brilliant and gorgeous

//tango

poeticslut — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 05:49:08 GMT

tangled legs
intertwined fingers
skin touches skin

lips on foreheads,
shoulders,
arms,
legs

interwined,
intermixed
overpowered in gazes that insist to
intensify our journey

mentally tangled
expunging our lives
nothing else matters,
but my dance with you

suggestions were taken-- any new ones? lol. special thanks to you guys too for helping me out <333

a taste of me!

poeticslut — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 12:57:47 GMT

tangled legs
intertwined fingers
skin touches skin

lips on foreheads,
shoulders,
arms,
legs

interwined,
intermixed
not only physically,
but mentally tangled...

mentally tangled
in a way that
thoughts are left behind
and nothing seems to matter
but what is happening
at the current moment

i wrote that one... starting a couple months ago and then finally finished it up about one month ago... still can't think of a good title for it. and wondering if it needs any editing!

with love from the admin

sinking_ships — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 11:41:46 GMT

alright, poets. there are now officially three, count them, three of us. we are a brilliant and gorgeous trio of creativity.

at any rate, some news:

01. in light of recent events, i have become the sole administrator of this community. this shouldn't really change much, but i just wanted to let current and future members know that a stamp is only valid if it is received from sinking_ships

02. because one of our three enlightened members, poeticslut, has a similar community in the works, i think we should discuss taking our community in a different direction. however, this sort of aim would be best accomplished with more than three members. that being said, start thinking about specific goals we could have as a community that would differentiate us.

03. also on the horizon --- as soon as we reach about a dozen members, an additional administrator position will become available (because hopefully the community will be expanding chaotically and exponentially by that point. ha. ha.)

04. please feel free to share any new poetry at any time. seriously. even though only two people would be able to officially critique your work, it would still give us something to do over here.

05. promotion has never and will never be a requirement to join this community. but --- we have three members. i've tried to promote on one of my other usernames, but alcortz has generously offered to continue the promotion. thank you, and be sure to mention this community to any brooding artist in your tangible or online circle of contact.

thanks guys, let's keep this rocking and rolling!
meli

all art is quite useless

alcortz — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:19:30 GMT

01. name: Mike
02. age: 23
03. location: Texas
04. the poet you most admire with a one-sentence explanation: truthful
05. favorite line {then give source poem}:
"I don't know how many bottles of beer
I have consumed while waiting for things " - Charles Bukowski - Beer
06. favorite lyric {then give source song}:
"Call it aftermath, she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue
While I just sit and stare at you " - A Perfect Circle: Blue
07. favorite format in which to work {sonnet, song, et cetera}: mainly free verse, but more often than not i wind up in a rhyming couplet.

now choose five.

08. favorite poems {titles only, please}: Avoiding Humanity, Marriage, Lucifer in Starlight, Beer, and Me Against the World
09. favorite poets: Bukowski, Milton, Corso, Frost, and what list is complete without Mr. Poe?
10. favorite books: The DaVinci Code, Dreamcatcher, Dude, Where's My Country?, A Lesson Before Dying, and Band of Brothers
11. favorite authors {not of poetic works}: Anne Rice, Stephen King, Stephen B. Ambrose, Dean Koontz, and Michael Moore
12. favorite bands: Tool, A Perfect Circle, Staind, Fiona Apple, and Mazzy Star (although Fiona and Mazzy aren't bands, i rather enjoy their music.)

most importantly...
give us an example of your finest work {five line minimum, ten line maximum}: most of my favorites are well-over 10 lines, but for the sake of the application, i'll go with:

too bad
too many smiles surrounding my eyes
too many Polo, and Tommy sleeping in lies
too many hypocrites bearing their soul
too much bullshit, i'm brimming and full

too many assholes laughing on queue
too many assholes who look like you
too many boasts and brags floating like shit
too few toilets to deal with it

too much of this and too much of that
too many of you i'd like to dispatch
too much hate pours hot in my veins
too bad she's pulling back on my reigns

(sorry, i'm 2 lines over. this is more recent than most of my favorites. if you need more, just ask or check my previous entries.)

and, finally, three high-quality photos.
please keep your clothes on and the contrast off.

fresh outta the shower...

that's my mommy sitting on me

show me some metal (Tara in the background thinking she's from the 'west side')

something crappy

will you be my victim?

hi!

poeticslut — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:10:14 GMT

01. name: Kala
02. age: nineteen
03. location: PA
04. the poet you most admire with a one-sentence explanation: I admire Saul Williams because he has a beautiful way of explaining simple things and making them sound so beautiful and complex.
05. favorite line {then give source poem}: "Her lips' ink wrote poems to me that dried my pens and
left me
wit-less, write-less;
but boundless from touching just past heaven to look
back and see the
view just beyond bliss." written by my boyfriend to me

06. favorite lyric {then give source song}: "build my walls up, concrete castle, keep this kingdom free of hassle" something corporate 'down'
07. favorite format in which to work {sonnet, song, et cetera}: i just write whatever feels comfortable. i usually don't follow a format.
now choose five.
08. favorite poems {titles only, please}: "Her Poem" and "You" by my boyfriend. I love the book ",said the shotgun to the head" by saul williams (the poems don't have titles) <-- there are a lot in there that are my favs? so can i count that as 3, 4 and 5? lol. I could post the poems if needed since they are so short.
09. favorite poets: Saul Williams, Allen Ginsburg, Def Poetry Jam people, my friend Rachel, Walt Whitman, and Edgar Allen Poe.
10. favorite books: "Phantoms", "The Perks of Being a Wallflower", "Catcher in the Rye", "Anne's Rainbow", & "Go Ask Alice"
11. favorite authors {not of poetic works}: Dean Koontz, Max Lucado, Anne Rice, Joseph Steinbeck, & Bram Stoker.
12. favorite bands: Something Corporate, Yelloward, The Eagles, Audio Adrenaline, & DC Talk
most importantly...
give us an example of your finest work {five line minimum, ten line maximum}:
"i want you to speak
to me in tongues
of a beautiful langauge,
only i
can understand"

and, finally, three high-quality photos.
please keep your clothes on and the contrast off.

bienvenue.

sinking_ships — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 22:03:39 GMT

hello.
i'm hoping this will be a dynamic community. please be sure to read all of the rules and fill out your application completely if you do indeed apply. promotion would be nice, but is not necessary.
thanks, meli the administrator