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1) Welcome to the first issue of
The Poet's Forum, an online
E-zine that encourages literary works.
The Poets Forum E-zine was created to
reach those who enjoy reading poetic
works and even consider writing from
time to time. This E-zine is new, and
will take a little time to build
momentum, and with your help we can go
abroad in the field of literature and
writing. So enjoy your first issue and
we'll see you next month.
~M
The Poet's Forum #1- May, 2000
In This Issue:
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~Editorial
~Article-Writing: Helpful and
Creative
~Poetry
~Submitting
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"Poetry, and writing in general, can be a good aid for emotional wellbeing", You have probably heard this said before many times. Just like keeping a journal or diary, poetry can help release those thoughts that seem to overcrowd us throughout the day.
There is so much that we build up inside of ourselves and sometimes we just can't find a way to express it or vent that built up "material". This is when poetry can be helpful. We truly hurt ourselves when we bottle things in. Poetry is the perfect way to release for feelings when times are tough. As a matter of fact, most people first started writing because of the personal hardships they faced, and the seed that was planted there eventually grew into elegant words of poetic splendor.
Inside of us all
are untapped amounts of creativity and
imagination, we just need to know how to
find it and once we do, work with it.
Writing can help us all, personally and
socially, keeping literature in the
hands of people. Once hing we never want
to do is feel childish or stupid because
we have the desire to express ourselves
in writing. When it comes to poetry it
is always good to be true to yourself.
Write what you feel and thusly you will
begin to learn who you are. So take the
time to sit down and write, in the end
you'll have helped yourself and gain the
self-satisfaction of knowing you can put
your feelings into written works.
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In the "Poetry" section of The Poet's
Forum there will be a few poems
showcased for readers. Poems will
eventually be placed in respective
galleries of the Poetry Forum.
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Dusk & Dawn
The King of Winter
Feel my grasp.
And so I lay thee to rest,
by Michael A. Casares
Cringe as my fingers caress tightly
around
thy neck.
Thy flesh seers in my frozen touch,
as a veil of mists float up from my
glacial form.
My crown lays nestled on my head
and sparkles in prisms from
crystalline ice.
Thy name is
unimportant-
truly it is the past.
Thy deceiving smile could no longer
capture me in bondage.
Thy pleasant nature could no longer
rapture me into hell.
For I have become one with my being
once more.
I have sheathed
myself with the coldness
of time and
misery.
I have been in ice by the pangs
which I
mentally inflict upon
myself.
And those around me at times feel my
wrath
with an onslaught of winter
rage
I am the Winter King.
body a wretched whore.
I have since conceiled myself behind
barriers of thick ice.
The day comes and I hide for fear of
life,
but when dusk falls and the
night time is upon us
and the moon
shines over our heads-
itself releasing a freeze syphoned
within us
as certain doom-
I bask in the glory at profusely
seems
apparent.
Only in self obscurity do I dwell,
ever affraid that the sun would
shine her
face at me once more.
And my heart remains in an icey
prison,
performing its functions as
a robot-
made of cold steel.
Bars encage the soul,
keeping the spirit from captivating
the mind.
And the brain works with
neither heart
nor soul . . . .
The length of a lifetime.
The Terror that binds Cease to Dwell
The Anguish of a thousand Dreams
Here we have Gathered to share our Fears
If you would like to submit a poem or
article to The Poet's Forum you
are more than welcome to. All things
submitted will be reveiwed and given
full credit to the author. Poems
submitted will eventually be placed in
their respective galleries or new ones
can be formed on the Poetry Forum. If you would like
to submit please MAIL
them to the Poet's Forum E-zine.
Please place "submit e-zine" or "sub-e"
in the subject box.
Well that wraps it up for our first
issue of The Poet's Forum, I hope you
enjoyed it. If there is anyone who you
think might be interested please forward
them this copy, I am sure they would
appreciate it. Well with that said, see
you next month.
The Poet's Forum E-zine was created by
Michael A. Casares, please respect his
rights to ownership.
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by Amanda Tankersley
The longest distance know to man.
But the length of life without love.
Not even an understandable distance.
A loveless life is never ending.
One may think they've had a
fullfilling life,
but if the've
never experienced true love,
it was
a waste of an eternity.
by
Gino Sanchez
Within the Caverns of my Sanctum's
Hell
I shiver within another
Moment's Grasp
The Poison which
coiled my spirit, Deformed
Enfilled with and Sorrowed Beams
These, the Demons of my Past
Will forever Haunt me No More
For I have found Bliss and I have
found Wealth
Amongst the Gossip of
Ethereal Whelps
With those who have
ied and Fallen Cold
Who like me have
lost their way Home
Along with Hollow Wishes, turned to
tears
And to find Comfort within a
Higher Hope
That our Pains will not
be brought by the Morrows
>Submitting<
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