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TullyBascombe wrote: J.R. Tolkien did concoct an entire Elvish language for his works. Back in the 1960's, during the Tolkien craze, you could find copies of his Elvish dictionary and grammar in most local bookstores. I don't know where you'd need to look now.
Incredible! Maybe die hard fans of Tolkien can learn Elvish entirely. This is interesting, but I listen to music in Latin more often :D And I think I have learnt even a few words :lol:
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maartendas wrote:
symphonica7 wrote:Does anyone have any original poems?!! Please post.....
Go over to my website ;)

But, since that's all in Dutch, here are some from when I was also writing in English (circa 2001/2002):

On a sad tomorrow

oh you that hide in deathbed falling
calling painted darkness day
remember only this, or nothing:
songbooks grace your land of clay

on a sad tomorrow

and you in
clouds and suits of grey be
calculating birds of prey

let words of madness stain your wings

this night holds worlds where nomads sing

slash your artless falsehood prison

crash like rivers on your way.


Further still

help me kiss
this earthbound sun,
that sailor's lantern, lifted high,
and carry forth my waking cry,
this nudist tune I somehow spun,

through valleys
deep as childhood sleep
and ruins void of laughter,
across the desert's thirsty reign
and plains of sweet hereafter

carry it lightly, like a gun,
a lance, a daring nightmare glance,
to where the haunted dogs all meet
in endless, yes defenceless streets,

and further still,
oh, further still,
to taunt the waves before they kill,
inside their suicidal run,
over graves and roads

unpaved, for
now our journey has begun,

painting stars
on virgin skies, rendering
our last good-byes.


Shores between

how these years
will tire on the sand,

watching parents growing
older still,
leaving us
as we set sail,
crooked like a waltz,
for shores unseen,
relentlessly, endlessly
dying inbetween,
keeping the lullabies that tried,

safely tucked inside
and warm,
so their withered
wisdom is
unable to hear
the hiss of this
blistered,
crazy storm,
preceding the calm,

parting eager palms
from strong forgiving hands.

And, especially for you symphonica :):

When skies forbid

to still believe,
dare to see this
life achieved

laid bare in detailed music

hold your sweet
and dying heart,
caress it like a bird

take us and
awaken us
with symphonies unheard.
Your poems are just awesome martendas ! :D
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Murkskis wrote:
Your poems are just awesome martendas ! :D
Thank you Murkskis. It is odd that they're on this forum because when I wrote them I was in a different place with my life than I am now. They feel a bit strange out in the open here :) But these are ones that I still feel good about, although there are some more that have some really good parts but that I don't like as a whole anymore (it's like that with all of my older work).
You raise me high beyond the sky
Through stormy night lifting me above
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maartendas wrote:
Murkskis wrote:
Your poems are just awesome martendas ! :D
Thank you Murkskis. It is odd that they're on this forum because when I wrote them I was in a different place with my life than I am now. They feel a bit strange out in the open here :) But these are ones that I still feel good about, although there are some more that have some really good parts but that I don't like as a whole anymore (it's like that with all of my older work).
Wow!!!!!! Awesome writing! Thanks for posting.
"The most powerful sound in music is silence..."
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I found this old one again, from 2002, totally forgot about it but it's one of my favourites:

I asked my heart;
why do you tremble?

Is it the cold,
inflicted of old,
by my incurable longing?

Is it the distance between
here and there,
the secret, the passion,
the starlight laid bare?

I sailed across
the mighty Pacific,
I roamed through cities
of Indian gold,

I took it to Auschwitz,
to Lenin, to Rome,
and still
it would not answer.

I shook and shook
like the bells at Christmas,
and finally silence
grew to stone.

Oh how the winter
sang to me then,

white as a dove,
dry as my bones.
You raise me high beyond the sky
Through stormy night lifting me above
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I've enjoyed reading all these poems for inspiration tonight! Today I was told that my bif poetry collaberation is due tomorrow, so I've been working on that since I got home. The last part is to include an original poem, which falls into my category, which is lyric poetry. I spent the last half hour writing this but I'm not sure if I like it.. I'll write a backup just incase. Don't have a title for it yet, but what do ya'll think of it? (I'm pretty awful at poetry!)

The notes all sound so soft and sweet,
A decrescendo, then an offbeat.
The chorus builds up, strong and loud,
I’ve played the hard part! Now I’m proud.

With my mind now clear, and focused too,
I can play the rest of the song all the way through.
Coming out of the bridge requires no thought,
I just let my fingers do as they were taught.

The notes are now loud, powerful, and low,
So I know there are just a few measures left to go.
I strike a C-chord, followed by a D,
I play the last notes, with excellency.

My foot leaves the pedal; my mind is in wow,
I slowly stand up, and end with a bow.

Also, this was writen about my most recent piano recital, which I was sure I'd mess up on - but didn't! :lol:
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Wow!!! Maartendas and Rebecca!!! I envy you........you guys are awesome writers.....Love it! Keep writing ya'll......
"The most powerful sound in music is silence..."
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Nice ! I read it with great interest :D
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