This is the final compilation of the texts presented and i would like to thank all those who took part .
Over before It Began ('Off' challenge)
By Keith Nunes
It was over before it really began
We said we loved each other
Never met, only spoke
Wrote pages of devotions
Planned for the future
Laughed and cried and
Walked the miles of a life
In a few short weeks and
Then she was gone –
Back to him, I don't
Even know his name.
I don't Love you ('Off' Challenge)
by KJC
To think he wanted to marry me?
Bringing pink roses and all
Couldn't he see that I don't love him?
Nor want him anymore!
I told him, "I don't love you!"
Don't let my look of innocence fool you
As he is just a total bore!
I am confident with my decision
not looking back at him
walking away broken for sure
My no is no and no questions asked
As I found out all about him
So why should I say, "no" with a grin
quietly composing myself
with my hands gripping my shin,
I just turned him down that's all
As he is better off knowing my call,
Why should I lead him up the garden path?
As least he knows where I stand
With my hand not in his
as to my own heart I have to be true
To confidently portray and say,
"I DON'T LOVE YOU!"
A Higher Plain ("Off" Challenge)
by CoolAaron
Before the end had come to soon
We use to lie together until noon
Our "Love" was as real as a dream
But the latter existed to boost my esteem
She never told me her father had a rule
That had a strict following and the sentence cruel
One night together she told me this tale
I couldn't believe it, had the truth prevailed
After hours of talking I accepted this fact
But would my psyche stay intact
Next day by the bridge
That overlooked the colorful ridge
I slipped her a kiss that would remind
Her of the sweet love we shared and
How much I cared
I walked away that faithful day
With a memory that would always stay
Don't Look Back!
By Rob Graber
"Don't ask me to explain, we're just not right
For each other." Alright. Good-bye. [So drop
The flowers. Now figure out something to
do with your hands...] But don't think I don't know
You're sitting there, composed, pretending not
To keep a sideways watch so you will see
Me when I look back, broken, through my tears.
Well, you and that imaginary painter
You're forever posing for are in
For a surprise: I've heard--and had--enough,
And all you'll see of me is my backside!
[Step, breathe, don't look back,
Step, breathe, don't look back,
Step, breathe, DON'T LOOK BACK...]
Abandoned ~ The Off Challenge
By Blue eyed Soul ( Cindy Bendel)
Alone
I look for you in wisping clouds
And wonder if you think of me
Now solitude becomes a stinging hurt
Disguised as something forever lost
Are you hurting just like me?
Or have you just forgotten?
What spark was lit between our hearts?
Two souls, we dreamed everlasting
Perhaps we imagined foolish fantasy
Oh reality, you become my bitter enemy
As I look for you in wisping clouds
Warm tears fall from my eyes
And I wonder if you think of me
Off Challenge for Mike
By Emma
While Mama watches pale and drawn
behind the bedroom window
I seek to find in silent words,
two worlds so very far apart.
No more, demure can I be
as cruely tossed like the roses
a poesie of forlorn heartache
Adieu beloved, adieu.
Attired in Sunday finery
sprigged muslin, lace and bows
You sought to seek and touch
my sweetly damasked cheek.
Retreat beloved, retreat
Leave me not breathless,
skirts flared on lovers seats
but beside the ripples
on a rustic wooden bridge.
All the 'Offs' – for lastromantichero's Off challenge
by Christian Lanciai
Don't remind me of the corpses,
all the lost ones, all the accusations,
all the failures, all that got away,
all the exploded dreams, the cruelties and massacres,
all the deceivers and the frauds,
the vanished hopes, the deaths, the burials...
Let me rest in peace for all the living dead
that never can stop torturing you
by being constantly dug up as agony reminders
whenever they get the slightest chance.
A divorce is worse than any marriage,
for a marriage can be ended by divorce,
but a divorce will ever haunt you,
hunt you down and keep you on the rack forever.
'Off' By Liola Lee (In response to Mike's 'Off' challenge)
You walked away, I watched you go,
I saw your tears gently flow.
You touched my cheek, stroked my hair
My heart you broke, yet could not bear
To steal more time as you saw it
Sinking fast, an endless pit.
Your words were calm and to the point
They carved my soul as if a joint
Of meat were cut, with precision
I could not alter your decision.
You were dying, I knew that much,
Why could I not be your crutch?
I loved you so, that much you know,
Said that's why you had to go.
You could not bear to bring me down
There could now be no wedding gown.
I begged, beseeched, pleaded with
Blackmailed emotion brought forthwith.
It made no difference, you loved me
So much so, you could not agree.
Off you went, your back you turn,
Just wishing that I did not yearn,
Tears you cried as you left
I'm grieving still, still bereft.
Leaving ( In response to the 'off' challenge)
by Liam
I watched you leave
And I knew it was gone
The magic
I watched you leave
And I knew I had lost
Your heart
I watched you leave
And I knew the hurt
Of loneliness
You watched me leave
And I knew the truth
No turning back
Love at First Bite
by Nepenthes
There is something about a woman when she sits like that.
A stimulating, tantalizing, captivating lap.
There is something about a girl when she looks like this.
An appealing, and intriguing, and alluring goddess kiss.
My eyes cannot leave her; the surroundings are bare.
She is beauty incarnate; I cannot help but stare.
I have a fantasy, a very lovely fantasy.
A pixie in the midst, and we are in a frenzy.
I am transfixed, admixed, affixed with all her charms.
That day, in those arms, there would be no alarms.
That night, methinks, we would find a pleasure dome.
And never, no, not ever, would I leave her all alone.
There is something about a woman who portrays like this.
A motivating, thought-provoking, fascinating bliss.
No Recompence (Off Challenge)
Kathy Lockhart
The meeting was cruel
All hopes dashed
As she sat along the pool
With roses and a sash
He strolled along with confidence
Until he saw her face
Then he knew no recompence
Would fully erase
The times that he was unfaithful
The times he forgot
That she was truly beautiful
And his apology was for not
For she grew to love another
One who adored her with his life
He was the younger brother
Who asked her to be his wife
So he turned away in sorrow
He turned away in pain
She only wept for the tomorrows
Lonely in her thoughts again.
Though I was unfaithful ( challenge "off" mike)
by Zainab
Love you honey bee
I'm you , You are me
I'm down on your knees
Begging you to love me
Though I was unfaithful
My house is like a zoo
My life has turn blue
I can't live without you
God knows I still love you
Though I was unfaithful
I'm waiting you to forgive me
You are the one who suits me
Please again and again try
To remember our hot coffee
Though I was unfaithful
Why. A contribution to lastromantichero's Off challenge
By Aliena
"Trust me" you said,
"I will always be there."
I believed you.
You shattered my trust into pieces.
Now you hide behind roses
the hand that once threw the stone.
As if.
Go away.
I won't turn around
to see your hands once again.
I know, without seeing,
how you clutch them
behind your back
as you try to disguise
your guilt into dignity
while sneaking away.
Oh how I hate you
(...Oh... why do I love you...)
Gimme a Meatloaf next time. Ylva's contribution to the Off Challenge
by Ylva
"On a hot summer night
would you offer your throat
to the wolf with the pink roses?"
"For f*** sake!
Who didya think I am?
Bloody little Red Riding Hood??"
Poetry by lastromantichero
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Written on 2006-10-01 at 22:05
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Off challenge compilation a compilation of all the texts submitted
These are the poets that took part and I thank them all for there wonderful contribution. I took them as they came in it has been a joy to see all the varied interpretations and a testament to the vibrancy of this site. Keith Nunes, kjc, CoolAaron,Rob Graber, Blue eyed soul, Emma, Christian Lanciai, Liola lee,Liam, Nepenthes,Kathy lockhart,Zainab, Aliena and Ylva.Over before It Began ('Off' challenge)
By Keith Nunes
It was over before it really began
We said we loved each other
Never met, only spoke
Wrote pages of devotions
Planned for the future
Laughed and cried and
Walked the miles of a life
In a few short weeks and
Then she was gone –
Back to him, I don't
Even know his name.
I don't Love you ('Off' Challenge)
by KJC
To think he wanted to marry me?
Bringing pink roses and all
Couldn't he see that I don't love him?
Nor want him anymore!
I told him, "I don't love you!"
Don't let my look of innocence fool you
As he is just a total bore!
I am confident with my decision
not looking back at him
walking away broken for sure
My no is no and no questions asked
As I found out all about him
So why should I say, "no" with a grin
quietly composing myself
with my hands gripping my shin,
I just turned him down that's all
As he is better off knowing my call,
Why should I lead him up the garden path?
As least he knows where I stand
With my hand not in his
as to my own heart I have to be true
To confidently portray and say,
"I DON'T LOVE YOU!"
A Higher Plain ("Off" Challenge)
by CoolAaron
Before the end had come to soon
We use to lie together until noon
Our "Love" was as real as a dream
But the latter existed to boost my esteem
She never told me her father had a rule
That had a strict following and the sentence cruel
One night together she told me this tale
I couldn't believe it, had the truth prevailed
After hours of talking I accepted this fact
But would my psyche stay intact
Next day by the bridge
That overlooked the colorful ridge
I slipped her a kiss that would remind
Her of the sweet love we shared and
How much I cared
I walked away that faithful day
With a memory that would always stay
Don't Look Back!
By Rob Graber
"Don't ask me to explain, we're just not right
For each other." Alright. Good-bye. [So drop
The flowers. Now figure out something to
do with your hands...] But don't think I don't know
You're sitting there, composed, pretending not
To keep a sideways watch so you will see
Me when I look back, broken, through my tears.
Well, you and that imaginary painter
You're forever posing for are in
For a surprise: I've heard--and had--enough,
And all you'll see of me is my backside!
[Step, breathe, don't look back,
Step, breathe, don't look back,
Step, breathe, DON'T LOOK BACK...]
Abandoned ~ The Off Challenge
By Blue eyed Soul ( Cindy Bendel)
Alone
I look for you in wisping clouds
And wonder if you think of me
Now solitude becomes a stinging hurt
Disguised as something forever lost
Are you hurting just like me?
Or have you just forgotten?
What spark was lit between our hearts?
Two souls, we dreamed everlasting
Perhaps we imagined foolish fantasy
Oh reality, you become my bitter enemy
As I look for you in wisping clouds
Warm tears fall from my eyes
And I wonder if you think of me
Off Challenge for Mike
By Emma
While Mama watches pale and drawn
behind the bedroom window
I seek to find in silent words,
two worlds so very far apart.
No more, demure can I be
as cruely tossed like the roses
a poesie of forlorn heartache
Adieu beloved, adieu.
Attired in Sunday finery
sprigged muslin, lace and bows
You sought to seek and touch
my sweetly damasked cheek.
Retreat beloved, retreat
Leave me not breathless,
skirts flared on lovers seats
but beside the ripples
on a rustic wooden bridge.
All the 'Offs' – for lastromantichero's Off challenge
by Christian Lanciai
Don't remind me of the corpses,
all the lost ones, all the accusations,
all the failures, all that got away,
all the exploded dreams, the cruelties and massacres,
all the deceivers and the frauds,
the vanished hopes, the deaths, the burials...
Let me rest in peace for all the living dead
that never can stop torturing you
by being constantly dug up as agony reminders
whenever they get the slightest chance.
A divorce is worse than any marriage,
for a marriage can be ended by divorce,
but a divorce will ever haunt you,
hunt you down and keep you on the rack forever.
'Off' By Liola Lee (In response to Mike's 'Off' challenge)
You walked away, I watched you go,
I saw your tears gently flow.
You touched my cheek, stroked my hair
My heart you broke, yet could not bear
To steal more time as you saw it
Sinking fast, an endless pit.
Your words were calm and to the point
They carved my soul as if a joint
Of meat were cut, with precision
I could not alter your decision.
You were dying, I knew that much,
Why could I not be your crutch?
I loved you so, that much you know,
Said that's why you had to go.
You could not bear to bring me down
There could now be no wedding gown.
I begged, beseeched, pleaded with
Blackmailed emotion brought forthwith.
It made no difference, you loved me
So much so, you could not agree.
Off you went, your back you turn,
Just wishing that I did not yearn,
Tears you cried as you left
I'm grieving still, still bereft.
Leaving ( In response to the 'off' challenge)
by Liam
I watched you leave
And I knew it was gone
The magic
I watched you leave
And I knew I had lost
Your heart
I watched you leave
And I knew the hurt
Of loneliness
You watched me leave
And I knew the truth
No turning back
Love at First Bite
by Nepenthes
There is something about a woman when she sits like that.
A stimulating, tantalizing, captivating lap.
There is something about a girl when she looks like this.
An appealing, and intriguing, and alluring goddess kiss.
My eyes cannot leave her; the surroundings are bare.
She is beauty incarnate; I cannot help but stare.
I have a fantasy, a very lovely fantasy.
A pixie in the midst, and we are in a frenzy.
I am transfixed, admixed, affixed with all her charms.
That day, in those arms, there would be no alarms.
That night, methinks, we would find a pleasure dome.
And never, no, not ever, would I leave her all alone.
There is something about a woman who portrays like this.
A motivating, thought-provoking, fascinating bliss.
No Recompence (Off Challenge)
Kathy Lockhart
The meeting was cruel
All hopes dashed
As she sat along the pool
With roses and a sash
He strolled along with confidence
Until he saw her face
Then he knew no recompence
Would fully erase
The times that he was unfaithful
The times he forgot
That she was truly beautiful
And his apology was for not
For she grew to love another
One who adored her with his life
He was the younger brother
Who asked her to be his wife
So he turned away in sorrow
He turned away in pain
She only wept for the tomorrows
Lonely in her thoughts again.
Though I was unfaithful ( challenge "off" mike)
by Zainab
Love you honey bee
I'm you , You are me
I'm down on your knees
Begging you to love me
Though I was unfaithful
My house is like a zoo
My life has turn blue
I can't live without you
God knows I still love you
Though I was unfaithful
I'm waiting you to forgive me
You are the one who suits me
Please again and again try
To remember our hot coffee
Though I was unfaithful
Why. A contribution to lastromantichero's Off challenge
By Aliena
"Trust me" you said,
"I will always be there."
I believed you.
You shattered my trust into pieces.
Now you hide behind roses
the hand that once threw the stone.
As if.
Go away.
I won't turn around
to see your hands once again.
I know, without seeing,
how you clutch them
behind your back
as you try to disguise
your guilt into dignity
while sneaking away.
Oh how I hate you
(...Oh... why do I love you...)
Gimme a Meatloaf next time. Ylva's contribution to the Off Challenge
by Ylva
"On a hot summer night
would you offer your throat
to the wolf with the pink roses?"
"For f*** sake!
Who didya think I am?
Bloody little Red Riding Hood??"
Poetry by lastromantichero
Read 466 times
Written on 2006-10-01 at 22:05
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