The Artist

when people..... go away you're trusted... don't stay commitments... unmade leave you... betrayed when desertion.... has begun promises left.... undone contact.. gone amiss friendships... meaningless reach out to the sky always... need to try to find something.... to distract and get back... on the track it's only... yourself can rely on.. no one else they'll mess.. you about then they..spit you out they... do not care about any.. despair not because.. you're worthless they can't see.. past themselves I... am 1 nothing more... to become none to cause... defeat alone and... complete

Well I'll give them permission to print my poem and I'll write some insightful message about how it came about, so the rest of the group can read my words and thoughts. I'm not going to buy the book though.

That's what I thought. Well they can publish it if they wish, my name can be known by several people who brought the book (all of which probably appear in it). No intention of buying it though. I wonder how many people get fooled, for me it's just a little hard to swallow that I am part of the "international who's who of poetry" after submitting ONE poem, like come on who you trying to kid? I don't even consider myself a poet. That being said I think you should all buy this new book with my poetry in it

well on the money thing, after telling me how great i was they said this In this regard you are under no obligation whatsoever to submit any entry fee, any subsidy payment, or to make any purchase of any kind. then they went on to say.. Of course, many people do wish to acquire the books that have pages dedicated to themselves and their poetic artistry. So I don't have to pay anything but it sounds like they're doing it in the hope people will buy the book. I'm not going to do that, not like I've enver seen my name in print before, I'm certanly not going to pay for it.

Okay well some time last year I found a link on this forum to a poetry contest and entered this poem in and today I got an email that went like this Over the past several months, we have been reviewing the thousands of poems submitted to us, as well as examining the poetic accomplishments of people whose poetry has appeared on the Internet and in various editions released by other poetry publishers in America and Europe. After an exhaustive examination of this poetic artistry, The International Library of Poetry is pleased to inform you that you have been nominated for inclusion in ... The International Who's Who in Poetry It then went on to say things like you were selected for inclusion in this project based on your unique talent and previous poetic accomplishments. We believe you to be one of the most interesting poets we have encountered, I was all like "You wot??" This has go to be some kind of a scam, has anyone else gotten an email like this after submiting a poem? Can you tell me if they're for real or if this is just some money making scam?

I wonder if I should have ever shown her what I had written about her... oh well too late now really

Where have you gone? I never see you What's going on? What are you up to? you never talk you never write you don't answer the phone you're compleatly ou of sight you say you need me but you're never there you ask for me to come but you wont say where I try to go to you but you always hide you shut the door on me when i try come inside what's gotten into you what have you done to get yourself in this mess that's going on you gotta pull yourself together to set things stright got to try get through all this before it's all too late the house is empty cold and bare this place is lifeless when you're not there where are you going now are you coming home? well I see your face again or will you die alone?

You can't manage you can't learn you blame others try make them crash and burn refuse to teach refuse to help and turn around and say that I have no wealth you hide your incompedance with use of cowardice picking on the new recruits and see nothing wrong with this but this did not last you've been exposed for the fraud you are and now everyone knows you had no concern about telling the truth make things up as you go hidding lies with false proof you tried to bring me down with bullying and mis-management but I bounce back and now you wear the embarisment and when it all comes down it's yourself you've hurt you've lost a valuable asset you got your just deserts you tried to kick me down you tried to make me fall but I won & now I'm better off and you're left with nothing at all

There's nothing left to say everything's been done now it's time to end what we have began everything has gone everything has changed this is just not right it will never be the same what we had is no longer here what he had has disapeared what we had, it has all changed now it's over it will never be the same you've spent it all, it's all gone there is no need to carry on I can't do this, it is a lie I can't do this you know I tried we have now come to the end we must never speak again you have no more you can spend and I can no longer pretent and when you lay down to sleep you will never dream of me and when I fade away for good you will have understood that what we had, it was not real what we had was no big deal this is the last thing I will send and this is where it all shall end

I think Bored guy sums it up well, for me I only write poems when there's something specific I want to write about so I sit there and work out ho to express whatever it is on my mind, I write out whatever comes to mind and the rest seems to just work itself out. I personally think what you say is more important than how you say it when it comes to poetry. People may disagree with me though and I definatly don't see myself as any kind of expect in the matter, that's just how it works for me.

It seemed from when the year began I had been given a curse no mater how hard I tried things just kept getting worse despite my calls for help it was not something I could obtain instead you hid your incompedance and shifted me all the blame but I pushed on to the end keeping most of my health and I've go no one to thank but myself Maybe I should have been harder been more of a man when you were dealing me your unethical hand but I held myself together in the end and stood my ground I stood up to all your rubbish and you cowardly backed don and from all this unfairness I've gained knowledgeable wealth and I've got no one to thank but myself so no matter how you try to get at me you wont make me stop I'll fight off whatever you throw at me and I'll end up on top despite the hurt that you have caused you wont make be frown in time you'll shrink to half my size you'll look up as I look down I will beat you again next time when you throw something else and I'll have no one to thank but myself

Thanks everyone, sorry about the spelling error, as you can see I'm not the world's best speller, I've fixed it up now though.

her insides are burning from all the strain of what little goes in comes back out again nothing left to hide except her shame from the memories of her past that still bring her pain piece by piece she fades away another part of her seems to vanish each day it seems that what she was has vanished into thin air if she turned to her side she would not be there no one seems to notice that things aren't right they pass her by obvious as she puts up her fight it's happened once again it's all the same will there ever be an end to these torturous games

How can I stand by ypu after all you've done to me how can I see it through when hurt is all i see well you went on your way set off on your own you no longer need me so I must leave you alone all that we once had has been lost forever you can't have it both ways leave me and lose me altogether you're need for me has ended no there is no point to stay I no longer have a purpose time to just go away I thought you were the one for me but my thoughs have passed me by I thought we'd be one forever but now we say goodbye we have both reached the end we shall never meet again I'll miss you love I'll miss your smile but the time has come to say goodbye

You've come to far now can't turn away can't end it here must push on, must stay if you leave it like this your problems wont disapear they will be left unsolved they will always be here they might try to get at you may try to bring you down but you can rise above them you do not have to drown they will fade away as you shall rise they'll be left behind as you look down from the sky if you fight you will win tomorrow will come if you don't give in never give in keep pushing on if you stay here it will all come