The greatest accomplishments in life

To dream, to dare make true;
To fail, improve and learn from, in times due.

To change, evolve, and become stronger than before;
To recognize and overcome past pains from closed doors.

To share and love someone with talk, touch and time;
To see what is not there, yet feel its glow and shine.

To believe in oneself, in the face of adversity;
To express oneself, let go of fears, and enjoy life’s diversity.

To live within your means, without selling happiness for wealth;
To learn, and lead others to better their health.

To be true to your desires and spirit at all cost;
to follow your own path, and lead those who are lost.

To enjoy Beauty in all her mysterious forms;
To reconnect with items cherished, once lost to the storm.

To pay it forward, and not back;
To deliver light to the soul gone black.

By F.L.Dopico 12/26/2008

Tips on reading a poem out loud...


Remember to read the poem slowly and clearly as it will much easier for your audience to hear it.


Read in a normal, relaxed tone of voice as poems selected are mostly written in a natural, colloquial style and should be read that way.


Try not to pause at the end of the line as it will make a choppy effect and wont flow as well. Only pause at punctuation.


look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary so you know how to pronounce them properly.

Everyone remember to start posting your Poems So everyone can enjoy reading them as well as you!

A Fairy Song

Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire! I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the Fairy Queen, To dew her orbs upon the green; The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours; In those freckles live their savours; I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear By William Shakespeare

About the Epic of Gilgamesh Poem
The oldest extant Poem, Very interesting

 Author 
Anonymous; story was crafted and reworked by various Mesopotamian cultures including the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians; original story likely dates back to around the time of King Gilgamesh of Uruk (c. 2,700 BC); 1,600 BC recension by Babylonian priest-exorcist, Sîn-leqi-unninni

Mesopotamian epic poem was originally written down by the Sumerians around 2,000 BC

Language & Form 
Epic poem. Original in the Sumerian language, written down with cuneiform characters on clay tablets found at Nippúr in Mesopotamia and dating back to around 2,000 BC; Synthetic Standard Version based on the 12-tablet Akkadian version of the poem found in the 25,000-tablet library of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC) at Niniveh. Recommended English translation: Nancy K. Sandars.

Poem

Upside Down...

People tell me to smile but still, I rather frown.

Because most don’t realize,

I’m smiling upside down.

 Types of poetry...

 

ABC

A poem that has five lines that create a mood, picture, or feeling. Lines 1 through 4 are made up of words, phrases or clauses while the first word of each line is in alphabetical order. Line 5 is one sentence long and begins with any letter.

 

Acrostic

Poetry that certain letters, usually the first in each line form a word or message when read in a sequence.

 

Ballad

A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tail or legend which often has a repeated refrain. 

 

 Ballade

Poetry which has three stanzas of seven, eight or ten lines and a shorter final stanza of four or five. All stanzas end with the same one line refrain.

 

Blank verse

A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter and is often unobtrusive. The iambic pentameter form often resembles the rhythms of speech.

 

Bio

A poem written about one self's life, personality traits, and ambitions.