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Well, I needed a final project for Writer's Craft, and I had written a lot of poems that didn't make it into the second anthology. So, to make a long story short, I wrote a few more up, tossed some old stuff in, interviewed myself (inside reference), and wound up with a 93% on the ISU.
© September 8, 2000, Mike Fish
I wrote this quite a while ago, but it rhymed, so I didn't put it in TPA, v. 2.0. But, since this one is all of my "unpublished" work, it finally has a place.
The stars don't seem to shine so bright
Spend too much time alone at night
The world seems to spin so fast.
Wish I could make each moment last.
* * *
Chorus
I think that you're beautiful
I'm glad that you're mine
I think that you're beautiful
Love you for all time
* * *
Make my heart stop in midbeat
You always sweep me off my feet
I wonder if you really see
What it is you're doing to me
* * *
Chorus x2
© October 23, 2000, Mike Fish
I was going through a bit of a phase when I wrote this one. I think I'm over it now, though.
Loved and
lost
Never to love
again
* * *
Your world
reversed
replaced
dest
royed
* * *
Out of the night
proper
new
constructed
* * *
To hold
To have
To love
For
Ever
* * *
Never to leave
But to keep for time
© September 11, 2000, Mike Fish
Jericho
I kinda think that the idea behind this one is cool. The formatting on this site doesn't really have the same effect as the way I originally wrote it, so, to help you understand the point, I've bolded the important letters.
My walls fall d
My defenses destroyed
Wave a white flag
Surrender to love
© October 23, 2000, Mike Fish
I wrote this while Fuel's Hemhorrage In My Hands was running through my head (great song, by the way). This, by the way, is really getting into my newer stuff.
I see
Love bleed
From your hand
again
* * *
Lead me
Lead me
Home again
Back to my land again
* * *
Seems far away
This life of ours
Far
away
* * *
I feel
I feel
Pain for you
Love for you
Lust for you
Again
* * *
Don't leave
Don't leave
I can't stand
I can't stand
Alone
© December 13, 2000, Mike Fish
I'd been feeling pretty crappy for about three hours before I wrote this, and as soon as I did, I cheered right up. I think I'm starting to like this poetry gig.
One day
out
of
the
blue
* * *
In a darkened room
You lying
there
Lying safe with me
* * *
Take me out
of this world
Hold me to your
chest
* * *
High above
Kiss your lips
Bring you down
Down to sleep
Down to earth
and me
© December 19, 2000, Mike Fish
Have you noticed how often I use the word 'again' in my poems?
Hold me tightly
Chest to chest
I'm in your grasp
again
* * *
Why can't you just
simply see
You're all the world
to me.
© December 13, 2000, Mike Fish
Stay
I'm not really a fan of being alone. Stupid fear of abandonment. Oh well, it's my first poem of the New Year, and I made it all the way through without saying 'again'.
I admit
I can't deny
You're the only one
that I
have ever
really
truly
Felt a love as deep and
p u r e
* * *
You're the one
I dream
about
I can't stand to
be
without
you beside me
next to my heart
* * *
With you here
my world is warm
You
in my arms
My life is
Rich
Hold me close
And stay with me
© January 3, 2001, Mike Fish
I've never written a self-reflective poem, but this one just happens to mention me. It's a poem basically about how my relationship with Jenn had grown.
I wasn't there to
catch you
if you
fell
* * *
When I was,
I didn't know,
I couldn't see.
* * *
You showed me
love
You pulled me out,
but still there were
d o u b t s
* * *
But you drew me,
drew me out
grew
and grew together
* * *
You abandoned the past,
You wanted the future
Our future
Our times
Our memories.
© January 6, 2001, Mike Fish
Credit where credit is due, I guess. I wrote this one after one of the most...inspirational nights of my life, but the tune behind the poem is from Hey Jealousy by the Gin Blossoms.
About six months has
gone by
Since it started
you
and
I
* * *
If I had seen this over a year ago
Where do you
think we'd
be?
* * *
And it's come that
I love you
more
Than I thought that I could
before
* * *
If you'd said we'd be here
a year ago
I wouldn't have believed
* * *
But now I've cried
the whole thing out
Not a
single
doubt
I love you more than
yesterday
Will you please say "I do"?
© January 18, 2001, Mike Fish
Come Around
Well, this one's got another Gin Blossoms song to thank, Mrs. Rita. They keep saying "Come Around", so, it turned into a poem. Neat, huh?
Are you coming
'round?
Why? Because I need
to feel your
touch
Need to be held
I'm in no shape to be left
to my mind's own
fun and
games
Will you come around?
And hold me next
to you
So I can cry into your arms
© January 19, 2001, Mike Fish
