Hot Fresh And Toasted

I walked into the Subway,
Meatball Marinara, he blocked the door.
BMT, he snarled at me,
“Man, what you come here for?”

I growled, “It ain’t your business, Dude.
Now get out of my way.”
The Chicken and Bacon Ranch
was on my mind that day.
Get toasted!

Kneel for the New Year

Sing to me sweet New Year, show your sultry ways.
I chime away your minutes, while you chime away my days.
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The Seagull’s Gone

Here I sit-- the same ol’ place--
but the seagull, he’s long gone.
Sometimes it seems things never change
but the seagull, he’s done flown,
flown away, no more to wait
Please fly with the seagull

Making Clouds

As men, we sit with the night sky counting constellations, collecting California dreams like (more)

Poetry Club Widget

For starters: I don't expect anyone to add the Blogsboro Poetry Club Widget to their websiite or blog. Most of our blogs are already far too cluttered. But, if you want to do so... Well the link will put you on the path.

More importantly, the Blogsboro Poetry Club Widget is yet another tool to help all the members of the club connect with more readers no matter what style or genre in which you pen your verse. You can even change the appearance of the widget so that it blends in or stands out with any page you place it on.

Besides your own blog or website there are lots of other places you can stick your widget. The widget can be added to your iGoogle homepage, Facebook, MySpace, Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, LiveJournal, Tagged and even sent to a friend. The Blogsboro Poetry Club Widget can be added to FreeWebs, NetVibes, PageFlakes, Hi5, Piczo, Orkut and Ning. Because it comes in both .html and Flash coding the Blogsboro Poetry Club Widget can be used almost anywhere on the web.

And the farther the widget goes the more your audience grows.

Now scroll on down the front page to find great poetry.

Post Modern Parking Meter

No Need To Complain,
no need to get spastic.
Don't have any change?
Please pay the meter

Christmas Commotion

With feathery limbs
rugged bark trees
tickle calm sky
before the rumbling
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Winter Magic

Snow drifts all through the late night storm thin ice coats form, from cold rains’ freeze that wraps the trees. A world of white will soon emerge Winter Magic continued...

this mosaic

"maybe you remember the sacrifice one-sunset threw like the last party, half-broken from lack of use, lethargically sealing daybreak into afternoon,.. more here

You'd stand there arms crossed
in front, gathering your waist
with floured hands, a pause
from oven to table, your silhouette
perfectly framed in stained glass,..

You can read the rest of Dry Bones in Minnesota by Janet Leigh on Poetmeister ..on the road to Parnassus.

Reflections dance upon the grave where I lay.....
You can read the rest by clicking here
By Sara from The Shores of My Dreams and Poets Who Blog.

The Great Gravy Boat

Roman sailed the gravy seas
in his magic gravy boat.
No matter how the storm winds tossed
his boat would stay afloat.
Around the world and back again,
Roman chose to risk it

Please read the rest

Piano Man

Pencil fingers stretch across a keyboard ocean
to tickle obstinate rough edges
of this earthly spinning globe
while his melodies all chip-chopped
with words gasp for breath
in a moody cigarette fog

Read more...

Every Now and Then

I walked down by the river and I wandered off the path and I took my empty Coke can and I tossed it in the grass Yeah, I know I shouldn’t do that ‘cause littering’s a sin but I only do that sort of thing just every now and then. It’s really not so bad to only do it now and then. More..

Dear Angus, Where Are You Tonight?

A Thickburger came to visit.
A Fish Supreme came too.
They turned me on to Angus,
there’s nothing she’d not do.

“Too thick, too thick!” the Whoppers say,
“Call Arby, we’re coming to kick beef today.”

Curly Fry, she called her trashy,
said, “Angus, she’s a cow.”
But the wondrous things dear Angus did--
can’t talk about them now.

And Hardee played his guitar,
Ode To An Apple Pie,
while Thickburger and Fish Supreme
set ‘round getting high.

Please continue reading

Poetry Club Rules

1. Do NOT spam.
2. DO post excerpts of your work along with a link to where readers can read the rest of your post.
3. DO use poetry club to promote your poetry.
4. Do NOT post an entire poem or poetry related article to Poetry Club. See rule # 2.
5. Post only poetry or poetry related info to Poetry Club. Your blog is your own but Poetry Club belongs to all the Poetry Club members.
6. Left justify everything you post to Poetry Club so that your posts can be read in the Poetry Club Widget.
7. We hope this will be all the rules necessary but should we find we need more we'll add them.

Who Can Join Blogsboro Poetry Club?

Blogsboro Poetry Club is open to bloggers who post English language poetry to their blogs or write about poetry on their blogs. Users of Blogger/Blogspot blogs will find poetry club the easiest to use but users of most free and paid blogging services are accepted though we really don't care for Myspace type sites that are loaded with intrusive advertising. If you'd like to be considered for membership please send e-mail to idleblogs (AT) yahoo.com with the words, "Blogsboro Poetry Club" in the subject line.

And please don't forget to send the URL of your existing poetry blog.

Poetry Club Members

A Note About Member Privileges: The blogs listed below are the member blogs with which I'm most familiar, hence my reason for listing them below. Many members maintain more than one blog. That said, members have the option of posting poetry and poetry related articles to any of their blogs and then linking to the blog of their choice from the excerpts posted at Poetry Club. Also, if you're a member who is not listed below please remind me at idleblogs (AT) yahoo.com

Sashikala Premawardhane of Sashis' Space
Nick Regalado of Venom and Lust
Beatrice V of Poetry For A Night Owl
Mike Lyne of Write Now
Benjamin Chew of Walking on Water
Pat Smith of NotInTheNewsToday.com
Ayesha Thomas of Bird Droppings
Melanie Bishop of Beloved Dreamer
Dan Levin of Rainclouds from DL
Allen Taylor of WorldClassPoetryBlog.com
Jill Wickham of JillyPoet
Fenny Sterenborg of Fenny's Bla Bla Blog
Jenny Allan of Intermittent Voices
Scott Young of Midwest Poet
Gautami Tripathy of Rooted
Louise Richardson of Stripped
Shirley Allard of Whispers In The Wind
Jo Janoski
Tiel Aisha Ansari of Knocking From Inside
Sara of Poets Who Blog
Robert Cameron Hazelton of AveragePoet.com
Jason Keath of Argonaut
Janet Leigh of Poetmeister...on the road to Parnassus
RDL of New Poems
William F. DeVault of City of Legends
Madeline Kane of Mad Kane's Humor Blog
Billy Jones of BloggingPoet.com

What Is Blogsboro Poetry Club?

A group poetry blog.

Actually Blogsboro Poetry Club is a group blog made up of poetry bloggers who have their own blogs but wish to participate in a group blog by posting snippets of their poetry with links back to their own blogs or other information related to poetry. Poetry Club members and links to their blogs can be found on the left side of every page.

While an Internet property managed by Blogsboro.com and the Blogsboro Network, the network will maintain no control or ownership of the contents posted here. All contents remain the property of the member(s) who created them.

Some will use Poetry Club to lead readers back to their own blogs. Some will write about poetry. Others will use Poetry Club to post notices about their books, readings and the poetry events they attend or wish they could attend.

Warning: Not everything your read at Poetry Club or on the blogs of Poetry Club members is safe for all audiences. Read at your own risk.

Everyone can read posts here at Poetry Club, but if you wish to comment you'll have to follow the links to the member sites. You know, just so we can always play pretty.

Blogging Poets and Poetry Bloggers from around the world will be found at Blogsboro Poetry Club.