAKER]

 

no room for the treasure.

 

A treasure beyond knowing,

a bounty above all.

Be still and attend,

unto his pleading call.

[Queso]

a ditch appeared,

i rubbed my beard,

stayin' up late,

in the river.

[Turtle]

Come morn I feared,

I'd shave my beard,

rising too soon,

while i shiver.

[Queso]

the sun, we rose

and quivered and stumbled

trying to distinguish if this thought of mine is a fragment of last nights dream or last night

the moon, we watched

[Queso]

1,000 posts

3 pieces of toast

driving to the coast

with my passenger the ghost.

[infamous]

1,000 posts

3 pieces of toast

driving to the coast

with my passenger the ghost.

 

Congratulations are in order,

on poetry you've thrived.

My goodness young man,

I believe you've arrived.

[Turtle]

More's the plenty I've heard said,

do things now before your dead,

make of your time the very most,

cuzz soon enough you'll be a ghost.

[Queso]

hello,

said the rain.

is this time really mine?

it's not, is it?