The Koala Sleeps by Alex

When the sun is shining,

When the rain is pouring,

When the wind is roaring,

The koala sleeps.

When the trees are swaying,

When the birds are calling,

When the sky is falling,

The koala sleeps.

Ode to O.C. Haenni's Market by Travis

Beneath the striped awning, tales unfold,

Of meats hung high in the winter's cold.

A butcher's trade, both grit and pride,

In Southwest Garden, time did bide.

With cleavers sharp and aprons white,

They served their craft by lantern light.

A market bustling, a bygone place,

Where history lingers in every trace.

The cobbled steps, the dog at play,

Echo whispers of another day.

O.C. Haenni's stands steadfast, true,

A portal to lives that once we knew.

It's Magic by Avi

There's a movement in my head...

Glowing.

My horn lights up.

Because it's Magic.

Inside me by Avi

Inside me, 

there is but one wolf.

Next to it, 

but not with it, 

an eagle. 

A predator must be alone.

To be the apex, 

one must always be on top of a pyramid of losers.

Cherry Tree by Sara

There is a moment

When colorful buds

Peer, half-asleep

Through heavy lids,

And wonder if they have

A few moments more

To rest like weary eyes

Before busy visitors - humming and buzzing

As they fill their pockets with golden pollen treasure -

Arrive.

But the sun is warm.

And the songbird is here - joined by another and another -

Together sounding the alarm that spring has finally come.

So it is time to wake up.

This is just to say by William Carlos Williams (sent in by Lisa)

I have eaten 

the plums

that were in 

the icebox

and which 

you were probably

saving 

for breakfast.

Forgive me 

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold

If you can't be (sent in by Tuulia)

If you can't be a pine

on the top of the hill,

be a scrub in the valley -

but be the best little scrub

by the side of the rill.

If you can't be a highway

then just be a trail,

if you can't be the sun be a star.

It isn't by size that you win or you fail

be the best of whatever you are!

I want to fly away by thepoetryofwaves

Ich möchte hinwegfliegen

über das, was sie sagen

und doch kann ich nicht aufhören 

zuzuhören

dazugehören zu wollen

auch mit Flügeln

auch mit dir

vor allem damit

was ich möchte 

ich kann nicht sehen

nur spüren

wie ein Wind mich dahin trägt

wo alle Münder ein Lied singen

I want to fly away

about what they say

and yet I can't stop listening

to want to belong

also with wings

also with you

especially with it

what I want

I cannot see

only feel

like a wind carries me there

where all mouths sing a song

Listen to the wind by Karin

Listen to the wind,

it talks

Listen to the silence,

it speaks

Listen to your heart,

it knows.

Forget Me Not by La Belle Dame (sent in by Ashley)

My little one 

You have left us too soon.

Though my body 

can no longer hold you,

I hold you forever in my heart.

As precious and beautiful

as this flower caught in time.

A mother's love

does not forget.

My head, it's a room by Peter-T. Schulz (Ulli)

I want to stop being cold all the time

and yet to pretend to be warm.

What I feel like doing, is to lose something

and someone would grin and take my arm.

My head, it's a room,

in which two chairs stand.

I'm sitting on one of them

and on the other there is nobody to be seen ...

I want to stop carrying my head so high

that others can only see it from afar.

What I feel like doing, is to hear that friends say

with me, you could go to hell.

I want to stop knowing everything exactly

when I don't even know who bites whom in life.

What I feel like doing, is with someone between a pillow

guess three times what his name is in the back.

I want to stop looking for something

that I will probably never find

(maybe because it's on my neck.)

What I want is a pancake

and someone sitting across from me.

My head, it's a room ...

Dear Friend by YuJu

Dear friend,
it is so dark out here.
You have asked me
why I'm not gone to bed yet?

I'm happy that you have looked after me,
but
maybe you don't understand
and maybe you won't understand.
And you still don't understand
although I have explained it to you.

You just called me philosophy master.
Then you wanted me to go to sleep. 

Newcomers by Doreen

We are all newcomers on this ancient rock,
This granite shield of life and latitude.
Your way to roam with the herd, the seasons,
Watch for the signs,
Ours to impose our tribal order,
Dismembering the nation before.
A purple burble of hurt, written in blood and stone,
A history too painful to bear,
Atonement a dream.

A Red, Red Rose by Leonid (Love Poems on the Underground)

O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
O I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only Luve!
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile!

A poem for the future by Tilda

She has long hair and wears
Suede but her social appetite
Won't fill her days.
A lark sings, skies split but she
Won't ever get to see it.
Memories of a past because her
Present isn't present.
Monuments have moved with her
Phone in her back pocket.

A Postcrosser's Ode to Margaret Rutherford, the original "Miss Marple" by revode

An amateur detective,
I've faced all kinds of crimes;
From London to the countryside,
I've solved them many times.
I use my magnifying glass
to search for every clue;
From China, France, and Canada,
Madagascar, too;
I question every subject,
interview them all,
From Sweden, Brazil, Mexico,
Italy, Nepal;
But finally I scuba-dived
Aussie's Great Barrier Reef;
and finally solved the mystery
Of my missing teeth!

Eagle and Dove by Miss Sassi Fras

Eagle - courage and hope
Dove - patience and tenderness
Both - beauty and grace

Poem of Anna Achmatowa by Ninotschka's Mum

Herz ist nicht an Herz gekettet,
Wenn du möchtest - kannst du gehn.
Wie auf Rosen ist gebettet,
Der da frei geht seinen Weg.

Kein Geheule, keine Klagen,
Glücklich werd ich niemals sein!
Küss mich nicht, bin müd, verzagt,
Mich küsst nur der Tod allein.

Quälte mich so lange Tage
Mit dem Winter, der so weiß...
Warum bist du besser, sag es,
Als der Mann, der mir verheissen?




Heart is not chained to heart,
If you want - you can go.
As is bedded on roses,
He's going his own way.

No howling, no complaints,
I will never be happy!
Do not kiss me, I'm tired, despondent,
Only death alone kisses me.

Tormented me for so many days
With winter so white ...
Why are you better, say it,
As the man who was promised me?

Alone in the pack by Kathrin

Zusammen den Mond anheulen -
willst du nicht, kannst du nicht, weigerst dich.
Nur zu wiederholen, was andere rufen,
daran wächst du nicht.

Willst deinen eigenen Schrei finden
nicht nur heulen und brüllen
willst handeln, erleben, kämpfen
was zähl sind Ehrgeiz und Leidenschaft.

Warum sind nicht mehr wie du?


Howling to the moon together -
you don't want to, you cannot, you refuse to.
Just to repeat what others call,
you do not grow on it.

Want to find your own scream
not just howl and roar
want to act, experience, fight
what counts are ambition and passion.

Why aren't you more like you?

Summer, Sun, Beach and Ocean by Buddy (Lost Card)

Sommer, Sonne, Strand und Meer
was will man eigentlich im Urlaub mehr.
Ein Cocktail oder ein Bananenbrot,
ja das tut es auch zur Not.

Doch das schlimmste, muß ich sagen,
wenn die Zeit so schnell vergeht ich kann es nicht ertragen.
Nun steh ich ihr am Strand und schau auf's Meer,
Tränenden fallen in dem Sand.

Die Sonne geht unter die Wellen tosen,
hinter mir singen die weißen Matrosen.
Zum Abschied weht der Wind durch mein Haar,
der Urlaub war einfach Wunderbar.


Summer, sun, beach and sea
What else do you want on vacation?
A cocktail or a banana bread,
yes, it also does it for emergencies.

But the worst, I have to say,
When time goes by so fast I can not stand it.
Now I stand on the beach and look at the sea,
Watery people fall in the sand.

The sun is roaring under the waves,
behind me the white sailors sing.
Goodbye, the wind blows through my hair,
the holiday was just wonderful.