Session Start: Sun Sep 29 13:22:44 1996

<Dragonheart> ALOHA!!

<Dragonheart> WELCOME TO THE 19TH WEEKLY afd POETRY READING!

<Dragonheart>  My  Appologies for Last weekend - 

	the Net was just to unpredictable to try holding things together

<Dragonheart> for any newcommers (and the log) here are the procedures



<Dragonheart>               AFD POETRY READING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PROCEDURES

<Dragonheart>                                      *

<Dragonheart>  1) All Poems are to be written by afders or imediate family/close friends.

<Dragonheart>  2) If you have poems msg me the titles and author so we can keep things 

<Dragonheart>         running smoothly and fairly - first reads will be given before repeats.

<Dragonheart>  3) Greetings and general conversation should conducted either in #Kelekona - 

<Dragonheart>         not in #AFD_Poetry. During the readings #AFD_Poetry will be set +mi and 

<Dragonheart>         only the ops and reader will be able to talk - at the same time #Kelekona  

<Dragonheart>         will be open for general conversation the breaks after rounds 1 and 2. will

<Dragonheart>         be held in #Kelekona only and the stage (#AFD_Poetry) should be quiet <G>.

<Dragonheart>  4) We will be running the reading in semi-moderated form from now on

<Dragonheart>         when a poet comes up moderation will go on -  you willbe given a voice to 

<Dragonheart>         read when you are introduced <G> moderation will be turned off after 

<Dragonheart>         the poem is complete so be sure to include an END to them - thanks.

<Dragonheart>  5) We use a "reader" (feel free to suggest some public greggil you dislike <EG>) 

<Dragonheart>         as a means of announcing when someone is about to read - when you see this 

<Dragonheart>         happen please stop talking in channel. 

<Dragonheart>  *                    (this week's reader is: Bob (Dole))

<Dragonheart>  6) If you are late please /msg Chant, Kalytyra, or Heatherica before entering - 

<Dragonheart>         we will let you know when #AFD_Poetry is off invite only status (poem being 

<Dragonheart>         read is finished).

<Dragonheart>  7) We generally run for about 3 hours with 10 poems in each of 2 or 3 rounds 

<Dragonheart>         the rounds are seperated by a short stretch and munch period (G).

<Dragonheart>  8) I am logging #AFD_Poetry so anyone who wants a copy let me know by msging me.

<Dragonheart>  9) I will also be putting out a post to the newsgroup about this weekly 

<Dragonheart>         affair. It will include the poems from this week - so if you have 

<Dragonheart>         something you don't want in the post but would like to read here 

<Dragonheart>         let me know - I'll pull it first

<Dragonheart> 10) The regular AFD Poetry Workshop meets on Saturdays in #Hawaiian_Weyr at 5 pm PDT

<Dragonheart>         for those interested in polishing things up before reading <G>

<Dragonheart> 11) We will be meeting next week at 7PM Pacific here in #AFD_Poetry and #Kelekona for 

<Dragonheart>         the 19th weekly reading.

<Dragonheart>                                         *



<Dragonheart> since we have a full load of poems scheduled (22/30 so far) 

	lets start off with a short one one of mine titled SunBlast



<Dragonheart> > ___________________Sun Blast___________________

<Dragonheart> > I sit watching as the sun

<Dragonheart>  > blasts the mountain's ridges

<Dragonheart> > to ragged pinks and blues

<Dragonheart> > while it pastel brightens

<Dragonheart> > the cliffs and leaves below.

<Dragonheart> _______________________________________________

<Dragonheart> Dragonheart

<Dragonheart> end



* Heatherica applauds.

* Havoc_ applauds!

* SmokeWing bows to Llyanthyr.

* Shavaylah applauds :)

* RnbowDragon smiles and claps!!

<Shadow-Dancer> Bravo!  

<Dragonheart> ok our next poet is our on sonnetraptor

<Dragonheart> with a poem titled Courage

* Dragonheart hands Bob over to Havoc

* Havoc_ glares at Bob. Stay.



<Havoc_> Courage

<Havoc_> --

<Havoc_> The doe with mangled leg limped from the woods

<Havoc_> It must have been about two years ago,

<Havoc_> And as I watched her then I understood

<Havoc_> That she accepted pain I cannot know.

<Havoc_> That winter I shook apples from the tree

<Havoc_> And neighbors left out grain she fed upon.

<Havoc_> She lived to Spring, then limped away from me.

<Havoc_> When she returned that Fall she led a fawn.

<Havoc_> Just once that day she looked me in the face

<Havoc_> Then hobbled off to face the cold alone.

<Havoc_> That brutal winter wiped out half her race

<Havoc_> And she alredy only pain and bone.

<Havoc_> I've never seen her since, nor yet the fawn.

<Havoc_> Yet part of her, within me, is not gone.

<Havoc_> ---end



* Heatherica applauds.

<SmokeWing> its good..

* Solitaire applauds quietly for the courage of the doe...

<Shadow-Dancer> BRAVO!!!!! 

* Shavaylah applauds :)

* Saphire just smiles

<RavenSong> Very nice!!

<Havoc_> In case anyone cares, it's true, too.

<SmokeWing> trusted it was :)

<Dragonheart> well done Havoc

<Dragonheart> our next poem is mby Ravensong

<RavenSong> Thank you Dragonheart

<Dragonheart> and is titled After A While

* RavenSong holds Mr. Dole tightly around the throat

* RavenSong looks at Rnbow and begins



<RavenSong> "After A While"

<RavenSong> After a while, you learn patience.

<RavenSong> It is not given to youth.

<RavenSong> They chafe against time

<RavenSong> Demanding immediate rewards.

<RavenSong> .

<RavenSong> After a while, the pain of denial eases.

<RavenSong> The intensity lessens.

<RavenSong> Acceptance of time in limbo

<RavenSong> Comes into your soul.

<RavenSong> .

<RavenSong> After a while, angers are rare

<RavenSong> Petty irritations are shrugged off.

<RavenSong> Contentment with the flow of life

<RavenSong> Becomes commonplace.

<RavenSong> .

<RavenSong> After a while, you watch youth mature.

<RavenSong> They learn to curb desires.

<RavenSong> Time gentles their cravings.

<RavenSong> Peace enters their souls.

<RavenSong> .

<RavenSong> After a while, you pass beyond middle years.

<RavenSong> Time eats at your soul.

<RavenSong> Your patience wears thin.

<RavenSong> Ending presses.

<RavenSong> .

<RavenSong> After a while, you crave again.

<RavenSong> Longing for youth's passion

<RavenSong> Sits enviously on the side.

<RavenSong> Acceptance no longer fits.

<RavenSong> .

<RavenSong> After a while, you chafe against time.

<RavenSong> You demand the excitement of old.

<RavenSong> Youth laughs and flaunts itself

<RavenSong> In your tired vision's sight.

<RavenSong> .

<RavenSong> And after a while, it ends.

<RavenSong> .

<RavenSong>         -RavenSong



* Heatherica applauds.

<Shadow-Dancer> BRAVO!!!!! 

* Havoc_ applauds.

<Shadow-Dancer> BRAVO!!!!! 

<Shadow-Dancer> BRAVO!!!!! 

* SmokeWing mumbles.

* RnbowDragon smiles hugely

* Shavaylah applauds !!!! :)

* Dragonheart takes bob back and makes sure his throat isn't crushed <G>

<Dragonheart> next up is our Lurker Poetess with a sonnet an why we ask everyone to come to Ohana

<Dragonheart> with a poem titled Petrarchian Netsplits here is Heatherica



<Heatherica> Petrarchan Netsplit

<Heatherica> *

<Heatherica> Friends torn apart by brutal servers' whim --

<Heatherica> That cannot be persuaded nor suborned --

<Heatherica> Split friend from friend, each suddenly alone

<Heatherica> Knowing 'twill end, but in the interim

<Heatherica> From friendship each must sadly sit forlorn.

<Heatherica> The other's online still, for all they know,

<Heatherica> But out of reach, split away, even so:

<Heatherica> They curse splits, and their isolation mourn.

<Heatherica> *

<Heatherica> Yet IRCOps labour, though unseen,

<Heatherica> And, though ne'er soon enough, the net re-knits;

<Heatherica> Once more they come within each other's ken.

<Heatherica> The friends return to one another's screens,

<Heatherica> Beyond the reign of the net's cruel split

<Heatherica> Once again, two together sit, as friends.

<Heatherica> *

<Heatherica> ©1996, H. Wegemer



* SmokeWing chuckles.

<Saphire> LOL!

* Heatherica gets back to her lurking.

* Havoc_ applauds. Now, I can identify with THAT!

<Shadow-Dancer> LOL! and BRAVO

* Solitaire feels all that has happened and more to him tonight....

* Shavaylah grins and applauds

<Solitaire> Nice poem, Heatherica...  Sort of fits me tonight...

<Dragonheart> Next is a poem by ouor old friend Miari 

<Dragonheart> who couldn't be here tonight but has sent in 2 poems for us

<Dragonheart> this one is called Smiling Inside

* Dragonheart hands Bob a Scroll



{due to a screwup in the editing room 3 of Miari's poems were played 

	instead of just 1 so here is the way it really went folks <G>}



<Dragonheart> Title - Smiling inside:



<Dragonheart> I pause and muse

<Dragonheart>  a slight smile on my lips

<Dragonheart> Playing a memory

<Dragonheart>  of a time with you

<Dragonheart> So many smiles

<Dragonheart>  are born from such travels.

<Dragonheart> A breath, drawn in

<Dragonheart>  another vision plays across my inner view

<Dragonheart> Looking into your blue blue eyes

<Dragonheart>  and falling into you.

<Dragonheart> I pull you closer

<Dragonheart>  joining me

<Dragonheart> Exquisite sweetness as we come together

<Dragonheart>  sharing breath, near to one skin, heartbeat to heartbeat

<Dragonheart> My soul sings and opens wide

<Dragonheart>  welcoming you, wrapping my warmth around you

<Dragonheart>  and holding you close.

<Dragonheart> You touch every part of me

<Dragonheart>  pieces too, that have yearned to be known

<Dragonheart> So natural for you, I don't bother to question it

<Dragonheart>  An amazing calm surrounds me.

<Dragonheart> To touch you brings music to my fingers

<Dragonheart> Feeling you move within me

<Dragonheart>  a rich, blended harmony.

<Dragonheart> Complete, and full

<Dragonheart> A breath out, long and slow

<Dragonheart>  and a quiet smile...

<Dragonheart> -----------------------------



<Dragonheart> Title - Waiting in the Wings:



<Dragonheart> The dance began

<Dragonheart> ...a whirling, tumbling

<Dragonheart> ...ascent and embrace. 

<Dragonheart> Unlike any before

<Dragonheart> ops

<Dragonheart> ...you've touched me

<Dragonheart> You've awakened my dreams

<Dragonheart> ...and inspire me

<Dragonheart> ...to feel again. 

<Dragonheart> So yes, there's frustration

<Dragonheart> ...so much potential

<Dragonheart> ...at our fingertips.

<Dragonheart> Wanting to grasp that rare jewel

<Dragonheart> ...that is you. 

<Dragonheart> And yet...

<Dragonheart> I also know

<Dragonheart> That two hearts not in synch

<Dragonheart> ...are left wanting

<Dragonheart> As much as I see

<Dragonheart> ...and wonder at the beauty

<Dragonheart> ...of what we can be

<Dragonheart> We can't be anything

<Dragonheart> ...unless both hearts

<Dragonheart> ...are ready to dance. 

<Dragonheart> Waiting in the wings. 

<Dragonheart> -----------------------------------



<Dragonheart> Title - Listening

<Dragonheart> Those flakes of doubt

<Dragonheart> the tendrils of fear

<Dragonheart> Can feed each other

<Dragonheart> not unlike our passion

<Dragonheart> Leading us, taking us. 

<Dragonheart> The same force of delight

<Dragonheart> that led us together

<Dragonheart> Can pick and probe

<Dragonheart> and turn to mountains of doubt. 

<Dragonheart> When I heard those words

<Dragonheart> my heart ached

<Dragonheart> for a moment, I saw you leave me.

<Dragonheart> I reached to touch you

<Dragonheart> and felt warm air

<Dragonheart> the place you just occupied. 

<Dragonheart> I looked at my hand

<Dragonheart> and opened it

<Dragonheart> and held it up.

<Dragonheart> You reached over and placed your hand on mine.

<Dragonheart> Our skin, warm, soft, supple

<Dragonheart> Yet held together by unsee



{due to the incomplete play of this poem it will be presented again in a later reading}



* Dragonheart hangs his head in shame sorry about tht folks

<Dragonheart> well that gets all three of Miari's poems to us at once :<

* Solitaire applaudes all poems warmly and glares at the politition that won't shut up..

<Saphire> ...Can I cry...? (Especially because of the first one?)

* Heatherica applauds, anyway.

<Dragonheart> you might as well commnet on them seperatly or together as you like

* Havoc_ applauds! Like. Rereading.

<Solitaire> I do not think that I saw all of the third one...

* Shadow-Dancer simply applauds three times as long

<Solitaire> But the other two were very nice!

* Shavaylah applauds Miari's poetry.. nicely done!!

<Solitaire> Dh, maybe having someone in office, or seeking office, is not such a good thing for a speaker... 

 They never know when to quit rattling on...

<Havoc_> Ah, love.  It's wonderful.  Or so I've been told.  :)

* Dragonheart trys to slip out the back doors

* SmokeWing chuckles at Havoc.

<Dragonheart> wSol: well if someone else would ever suggest some new speakers <G>

<Dragonheart> next up  is a poem buy Black-Bird titled Weeping Dragon

<Dragonheart> (-u)

<Dragonheart> like many tonight we seem to be reading  for them because they can't make the time - 

<Dragonheart> more on this at break



<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  Weeping Dragon~

<Dragonheart> .

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Weeping dragon, crying, crying,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> when will you stop your tears?

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> you have been saddened, you have been   maddened,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> go ahead, tell me, I'm all ears.

<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  ~~

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Crying dragon, why do you weep?

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Has a loved one departed in your sleep?

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Saying good-bye the last time,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Closing her eyes to the last rhyme?

<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  ~~

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Oh weeping dragon, why do you cry?

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Has something simply gotten in your eye?

<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  ~~

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Weeping dragon, tell me your fears,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> together we can stop your tears...

<Dragonheart> end



* Havoc_ applauds. Nice.

* Heatherica applauds.

<Solitaire> Oh, my...  That was a very nice one...

* Shadow-Dancer applauds

* Saphire wonders who it was written for...

* Shavaylah applauds for black-bird's poetry ..

<Heatherica> BRB

<Dragonheart> ok

<Ellic> Anyone want to chat?

<Ellic> Anyone alive

<Dragonheart> our next poem is also from an absentee poetess Dae'enneth

<Dragonheart> this one is a bit of a eulogy for our recently departed friend Korrath

<Heatherica> bak



<Dragonheart> >Provehito in Altum

<Dragonheart> >

<Dragonheart> >A dragon trembles on the edge of darkness

<Dragonheart> >Shocked talons grip the precipice

<Dragonheart> >Too soon torn

<Dragonheart> ><too soon, too soon, and why?>

<Dragonheart> >From the River

<Dragonheart> >Thrown here

<Dragonheart> ><Where are you, friend?>

<Dragonheart> >no time to scan the road ahead

<Dragonheart> >no time to learn the way

<Dragonheart> >none to prepare

<Dragonheart> ><How could we have seen it?>

<Dragonheart> >Claws slip, clutch rock again

<Dragonheart> >The chasm echoes

<Dragonheart> ><Dear gods, where are you, friend?>

<Dragonheart> >

<Dragonheart> >Memory takes arms against the terror

<Dragonheart> >Love, laughter shared

<Dragonheart> ><oh yes, you are beloved>

<Dragonheart> >Strengthen the dragon spirit

<Dragonheart> >Free the wings

<Dragonheart> >Steady the heart

<Dragonheart> ><within our hearts forever>

<Dragonheart> >

<Dragonheart> >One cry of perfect freedom

<Dragonheart> >     then the leap

<Dragonheart> >             into infinity

<Dragonheart> >

<Dragonheart> ><the light of your wings

<Dragonheart> >     will lead us home.....

<Dragonheart> >

<Dragonheart> >

<Dragonheart> >For Ashlaern , for Korrath, and for all the dragon souls who loved

<Dragonheart> >them.

<Dragonheart> >

<Dragonheart> >Dae`enneth Shadowgift Trelundar

<Dragonheart> >who loves you all

<Dragonheart> >



<Dragonheart> end

* Heatherica applauds

* Solitaire lowers is head in silent memory...

* Shadow-Dancer bows his head

* Havoc_ applauds sadly for friends he never knew.

<Dragonheart> next up is a poet that is actually here

<Dragonheart> with a poem titled Final Frontier

<Dragonheart> here is our own Shadow-Dancer

* Shadow-Dancer slowly takes his place at hte podium, and reads



<Shadow-Dancer> The final frontier

<Shadow-Dancer> Suns like scattered diamonds.

<Shadow-Dancer> Vast and dark, the starry sphere

<Shadow-Dancer> Our destiny spread before us

<Shadow-Dancer> Are we ready to venture here?

<Shadow-Dancer> .

<Shadow-Dancer> We seek other life,

<Shadow-Dancer> Distant worlds not our own.

<Shadow-Dancer> Our home world is torn by strife.

<Shadow-Dancer> We preach of peace and good will,

<Shadow-Dancer> And greet our brother with a knife.

<Shadow-Dancer> .

<Shadow-Dancer> Are we exploring? 

<Shadow-Dancer> Or running into space,

<Shadow-Dancer> Offended and deploring

<Shadow-Dancer> The beasts that we have become

<Shadow-Dancer> While pretending that we're soaring?

<Shadow-Dancer> .

<Shadow-Dancer> We see distant suns,

<Shadow-Dancer> But not the needy here.

<Shadow-Dancer> The blood of our children runs

<Shadow-Dancer> Unseen down our city streets.

<Shadow-Dancer> Spilled by monsters with drugs and guns.

<Shadow-Dancer> .

<Shadow-Dancer> The final frontier

<Shadow-Dancer> Our destiny is there.

<Shadow-Dancer> But a greater task is here.

<Shadow-Dancer> To deal with what we are

<Shadow-Dancer> To overcome our hate and fear..

<Shadow-Dancer> .

<Shadow-Dancer> -fin



* Shadow-Dancer resumes his seat

* Heatherica applauds thoughtfully.

* Shavaylah applauds !! thought provoking ...

* Solitaire claps in real appreciation and thought...

<Dragonheart> beautiful one S-D

* Havoc_ applauds. So true. And when we get to the stars we'll still be us...

* Solitaire nods his head in respect to SD.

* Shadow-Dancer blushes...

* Havoc_ taps his chest.. and so you see/ what you say to me/ the final frontier/ is right in here..

* RnbowDragon smiles

<RnbowDragon> Very good Shadow

<Dragonheart> the last two of this round are also from absentee poets

<Dragonheart>  the next one  is a from SilverMist one of the newer Dragons in AFD

<Dragonheart>  and titled Night of Wonder



<Dragonheart> "The night of Wonder"

<Dragonheart> It was a dark, star-filled night when he came to me.

<Dragonheart> And my heart was troubled and longing to be free.

<Dragonheart> He offered me shelter, a place to lay my head.

<Dragonheart> He gave me strong arms, to keep for my bed.

<Dragonheart> And in return for this he asked for naught.

<Dragonheart> He would not say what it was he sought.

<Dragonheart> A request unasked and yet I fulfill.

<Dragonheart> A moment in the night, paused and still.

<Dragonheart> He brought me safe within his walls.

<Dragonheart> He had answered my helpless calls.

<Dragonheart> Hidden far from sight of men,

<Dragonheart> I came into my Dragon's den.

<Dragonheart> A love welled up within my heart.

<Dragonheart> And I hoped that fates would never us part.

<Dragonheart> My heart he'd won in that short space.

<Dragonheart> I gazed then upon loves true face.

<Dragonheart> Silvermist

<Dragonheart> end



<Solitaire> Wonderful!

* Havoc_ applauds! Ilike it.

* Heatherica applauds.

<Shadow-Dancer> Bravo!! 

<Dragonheart> I love love poems <G>

<Dragonheart> and the last poem of round one is a piece by my granddaughter Niky

<Dragonheart> She would be here to read it but Desperately needed some sleep after 

<Dragonheart> being up the last 36+ hrs <G>

<Dragonheart> this is titled Why Did You Go



<Dragonheart> Why Did You Go?

<Dragonheart> .

<Dragonheart> They tell you not to leave,

<Dragonheart> But you said "I must serve

<Dragonheart> my country.

<Dragonheart> It's my dream."

<Dragonheart> .

<Dragonheart> Some insist you mustn't go,

<Dragonheart> Yet some say they know 

<Dragonheart> how you feel.

<Dragonheart> It doesn't matter to you;

<Dragonheart> your mind is set.

<Dragonheart> .

<Dragonheart> You leave,

<Dragonheart> Just as you said you would,

<Dragonheart> But you won't return like

<Dragonheart> you think..

<Dragonheart> .

<Dragonheart> When it was time to claim your body

<Dragonheart> Both your Mom and your Dad cry,

<Dragonheart> And ask why did you go.

<Dragonheart> It was so much for them to bear.

<Dragonheart> .

<Dragonheart> Why did you go?

<Dragonheart> .

<Dragonheart> Because you followed your dream 

<Dragonheart> And served your country.

<Dragonheart> That's why.

<Dragonheart> End - Niky



* Heatherica applauds.

* Havoc_ applauds. Another sad but good one, Niky.

<Dragonheart> sad but moving  hun

<Shadow-Dancer> wow....

* Shavaylah applauds Niky's poetry

* Solitaire claps with thoughts on those who do not come back as they left...

<Havoc_> I shiver.  I think of an uncle who killed many, one night in a war.. and he told me he could live 

with that, he had no choice, but what was beyond bearing was they called him a hero for it.

<Dragonheart> ok that concludes round one - if anyone wants to add a poen or two to rounds 2 or 3 there is 

still room just msg me, also I'd like to see a bit more discussion about moving the start of the reading 

up another 2?hours to 8pm Eastern time so that everyone in central and eastern time can really join us and 

we don't have as many absentee poets

<Dragonheart> food and Drinks will be available in #Kelekona as you join/check in there <G>







<Dragonheart> welcome back to round two of the poetry reading folks <G.

<Dragonheart> up first is our sonnetraptor with another nature poem

<Dragonheart> this one is titled The nervous Gentleman

* Dragonheart hands Bob over to Havoc

* Havoc_ knocks Bob down and sits on 'im.



<Havoc_> The Nervous Gentleman

<Havoc_> --

<Havoc_> The fox came trotting gaily down the street

<Havoc_> On wit and nerves his world he wanders free

<Havoc_> But always looking, hearing, primed to flee

<Havoc_> The slightest threat on dancing rapid feet.

<Havoc_> A nervous gentleman in garments neat.

<Havoc_> I held my breath so he would not see me

<Havoc_> But something made him run.  What did he flee?

<Havoc_> A thing to fear, or something there to eat?

<Havoc_> My nervous friend, you have a right to fear.

<Havoc_> I've never harmed you and I never will.

<Havoc_> It makes me feel more free to see you here.

<Havoc_> But others of my kind would shoot to kill.

<Havoc_> So if you want to run, then go ahead.

<Havoc_> It's wiser to know fear than to be dead.

<Havoc_> ---end



* Heatherica applauds.

<Havoc_> (error in one of the lines- should end "what did he see?"

* Kerm claps and cheers

* Shavaylah applauds and smiles

* Solitaire smiles and cheers

* Shadow-Dancer applauds

* theCIRCE applauds

<theCIRCE> i love the line about the rapid dancing feet

<Havoc_> Thanks- but that was the FOX's idea more than mine.  They can't stand still.

<Red--> hi

<Dragonheart> our next poem is another of Black-Bird's pieces

<Red--> is anyone here?

<Dragonheart> this one is titled Mystith

* Dragonheart hands a scroll over to Bob to read



<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  Mystith

<Dragonheart> .

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> In the mist sits a lonely figure,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Lonesome in the way of the heart,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> As she sits below a tree in the mist,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Her soul is torn apart...

<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  ~~~

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> She is a lonely wolf, wandering in the shadow,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Painful remembrance of sorrow,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> A memory that begins in playful meadows,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> But ends in her not awakening tomorrow

<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  ~~~

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> She howls like the wolf of her soul,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> The sadness eats at her heart,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> The sadness the is her torn soul,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> The sadness that pulls her apart...

<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  ~~~

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> She races toward an unknown source,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> What is there, only she knows,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> The whispers of the forest make no notice on her ears,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Her own breath adding to the echoes...

<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  ~~~

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Her past is but broken glass,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Shattered by an invisible stone,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Only one memory remains,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Fading away with a moan...

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> (the end)



* Heatherica applauds . . .

* Solitaire breathes softly, "wow.... black-bird, that was wonderful!"

* theCIRCE applauds...thinking how sad though....

* Havoc_ applauds. I like this. Sad, searches are so often sad.

<Dragonheart> next up is our lurker poetess Heatherica with a poem titled Sweet Rain

* Dragonheart calls Heatherica up and hands over Bob



<Heatherica> A marbled sky in shades of grey

<Heatherica> Draws rainy curtains 'round the view

<Heatherica> That mute far details from my eyes

<Heatherica> And so enhance the nearer hues

<Heatherica> *

<Heatherica> When rain obscures what's farther off

<Heatherica> Each person draws within as well

<Heatherica> Beyond the surface, sunny realms

<Heatherica> Where fragile, fleeting pleasures dwell

<Heatherica> *

<Heatherica> There are some truths one learns alone

<Heatherica> When all the world seems distant far

<Heatherica> Companioned only by the rain

<Heatherica> In solitude that sun would mar

<Heatherica> *

<Heatherica> Oblivious, the rain descends

<Heatherica> Unheeding of my pensive mood

<Heatherica> But offers up a healing draught

<Heatherica> By rainsong troubled hearts are soothed.

<Heatherica> *

<Heatherica> © 1996, H. Wegemer



<Solitaire> Bravo!!

* Heatherica slips back to her shadow.

* Kerm cheers and claps loudly

* Shadow-Dancer applauds!!!!

<Havoc_> Awww!  I applaud.  Nice.  Get out of them shadders and take a bow!

<Dragonheart> I always did wonder why I liked the sound of rain <G>

<theCIRCE> for sure!!! a wonderful piece!!!

<Kerm> <G>

* Heatherica slips deeper into the "shadders"

* theCIRCE giggles

<Dragonheart> next up is Shadow-Dancer with one of Myrnnh's poems

<Dragonheart> this one is titled Laughter Within

* Dragonheart calls S-D up to the stage and turns Bob over to him

* Shadow-Dancer takes his place at the podium, considers munching on Bob, then begins to read...



<Shadow-Dancer> 		THE LAUGHTER WITHIN

<Shadow-Dancer> Laughter ringing in the air..

<Shadow-Dancer> swallowed by the trees.

<Shadow-Dancer> Only heard by my ears.

<Shadow-Dancer> Throwing back my head..

<Shadow-Dancer> it bubbles forth from inside

<Shadow-Dancer> rippling softly to start..

<Shadow-Dancer> gathering momentum...

<Shadow-Dancer> til it fills the sky.

<Shadow-Dancer> The sun and the wind

<Shadow-Dancer> my only audience.

<Shadow-Dancer> No others around to hear...

<Shadow-Dancer> the gladness of the sound.

<Shadow-Dancer> Springing from my throat

<Shadow-Dancer> a song of such happiness..

<Shadow-Dancer> that it cannot be contained.

<Shadow-Dancer> Vibrating my very soul

<Shadow-Dancer> with its music.

<Shadow-Dancer> And all around me

<Shadow-Dancer> a symphony plays...

<Shadow-Dancer> erupting in full blown harmony

<Shadow-Dancer> joining me together

<Shadow-Dancer> with the forces of nature.

<Shadow-Dancer> Just me

<Shadow-Dancer> and my laughter...

<Shadow-Dancer> ringing in the air.

<Shadow-Dancer> -------end------------



* Shadow-Dancer returns to his seat...

* Heatherica applauds

<Solitaire> Excellent!

* Havoc_ applauds!

<Dragonheart> wonderful job Myrnnh!

<Solitaire> Myrnnh, when you see this, I can say that we all miss your presence here.

* Shadow-Dancer applauds Myrnnh, as well!

* theCIRCE applauds

* Kerm cheers

<Dragonheart> ok we are going to switch the order around a little here

<whize1> is this room moderated or not?

<Dragonheart> our next poetess is theCirce

<Heatherica> Whize1 -- sometimes.

<Solitaire> Semi moderated

<Dragonheart> with a poem entitled Combustion

<theCIRCE> thank you

* Dragonheart calls theCirce up and hands over Bob to her

* theCIRCE takes bob..and turns him into jungle drums...<G>



<theCIRCE> COMBUSTION

<theCIRCE> i find i'm doing a slow burn

<theCIRCE> sitting here thinking of you...

<theCIRCE> the moist heat 

<theCIRCE> rising

<theCIRCE> simmering...

<theCIRCE> waiting so wetly 

<theCIRCE> for you

<theCIRCE> knowing...................

<theCIRCE> that when you arrive

<theCIRCE> spontaneous combustion!!!

<theCIRCE> sending such sensuous sexual sparks

<theCIRCE> lighting my world here 

<theCIRCE> on fire!!!

<theCIRCE> thinking that those  

<theCIRCE> with asbesto hearts

<theCIRCE> will never know the perfect pain of the burn

<theCIRCE> will never feel  the rage of passion i have

<theCIRCE> or the exquisite ecstacy 

<theCIRCE> we share

<theCIRCE> and they will be left 

<theCIRCE> unsatisfied 

<theCIRCE> here on earth with their  impatient yearnings

<theCIRCE> while we shall fly free

<theCIRCE> amber ashes 

<theCIRCE> in the wind

<theCIRCE> smoldering still...............with such heat

<theCIRCE> consumed in the love

<theCIRCE> forged in the flames

<theCIRCE> from each time you set your fire to me

<theCIRCE> ...end



* Kerm applauds loudly, very good

* Dragonheart gets out his file <G>

* Havoc_ applauds (is it warm in here?) :)

* Solitaire gets a cool glass of tea after that one... "Tis great!!!"

* theCIRCE grins

* theCIRCE takes a bow..and hands bob back to DK

* Dragonheart takes Bob back and gives him a watrning look

<Kerm> <G>

<Saphire> Gotta go! It's been great! 

<Saphire> Bye! :)

<Dragonheart> next is another of Niky's poems

<Dragonheart> this one is titled Walk With Me

* Dragonheart hands a scroll over to bob

* theCIRCE smiles



<BobDole> Walk with Me

<BobDole> .

<BobDole> Walk through the garden.

<BobDole> And see roses with 

<BobDole> Silver pedals,

<BobDole> Daisy's dressed 

<BobDole> in exuberant yellow,

<BobDole> Irises blooming in a 

<BobDole> bright purple,

<BobDole> And lilies graced by 

<BobDole> the angels.

<BobDole> Come walk through the garden 

<BobDole> with me.

<BobDole> end - Niky



* Heatherica applauds.

* Havoc_ applauds!

* Solitaire smiles and applauds!

* BobDole tosses the scroll onto the pile

* Shadow-Dancer applauds!!!!

<theCIRCE> wonderful image with the silver petals::clapping::

<Dragonheart> beautiful poem hun nice to see these images

<Dragonheart> our next poem is by another of our early-to-bed crowd - Llyanthyr

<Dragonheart> this one is titled Pain

* Dragonheart hands Bob another scroll



<BobDole> Where went love?

<BobDole> tis gone, and I know not where...

<BobDole> Not from me... yet tis gone.

<BobDole> My heart knows naught but pain,

<BobDole> and I dare not show such...

<BobDole> To smile as I see her face,

<BobDole> yet cry inside,

<BobDole> to laugh, to hide the tears.

<BobDole> Like thunder, it beats,

<BobDole> like lightning, it burns,

<BobDole> like fire, it tears,

<BobDole> and like the storm, it calls.

<BobDole> I dare not tell her,

<BobDole> I would not hurt her so.

<BobDole> She loves me, not, fear I,

<BobDole> though love avowed at first.

<BobDole> Yet love her I still...

<BobDole> enough to set her free,

<BobDole> to go, like a bird, 

<BobDole> to where her heart is happy.

<BobDole> And to hide my burning tears,

<BobDole> from a love not meant to be.

<BobDole> end



* Shadow-Dancer applauds!!!!

* Heatherica applauds.

* Havoc_ applauds through tears.

* Solitaire applauds loudly!

* theCIRCE sighs...then claps loudly

<Dragonheart> our last poem in round 2 is a short one of mine

<Dragonheart> titled The RimRock

<Dragonheart> this one can be found with a photograph on my Photo-Poetry webpage

	(address is http://www.ilhawaii.net/~dh/photo_gallery.html)



<Dragonheart> _______________The Rimrock___________________

<Dragonheart>  Riding the rimrock of the world

<Dragonheart>  I can see the faroff cliffs

<Dragonheart>  of the valley of society

<Dragonheart>  hanging knife sharp

<Dragonheart>  and shear walled

<Dragonheart>  as I ride them

<Dragonheart>  with the haze blue lunatic mountains

<Dragonheart>  jagged in the distance.

<Dragonheart>  ______________________________________________



<Dragonheart> end

* Heatherica applauds

* Kerm cheers, alright!!!

* Havoc_ applauds. Images!

<Shadow-Dancer> Bravo!!! 

<Solitaire> Excellent, DH.  I've seen that photo and poem.  They go great together!!

<Dragonheart> thanks - you might wait till tomorrow to vist the site as 

<Dragonheart> I'm in the midst of a revision right now <G>

<Dragonheart> ok that concludes  round 2 of tonight's poetry reading

<Dragonheart> we will take a short break to stretch and grab a food refill 

<Dragonheart> (your glasses  never do get empty here <G> and then come back for round 3







<Dragonheart> ok we are ready to start round 3 now <G>

<Dragonheart> our first poem is another sonnet<G>

<Solitaire> Let me guess...

<Solitaire> Havoc?

<Dragonheart>  by Havoc our Raptor poet <G>

* Dragonheart hands Bob over to Havoc

<Havoc> I'm going to have to read one that ISN't a sonnet sometime, to shake you folks up...

<Havoc> Does the Eagle Love the Sky?

<Havoc> --

<Havoc> I wonder, does the eagle love the sky?

<Havoc> And does she love the splendor she can see?

<Havoc> Do all wild creatures know that they must die?

<Havoc> Do they know peace?  Are they aware they're free?

<Havoc> I see them play and know they must know fun

<Havoc> And love for mates and young is clear to see.

<Havoc> I'm sure they think they're beautiful, each one,

<Havoc> But then the toads think that, and so do we.

<Havoc> I wonder, do the whitetail deer and bear

<Havoc> Admire the peaceful woods, each sturdy tree

<Havoc> Or are these things just something that is there

<Havoc> And does no creature love them more than me?

<Havoc> How sad to not feel wonder as you fly.

<Havoc> I wonder, does the eagle love the sky?

<Havoc> ---end



* Heatherica applauds,

* Solitaire is breathless...

<SmokeWing> you've good eyes, Havoc.

* Kerm cheers

<Solitaire> Truely a great one.  But, as a pilot, I have seen the birds fly next to 

   my wings.  And I know the answer to that one

* Shadow-Dancer has some idea, as well...^v^

> I think I know too.  I have seen ravens fly.. anyone who has seen them playing on 

  the wind won't think of them as gloomy again.

* Solitaire chuckles at SD. "So how's that "little" birdie anyway?"

<Heatherica> O-kay - The next was to be a pre-recorded one - so we have a choice.

<Heatherica> Are you ready to go, Shadow-Dancer, or do we hunt out the snack 

   platter until our host returns?

<Shadow-Dancer> Ready....but a snack has merit <G>

<Heatherica> 'Tis your choice.

<Shadow-Dancer> On the way...

* Shadow-Dancer walks to the podium, and reads on behalf of the absent Myrnnh...



<Shadow-Dancer> 			STARTING OVER

<Shadow-Dancer> The fears surface once again.

<Shadow-Dancer> The fruits of labors long worked

<Shadow-Dancer> are shunted to the past.

<Shadow-Dancer> Pushed aside to make room for new memories...

<Shadow-Dancer> new hopes...new dreams.

<Shadow-Dancer> And as in all things-some good-

<Shadow-Dancer> some not as much-

<Shadow-Dancer> we strive to make the coming days

<Shadow-Dancer> better than the ones behind us.

<Shadow-Dancer> For we make our futures from these events.

<Shadow-Dancer> Re-shaping these images in our minds.

<Shadow-Dancer> Re-building with a fervor...

<Shadow-Dancer> making us stronger.

<Shadow-Dancer> New beginnings emerge from starting over.

<Shadow-Dancer> --------------end--------------------

 

* Shadow-Dancer returns to his seat

* Heatherica applauds.

* Havoc_ applauds.

* Solitaire smiles and applauds. Knowing that one...

* Shadow-Dancer applauds Myrnnh...

<Dragonheart> well are we ready for the next poem? or are there still some comments to make?

<Dragonheart> our next poem is a piece by Black-Bird titled Lair of the Deadly Gaze 

* Dragonheart hands the scroll to Bob



<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Lair of Deadly Gazes

<Dragonheart> .

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> In the eyes of deadly gazes,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> she appears in wavy hazes,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> here to destroy the hunger within,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> all alone with non of her kin,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> alone are you, must be wary,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> or away with you she will carry,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> to her lair in the darkness,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> razors for jaws, this dragoness.

<Dragonheart> <black-bird>  ~~~

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Her eyes ablaze in the mist,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> a layer of horns and claws upon her wrist,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> in a haste she will capture your soul,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> her metallic body as dark as coal,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> tongues of flames lick out from her jaws,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Bloody fangs, blood on her claws,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> Her dark hide thick as leather,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> if you come across her she will decide whether,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> in her pit,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> strike you down with a hit,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> as many have fell,

<Dragonheart> <black-bird> feel the flames, the flames of hell.

<Dragonheart> end



* Heatherica applauds

<Solitaire> WOW!

* Solitaire appreciates that one, tho that dark dragon is none of HIS kin...

<Shadow-Dancer> BRAVO!!!! 

* Kerm whistles

<Dragonheart> one sec

<Solitaire> times up.

<Dragonheart> phone call <G>

* Havoc_ applauds (belatedly)

<Dragonheart> ok our next

<Dragonheart>  poem is another absentee one by  Niky

<Dragonheart>  this one is called Turning to you



<Dragonheart> Turning to You

<Dragonheart> When lost and alone,

<Dragonheart> I turn to you!

<Dragonheart> When flesh and friends don't

<Dragonheart>  come through,

<Dragonheart> I turn to you!!

<Dragonheart> When life is at it's all time low,

<Dragonheart> I turn to you!!!

<Dragonheart> No matter what the 

<Dragonheart> circumstances

<Dragonheart> You are always there for me

<Dragonheart> to turn to.

<Dragonheart> But for once I want you

<Dragonheart> To be able to 

<Dragonheart> Turn to me!!!

<Dragonheart>  end



* Heatherica applauds the excellent poem

* Shadow-Dancer applauds....is that +a ??

<Dragonheart> I think so +A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+a

<Dragonheart> next up is the second of Llynthyr's poems

<Dragonheart> this one is tilted Sorrows

* Dragonheart hands Bob the scroll



<BobDole> Echoes in the evening dust,

<BobDole> like winds of time swirl and blow,

<BobDole> the tapestries of auld are gone to must,

<BobDole> that drift and move both to and fro.

<BobDole> Great civilizations rise and fall

<BobDole> behind the walls of endless time,

<BobDole> ignoring their funereal pall,

<BobDole> and the relentless advance of mold's slime.

<BobDole> Crumbled like the damned days,

<BobDole> that echo to and then are gone,

<BobDole> my heart has found it's empty ways

<BobDole> no foundation to be built upon.

<BobDole> I had the earth, my hands inside,

<BobDole> I had the stars, the moon, the sun,

<BobDole> I had hope, I had pride...

<BobDole> now pain in my veins does run.

<BobDole> Why call I out into the night?

<BobDole> why search I for that thing I've lost...

<BobDole> I have no heart for the sight

<BobDole> of the empty sea on which I'm tossed...

<BobDole> So cry I out to empty skies,

<BobDole> while deep inside my ancient heart

<BobDole> hope that blossomed, now dies,

<BobDole> and I have no place to make a start.

<BobDole> What place for names, ask I,

<BobDole> when darkness fills my every dream,

<BobDole> what place is it where hopes do die,

<BobDole> and my empty soul does sit and scream...

<BobDole> Let me but sleep, and slumber long,

<BobDole> the night now take me, into tomorrow,

<BobDole> and in the sleep, forget that song,

<BobDole> that brings and bades my endless sorrow.

<BobDole> ---------end----------



* Heatherica applauds.

<SmokeWing> Fantastic, walker. :)

* Havoc_ applauds!

* Solitaire sniffles slightly. "Excellent!"

<WidowmakerX> Excellent.

<Shadow-Dancer> Superb!!! 

<WidowmakerX> Flawless victory!!

<Dragonheart> our last poem for the night is  an older piece of mine

<Dragonheart> that we revamped some yesterday in the weekly writer's workshop on #Hawaiian_Weyr



<Dragonheart> *____________The Cat_______________________

<Dragonheart> *Like a cat -

<Dragonheart> * my woman is always free to go

<Dragonheart> * or spend her time with me.

<Dragonheart> * A woman warrior -

<Dragonheart> * with mind and heart

<Dragonheart> * as well as body.

<Dragonheart> * A huntress -

<Dragonheart> * seeking worlds

<Dragonheart> * and stalking futures.

<Dragonheart> * A lady -

<Dragonheart> * knowing and seeking

<Dragonheart> * only the best in life

<Dragonheart> * who understands the art of living

<Dragonheart> * and, like a cat -

<Dragonheart> * choosing to spend her time

<Dragonheart> * with me.

<Dragonheart> * ______________________________________

<Dragonheart> end



* Heatherica applauds.

<Solitaire> Bravo, DH!

<Shadow-Dancer> Bravo!! 

* Havoc_ applauds!

<WidowmakerX> Nice.

<Dragonheart> thanks all

<Dragonheart> and with that we conclude this week's poetry reading

* Kerm really likes that one, is speechless

<Dragonheart> we will meet next week on sunday at  9pm Eastern time 6 pm Pacific time

<Dragonheart> our weekly writer's workshop meets Saturady in the #Hawaiian_Weyr at 5pm Pacific time

Session Close: Sun Sep 29 19:07:44 1996