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Old Tales

May 4, 2013
By Rainbowmangos BRONZE, Austin, Texas
Rainbowmangos BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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Refurbished, rewaxed, and now shining
the words seem at the start.
It’s called poetry, they say, and it’s all the rage:
A new, clean, and chic kind of art.

And the words, polished raw, fall from their lips
Like smooth pebbles, grey, bare as bone.
And although these pale happenings appear to be bright,
They don’t shine like they once had shone.

The new tales make rivers flow,
But the old tales made oceans churn and vast storms roil.
Their song did not chime a melody
It pierced the air with waves of joy and sorrow.

Their mouths did not recite a story, start to finish;
They bellowed with the voice of time itself,
From the beginning of existence to the inevitable end, never stopping, just going.

For when the old tales were told, the stars did not shine, they glistened.
And the rain did not fall,
It downpoured upon the earth and soaked all in a shower of meaning.

They went not verse by verse, but creation by creation
Each blossoming into a new expression of uniqueness and perfection;
Not a sandpapered, bleak perfection
But one made up of individual, precious imperfections.

The moon did not merely reflect light off of another,
It had its own mystical kind of glow,
That which could not be expressed in a few smoothed over,
Sugar coated words from the new tales.

For in the old tales, the wind did not blow,
It roared in gusts of unrestrained passion, endless bursts of ideas.
And in the old tales, the hawks did not fly, they soared.


The author's comments:
I wrote this when I was kind of sick and delirious, which is when I tend to spit out good poetry.

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on May. 23 2013 at 12:18 pm
Someone2know BRONZE, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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Good job I really liked it!!:)

on May. 21 2013 at 9:52 pm
Metalhead08 GOLD, Port Republic, Maryland
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"I'd rather hate you for everything you are. Than ever love you for something you are not. " FFDP "You're born alone and you die alone" FFDP "I wonder out where you can't see, inside my shell I wait and bleed." Slipknot " If youre 555 then I am 666"

I can't believe you were sick! There again I write poems best when I am depressed, and in my think tank...this was a very unique way of writing! I really enjoy your strong diction, great flow, and amazing topic to write on! Way to go! Amazing job!

on May. 18 2013 at 9:59 pm
LexusMarie PLATINUM, Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Favorite Quote:
The more control you have over yourself, the less control others have over you.

Hey there! Ahh, you wrote this while you were sick? Jeeze, I envy you. This was beautiful. The way you describe this poem within a poem is like a story. I like that. Your vocabulary is amazing, I love all these juicy descriptive words. Ooh la la. And I love that you used the word 'chic'! Hmm, I really like that word. The descriptions of the words were amazing! And the way you include the ocean as a comparison was very, very brilliant! The fourth stanza was my favorite. It was so much fun to read. It took me into space or something. A whole different galaxy. All the little pictures you put into my mind are a story of their own, all these tales. I love this. I enjoyed reading this immensely! Bravo.

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on May. 15 2013 at 7:34 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

Love this!!!! A poem on poetry. You show what poetry is exactly about with vivd imagery. Awesome work, Rainbowmango. And I too create good poetry when I'm at my worst. HAHA. ^u^  

Reese18 SILVER said...
on May. 15 2013 at 7:28 pm
Reese18 SILVER, Redford, Michigan
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that&#039;s totally awesome

Wow that was great !!