Manfred, Ralph and all elses, In the efforts of all concerned citizens of this board I have tweeked this poem to appease my valued critics. The changes are...
¬April Breathe fresh, breathe of green where meadowlarks bookend dawn and dusk, where soft raindrops patter knocking on the door of yawning earth. Whirl to...
Thank you Carol and Wings for your previous sugs. (they have been adopted) Summertime (reworked) (c) Manfred Vijars Our Summer, She presents us all with...
Well, thank you Wings, that was kind of you. To consider my feelings, quite the gentleman, too. But, please worry not that your banter be rough. I survived the...
Ladies be warned this is an irreverant intrusion into "Secret Women's Business" Moonbeams (from a Higher Lunacy) (c) Manfred Vijars - 2006 I cook and do the...
OK - this is rough, some of the rhyme is a tad forced, and the rhythm is iffy at best. Still, it's the mood I was in this morning, thinking about how there...
On the Beach The sea grew dark around them. As the sun descended, and the breeze freshened, so did other voices, other presences. On their left, the little...
Listening to the local news today: An ancient sport of Throwing Mangel Werzels (very large type of turnip) may be in danger of dying out. The sport has been...
Some Words from a Geology Student High resolution signals bombard my electrons The probe has increased and my pixels oscillate The probe size is bigger than...
THE DIKE Make way for a small crack a flawed division in engineered design caused by some atrocity of man perhaps--- or fall. In the comfort of countless...
poets are birds birds are poets and the latter are the truest poets singing from dawn till night and night till dawn crowning the world with their exuberant, ...
Alan, Sir Wings, I just wanted to let you know that someone has beateth you to the puncheth. I am not giving up on you though. My loyalty is sealed forever. ...
... A bit of silliness, enjoy ... :o) April's slider (c) Manfred Vijars - 1st April 2006 April the waitress was good at her work Attentive, cheerful and...
Hey Everyone, My novel The Mayor's Wife Wore Sapphires is published--formerly The Mayor's Wife. I'm so excited!!!! I'm over here doing the happy dance. Now...
This version of this evolving poem is in debt to your suggestions Gwen, responds to your delight in its invitation Carol, and reacts to your rejection of that...
Opening Day for 'America's National Pastime' is upon us (and no, I don't mean Bush Bashing) and I can think of no better way as writers to celebrate than to...
speech - is a prank of the snake power - trick of the first test eve falls - and love seals the rest man who lost a bone falls doubly hard a whole heaven to...
What do you think, Maynard? by Transom Jumper What do you think, Maynard? Did you shave with a sharpened nine-iron? Was that bundle in your pocket 20 dollar...
I had a dream. I was alone in a desert with a wind howling round an outcrop of rocks, stirring up a sandstorm to cloud my vision. I turned away and saw walking...
The little town was high up in the valleys. A few streets dribbled higgled de piggledy along the main road running through it. The mountains covered in snow...
Due to computer problems I seem to have lost a few submissions of mine own.Here's one which might have slipped through the net because I can't find it in the...
Derek, From nomadic dreams to cerulean skies (love that shade of blue) to the melodies of the gods (and planets) of war - what a journey you carry us on! Well...
Spinafex is sharp. Spiny tussocks stud the plain in all directions forever featureless beneath the violent light of a never setting sun. Come my lady come into...
ACENTOS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Tues, March 28th @ 7pm featuring TRIO CON CUATRO With a special performance by SAHELI Our anniversary fiesta promises to be off...
I need input of a special nature from my American friends. This is my problem: Following a letter to the editor of a popular daily tabloid I have been asked to...
Hi Everyone, This is not suppose to be double spaced, and it has stanza breaks that aren`t showing here. When I moved it here from the formatted ms, this is...
