I wish I was up there
So I could look down
Upon the people that
I was once like.
But,
I’m not.
I fly my kite only two feet
in the air,
and then it falls -
Like me.
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Brother Paul Abernathy takes an introspective look at the writing process with this poem.
Creativity
Note by Note, song after song, the musician
spends years looking for the lost chord.
Letter by letter, word after word, the poet
searches for the right combination of emotions.
Chapter by chapter, novel after novel,
the writer creates possibly publishable plots.
Color by color, style after style, the artist
brushes the link from the past to the future.
Negative by negative, roll after roll,
the photographer records a vision of the present.
Scene by scene, movie after movie,
the director explores the limits of probability.
Field by field, the creator uses old tools and
techniques to make the world look new.
To read this poem in Spanish, click here.
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Para ver la versión original en inglés, haga click aquí.
Viaje al corazón
Es difícil para mí escribir las líneas de amor
se te hace desde el principio
que te lleva en un viaje
a un lugar que llaman el corazón
Para mí, la elección de las palabras viene lento
como tomo la pluma en la mano
para captar lo que quiero decir
en palabras vas a entender
Mis pensamientos, mis esperanzas, mis sueños,
y oraciones, está montando en cada línea
y si he hecho mi trabajo esta noche
cada verso fluirá como el vino
Para ti, mi amor, te doy este poema
con tristeza, me salen
con la esperanza de este viaje le llevó
a un lugar que llaman el corazón
Where has Elias Tobias been published? Read for yourself at Poetry Credits.
By the end of the year, nearly 160 new poems and previously published poems would have appeared on the World of Words by Elias Tobias, including the poems from The Boys of Lambda Sigma Chi, and the two foreign language books: Les Aventures du Cow-boy Cosmic, the French book, and Palabras de Inspiración, the Spanish book. Some of the poems are older and some were written this year. I like them all, and I am having a hard time figure out which one I like the best.
Readers at the World of Words can help by going through the monthly archives and reading past posts to decide which poem, posted by Dec. 15, is their favorite.
Top poems mentioned so far, in no particular order, are
A Different Cloth /?p=1040
Cheese Police /?p=869
The Mistress /?p=850
Brainstorm /?p=792
Cumberland Road /?p=649
Never had time to say Goodbye /?p=835
So let us know what you think at contact@eliastobias.net. All the top vote getters and, of course, the Poem of the Year for 2009 will be announced in January 2010 Exponent Newsletter. Be sure to make your vote by the deadline.All the top vote getters and, of course, the poem of the year for 2009 will be announced in January 2010 Exponet Newsletter. Be sure to make your vote by the deadline.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Officiellement, courtois, des dispositions sont
vraiment froid comme la glace,
et ce sont les amateurs qui paient
l’ultime sacrifice.
Secrets of the dark sont révélés
dans la douleur de la lumière du jour.
Perte de dignité ne peut pas comparer quand
Les esprits s’échauffent, la mort est le prix.
Pour lire ce poème en anglais, cliquez ici.
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Will the next big thing be some
new technology we can’t even see,
and then it will soon pass,
or will it be something slightly
altered from the good ole past?
It might already be here, poised
for the future as soon as there
is a new market for it somewhere.
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(Photo by Mike Hall)
Before the use of metal posts and barbed wire, the fences that early pioneers used to make corrals and maintain property bountries were made of split rails, or trees cut, and splt lengthwise. Abraham Lincoln spent much of his youth in the forest cutting timber for rails and for firewood. This scene is from the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial on the path to the recreated Thomas Lincoln farm.
Who is Elias Tobias? Go to his biography that is also in Spanish.
A scream echoing from the distant past.
A hungry child holds out a wrinkled hand.
A little babe cries, motherless,
The sad tale of loneliness is told.
A blizzard freezes all that is spoken,
A bugle sounding never to be heard.
A deadly hush surrounds the public library,
The sad tale of loneliness is told.
To read this poem in French, click here.
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Lightning
Can lightning strike me twice?
Can the power from heaven find
a person to love again?
Once in my life, I heard the rolling thunder,
and I fell for a woman who was a
perfect match for an independent
person I was brought up to be.
It took an army of angels to see
that she was the only one for me.
Now I hear the distant sky roar
in the night as the rain starts to pour.
I wonder, do I deserve more?
Can lightning strike twice or is
it just a feeling I need to hide?
One love is all I need in my life.
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Para ver la versión original en inglés, haga click aquí.
Rumores
Ellas vuelan a una velocidad tres veces la del sonido.
Son silenciosos, pero el estampido sónico es fuerte.
En las fábricas, las escuelas, donde la gente se
los rumores de los acontecimientos futuros y pasados son
obligados a viajar muy lejos.
Oficialmente, los jefes dicen los rumores
no son verdaderas. Es sólo un acto.
Se ha demostrado que el 80 por ciento
de todos los rumores parten de hechos reales.
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