Poetics and Poetry Discussion

jefferson & john kay. I messaged denis joe on FB and he doesn't have access to his PH membership anymore, but asked me to post a link to him reading one of his poems. PH now has a policy that deletes all links - so if you'd like, I will private message it to you.

They have now removed my profile picture and the ability to search for me under the poet search (this happened before I deleted my name) . Any poemhunter reference to me on google has swiftly disappeared. I didn't do anything wrong.

Does this not seem incredibly sinister?

Sonja Broderick, Poet and Psychologist

We should all post something sexual and see if we can all be ousted.

The Cave

I left the road, tramped
in the fields until I came

to a forest growing dark.
I entered, moving from

tree to tree- on my way
without the moon, until

I entered a cave and lost
my center. I turned my

collar up against the cold,
- withdrawing my life

to see if anyone would
follow and fish it out.

I had no idea that Herbert died. He was going to walk the Philosopher's Weg with me in Heidelberg. I hate the sudden feeling of a sink hole in my heart when I hear these things. Anyone know how he died?

So that those of us who have strayed and feel the urge to return to PH for a spell don't have trouble finding each other, I suggest that we post poems in the Forum for a while.

John K

Hey, I'm back! For a while, anyway. Lamont, Sue Ann, Wendy, John, wuz happening here? I posted a new poem but don't know where it is. Lamont, John, you got any new ones you've recently posted? How do I get to them? Let's have us sum fun! ! ! JC

Hello poets,

I don't know who, if any of you, will remember me but I wish to inform all that Poemhunter has removed all of my work for what they say was pornographic content. I have posted work here for 10 years and some of that work has been on this site since the beginning. Most of it is published and held in both the national libraries of Ireland and the UK. Some had sexual imagery but most did not. Nevertheless, the site has now removed all of my work.
I do not know why and I feel devastated. I will be leaving the site as a result of this censorship. Thank you one and all and be careful with your work. It is precious.

Sonja Broderick

Hello poets,

I don't know who, if any of you, will remember me but I wish to inform all that Poemhunter has removed all of my work for what they say was pornographic content. I have posted work here for 10 years and some of that work has been on this site since the beginning. Most of it is published and held in both the national libraries of Ireland and the UK. Some had sexual imagery but most did not. Nevertheless, the site has now removed all of my work.
I do not know why and I feel devastated. I will be leaving the site as a result of this censorship. Thank you one and all and be careful with your work. It is precious.

Sonja Broderick

" Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful
thing in the world.
A limited, limiting clarity
.
.
I have not and never did have any motive of poetry
but to achieve clarity
.
.
George Oppen

Hi friends your suggestions are valuable to me.


Nature's Makeup

Scorching heat of summer
Burns the earth like a fire
Followed by wrinkles and cracks
Make it more worst.

Drizzling rains cleanses the earth
And make it cool and lively.

Snowy cover of winter heal the burns
And cover the wrinkles
And soothes its cracks
And make the earth more pretty and lovely.

Sunny autumn make it more romantic.

Spring waiting for its turn for the final touch,
It covers the earth with beautiful flowers.
And now the beautiful bride is ready with lovely smile.

Patience of the earth is often tested.
But it wait patiently for the seasons to come and heal.

If nature can heal itself,
So we can!