Saturday, May 30, 2009

Stone Rose by J3nny Fanshaw

J3nny is a talented member of our group. J3nny is like the rose she describes: delicate, lovely, revealing. J3nny's poem describe the heartache and dispair we all feel when we experience disappointment. J3nny is a positive addition to our group.



Stone Rose

A rose so beautiful, Cast in shade of crimson.
Blood and tear shed forming stem of strong and petal of silk.
Yet loss of love and all alone.
Your color fades and roots do wither.


You cast your petals now in stone.
To hide the beauty you once had shown.
Never more to see the light.
You crumble slowly in the night.


The ectasy you once consumed known as love,
smooth as water, now bitter, weak.
Your garden dead and hope not seen.
As you crumble slowly with the years.


Blood and tear shed once again.
To show the light you have once known.
Never more now in the dark,
Someone holds you in their heart.
J3nny Fanshaw

Tick Tock by Pearl Shieldmaiden

Pearl is yet another gifted writer from the Roissy/Blackthorne Creative Writing group. Pearl uses the sound of a ticking clock to instill in her reader the sense of time moving forward, moving in a lumbering manner to suggest the significance of our own mortality. Pearl says much in such a few words. Pearl's work is exceptional.




Tick Tock by Pearl Shieldmaiden


Time weighs heavy on the soul
Eternal ticking of the clock
Stretching forever onwards
The hour hand does mock

Time weighs heavy on the soul
Waiting for each new day
A fresh hope dawning
Only to fade away

Time weighs heavy on the soul
As the moments crawl by
Trying to find a purpose
Needing a reason why

Time weighs heavy on the soul
With each passing year
Eventually ceasing to exist
Just an endless blur
~~PS~~

blessed is the UPS (unintrruptible power supply) by Laika Karu

Laika Karu is talented in the way she plays with her reader. Laika chooses her words carefully, so very carefully. Her images are vivid, real and yet a bit beyond reach. Her reader must work with Laika to find her truths that are there like "a psyhedelic bubble over paradise."



blessed is the UPS(uninterruptible power supply) by Laika Karu

I float in a psychedelic bubble over paradise
sipping a strawberry smoothie
a little high
and smiling

wondering if the universe casts a shadow....

I wait
amused and thinking about you

feeling your affection even as I curse you
for putting me through this lesson

there is a strength in your presence
and an irresistible ease

I sense a storm brewing
hot humid and heady
the barometer dropping and i am falling
into a vulnerable space
my mind alive and restless

distant thunder announces your arrival
the deluge and
anticipation having
primed my soul
I swear it is some sort of mind control

you take me in hand and
bathe me with your benediction
the lights flicker, a dark velvety silence engulfs me
my heart sinks until I see

that the glow of our world remains

You Knew My Name by Alure Vultee

Alure writes words that touch the reader's heart. Here Alure uses repetition to reinforce her connection with her past. The repetition of the phrase "You knew my name" strengthens the bonds of sacrifice between a grandfather and his granddaughter despite the years between the pair and separates their personal bonding. Another lovely poem by Alure who is able to reach out to her reader through her words.


"You knew my name" by Alure Vultee

You knew my name,
And you fought
For the daughter
that grew insideyour wifes' womb.

You knew my name,
And you fought
For me to have
The freedomsOur forefathers sought.

You knew my name,
And you were fighting
When you learned,
your daughter,was instead a baby boy.

You knew my name,
when you died,
coming home
on that plane.

You knew my name,
Because you chose it
for my father,
the one you thoughtwould be instead your daughter.

You knew my name,
You knew my name,
But did not get the chance
To know your son,or granddaughter
.You fought for us all the same.

I Tried: a poem by leyli littleboots

Leyli is a member of the Roissy/Blackthorne Creative Writing Group. Leyli speaks here of family memories, memories that hover in her tender feelings and erupt through her poetry. Leyli's word choice reveals her talent for revealing her feelings through her art.


I Tried
written by leyli littleboots

I always thought that i could change things
When voices rose that maybe i could lower them
Prevent the fights by slipping in between
Stop the hurts so the fists would never fly

I always hugged, afraid i'd not see them again
Strange how it turned out that they are now all gone
As, one after the other, their lives all changed
And they got farther and farther away from me
I had to help them, had to try

It was my job (i'm older, you know)
They are my family
You do that for family
I tried to intervene as i saw destruction ahead
The dreams they came again and again

The hospital call, the way they looked
How could i know they did all they could?
She went first. I lost her over the years
As she became a ghost-pale shadow
Her kids lost long before she lost herself
Never looking back at unremembered times

He went next as the dreams foretold
How i wept when i heard another was gone!
A life so young, so perfect.
Why?Handsome, smart apple of Dad's eye


I tried to help through the years, speaking out
Cautioning, following, trying to change the path
Hanging out with them, i saw it all
Screw parents who can’t see writing on the wall

A cold metal slab is the last memory i have
And whispering “i love you, i'll see you soon”
Cold hands, no breath, eyes closed, peace
I kissed their foreheads as tears flowed unchecked
Wishing that I could give warmth
Give my life for theirs, please
Shouting to heaven to give them back

I'll never, not ever, forget those days
The long black train surrounded in gray
Eerie mist lay all around and chilled
Smelled of earth the worms well hidden
The goodbyes said and glossy beds lowered

I turned from this to see the drawn faces
My accusing eyes taking in each and every one
It would do me no good to say the words i felt
They could see the damage they had wrought
written by leyli littleboots