anwanórë » Poetry http://anwanore.com Anar Caluva Tielyanna Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:26:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Lama http://anwanore.com/2012/04/19/the-lama http://anwanore.com/2012/04/19/the-lama#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:25:45 +0000 Erundur Anwamehtar http://anwanore.com/?p=1438 The Lama
by Ogden Nash

The one-l lama,
He’s a priest.
The two-l llama,
He’s a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn’t any
Three-l lllama.*

* The author’s attention has been called to a type of conflagration known
as a three-alarmer. Pooh.

** Erundur would like to call attention to the brilliance of this poem.

]]> http://anwanore.com/2012/04/19/the-lama/feed 0 Haiku! http://anwanore.com/2008/05/04/haiku http://anwanore.com/2008/05/04/haiku#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 02:58:47 +0000 Erundur Anwamehtar http://anwanore.com/?p=1126 I’ve had the pleasure of discovering haikoo.org, a collaborative haiku website created by Tom Music. I met Tom about a month ago at the inaugural Seattle Startup Drinks event (sidenote: never ye fear, I drank no beer). I saw him again yesterday and was reminded of his site and told of new enhancements to it.

The concept of Haikoo.org is a pleasant one and simple. Each person contributes one line of the haiku.

An example. I begin a haiku by giving it a name and the first line. I began one yesterday, and it has already been completed.

Sixes
A Saturday thick
with smoke, fear, and promises
that Sunday will come

(Participants: anwamehtar, kellynisms, tom)

He recently added another feature that allows people to add Youtube videos of the poem being recited. I particularly enjoyed the following one:

streetside
little old lady
release your grocery cart
those shackles are loud

(Participants: vixy, chrispin, WEContact)

Click here to view the embedded video.

And this one by marmay9, dimelane, EnFeu and performed by kellynisms is worth having a laugh about:

confetti
life keeps taking me
by suprise, and it makes me
separate, explode

Click here to view the embedded video.

It’s worth admiring the completed poems, and if you like the premise sign up and try it out.

]]> http://anwanore.com/2008/05/04/haiku/feed 0 Cell Phone Poem http://anwanore.com/2008/04/27/cell-phone-poem http://anwanore.com/2008/04/27/cell-phone-poem#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:32:08 +0000 Erundur Anwamehtar http://anwanore.com/?p=1124 From the tower high I watch the earth and watch the sky the workers as they stumble by and yet I cry out for I am one with them

]]> http://anwanore.com/2008/04/27/cell-phone-poem/feed 0 Refuged http://anwanore.com/2007/12/10/refuged http://anwanore.com/2007/12/10/refuged#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:12:06 +0000 Erundur Anwamehtar http://anwanore.com/2007/12/10/refuged A Poem by Erundur Anwamehtar

O, the dark pendulum swings
naught comes to naught
forward on hope’s deft wings

O, the dark pendulum swings
ought comes to ought
reverse gears, friction sings

nights end, enlightened
forever it brings

reach the chaliced sky
never seize

touch birth, touch earth
be

O, the dark pendulum swings
the arc, the seeker’s relief

O, the dark pendulum swings

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A Poem by Erundur Anwamehtar
08/16/2007

I polish the plate and put it away
pile on the stack and push it back
its placid destiny set
no more memoirs of food to write tonight
the tableware beholds no more

]]> http://anwanore.com/2007/09/14/plates/feed 0 Context http://anwanore.com/2007/08/15/context http://anwanore.com/2007/08/15/context#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:58:57 +0000 Erundur Anwamehtar http://anwanore.com/2007/08/15/context I wanted to provide a brief amount of context for the poem A Warrior Cries. Yes, I did write it almost three years ago in 2004. I was looking through the poems I had posted today and wanted to post a non-emo poem. Poetry for me is mostly self-reflective, but here is an example of a poem that contains something more. Plus, the rhyming actually worked out well.

]]> http://anwanore.com/2007/08/15/context/feed 0 A Warrior Cries http://anwanore.com/2007/08/15/a-warrior-cries http://anwanore.com/2007/08/15/a-warrior-cries#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:53:18 +0000 Erundur Anwamehtar http://anwanore.com/2007/08/15/a-warrior-cries A Warrior Cries
A Poem by Erundur Anwamehtar
8/22/2004

Everyday, the war continues
with flaming arrows flying far.
The warriors fight for countless hours
going forth, never back, beneath the stars.

A Hero arisen leads the fight.
He’s drawn many people to his side
and constantly they live in light
of His love. He gave all to stop the tide.

He gave them life, his life, and they live.
“I have come that YOU may have life!”
He shouts for men and women to give
their chains to him and leave behind eternal strife.

Many join – many, but not all.
Some hate the light, prefer blindness,
and run through broad streets until they fall
forever because they refused a Hero’s kindness.

Rally, men, rally to his cry!
Turn, women, you must open your eyes!
Look now, all, and realize
you must be on the right side
before you die
fighting for lies.

]]> http://anwanore.com/2007/08/15/a-warrior-cries/feed 0 Rotting Banana is the new Cellar Door http://anwanore.com/2007/08/02/rotting-banana-is-the-new-cellar-door http://anwanore.com/2007/08/02/rotting-banana-is-the-new-cellar-door#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:25:20 +0000 Erundur Anwamehtar http://anwanore.com/2007/08/02/rotting-banana-is-the-new-cellar-door I went for a walk, and the sky is blue. If I were Jake I’d write a haiku.

(Why Cellar Door? Go read more.)

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A Poem by Erundur Anwamehtar
6/21/2007

Anchors carry more weight than
cement shoes attached to our love.
The way you cry, I know
you’ve given up.
When we hit the bottom, tell me so
then tell me nothing.

I hear your words as we descend,
the fish swim faster and move me more –
no longer can we pretend

everything is going to be okay,
everything will be alright,
our love will make it through the night
our love will help us fight
the fears and keep us near

until we say nothing
forevermore.

]]> http://anwanore.com/2007/06/21/fish-swim-faster/feed 1 Hickory http://anwanore.com/2007/02/07/hickory http://anwanore.com/2007/02/07/hickory#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:55:39 +0000 Erundur Anwamehtar http://anwanore.com/2007/02/07/hickory Pull out the light bulb to hide the decay,
nothing uncovered, no need to say
“I hope never to see daylight in dark times
when the moon is shy,”

close both eyes
to the jealous clock green
with envy unmoving
unable to share dimension

31 million seconds

it takes two to beckon,
one to hollar, one to respond
a moment comes to be

gone

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