What is your most favorite poem?
By jgarde123
@jgarde123 (92)
Philippines
December 10, 2006 5:02pm CST
This poem is especially dedicated for my one and only true love. I was the author of this & this was an entry to the World-wide on-line poetry contest which qualifies to the semi-finals and advances to the finals.
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Uncertain
Memories of the past keeps taunting you
But dont you worry co'z i'm here for you
I'll do my part to wash away your tears
So trust me my darling and have no fears.
If you would be able to give me a chance
To ease all the pains you felt is my assurance
A heartfelt intention is what i always mention
But still your in doubt so my heart flouts into portion.
If you only believe that my love won't deceive
I'll show you the reasons why my love should lead
Many people dissuade me but i never heed co'z
Deep inside i think upbeat not to make your heart bleed.
After knowing my astonishing factual emotions
You told me to stop this feeling co'z it must not go on
But i never turned uncertain co'z my love will still remain
Certainly i say you're my true love and hope it'll never turn invain.
John Michael Garde
Copyright ©2006 John Michael Garde
42 responses
@mansha (6298)
• India
10 Dec 06
I read this poem on web and its now my favorite
IF I KNEW
If I knew it would be the last time,
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
@jgarde123 (92)
• Philippines
11 Dec 06
Such a wonderful poem! I've already read this one before & I was very impressed by the way it written, sad to say the author of this poem is unknown. Thanks for responding!
@mashimaro (1094)
• Philippines
11 Dec 06
Missing You
The first time we met,
I knew I had a friend.
The thing I did not know
is that I would want to
love you until the very end.
Your precious love has
turned my life completely around,
I feel like I'm walking,
but my feet don't seem to
touch the ground.
Sometimes you seem to be
my shinning light
guiding me through the long, dark night.
As I lie alone in bed
thinking of you and I
I wonder if you think of me too
as one more night slowly drags by.
I wish I were there with you,
kissing your sweet lips
under the pale moon light,
and holding you, so very tight.
You really are the man of my dreams
and I can't wait to be with you,
for the rest of my life.
I know our time away
seems like an eternity,
but I'll wait forever to be in your life.
I love you,
I need you,
I want you,
and I will for all my life.
source: Romantic love poem
by: Gail Erwin
@jgarde123 (92)
• Philippines
11 Dec 06
Nice to know your from Davao, I'm from Bacolod. I think this poem was given to you by a loveone, isn't it? Thanks for posting it here!
@Devinarun (387)
• United States
11 Dec 06
i remeber studying poems back in school,it used to be fun and we had to answer so many of the questions which followed.i cleary remember one poem called mending wall by robert frost.well it was a nice one.
@jgarde123 (92)
• Philippines
11 Dec 06
This is very long poem, it's like a novel. But love it! :) Thanks for responding!
@Lauraleigh99 (4718)
• United States
10 Dec 06
I basically like all of Edgar Allan Poe's poems. I think he writes very well
@jgarde123 (92)
• Philippines
10 Dec 06
yup, I like all of his writings too! here is one sample i like most from edgar allan poe's writings.
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ALONE
by Edgar Allan Poe
(1830)
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still: From the torrent, or the fountain, From the red cliff of the mountain, From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold, From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by, From the thunder and the storm, And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view.
Thanks for Responding!
@jgarde123 (92)
• Philippines
11 Dec 06
Beautiful Poems... Thanks for posting it here! Maybe you're currently being so in-love? :)
@HeavenlyAngelic84 (62)
• United States
11 Dec 06
Love is so Many Things
Love is so Many Things
Love is compliated.
Love is easy
Love is confusing
Love is forgiving, although it might be hard to forgive.
Love is pain, Love is pleasure
Love is cruel
Love is patient, though it cannot wait
Love is a dream, but its oh so real
Love is eyes-wide open
Love is blind
Love is unselfish, yet it can be selfish
Love is forever, but it can last only a moment
Love is deep, but it can be shallow as well
Love is for that special someone, but you can share it with everyone
Love has no limits, but you put limits on love
Love is generous, but it doesnt like to share
Love is happiness, but it can bring sadness as well
Love is a rush of postive energy, but it can have a negative effect
Love seems perfect, but it can be imperfect
Love is what i feel for you, but Love is what you dont deserve of me
Love is so many things..........But it can mean so little
I write that one
@yannefranco (341)
• Philippines
11 Dec 06
Guilty soul
I once locked myself
In a place no one can dealt
It was me and my soul
And my unfailing goal
I wouldn’t listen to anyone
I don’t care if they’re gone
My concern is my happiness
And live the life of a mess
I’m much better than them
Coz they don’t know who I am
I always want things perfect
Wouldn’t care if I lack respect
Yes, I’m happy this way
The way I chose to exist
Not a soul can reach
My feelings and my guilt
Maybe you see me happy
Maybe you see me witty
But behind this empty smile
A guilty soul lies
--- i made that poem
@jgarde123 (92)
• Philippines
11 Dec 06
Nice Poem, Do you also have lots of compilations? I have lots of poem that I originally written. Thanks for posting it here.
@chic_girl85 (8)
• United States
11 Dec 06
HOPE is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I ’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
-Emily Dickenson
@lovely1067 (29)
• India
22 Dec 06
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
it is by robert frost
@sweetrala (1436)
• Philippines
11 Dec 06
Untitled
I longed for you
An endless flare of emotion
I await to be consumed by the fires of passion burning deep
I wait in the night to feel his embrace
To taste his kiss
A sweer revolution rioting in my veins
I dreamed of him
WHose soul's half mine
He who takes all my fears away
By his hand, his touch, his laughter
Alas, he can never be mine
He belongs to no one, only to himself
Im always beside him,with him
Still, I go unoticed
But I am waiting
ALways waiting
Waiting still
note:
wrote this 5 years ago.
@whitefeahter1956 (70)
• United States
11 Dec 06
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@wyrdsister (584)
• Canada
11 Dec 06
One of my favourite poems is "The Invitation" by Oriah Mountaindreamer:
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The Invitation
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.
@zak444 (30)
• United States
11 Dec 06
The Wordsworth poetry is seems the best to me.... I like his poem - "The daffodils". Besides I also like Shakespeare's "Seven Ages"... which is so very absolute.