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By suggestion, a place for the poets among us to post their words.
yes it is ...
& very haunting. "waves of dread come crashing in"
That's the part that gets me.
PEACE
Polishing Grapes
No more twinnings Tea sipsGhastly breath of dying witherings
A sumptuous spot on the couch
Noticed while falling asleep
Gored to the ends of torso
Making a long lost end-trail
Popular mechanics loosing jobs
A good day to say the least
the good fight
8/11/08
I'm not one to attract attention
But there's something I have to mention
Some might think it's an invention
We believe it's true
That His Love is bigger than a cadillac
When He tries to show us but we drive him back
Forgive us for the faith we lack
And lead us home to you
Some might say there's another solution
But Heaven is my evolution
I've seen enough of sins pollution
To last me many lives
And so I'll try to hang around
Endure all I have lost and found
Fight for Love another round
Each and every day
wide-open feeling, by Peakin, 8/13/08
Wake up, dig it, get jiggy with itOut the door, and then spin it
Don't look back, gotta go
Find something to call your own
It's a wide-open feeling, as you fly through the air
It's a wide-open feeling, to release all your cares
It's a wide-open feeling, this Love that we have
It's a wide-open feeling, don't drive yourself mad
Looking left, looking right
Straight ahead is your green light
Put the pedal, to the floor
Ain't no stoppin anymore
It's a wide-open feeling, as you blast off the pad
It's a wide-open feeling, maybe the best that you've had
It's a wide-open feeling, this freedom we know
It's a wide-open feeling, to let yourself go
Out in front, the view is clearer
The past is in the rear-view mirror
Speed of light, stopping time
Till I cross the finish line
It's a wide-open feeling, as you're building up speed
It's a wide-open feeling, when there's nothin you need
It's a wide-open feeling, if you know who you are
It's a wide-open feeling, you can shine like a star
Ooooo Peakin...
I really like your poems..wide open feeling....like a nice bike ride.....weeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I really dig your style :)
Keep on truckin
Peace, Gigi
green glass
they wait in the dark denon the pin striped couch
with the glowing glass lanterns above
solemnly picking at their food
on the green glass dishes
while the woman in the broken armchair
in the corner
with the black bow
in her graying hair
sits in sorrow sadness
waiting for nowhere
Very somber, Em-j
Like it very much!!!**********************************
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Samuel Clemens
thats cool peakin
keep splashin' that paint on the canvas! songs are but poems with music backin up the words!martin mull to tom waits on fernwood tonite ... so when you sit down to write a song ,what do you write first, the lyrics or the words :)
im not a poet but here is my thanx to the dead..
u r the grateful deadi am a grateful dead head
from jerrys crazy fingers
to bobby singin to me on one more saterday night
from pig shining his love light
to brent n his daughter on that wonderful night
for i have lost my ass(dancin)
to all my brothers n sisters take a step back
for this is the gratest fuckin band in the world
from phils box of rain
to vince letting me know its ok to samba in the rain
keith always let me know it ok to sing my blues away
n donna always blew me away
billy n mickey the beat is always in my heart
n
finally hunter with out u my friend there would b no grateful dead
so just for uncle bobo i wanna say from all of us dead heads thank you
for u r the grateful dead
n im a dead head
not a poet?
yet it seems you've captured others feelings as well as your own!! well spoken, thank U bear, ramble on!
peace
Shower of Love 8/22/08
I look at the starsFloating in the sky
I'm stuck in a rut
And I wonder why
I need a jack
And I need a tow
I need a miracle
To get to the show
Along came a maiden
With love in her eyes
And for me she stopped
While I sat surprized
And then she said
May I give you a hand?
I'd like to help
I'm with the band
And I can see
You've been through enough
Come on and take
A shower of Love
Clean up yourself
And get with the plan
Show us your heart
We understand
Here's a thought
II: I see you walk walk walkin' in the sunshine I see you dance dance dancin' in the daytime :||
II: I see you everywhere, everywhere there is a there,
you're unaware I'm even there, but still.. :||
I see you walk walk walkin' out on the street
You're always smiling at everyone you meet
II: I see you walk walk walkin'
I see you smilin, I see you smilin' :II
II: I see you walk walk walkin' in the sunshine
I see you dance dance dancin' in the daytime :||
-andy
Pudding time???
Is that some inside joke/reference, '73 or something just fly right over my head??**********************************
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Samuel Clemens
Let it Shine
The notes would fly from his fingers
The drums beat loud and wild
The memory still lingers
Like the smile of a child
Take me back to Terrapin
Lets go to Shakedown Street
I find myself rememberin'
The times that were so sweet
Let it shine on me forever
I will never forget
Just like a wild rushing river
Haven't reached the sea yet...
Really enjoy the gifts shared here
That's what poetry, lyrics, music is, after all. A gift from one heart/soul to another. Thanks to all who share their gifts.
Here's another one. Still rough, but it's getting there.
Can't help but think about
All that might have been
If I'd been a better man
If I'd been a better friend.
Would we have let the lovelight die?
Would we have let the heartache in?
If I'd been a better man
If I'd been a better friend
Well, I should have been a better man
I should have been a better friend
And I never should have let you go
The way I did in the end
It's too late now for turning back
Time has passed to try again
Wish I'd been a better man
Wish I'd been a better friend
pudding time
a happy placethat claims no space
j-peg in the mind
colors brite and clean
contours forming atmosphere
minds interact
interject
inspire
some just interfere
everything is right
though a left is never wrong
furthur is a head
peace abounds and love overflowing
understanding everknowing
all are one
in the mix
it's pudding time
Hey, what's been goin' on
Hey, what's been goin' on? Hey, what's been goin' on?
Hey, what's been goin' on,
Since I been gone?
C'mon now, let me see you smile
C'mon now, let me see you smile
C'mon now let me see you smile
The smile I see inside you
The smile I see inside you
Hey now, there's nothing wrong
Hey now, there's nothing wrong
Hey now, there's nothing wrong
That we can't fix it, in this song
No, there is nothing wrong
That we can't fix it, in this song
Hey now, let's ride that train
Hey now let's ride that train
Hey now, let's ride that train
Cause I think it's gonna rain
Hey runaway, I love you
Hey runaway, I love you
Don't you runaway, I love you
But you always do
But you always do
Hey, what's been goin' on?
Hey, what's been goin' on?
Hey, what's been goin' on
Since I been gone?
Haven't sung this in over 5 years, but I still love it as a poem. enjoy, andy
Big Trees
I wrote this one about 10 years ago when I was caretaking a place for six years in a geodesic dome on 40 acres on the side of Mt. Shasta with the closest neighbor the Ski Park two miles away and the closest town six and while I was hiking, mt. biking, or, for six months of the year, snowshoeing to to town I would see a lot of log-truck drivers and I put myself in their shoes for this one.
Well I'm ridin' in my big rig
Haulin' logs for Champion
I got two more runs, to do today
Before I cash it in
And yes I love the forest
And I wouldn't hurt a bunny
But when it comes to me or trees
I'll damn sure take the money
Big trees, keep on fallin'
Load em' up, and let me go
So I can do my haulin'
And when it comes to quittin' time
And the beer-man starts a-callin'
I'll park my rig, shoot a rack
And order up a tall one
These hippies and those Greenpeace freaks
Get on my bloody nerves
Just sittin' on their haunches
Screamin', we must save the earth!
Well if they had their way they'd soon be screamin'
They were wrong
It's no fun using corncobs
When you're sittin' on the john
And I believe in workin' hard for my pay
I got a wife to feed, and kids to educate
Don't take away my job, and put me on the dole
I need to be a workin' man, it keeps me in control
I'm rollin' down Route 89
It's another sunny day
Two cuties in their sports-car
Just gave me a wave
Soon I'm off the pavement
Winding up a dusty road
I pull into the landing and I
Grab another load
Big trees, keep on fallin'
Load em' up, and let me go
So I can do my haulin'
When it comes to quittin' time
And the beer-man starts a callin'
I'll park my rig, shoot a rack
And order up a tall one
Friends of the Family
When I was young, Things went so slow
You know how things
Can go
But now that
I'm old and gray
It's good to be
Friends of the family.
Things they go so fast today
There's nothing that will last
Past these days
Everything is gonna
Pass away so fast now
Yeah, it's good to be
Friends of the family
Always far, and never near
There's something still stays
Together
Through all the winds of
Destiny that blow
Yeah it's good to be
Friends of the family.
When I was young, you know,
Things went so slow
But now that
I'm old and grey
It's good to be
Friends
Of the family.
-enjoy, andy
For you
Until all the heavens have gone awayUntil the oceans they do the same
I'll hang around for you
Just like I said I'd do
For you You For you
Until the oceans they turn to rain
Until the heavens they do the same
For you I'll hang around
Up on this dirty ground
For you You For you
Until the mountains they call your name
Until your pleasure, it turns to pain
I'll be here for you
Just like I said I'd do
For you You For you
Until the atoms they go their way
Until the giants they have their say
All you have to do is call my name
And I'll be there to ease the pain
For you You For you
-schubert andy
puddlehead & puddin time
Puddlehead and Puddin' TimeCame out west in '49
To the gold fields they would go
A miracle, was theirs to know
They left St. Louie, one fine day
Early in the month of May
Onto the plains, they made their way
The children laughed, the horses neighed
Into the wilderness they moved
Past the Omaha and Sioux
They crossed the Rockies, by South Pass
God's creations, built to last
They endured both sun and shower
Stopped a while at Franklin's Tower
Re-supplied, and with new power
Nothing here could make them cower
Then one day they came to see
A village of Shoshone
They hailed the chief, and made their rest
Smoked the peace pipe, passed the test
Broke out fiddle, and banjo
Danced all night under moonglow
Good friends they had come to know
But now it was time to go
One last stretch of barren waste
Was staring them right in the face
They prayed unto their Lord and Giver
And made it to the Truckee River
Now more mountains in their sight
They crossed over the Range of Light
To Sutter's Fort, they made their way
And waited out the winter's rains
Prospecting in the spring thaw
They moved up a secluded draw
And there beside a rushing stream
They knew that they had found their dream
Puddlehead and Puddin Time
Six long months they worked the mine
Broke their backs in heat and cold
And dug up fify pounds of gold
happy trails
that is so good!! now i want to go to Sutters Mill!
"Sutters Mill"
Hey TC & happy trails-here yall go from "Gypsy Cowboy" by NRPS......xoxoo Gypsy Cowgirl-it's a neat place in Sacramento-took the kids several times....song's even better
SUTTER’S MILL
(JOHN DAWSON)
"GOIN’ DOWN TO SUTTER’S MILL
PAN A LITTLE GOLD
I’M GOIN’ DOWN TO SUTTER’S MILL
AND STAY ‘TIL I GET OLD
GOIN’ DOWN TO SUTTER’S MILL
NOW THINK I’LL GO DOWN THERE
I’M GOIN’ DOWN TO SUTTER’S MILL
GONNA GET MY SHARE
AH NOW THE PEOPLE THEY BEEN
COMING DOWN FROM ALL A-PARTS AROUND
THEY SAY YOU CAN FIND IT EVERYWHERE
IT’S LYIN’ ON THE GROUND THERE
GOIN’ DOWN TO SUTTER’S MILL
I’M GONNA SING MY SONG
I’M GOIN’ DOWN TO SUTTER’S MILL
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ALONG
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ALONG
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ALONG
I’M GOIN’ DOWN TO SUTTER’S MILL
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ALONG"
Ran into an old friend....
in the lot at ratdog showJust strollin around
checking out the sounds
heard my name from the crowd
took a look around
My old friend Dave!!
Back from the haze
of the grate ole daze!
We hugged and kissed
but how sad my sister he did miss
he never got to say goodbye
it left a tear in his eye.
pink fluffy clouds
Stranger in a strange land
I'm drifting away on
Pink Fluffy Clouds
I pause while
the picture changes
You seem to appear
Right out of nowhere
But it just keeps on
Getting stranger,
Stranger and stranger.
You turn your head
And toss your hair
And I feel you
Getting closer
How can I get you to
Come over here
So I can tell you what
I already told you
What I already told yuh
What I already told yu-uh.
That I'm drifting away on
Pink Fluffy Clouds
I pause while the picture changes.
You seem to appear
Right out of nowhere,
But it just keeps on getting
Stranger and stranger
Stranger and stranger.
ain't the way
What was that You used to say to me Things sure ain't What they used to be.
Running crazy in the streets
Living alone in between the sheets
Was a struggle just to make it day-to-day
Always looking for a better way.
Never quite seen Anything come free
No, things sure ain't what they used to be.
Kids running crazy in the streets
Night walker's dream, but they never sleep
You talk so loud, but you look afraid
Now it's time to sleep in the beds we made.
So, well, come in to reality
Still the same as it's always been
And if you're still into the run around
Well, everybody else long gone to ground.
What was that You used to say to me
Yeah things sure ain't What they used to be.
-a
Pink fluffy clouds
am digging it free idea! Like that one ALOT!**********************************
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Samuel Clemens
The Righteous Indignation Rag
Hi folks,
As the politicians continue their parties in this election season, I've written this little satirical rag to help us recover our righteous indignation and moral outrage over what these bozos have done to our country and world. Everyone can sing along:
So, a one-a and a two-a:
The Righteous Indignation Rag
Welcome friends, how do you do
Glad to see some of you pullin’ through
Tell me now and tell me true
Has this ol’ world been lyin’ to you
Gather round and tip your hat
The shadow man is the one in the black
Got your name and number too
Photographed in red, white and blue
Blame it on the liberal pinko fags
Do the righteous indignation rag
You know, my god he don’t love the Jews
The camel jockey ‘slamics too
The Buddhists man can be such a bore
Drop those atheists dead on the floor
I know ‘cause Falwell told me so
Now serving time way down below
No air-conditioned fat cat limousine
Just dinin’ on his sulfur and kerosene
So be you straight or dressed in drag
Do the righteous indignation rag
Come on, boys, let’s join in the fight
Through the gates of Hell we’ll be marchin’ tonight
Dress you up in khaki and green
A pocket bible and an M-16
You can fire on everything in sight
God’ll sort ‘em out later tonight
So jump onboard the war’s begun
The new world order is a barrel of fun
So wrap my ass up in the flag
Do the righteous indignation rag
They bomb my brain with EMP
My guitar replies with its own remedy
Dancin’ in the grass to keep me sane
My mind goes a’ridin’ on the wind and the rain
They call, “To arms!”, but I ignore
Back myself right out of that door
Locked forever, I’m gone, goodbye
I got no mind for the idiot lies
Time to split this scene’s a drag
Do the righteous indignation rag
Do the righteous indignation rag
Do the righteous indignation rag…
Peace,
Byrd
come on home
I know it's been a long time And a long, long, lonely road.
And I know that I hurt ya, babe
And I just can't make that go.
Baby, please don't make me
Go through all this all alone
It was hard enough before you left
But now there's just no hope
And if you're wondering why I called today
I just called to say,
Baby, I love you, and won't you please
Come on home
Baby won't you come on
Won't you come on home.
Baby won't you promise me
You won't never, never go
I know it's been a long road
And you've come along, long way
And I know that I hurt ya baby,
And I just can't make that go away
And if you're wondering
Why I called today
I just called to say
Baby, I love you. and won't you please
Come on home
Baby won't you come on
Baby won't you come on
Baby won't you come on home.
Sleeping Dogs
Wakin' up this morning Drinkin' yesterday's coffee
It's burnt tasting and bitter
Just like the two of us.
I think I'll let this morning
Turn right into tomorrow
I'm just gonna lean back
And turn on the Jets
Cause I got nothin' to add
To this pile of words
Just don't want to see you
Turn your butter into swords
So if you find me dreaming
You might just leave me be
Don't you know some stones
Are better left unturned
Sometimes it's better to
Just walk on by
Walk on by and
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Wakin' up this morning
Drinkin' yesterdays coffee
It's burnt tasting and bitter
Just like the two of us
I think I'll let this morning
Turn right into tomorrow
I'm just gonna lean back
And turn on the jets.
free idea
Think you are a gifted poet. Agree w/Stuman-think you are very very good. Am really liking your poems-your style, your darkish undertones, the words you chose. They read like songs. Thank you sooo much for sharing!**********************************
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Samuel Clemens
No don't go
No please don't go
Just please stay
We will pass our time away
Inside the sunshine
That we have stumbled
Upon.
Now that you're home
Stay awhile
Take a load off your bones,
And let me say
I don't ever want to see
You go away.
--- a
thanks for the kind words, stuman and tl. i'm just trying to express a little intelligence,
while i appear to be here. at any given moment, i'm gettin' way more than i'm givin',
especially when it comes to dead.net. i enjoy trying to find my way around
this vast virtual library architecture, and reading yer'all posties. love, andy
ps i try to tiptoe in while you're all sleeping, and lay little poem-roses on your pillows,
for when you awaken.
Reason to beleive
Just give me a reason to believe, And I'll go on,
Wearing my heart out on my sleeve,
I'll carry on,
Just give me a reason to hope,
And I'll go on,
No matter how steep the slope,
I'll carry on,
I'll carry on.
Just give me a piece of your heart,
And I'll go on,
Just a little piece of your heart,
That I'll carry on.
Just give me a reason to believe,
And I'll go on,
Wearing my heart out on my sleeve,
I'll carry on,
I'll carry on.
Words
Just need a moment to clear my head,Straighten my spine, Allow my spirit to rise.
One more time singing, one more time bringing
Everything to life, in my mind.
Just need a moment to clear my head
Straighten my spine, Allow my spirit to shine.
Telephone wires singing, trying to get higher
Thinking that, there are no words
Words. I'll have nothing to do with them
Words. Won't be the same when I get through with them
Just need a moment to clear my head
Straighten my spine, Allow my spirit to rise.
Bird on the wire singing. I have no idea,
What was I thinking? That there are no words
Words. Well, I'll have nothing to do with them
Words. Won't be the same when I get through with them.
Just need a moment to clear my head
Straighten my spine. Allow my spirit to shine.
Wind on the wire Singing. I have no idea,
What are you thinking? Words
Words. Well, I'll have nothing to do with them
Words. Won't be the same when I get through with them
Just need a moment to clear my head
Straighten my spine. Allow my spirit to rise
One more time singing, One more time bringing
Everything to Life. In my mind.
-a
my life
I ain't got no place to call my own I ain't got no place, I'm all alone
Ain't got no wife
Stay out all night
Cause I ain't got no life.
But i'll tell you why
These are the best
Days of my life
Cause I got you
Lord, cause I got you.
I'm losing hair
I'm losing sleep
I'm making promises
I can't keep
Time slips away
To no one knows where
If I think about it too much
I get scared
I ain't got no place to call my home
I ain't got no place, I'm all alone
Ain't got no wife
Stay out all night
Cause I ain't got no life.
But I'll tell you why
These are the best
Days of my life,
Cause I got you,
Lord, cause I got you.
the rose
I woke up this morning and smelled a rosea gentle breeze
and thoughful prose
I woke up this morning and smelled a rose
a feeling of harmony
right down to my toes
something in the air
a free idea
thank's free idea. You have brightened the day and energized the mind.
Just like yesterdays coffee.
peace my friend,pk
why don't we close our eyes
Why don't we close our eyesAnd fall into the future
Just so we realize
What we are shooting for
Why don't we close our eyes
And fall inside
Into the world inside our mind
It's all right, yeah, it's so nice
So, don't you be unkind
And I think you will find
Everything is gonna be alright
In good time
So clap three times
And you will know the answer
It works everytime
We believe
Takes us right through
The eye of the needle
You can't use force
To get inside.
So,
Why don't we close our eyes
And fall into the future
Just so we realize
What we are shooting for
Why don't we close our eyes
And fall inside
Into the world inside our mind
It's allright, yeah, it's so nice
So, don't you be unkind
And I think you will find
Everything is gonna be alright
In good time.
-a
What you got
What you gotIt's all you need
You could have nothing
And still be
Singing in the breeze.
Don't hold yourself down
Spread your wings and fly
Or just walk on into town
And let those cars go by.
Cause what you got
It's all you need
Head up into the hills
And camp out in the trees.
No one can keep you down
Spread your wings and fly
Or just kick on back
And stare up at the sky.
Cause what you got
It's all you need
You could have nothing
And still be
Singing in the breeze.