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237 days ago Ramon Thomas

My best friend Bradley introduced me to the awesome poetry of Pablo Neruda. He paid me one of the best compliments I've ever received by telling me that my poetry was similar to that of the great Neruda. You can read my poetry on the Allpoetry.com website. But here is one of the classics of love poetry ever written. Shakespeare eat dust!

Sonnet XVII (100 Love Sonnets, 1960)

I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
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Poetry 6

2136 days ago Ramon Thomas

Meaningless poem from a woman to a guy

A friend of mine emailed me this poem by Oriah Mountain Dreamer and asked me what it means if a woman sends (him, a guy) this kind of email. And I'm going to go into more details about what I told him to shed some light on this behaviour. It means nothing much when woman or a guy sends you a poem by another person, especially a well-known one like this. It takes great creative effort to write your own poems. You can read a selection of my own original poems on Allpoetry.com and post feedback on that website. Read More →

Poetry 6

2392 days ago Ramon Thomas

Brown Penny by William Butler Yeats

For those who found the poem recited in the Must Love Dogs by Christopher Plummer to be as well placed and enchanting as I did, here it is in full: Brown Penny by William Butler Yeats I whispered, ’I am too young,’ And then, ’I am old enough’ Wherefore I threw a penny To find out if I might love. ’Go and love, go and love, young man, If the lady be young and fair.’ Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, I am looped in the loops of her hair. O love is the crooked thing, There is nobody wise enough To find out all that is in it, For Read More →

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2475 days ago Ramon Thomas

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

I used my eBucks to buy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind DVD which is my favourite Jim Carrey movie next to Truman Show. I loved it when it was in cinema's last year and I've been dying to complete my collection of Jim's movies. This is an amazingly funny movie and Kate Winslet is wild and crazy - almost being the way you would expect Jim to be. She has crazy hair colours and does weird things while Jim is all meek and introverted. She Read More →

Poetry 6

2546 days ago Ramon Thomas

A walk on the beach (a love poem)

My best friend Bradley Minnaar quit his job at a software company and moved to Rhodes University, Grahamstown for a while. While living there he started writing the most amazing poetry. Here's just one example of his amazing prowess as a word smith... If I was the sea my love If I was the sea; Who sends its waves with open palms - "Don't fear! 'Tis just me". But on the shore down from their crest, White fingers fall in soft caress, Upon your feet your legs your breast; Who can blame such cunning art? If I was the sand my love, If I was the sand; With golden glistering Read More →

Poetry 6

2593 days ago Ramon Thomas

Black Monday Lovesong by ASJ Tessimond

My friend Jenny Hirsch sent me this amazing poem once and it resonated with me so much based on my research into dating and attraction dynamics between men and women. In love's dances, in love's dances One retreats and one advances. One grows warmer and one colder, One more hesitant, one bolder. One gives what the other needed Once, or will need, now unheeded. One is clenched, compact, ingrowing While the other's melting, flowing. One is smiling and concealing While the other's asking, kneeling. One is arguing or sleeping While the other's weeping, weeping. And the question finds no answer And the tune misleads the dancer And the lost look Read More →

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Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda

Meaningless poem from a woman to a guy

Brown Penny by William Butler Yeats

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

A walk on the beach (a love poem)

Black Monday Lovesong by ASJ Tessimond

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