[madirose13]

I think that there are many good poets/writers on iCue and they just can't find a place to talk about their works. Well, on this topic, you CAN! Don't be shy; just post anything you want.

[JulieInCt]

This is a great idea--I'm happy you started this. I don't have anything to write/say--but I would love to read some fiction, poetry, or even non-fiction on any topic...

[buzzjosh]

Madirose, I am with Julie on this one - a great idea and please, put someting out there for us to read. I know you have something and this is a low-pressure place to just put it out. There are people like me with little talent so I would be unlikely to criticize whatever someone had the courage to post. I know, can be a scary thought but go for it, put it into words and let us all enjoy what may be on your mind.

Wish I had something more than just encouragement to offer but seriously, what a good idea.!!

[titi22]

hello all! Im writing poems and also novel but Im happy to you one of my first poems entitled "The world's tears"
the world is drowing
drowing in darkeness
seeking brightness
the earth is suffering
suffering sickeness
seeking snugness
but people's carelessness,
pushing farther their blindness
into deeper madness
letting the world
crying its pain
in everlasting rain.

[JulieInCt]

Had to think about it for a few days, Titi. I've decided that I really, really like it. "pushing farther their blindness into deeper madness"...that is a terrific description, because it is blindness and madness...

Thank you for sharing this.

[buzzjosh]

titi, perhaps it was not your intent but as I read your poem, I thought of our world as it is warming, going out of control because of the pollution and carbon that is being poured into our atmosphere and the oceans are dying because of the same reasons. I truely liked your poem. It was somber but that is mood we all should be in because no body seems to want to take this as the severe crisis that it is. titi, keep sharing your thoughts and feelings in both verse and text. You have passion behind what you post. It is a delightful addition to this site. Again thank you for sharing.

[DiscoAddie]

To further encourage creative self-expression in written (and concise) form, iCue management will soon be adding a new English Language and Composition forum entitled "iCue Haiku."

Registered iCue users will be invited to summarize or comment on any subject in the headlines, in haiku form: three lines; five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second, and five in the third.

For example, one for today might be:

Satellite worth two
hundred mill launches...crashes.
Not NASA's best day.

[buzzjosh]

Disco A - I am not a fan of Haiku. I do not believe it necessarily promotes concise exchange but too often only strained writing. But, I am more than open to see what this may lead to. Hope people use this to perhaps think instead of just being "cute" or "shock jock" like. Again, we shall see, it may be a boon but it may be a bust.

[DiscoAddie]

Buzzjosh, I hear you:
Haiku can indeed by trite.
Might be best as tweets?

(iCue is now on Twitter, with a fast-growing number of followers.)

[DiscoAddie]

Haiku can BE trite,
is what I meant to write there.
My apologies.

[JulieInCt]

I thought twitter was a sort of instant message system where individuals have "followers" who get short "e-mail" posts whenever the individual has a desire to post their thoughts.

What does it mean that ICue is on twitter?

[buzzjosh]

DiscoA, you seem attuned to the haikus, both of your offerings brought a chuckle. Let me hear some more - maybe I can be persuaded by you that there is value in that literature genre after all. Go ahead, give it another whirl.

[hanarebeca]

Veil

The veil stands while man remains seated
Undefeating and undefeated
The veil dictates for man his scenes
Light can clarify only what beams

Flowaway upon the floor
A glimpse is nothing for the more
Transparency the veil has most certainly
But becomes stone wall without certain clarity

And like stone wall we push and climb over
We bloody ourselves digging under
We make way for a way to make
When there is nothing but the choice to take

Take the path easily seen
Without foggy skies to make unclean
A vision of individual is greater
Than a thousand of your maker

So see now under the flowaway
See beyond the wall
The veil is made for those
Who haven’t the courage to fall

[nikibuds]

JulieInCt, on Feb 25 2009, 07:06 PM, said:

I thought twitter was a sort of instant message system where individuals have "followers" who get short "e-mail" posts whenever the individual has a desire to post their thoughts.

What does it mean that ICue is on twitter?

JulieInCt -- Twitter is an easy way to update our "followers" on what's new and coming up with iCue. You can check out our profile at http://twitter.com/whatsyouricue. We post everyday with interesting questions, though provoking links, and most importantly iCue updates.

[DiscoAddie]

Because iCue haiku is on Twitter, some twitterers are sending in their own news-related haiku. There's a new topic category in the EngLang forum just for iCue Haiku -- in case you decide this isn't your favorite form of writing -- although I thank you, Buzzjosh, for your compliment, and your (already well-established) open-mindedness.

My haiku for today, in the wake of the Obama budget sent to Congress:

How to grasp "trillion"?
Western civ is not yet a
trillion seconds old.

[JulieInCt]

Niki-TY for info and link. I don't twitter, so I was wondering what sorts of things were being posted.

[titi22]

this is an other poem written by me entitled "a broken heart"
to the river i write
the deepest of my sight
to the moon i quote
"how alone i thought"
to the love i plead
to cure my bleed
to the dove in the sky
i wished to fly
too far and high
but no one seems
to hear my call
so i jumped to fall
forever in the depth of my woe.

[buzzjosh]

DiscoAddie, my thanks also for the info on twitter. I like Julie was confused and in the dark but no more.

Your haiku on the "trillion" was superb. I think I may get to like this lit form after all. But must admit it will take me some time to give it a try myself, but in the meantime I can enjoy yours. Again, i really liked the one on the trillion.

titi22, you have a gift in your poetry. There is a "brooding quality" in what you write. Within your words I find a hurt that you are trying to at once supress and at the same time release. I am sorry if I sound nosey, I try hard not to be. I do enjoy what you have so graciously shared thus far, I hope you continue. This section has been greatly improved by your posts and those of DiscoA. I mean it sincerely, keep up the great stuff!!

[titi22]

i thank you buzzjosh for all your kindness it is such honor to speak to such people like you or julie and all who knows me.that's why i dedicate such a short poem to each of you and to all members
beauty is
precious as the pearl
sacred as the water
shiny as the star
free as the dove
rich as the love
beauty as you
beauty is you

[JulieInCt]

That is really lovely...

precious as the pearl.....for a long time I didn't understand why in history pearls were considered so valuable. After all, they are not so expensive. (I mean compared to diamonds or something.) Then I learned that pearls used to be found....that is it, just found. As you can imagine, that didn't happen too often--in fact, hardly ever-- which is why pearls were so highly valued in history and worn by kings and queens. Eventually, humans learned how to "culture" or farm them, which is what brought the price down, and today middle class people can afford them.

So, when you used the words "precious as the pearl", you really were bringing in the rarity of a natural pearl...

Thank you for the poem....