BS: In every thread someone has to be last!

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 11:22 PM

19 of 40...


I'll pick this back up in a few days...


Ballad (19)

Sweet angel, muse- A priceless gem
Far more than I can say.
She is unique: My dreams condemn
This mage to her fool play.

I wish I could give muse desire
And fulfill all her dreams.
Thought of her brings my passions fire,
And her smile soul redeems.

A rose each morning, and a kiss
To wake her with sun's rise:
A chance for smile I would not miss,
Nor sight of her sweet eyes.

I would hold muse, and let lips trace
Her neck, and down each arm:
I'd rub her feet, and kiss her face,
And keep always from harm.

She is one I would offer all
Of self, to that smile win.
I need only her wish to fall
In love, and world would spin.

Yet, can I make dreams real? She holds
The key, to dreams unseal:
I know only that desire folds
Future round thoughts I feel.

10 Aug 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 11:27 PM

"Q" Just ask him. He knows it all.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 01:43 PM

20 of 40...


Ballad (20)

Where have you run to, muse of mine
That I cannot smile see?
How can I hope to words refine
From dream, that verse might be?

Where have you gone, that dreams are blind
To all that heart desires?
I cannot follow: Might hopes find
The light of your eyes' fires?

What will I do, without the thought
Of you seeing my wit?
How will I know if words have caught
Mind's eye, to your dreams fit?

Who else could I dream of, and tell
The world I prize as muse?
You fill my need: You cast a spell
Beyond what my hope choose.

When will I this soft moonlight share
With one who makes it shine?
How can I dream that you would care
To hold your hand in mine?

Why do I question all? I know
I have no choice in this.
You are my muse: Though my dreams grow,
You decide if we kiss.

13 Aug 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: clairerise
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 02:14 PM

as it too my poor comp TEN MINS to load this page i should be last.

any objections?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 02:23 PM

YES- Click on the "d" next to the number of lines, and get it a lot faster.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 02:27 PM

"R"

The End

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 02:38 PM

21 of 40...

Nice to know others want more of my poetry posted, besides LH...


Ballad (21)

Might mage cast spell to capture muse
And hold her to his heart?
Can dreams be real: How can he use
Desire to form his art?

He has not power to alter fate
Nor win against her will:
For this muse, he would ages wait
That she might his arms fill.

He studies past, to future gain:
He seeks to present change.
If his hopes could her smile obtain   
He might the stars arrange.

Mage sees in muse all that he tries
To find, in all his books.
She is dream in flesh: Her deep eyes
Show wisdom with their looks.

She is his sun, his moon, his stars:
This angel heaven fills.
He sees her light: Only time mars
His hope, with age's ills.

Yet, dreams have power to give mage life
And heal even his heart:
He knows hopes are with desires rife,
But must his passions start.

14 Aug 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 03:21 PM

Sonnet 268 of 280 to my last muse...


Sonnet 13/12/05                         MXXXVI

I wonder still how I might send her stars
To reflect in her eyes. I do not think
It is so much a crime, to care. She bars
My words, but I still dreams to her smile link.
I wonder why she remains in my heart,
To guide dreams where they should not go. I try
Seeking another muse, but cannot part
With what soul finds in vision of her eye.
I wonder what might alter mood, to give
A chance for dreams: Should I pretend to be
As other than I am? Can my dreams live
Knowing they will not her smile ever see?
I do not wonder if I will forget:
I'll not longing for muse ever regret.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Apr 06 - 01:42 AM

"S" Thanks, Stilly.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: freda underhill
Date: 14 Apr 06 - 01:52 AM

"T"

my letter on a certain banner..

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 14 Apr 06 - 02:57 PM

270 of 280...\


Sonnet 06/01/06                              MXL

Shall I look for another muse, when you
Still fill my dreams with longing? Might I keep
Some hope for future smile? Can dreams renew
How heart has felt, yet still let desires sleep?
You hold my heart, though I remain too far
To run fingers through hair, or brush those lips.
I cannot keep from wanting you. You are
More than words tell: Soul into loving slips.
Am I a fool, to care, when you have found
Your own desires, and have no need of me?
I remain to true muse forever bound:
You lack only the power to set me free.
All that I ask is that you verses write,
That someday I might dreams to heart invite.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 14 Apr 06 - 02:58 PM

22 of 40...


Ballad (22)

A picture of you forms the song
That echoes in this heart:
A dream of kiss is far too strong
To from verse keep apart.

Thought of you fills my dreams, and lights
Desires as if 'twere day.
Should I deny my wish, that nights
I could with my muse stay?

You give vision to heart, to know
The reasons for desire.
How can words ever feelings show,
When muse is dream, entire?

In you, I find all I now seek,
A muse of quiet strength;
True beauty, and sweet eyes that speak
To lonely soul at length.

All you might ask of me, I'd give
With joy, at thought of smile:
In truth, I find reason to live,
That words hold you a while.

I hold you in my dreams, and feel
Softness of skin, and lips.
But I know that dreams are not real:
The hope for dream now slips.

16 Aug 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 01:48 PM

Everything passes, everything changes...

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: GUEST,Willis
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 06:44 PM

I guess I am really last until some other idiot posts here.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 06:49 PM

Sonnet 271 of 281...


Sonnet 13/01/06                            MXLII

Is there a reason that I should not care
About the muse who fills my dreams and heart?
Must I forget all that thoughts of her share,
And give up all hope to more verses start?
Is there a reason that I should not tell
How much of soul remains, even without
Her words, her smile, or hope, under her spell?
How can I ignore one dreams are about?
Is there a reason that I should not plead
For word how she is, and what dreams have told?
She matters more than the sum of my need:
I want happiness more than to her hold.
Shall I one further reason of her seek?
Might I know if I might of future speak?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:03 PM

Aha. ;-) Some other idiot did. One who writes sonnets.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:13 PM

272 of 281 ...


Sonnet 24/01/06                            MXLIII

How can I balance longing with desire
To know my muse is happy? Is there chance
She might her lines resume, or does she tire?
Will she for my verse spare even a glance?
Wanting her smile, perhaps I should not tell
Of hopes, or my desires. Yet, she is muse,
The reason for verse: With her, all is well;
Without, dreams only heart and soul confuse.
Can I think about her, and not muse seek?
Not under stars, or moon, or sun: She holds
The power to dream of life to soul speak,
Yet, it cannot be muse that dream enfolds.
She is heart's hope, and dream's desire, but all
That I now hold cannot her smile recall.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:15 PM

LH, I do thank you for the chance to continue posting sonnets. If not for you and your able assistants, I would not have posted any more- So, the credit is entirely YOURS.


Just so they know who to lynch... 8-{E

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:16 PM

As I've said before, BB, you are a very sick man. ;-P

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:20 PM

LH,

I made a clear and open statement of my method of being the last to post here, back in May of 04...

You have no-one to blame but yourself.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:29 PM

I note, BB, that you have taken over the odd-numbered posts. I cannot allow that.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:45 PM

Odd or even, it does not matter...


Ballad (23)

Bright moon, you pale beside those eyes,
Nor can stars match her smile.
She outshines heaven: Though sun tries,
It is muse who wins trial.

She is my muse: A dryad, rose,
Beauty beyond compare.
Thought of her lights my dreams: Heart knows
No josy save that muse care.

I read, in her words, songs to sound
Within my heart's desire.
Thought of her kiss makes my heart pound;
Of eyes, feeds passion's fire.

I see picture, and want to hold
This woman in my arms.
I dream of eyes, and hope I've told
The power of her charms.

Yet, I awake from dream, and know
Lips will not touch her skin.
Desire does not chance for hopes grow,
Nor can dream true love win.

Beauty alone does not make muse:
Heart must speak to my soul.
I see in her far more, and choose
To make her smile my goal.

21 Aug 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:47 PM

but if this will make you happy...

Ballad (24)

In dreams, I rub your feet, and give
Warm milk, and gentle kiss.
Shall I whisper soft words, to live
In dream what life might miss?

I want to hold you in my arms,
And listen to your heart:
I wish to keep you from all harms
And give you all my art.

How can I soothe your rest, and send
Sweet dreams to you each night?
How can I ease your aches, and lend
My care, that fears take flight?

Might my words bring a smile, in eyes
That light my hopes, and dream?
Can you hear, in my lines, the sighs
Heart gives, when image gleams?

You are my dream, my hope: Desire
Made real, and soft, and dear.
You are true love: You light a fire
That all of past would sear.

Give me some word what I can share
To win you peace of mind:
What might I say to show I care,
How can I sweet dreams find?

23 Aug 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:58 PM

Much better.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 08:00 PM

OK. I do so want all to be happy...

Ballad (25)

A cup of tea with muse, a fire
Of scented wood, and time
To whisper dreams that she inspire:
Are such desires crime?

My muse's eyes light up the night,
And dream of her is all
I care about: But is it right
To for such beauty fall?

I long to run fingers through hair
And brush her lips with mine.
I want to show how much I care
And of desires give sign.

I overreach, to seek to touch
This one, who molds my heart.
How can I dare hope to dreams clutch,
And not with my soul part?

But soul is a small price to give
For such as I behold:
How can I let my passions live,
And not in arms enfold?

I dream, but hold only desires;
For this beautiful maid
Who all of dream in me inspires:
My debt cannot be paid.

30 Aug 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 11:39 PM

"and a tide came in..."

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 01:59 AM

Ballad (26)

I thank my muse for her beauty
That she shares in the night.
Can I let my desires run free
That I might hold her tight?

Her eyes shame stars, that cannot shine
With half the light of hers.
How can I give my muse a sign
Of what that sparkle stirs?

Those lips call out to me, to pull
My own to her command.
She has the power to make dream full
Of what my hopes demand.

I see in face what I desire,
Sweet vision of delight:
This image of her dreams require
To keep my hopes in sight.

I long to stroke her hair, and feel
Soft touch, against my skin.
Yet, should I dare to hopes reveal,
When dreams should not begin?

I cannot claim muse for my own,
And all hopes of love miss:
Might I pray that my words have shown
Enough, to earn one kiss?

02 Sept 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 02:03 AM

What? Another even-numbered post? Well, we can't have that, can we?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 02:36 AM

LH-

either I can post odd or even- you can only ask that I leave you ONE of them.... Recall your opening words on this thread:

"16 Mar 04 - 07:43 PM (#1168782)
Subject: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk

Jim Dixon uttered something cosmic in another thread, regarding posts that kill threads. He said, "In every thread someone has to be last."

He's right. This is really something to ponder, so I have launched a thread to explore it in depth. Feel free to post and give your own thoughts on the matter."


"Feel free to post and give your own thoughts on the matter."

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 02:37 AM

Ballad (27)

Might muse send feather to be quill,
Pulled from her angel wings?
How can I wait, when my dreams spill
From soul and my heart's strings?

Might I beg token, that heart knows
She thinks of me, at times?
How can I ask, when her smile shows
She cares at least for rhymes?

Is there a reason I should think
I'll hold her in my arms?
Have I the chance to from lips drink,
Or drown in her eyes' charms?

She is my muse- A dryad, rare
Beyond belief, but real.
How can I say how much I care,
When dreams are all I feel?

I want far more than words might earn,
To share the dawn, and night.
Yet, should I from my passions turn,
And think to hold dreams tight?

I offer all, but know I give
Only what muse permits.
I ask only that dreams might live,
And hope into heart fits.

05 Sept 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 02:39 AM

I seem to note a fundemental difference between us- YOU insist that others NOT post while you post as you wish, while I insist on my right to post, and allow others to post as they wish.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 02:44 AM

The fundamental difference you note would be true...if I took any of this stuff on this thread seriously. ;-)

Well, see you tomorrow, I guess.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 03:29 AM

probably...


Ballad (28)

This dryad remains in my heart,
A muse of rare degree.
How can I keep verses from start
When in heart I smile see?

Her eyes send visions to my mind,
That heart might some hope hold.
How could I ever the words find
To say what smile has told?

In dream, I feel her cheek, and taste
A tear, alone and sweet:
She weeps with joy. Even in haste,
My dreams would her wish meet.

A quiet voice whispers my dream
Upon the page, to rest.
Can my soft words tell what would seem
To be in kiss told best?

My muse is more than I can write:
She is love, life, and soul.
In her I find future, so bright,
That sun is like dark coal.

I do not see my path, but Fate
Will take me where it will.
I can but content of heart state,
For her smile my dreams fill.

05 Sept 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 12:01 PM

"U" you got sidetracked, LH.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 12:06 PM

Ballad (29)

Mage reaches out, and tries to hold
His muse, within his arms.
Will she run from his passions told,
Or willingly share charms?

How can he keep her safe, but free
To be herself? He weeps
To think he might change smile, or be
Less than she needs, or keeps.

He wants only her happiness,
But knows not how to find
The means to her desires address,
And not her spirit bind.

All that he knows seems pointless: Vain
Scribbling upon the page.
He cannot from his books obtain
Those dreams, that make him mage.

Only his muse can fill his mind
With light, and bring to life
The future that his visions find:
Without, he finds but strife.

He knows he never had a choice,
That she is of a plane
Above his grasp. He has no voice
To speak: His dreams must reign.

10 Sept 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 01:23 PM

"V". Yes I did, Stilly.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 02:16 PM

273 0f 281...

Sonnet 07/02/06                               MXLVI

Can dream of dream share enough with my soul
To ease my longings? Can hope give mind rest
At end of day, when dreams wake to control
All but themselves? Can my heart stand this test?
In all of past I cannot seem to find
The reason arms ache with the dream of you.
Yet, should I to absence remain resigned,
When dreams offer your eyes, and smile, anew?
Can cold reality offer me more
Than echoes of these dreams of muse provide?
Can dream any of hope to heart restore,
Or will heart learn to in itself abide?
Have I even a chance in dreams to hold
To one who all of my dreams of hope mold?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 02:46 PM

Dip! The dipping bird grabs another drop of water.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 03:59 PM

274 0f 281...

Sonnet 24/02/06                         MXLVII

Does desire for muse give dream chance to know
What heart truly requires, or does it find
Only reflections of the past? To show
The future: Would that vision filled my mind.
I miss my muse: How can I feelings tell
Without those whispers in the night? I wait,
But only silence share. I've lost the spell
Muse cast with smile: Are all dreams now too late?
Yet, that she is happy should ease concern
And regrets fade with each thought of smile. All
That I long to hold her, should hopes return,
Does not lessen joy that she found love's call.
Should I ask for a heart, when I desire
Only that she send voice to dreams inspire?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 06:45 PM

Do you know where your moggie is?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 06:57 PM

275 of 281...

Sonnet 07/03/06                            MXLVIII

Bright moon, shine upon muse and show her all
That might her joy increase. Can you muse teach
To gift world with her smile? Yet, dare dream fall
Back to desire for one beyond all reach?
I do not hear her, now, nor can I feel
Her thoughts, or dreams: How can I think to know
Her heart's desire, when silence from nights steal
All hopes from soul, that no future might grow?
I wait, for muse or sleep, but neither find,
And night brings heart no dream nor rest. How long
Must hope be beyond reach? Must I be blind
To all that muse does not share in her song?
I thank my muse for all that she has shared:
Yet, must I think it best if I'd not cared?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 07:00 PM

arrgh!

The last post should have been


Ballad (30)

I would not let muse drift away
When I might hold her tight.
What can I do, to have her say
Her dreams will be all right?

How might I give her dreams true life,
That she might pleasures share?
What can I send, to ease that strife,
And show how much I care?

Should I not try to offer cheer,
Or her smile seek to find?
What can I say, to share her fear,
And hug her, within mind?

What dreams would bring my muse some rest,
To let her wake with smile?
What is the potion that is best
To give sleep, for a while?

Might I find, at the bottom of
A cup, some leaves to read
The future, and desires? Is love
Seen there, for heart to heed?

I know my wish, but should I try
To have my muse make choice?
I 'd rather have smile, and in eye
See reasons to rejoice.

26 Sept 2003



Now my sequence is off- I'll have to start over at the beginning!

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: PoppaGator
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 02:50 AM

Back when I had a job, and regularly spent an hour or two each day killing time at Mudcat, I posted to a lot of threads, and "killed" my share of them (i.e., posted something that never got another response).

I don't come around nearly so often these days, but yesterday I seem to have scored a first: I started a thread and failed to inspire a single response:

thread.cfm?threadid=90635&messages=1

It's too late now to add anything; the event in question has come and gone. I'm a bit surprised that nobody gave a damn; I was dead wrong in my closing sentence ("I'm sure that a few of you out there are at least mildly curious...")

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 02:38 PM

Sonnet 276 of 281...


Sonnet 13/03/06                            MXLIX

I cannot sleep, for fear that I might dream
About a muse beyond all reach: I weep,
To know no hope I might past hopes redeem.
How can I even echo of dream keep?
I cannot stop thinking about her: She
Remains focus, unseen, of my desires.
My dreams are blind, without her: Heart can see
No hope nor dream without light muse inspires.
I cannot reach my arms to her, to hold
The one who holds my heart. For all I long
To longing hide, arms still ache to enfold.
Must I think that to find this muse was wrong?
I cannot forget, nor not care about
My muse: Yet, heart must this muse live without.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 03:55 PM

You don't need sleep, you need therapy. ;-P

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 04:00 PM

Just noticed that I am on the even-numbered posts again. Can't have that!

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 04:02 PM

277 of 281...

Thanks, LH!


Sonnet 23/03/06                            ML

A clouded moon in western sky, and chill
Harsh winds show me the dream heart will acquire
Without a muse: All of present hopes will
Fade, and soul can only of cold night tire.
Silence fills dream, and night is cold, without
Thought of her within arms: How can I sleep,
When heart cannot rest? Must all be in doubt,
That I cannot even my past dreams keep?
All that I have are muse's gift, those lines
That hold moments of dream. Are they to fade
From page, or might those words remain, as signs
I once had one who gave my verses aid?
How can I not be sad, to know I've lost
This muse, and fear that will all of dreams cost?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: autolycus
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 06:09 PM

Is it too late to be 2585th?


   Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 07:16 PM

Ballad (31)

What would you have me do, sweet muse,
To earn even one kiss?
Just thought of smile can dreams confuse,
And your eyes give heart bliss.

Shall I tell you of my desires,
Or some of dreams relate?
Might I send words that hope inspires.
To tell of longed-for fate?

All I require is smile, to lend
The passion to my lines.
Thoughts of your eyes my sorrows mend,
Of lips future refines.

You are my heart's desire, sweet rose,
The light to guide my soul.
Though season turns, and hints of snow,
Heart remains warm, and whole.

What can I give to show the hold
The image of you wields?
Mere words are poor reflections, cold,
Of dreams that my hope yields.

I long to hold you, though I know
I need not touch to care.
Heart remains your, and my dreams show
Reasons I would souls share.

11 Oct. 2003

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Apr 06 - 02:07 AM

What would I have you do? To earn just one kiss?

Geez.

I gotta really think about that. That's a tough one.

Hmmm.

That's a real doozy.

Hmmm.

Gimme some time here.

Geez...

Oh, yuck.

Can we work out some other arrangement instead?