{"id":28417,"date":"2011-04-05T22:42:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T02:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/28417\/poems-summer-invitation-coping\/"},"modified":"2011-04-05T22:42:51","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T02:42:51","slug":"poems-summer-invitation-coping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/28417\/poems-summer-invitation-coping\/","title":{"rendered":"POEMS: Summer Invitation and Coping"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are both reposts from my Scotorum MySpace blog from the the summer of 2007. They were posted on the last Creative Poetry Corral blog challenge on MySpace, which was last Wednesday and Thursday March 30-31. The first one may have been my first CPC Saturday Share Collab poem, where poets leave a line in a comment and anyone can use it in any form to help make their own poem.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Coping” relates more directly to the challenge topic of what the CPC means to me. Following a preparatory hiatus during this month, the CPC is moving lock stock and ballad to Friendburst, due to the severe downgrading of the blogging capability on MySpace which occurred last year.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>
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<\/strong> <\/strong><\/span>Summer Invitation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Summer breezes in the trees
\nsailing out beyond the seas,
\nlinking lovers near and far,
\nseem to say “hitch to your star!”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Where are they this summer’s eve?
\nSome for lovers they do grieve.
\nSome apart and can’t get leave.
\nSome haven’t met or don’t believe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Are shadows dancing in the night
\nplaying tricks upon my sight?
\nSilhouettes of love’s duet
\nseem to play so hard to get.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When lovers embrace the night
\nthey both bring each other light.
\nIf it seems right, it IS right.
\nFind magic this mystic night!
\n<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span>The collaborators: Lady Cheryl Death, Chi Shaney, Here Kitty Kitty, Whatsername, Margie.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/strong><\/span>Coping<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Eating peas with a knife
\nbrings such strife into one’s life
\nthe goddamned things keep rolling off
\nI cannot cope; should I cast off?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What’s that you say? “Stay on the team.”
\nThings not as bad as they might seem?
\nEventually I’ll find a boon
\nif I would just employ a spoon?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now there’s a thought, use different tool.
\nYes I can see I’ve been a fool
\nby failing with my futile way
\nwhen you knew how to save the day.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And all that I needed to do
\nwas come by here and talk to you.
\nI’m grateful, friend, you saved my life.
\nI’ll not again eat peas with knife.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Life on one’s own feeds ego’s needs
\ntill we get lost in our own weeds.
\nWhen hopelessness within us dwells
\nour friends can save us from ourselves.<\/span>
\n<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\u00a9 2007 RGD<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These are both reposts from my Scotorum MySpace blog from the the summer of 2007. They were posted on the last Creative Poetry Corral blog challenge on MySpace, which was last Wednesday and Thursday March 30-31. The first one may have been my first CPC Saturday Share Collab poem, where poets leave a line in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}