Dean's MindSay Blog http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com Dean - MindSay Blog http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/how_can_it_be.mws bladeandquill 2007-12-03T10:12:57-05:00 <![CDATA[How Can It Be]]> http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/how_can_it_be.mws

It  has been a while since I posted anything substancial. This piece has taken me forever, probably more than 6 months of sporadic work. I like it, It's not exactly an uplifting piece, but it is from the heart....

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I wrote this tonight as a basis for a new chant for the football team I support. The supporters club is now trying to put it to a beat so that we can get a couple of hundred people chanting/singing in unison.

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I think I'll let it speak for itself.

 

Caged:

 

Against my cage's steely bars I flail,
Unmidful of the bruises I...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/bladeandquill/caged.mws http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/hope.mws bladeandquill 2007-04-14T06:04:51-05:00 <![CDATA[Hope]]> http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/hope.mws Comments? Please?

Hope:

I'm searching for a light to lead me on,
When all the other lights have been turned out,
When all the hope in life seems to be gone,
And...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/bladeandquill/hope.mws http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/the_weight_of_existance_poetrychallenge_26_relief.mws bladeandquill 2007-03-15T05:03:54-05:00 <![CDATA[The Weight of Existance :: PoetryChallenge #26 - Relief]]> http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/the_weight_of_existance_poetrychallenge_26_relief.mws I have finally done it, this is a 140 beat Shakespearian-esk sonnet. I have wanted to try this format since I wrote my first sonnet a few months ago. I do like how this turned out.

Please leave your...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/bladeandquill/the_weight_of_existance_poetrychallenge_26_relief.mws http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/climb_poetrychallenge_23_ladder.mws bladeandquill 2007-03-07T04:03:35-05:00 <![CDATA[Climb :: PoetryChallenge #23 - Ladder]]> http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/climb_poetrychallenge_23_ladder.mws Just a short one for you this time. A few-second throw away.

Climb:

Toward your dreams,
Toward the sky,
Climb the ladder,
And start to fly.

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/bladeandquill/climb_poetrychallenge_23_ladder.mws http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/as_glass_upon_the_rocks_poetry_challenge_22_glass.mws bladeandquill 2007-03-03T05:03:33-05:00 <![CDATA[As Glass Upon The Rocks :: Poetry Challenge #22 Glass]]> http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/as_glass_upon_the_rocks_poetry_challenge_22_glass.mws Another very quick one, but this one turned out quite well.

Please give me your thoughts.


As Glass Apon The Rocks:

Upon the rocks lay shattered pane,

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/bladeandquill/as_glass_upon_the_rocks_poetry_challenge_22_glass.mws http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/towed_poetry_challenge_21_towed.mws bladeandquill 2007-03-03T05:03:53-05:00 <![CDATA[Towed :: Poetry Challenge #21 Towed]]> http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/towed_poetry_challenge_21_towed.mws I did this very quickly and didnt have the time, or in many ways the inclination, to really put a whole lot of effort into it. And as such it is very much sub-par.

But I'll post it for completeness.
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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/bladeandquill/towed_poetry_challenge_21_towed.mws http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/to_forgive_the_self_poetrychallenges_18_forgiveness_19_self.mws bladeandquill 2007-02-22T03:02:11-05:00 <![CDATA[To Forgive The Self :: PoetryChallenges #18 Forgiveness & #19 Self]]> http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/to_forgive_the_self_poetrychallenges_18_forgiveness_19_self.mws This poem was written for the 18th and 19th PoetryChallenge (Forgiveness and Self respectivly) I am fairly happy with it all considered.

It is about just how difficult it is to forgive yourself for the...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/bladeandquill/to_forgive_the_self_poetrychallenges_18_forgiveness_19_self.mws http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/the_stain_upon_my_honor_poetrychallenge_17_stain.mws bladeandquill 2007-02-13T04:02:21-05:00 <![CDATA[The Stain Upon My Honor :: PoetryChallenge #17 - Stain]]> http://bladeandquill.mindsay.com/the_stain_upon_my_honor_poetrychallenge_17_stain.mws This is a poem for the 17th Poetry Challenge - Stain. I am fairly happy with it. It is not the best, but I have been out of the game for a while.

Anyway, enjoy.

The Stain Upon My...

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