the GRIND poem
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1Courtneylee1984
Beyond Black Coffee
Instead of flying,
Fear grounds what can’t be found.
Roads travel,
Distant expanses,
Through space and
empty daydreaming.
Speak today clearly
Or ambiguously.
Be obvious and deadly,
Becoming silent,
Becoming one with fear.
Bare minded.
Clear as water,
Blood,
Flesh.
Find a pot-of-gold
over-the-rainbow
in my gut.
Look around,
See a ghost,
And SCREAM!
All you have is this.
Don’t waste it!
Don’t waste everything.
Only the wise rush life.
Rush through,
Flying in toward the light of fear.
Live within a lie
Within temptation
Without colors
Without cares
Without limits
In the endless void
outside walls
beyond infinity
beyond black coffee.
Endless possibilities
awaiting the end.
Written by Emily, Lauren, Tim, Ray, and Courtney.
4.25.08
Instead of flying,
Fear grounds what can’t be found.
Roads travel,
Distant expanses,
Through space and
empty daydreaming.
Speak today clearly
Or ambiguously.
Be obvious and deadly,
Becoming silent,
Becoming one with fear.
Bare minded.
Clear as water,
Blood,
Flesh.
Find a pot-of-gold
over-the-rainbow
in my gut.
Look around,
See a ghost,
And SCREAM!
All you have is this.
Don’t waste it!
Don’t waste everything.
Only the wise rush life.
Rush through,
Flying in toward the light of fear.
Live within a lie
Within temptation
Without colors
Without cares
Without limits
In the endless void
outside walls
beyond infinity
beyond black coffee.
Endless possibilities
awaiting the end.
Written by Emily, Lauren, Tim, Ray, and Courtney.
4.25.08
2ggfuatuiwwgiac
See you guys should all go to the Grind so you can make something that amazing!
Although next time maybe we should try the hole line thing that Ray was talking about so people can't get away with words like "the" and "of".
Although next time maybe we should try the hole line thing that Ray was talking about so people can't get away with words like "the" and "of".
4Courtneylee1984
we need to think of inventive ways to get more people to come...
5ggfuatuiwwgiac
Agreed! Hum . . . oh wait is that supposed to be my job? Haha I guess it will be soon :) I hope . . .
7Courtneylee1984
be nice!
:-P
:-P
8ggfuatuiwwgiac
Bree you can't run for two things at once its not allowed!
10ggfuatuiwwgiac
Oh yeah well I know people in higher places!
(Courtney Go Stand on a Hill and Pretend you Don't Know Bree!)
(That was an abnormal amount of capitalization)
(Courtney Go Stand on a Hill and Pretend you Don't Know Bree!)
(That was an abnormal amount of capitalization)
11Courtneylee1984
mariha's poster ROCKS!
yours do too.
but hers ROCKS!
lol.
yours do too.
but hers ROCKS!
lol.
13ggfuatuiwwgiac
But hers rocks . . .
15Courtneylee1984
fyi: adding -licious something doesn't automatically make it rock. (i've had to tell ray this in the past as well.)
17ggfuatuiwwgiac
FYI : Helllicious is NOT a word.
19Courtneylee1984
no, but hellions is a word...
21Courtneylee1984
look it up.
your picture will be there.
(jk, jk.)
your picture will be there.
(jk, jk.)
22ggfuatuiwwgiac
However if it was a word would it be 2 or 3 L's?
I spent too much time thinking about that . . .
I spent too much time thinking about that . . .
23Courtneylee1984
definitely 2 Ls.
25ggfuatuiwwgiac
but hell has 2 "L"'s and licious has 1 "L" and 2 + 1 = 3
Although I think theres some canceling out rule involved there . . .
Although I think theres some canceling out rule involved there . . .
27Courtneylee1984
confossled.
and now you've got me making up words...
and now you've got me making up words...
29ggfuatuiwwgiac
confossled? Would that be to be confused so long yo actually become fossilized? With a wrinkly forehead . . . ?
31ggfuatuiwwgiac
We are no longer talking about the grind poem . . . maybe we should stay on topic . . . . okay so I don't know how much there is to say about it but still
33rayofsunshine
why aren't we talking about the grind poem anymore?
35ggfuatuiwwgiac
What else is there to say about the grind poem and all its pomeiness? (I'm almost 100% positive pomeiness isn't actually a word - the almost)
36rayofsunshine
let's talk about the poems structure.
what does everyone think of the author's use of caps at the beginning of some sentence, but not on others?
does it contribute to the poem at large? why or why not?
:-)
-ray
what does everyone think of the author's use of caps at the beginning of some sentence, but not on others?
does it contribute to the poem at large? why or why not?
:-)
-ray
37rayofsunshine
*poem's
i should know better.
i should know better.
38rawrbree
well, of course you should know!
well, at least I hope you would know....
Well, due to the fact that beginning some lines/sentences with capitals, while not in others, goes against the general formatting of poems. So it all depends on who you are asking.
well, at least I hope you would know....
Well, due to the fact that beginning some lines/sentences with capitals, while not in others, goes against the general formatting of poems. So it all depends on who you are asking.
39ggfuatuiwwgiac
Well I don't know anything about actual poetic format but whenever I read a line with an uppercase first letter its a separate though and when the letter is lowercase it flows better and is really the same thought as the line before it.
40rayofsunshine
good job you both.
42rayofsunshine
for humoring me and my goal of making you LEARN through this site (regarding the poem and analyzing it. yes, I know i am a poor speller, no i do not care to better myself or my ability, at least in terms of spelling).
44ggfuatuiwwgiac
Just say yes Bree!
haha when are we going to have another Grind? I'll actually get some people to come this time I promise! (Just don't hold me to my promise . . . no but seriously we will have more than 3 people I promise)
haha when are we going to have another Grind? I'll actually get some people to come this time I promise! (Just don't hold me to my promise . . . no but seriously we will have more than 3 people I promise)
