Dripping Silence Poetry

ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 Would Like To Congratulate The Winner Of The July DS Poetry Contest Alice Berezetsky, And Her Winning Poem 'Realm'

2011-08-15T19:03:00.000-04:00

Realm

Destiny is almost free

Oh infinitesimal degree...

Languid water

How much longer

Will you nurse against your will

Ocean sighs, forbidden dream

To be dazzling crystalline

Silent water tells no lies

Burdened by the sun...

By Alice B.

ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 Would Like To Congratulate The Winner Of The June DS Poetry Contest Anna Betts, And Her Winning Poem 'Grey Like Water'.

2011-07-09T03:43:00.000-04:00

Grey Like Water

Grey morning

Blue hidden behind a slow

Crawling thickness

Too much in the mix

Yet,

I don’t remember which step

Got left out.

The morning will be slice and served

Anyway

Rush, hustle, hassle

Nothing in its right place

So why this mourning

Throbbing magnified

Dulled by age, time, life

Ordinary trivia

I miss him.

That place is empty

In one week exactly it will be

Four years

Almost exactly

A chasm yawns

Swirling into the open

Like water.

By Anna Betts

ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 Would Like To Congratulate The Winner Of May's DS Poetry Contest Emilio Merisier(2xWinner), And His Winning Poem 'Other words'.

2011-06-10T01:47:00.004-04:00

Other Words

My era has sank into darkness

By tears of an unknown poet

And now I believe as words

Sell me to the outside of the

World, so the children may read

On the edges of my fragile soul

…

Break me

The eyes of others have seen

Hope but not boundaries

And have cursed the impossible

Sell me by pieces, let the wind

Lead me to the fragrance of

Her closet why not her bedroom

So, the children may love again

...

Sing me

Under stasis rubbles, sing me low

So, I may hear my single voice

Instead of bullets every night

So, I may hear her sighs again

Within mine and the blackness

And, I may hear my mild peasants

My shoe shiners and my children

Of death hanging in cars

Author: Emilio Merisier
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THANK YOU!

2011-05-20T13:07:00.002-04:00

Dripping Silence (A.K.A. Mark Hoffman, which is me), Would like to take this opportunity to say Thank You for your friendship. I consider Dripping Silence as a new genre of poetry. Creative writing that's based less on self experience, and solely on self observance. All poetry and graphics are done solely by myself.

Here is a list of important Dripping Silence information. You might want to save this somewhere to use as a reference.
1)The Dripping Silence website address is www.drippingsilence.net
Feel free to register yourself on the site, It's totally FREE. By doing so you gain more access .
2)There is a DS Fan Page here on Facebook, Click the link to easily find it, www.facebook.com/dripping.silencepoetry
3)There is a Dripping Silence Poetry App also here on Facebook. Here's the link, www.facebook.com/DSpoetry
4)You can also find Dripping Silence on Twitter, Again another link:)
http://twitter.com/DSpoetry
5) DRIPPING SILENCE POETRY VOLUME 1, is due out in all major book stores at the end of this month.
It will be available at Barnes&Noble, Borders, Amazon.com etc,etc
6) Dripping Silence also as of recently just signed on with Speaking Volumes, who will be publishing DRIPPING SILENCE POETRY VOLUME 1 as an E-BOOK, it will be available to download on any electronic reading device i.e, iPad, Kindle, Nookbook
7)Dripping Silence holds a monthly Poetry Contest. Which had previously been a weekly contest.The winner will have their poetry posted on the Dripping Silence website, ALWAYS complete copy rights, and credit going to the winner.PLEASE submit ALL poems via email to me here on Facebook, or to drippingsilence@gmail.com.

8)DRIPPING GRAPHICS WEBSITE- COMING JUNE 2011, A brand new website devoted to DS graphics. www.drippinggraphics.com, Email: drippinggraphics@gmail.com
8)DRIPPING SILENCEWEAR- COMING FALL 2011: A clothing line for both Men & Women made up of t-shirts, Pants, Hats, and Sneakers.

MUCH THANKS&LOVE:)
DS

Brain Damage

2011-05-12T15:01:00.000-04:00

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It seems like my head

Has recently lost

My brain

What else can explain

Why I'm going insane

I just don't feel the same

As I did yesterday

But I say, Fuck it!

I'm better off this way!

ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON- 'DRIPPING GRAPHICS'

2011-05-05T17:26:00.000-04:00

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ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 Poetry Contest-MAY

2011-05-05T16:29:00.000-04:00

Hi Guys,
Dripping Silence is now excepting entries for the DS monthly poetry contest. As usual the contest is open to any friends of Dripping Silence, Fans of Dripping Silence, or any person in the group 'Articulated Expression'. If you have your own poetry/writing group, poetry/writing Fan page, or just someone interested in teaming up with us then send me an email.

REMINDER- This is NOT a cash prize contest. The winner each month will have their poem posted on the Dripping Silence website, with complete copy rights, and credit going to the winner. If you haven't visited the site yet here is the link,
www.drippingsilence.net

There will be Judges viewing and scoring your entries for each contest. Each poem is judged on a point system. The person with the highest score added up from all the judges will become the winner. The four different categories we score on,
1)Title, 2)Originality, 3)Flow,4)Ending,
Each category gets a score 0-5,

Rules are,

1) Please submit/email your writing to
-Dripping Silence here on Facebook,
-Drippingsilence@gmail.com
-ArticulatedEXP@aol.com
2) IMPORTANT!! Each entry must have the TITLE in the subject line of your email. IT WON"T BE ENTERED IF ITS MISSING.
3) Send each entry in its own email. Meaning not more then ONE poem per email.
4) Allowed only up to 5 entries per person for each monthly contest,
5) NO short stories.
6) All poems must be submitted by midnight on the last day of each month,
7) Any poems containing writing that you wouldn't want your mom to read will NEVER win, so please don't waste anyones time in submitting such a piece,
8) Include a picture if you want it to be added to you're poem,
9) All poems submitted will be sent a notice of conformation your poem was received. If you don't receive a notice please contact DS right away.
10)Most important of all rules HAVE FUN:)

The winner will be announced the first week of the each month. Then posted on the DS website.

So gets those pens moving. Any questions feel free to ask.

Dear Friends

2011-05-05T16:27:00.000-04:00

Poetry & Graphics by ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇

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Dripping Silence Congratulates The DS March Poetry Contest Winner Justin Blackburn And HIs Winning Poem 'Before I Opened Myself To Love'.

2011-04-15T00:43:00.000-04:00

Before I opened myself to love

I sat stiff in stairwells

feeding penguins poison,

confused as to who or what I was.

I did not know to go up or down,

most of the time I tried to disappear.

I watched the people walk while

making crude judgments to nothingness.

I beat myself up behind the schoolyard,

cooked bullies breakfast,

stayed in on Saturday night,

befuddled by being, crying hard.

Before I let myself go to Mother Nature

I looked at the moon and hated her

for being so bright yet so far away.

I played in the grass and got a rash,

thought the sewer was a stream,

and came down with some fungus disease.

I screamed my throat red at invisible fiends

scared to death of the wind and trees,

thought everything was out to get me.

I pissed prayers out through my eyes,

sat at home and stared out the window all night,

waiting for something but I never knew what.

Before I let myself realize my true endless potential

I thought nothing made any sense

and I thought I was right.

I stayed home and slept all day,

watched soap operas all night,

thinking suicide had eyes prettier than any summer.

Now I know and look back as laughter

understanding why I was like that,

and when I find myself embarrassed or sad

I realize who I am, who we all are,

and an eternal glowing feeling fills my heart.

I take full acceptance for anything anyone has ever thought about me.

Justin Blackburn

www.justinblackburnlovesyou.com

February's Dripping Silence Poetry Contest Winning Poem-Second Chance, By Nelson Skyshy Wetaaka

2011-03-06T19:25:00.004-05:00

If only tears were laughter

A second chance

You would give to the male race

Your bitter hate

Is honest and innocent

It is a desired vengeance

For a dear loss

But turn the other cheek

Maybe a fat peck

You will get

Flirting is escapist

It is being so close

Yet detached

For once bitten

You are now overly shy

Even in obvious liking

A second chance

May seem a foregone repeat

But it is a chance

Worthy a leap

I Miss You

2011-03-02T00:05:00.002-05:00

I MISS you each time I look outside

I MISS you all day and night

I MISS you so much I cry

I MISS that sparkle in your eyes

I MISS the way they shined

I MISS how you would call just to say 'hi'

I MISS how you would always stop by

I MISS having you in my life

I MISS your presence

I MISS your protectiveness

I MISS my Best Friend

I MISS you so very often

I MISS all the amazing things you do

Dear Dad

This entire poem is TRUE

But mostly I just
MISS YOU!

This poem is dedicated

To the best man I've ever known

And will ever know

My Father David Hoffman

I MISS you terribly

I'll love you always

Your son

With love

Mark

"Romanticism" Sonnet 1

2011-03-01T13:03:00.000-05:00

2011-02-10T02:38:00.001-05:00

2011-02-10T02:36:00.001-05:00

Dripping Silence January Poetry Contest Winning Poem-Last Night, By La Modestie

2011-02-08T20:50:00.001-05:00

Grace to my hands, grace to my words
Inside a room our liberty has been proved
Inside our soul we have been stood by what
We could have definitely said no about

Written pieces of poem to keep it alive
Last night before I fell into the silence
I wondered if we did not sin for freedom
If we were drunk, or fallen into words

How weird it was? How cool we were?
What can I say that I haven’t said yet?
What can I tell that I haven’t told before?
Last night is written, now it’s all night

It’s alive everyone is going to read it
Live it, scream it, even tell it as a joke
But without knowing where it came from
They shall even write it somewhere safer

Nudity is an unconditional freedom and pure
It is free will, the same killer, taste of temptation
What else could I have ever wanted in my life?
Than poke poetry and think over its laugh

Never To Love Thou Afraid

2010-12-24T03:30:00.002-05:00

Wilt ease thine heart, Shall see

No ending line, Thou felt embraced by

The sun lite-moon, To gather not thine time

Just thy love, Thee wish came soon

Captured till death, O Ye I find

Thou felt Contained, By thy eyes

Many tears thou cry, Throughout the night

Followed by dreams, Of thy beautiful sight

If thou seeketh, Thee shall never see

Above thy loves, Boundless height

For thou shall search, Endless thine earth

To find thy beauty, To gain loves worth

Love, En-twist, Forever last

Never in thy past, Thou shall learn

What thee not know, Open thou eyes

For thine loves grown

If cometh thou Ask, Thee shall be shown

Behind thine soul, Thy heart

Remains cold, Awaiting thy loves

Warm hand to hold

Forever thy love, For thee

Shall never grow old, For art thou

Wast born made

Never to love thou afraid

Love At First Sight

2010-12-16T15:50:00.001-05:00

I've come to find, That my mind

Has been acting, A lot like time

Ticking on a clock, Since it never stops

But I'm fine with that, So it better not

It feels somewhat, Like it's stuck

That's because, I'd have no clue

What I'd do, Without the memories

I have of you

But even though, You always say

It's impossible, I still know

It to be true, My heart

Will always, Belong to you

They say love is blind, Well I guess

That explains, The reason why

After all this time, My only wish

Is still, To feel, Your touch

I remember, How it, Always felt

So perfect, Now at night

I'm left, Just lying awake

Picturing your beautiful face

Whenever I pray, It's that each

Breathe I take, Will help make

What I feel, Become real

So tomorrow, I'll see you

As your beauty, To me

Always seems, Brand new

I only, Speak the truth

I feel so empty, Without you

I'd crawl on my knees, If need be

To search, The entire earth

If I knew, That someday

It would bring me, To you

I really wish, You could see

All I need, Is for you

To be, By my side

Right here, In my life

You consume, My every thought

Without you, I'd be so lost

That's exactly, Why I say

There's nothing about you, I'd ever change

True love it's called, What else

Can explain, How all these years

Have gone by, Yet all my feelings

Still remain, Exactly the same

You fit perfectly, In my dreams

Even if it seems, That's the only

Place you'll be, At least I'll still see

Your face, Whenever I please

But I'll still continue, Looking through

Each and everyday, To hopefully soon

Find a way, To once again

Kiss you goodnight

Because I knew

The second I saw you

It was
Love At First Sight.

A Myth, Is That Which Is Friendship

2010-12-08T19:17:00.004-05:00

Friend seeketh not one to thine self

For art thy blessed, To call thou best

Enriched thine heart, Thy warmly felt

Stand thee test, Let die thou rest

Thou shalt sleep, Till morning sun

For thee, Rise upon, A broken heart

Why wert, All thou, Has now done

Taketh thy soul, To tear a part

Friendship, Alas there was a myth

Thee blinded, By thou evil mask

Carry thou words, To hell with

Forever thine ship, Will remain a myth

Dripping Silence November Poetry Contest Winner, Nelson Skyshy Wetaaka, And The Winning Poem-I Would Love

2010-12-07T03:09:00.001-05:00

I would love

To stare in your eyes

And see those feelings

That you keep hiding

I would love

To hold your hand

Feel the shivers

My touch incites

I would love

To talk to you

To hear your sweet voice

And get to know you

I would love

To hug you

And laugh at you

As you shake

Then cuddle tightly

Into my warm embrace

I would love

To kiss your tears

Each time you cry

I would love

For you to whisper

In my ear

Your dreams

And fears

I would love

To love you

The way you want

And the way you never expected

I would love

To ask you for a dance

And we sway

To your favourite song

I would love

For us to take an evening walk

Stare at the stars

And chat about the future

I would love

To ask you for a date

Take you to dinner

And have your favourite meal

With a glass of wine

I would love

You to be

My partner

My love

And spend the rest of your life

With you as my wife....

Extraordinary Circumstance

2010-11-25T06:46:00.010-05:00

An Extraordinary Circumstance

Calls for extraordinary measures

But rarely, Will it occur

At times of your leisure

Nor will it either, Happen by chance

It ordinarily occurs, At first glance

When the body, Does only

What the mind can see

It's precisely, During a split second
Of uncertainty, When they say, A Hero
Is ready and able, To act fast
Since they've learned

Valuable lessons of our past

Hero's are always, Mentally aware

To be prepared, To do what's instilled

As well constantly drilled

In their memory

A Hero will always be, The first
To be able to see, If there's anybody

In dire need, Of an unselfish

Heroic deed

It's beyond necessary, To always be
Ready to foresee, What you can't see
This way your memory

Will instantly, Act lightening fast

So, If or when this, Comes to pass

You'll definitely know
It's not by chance, Your next

Extraordinary circumstance.

My Magical Fantasy

2010-11-21T20:03:00.003-05:00

Once upon a time, There was a place

Where you'd find, A magical river

Led to a mystical mountain

Beneath it was found, Many tropical islands

Where the biggest diamonds, Hang like apples

From every tree, As for money, Here there's no need

It's a place, Where waterfalls lead

Straight to paradise, There's only one rule

You must, Always be nice

In the morning, When you rise

All your dreams, Simply seem

To have already, Become a reality

It's a place, Where gold, Will flow

In the direction, You tell it to go

Even when, You don't say so

Here you'll never fear, Being alone

You're always shown, A respectful tone

Even from those, You don't even know

Its a place, Where you can be

Anything you dream, All you need

To do, Is believe, In fantasies

It's a place, Where true beauty

Is the only, Sight you'll see

Never your fears, Since they just disappeared

Your every desire, Comes true

With a snap of a finger, Because all your dreams

Are in arms reach

It's a place, Where with a blink of an eye

Magic will occur, So you'll never

Have to say goodbye, For loved ones never die

It's a place, Where everything is free

So if you believe, In peace

Miracles will happen, Whenever you please

It's a place, Where you'll find, Only exist

In my mind, If I had more time

I'd go back to sleep, So I could dream

I see

My magical fantasy.

Discursive Psychology

2010-11-19T21:02:00.021-05:00

Must I keep hiding, It's nauseating

But those people, Keep looking

They won't stop staring

I think it must be, What I'm wearing

Well it's something, It just can't be nothing

Assholes are usually, The ones doing, All the judging

But I've been waiting, For so long

I'm not really that strong, I'd pay anything

If I could see, Another person reflecting

Right back at me

But there is, Only this

One important thing, It must be

A lot better looking, Then me

Okay, Okay, If it looks happy

I guess that's fine by me

I would bet, There probably

Not even coming, Oh Forget it

I see, You're not listening

But even, If I were saying

Something that's important

You still wouldn't

Think it's relevant

Then I mustn't

Even though I wasn't

Karma

2010-11-17T20:26:00.001-05:00

There's a real possibility

That most likely

There'll be nothing left

If we continue to only

Think about what's next

How many times

Has there been

Any kind of situation

You could of made

It your mission

To make a difference

But instead you insisted

To look the other way

Not by mistake

But you actually

Had done it purposely

Just because you're lazy

When was the last time

You needed help

But you were only dealt

The same set of cards

As that person you felt

It might be to hard

To help lend a hand

When you thought

Someone else just can

It's always easy

To think there might be

No good reason to do

What could be done

Simply by anyone

But what is carved

And will leave

A permanent mark

In this thing called life

Is when you help those

You don't know

This way maybe

Just maybe

When you're not ready

There will be

Someone there to help you

Get through

A situation that could use

A helping hand to do

Misery

2010-11-17T19:09:00.003-05:00

MISERY

Misery will usually

Be so annoying

It's as though it constantly

Will make you feel empty

Misery likes to purposely

Make everything confusing

Like it can't do anything

Other than try consuming

The life your living

Misery lacks the capability

To have any sympathy

It will always try

To make you cry

Misery
Won't let you die

Misery
Has nine lives

Misery
Needs you alive

You can't really

Be asking why

Misery would mind

If you actually died

You never realized

That your body

Is where Misery

Loves to hide

Misery is never shy

It loves to DRIP

From your eyes

As if it's wearing you

Like a disguise

Misery seems to definitely

Somehow always be

Right by your side

It won't ever leave

Even if you barely
Can breathe

But misery will mainly

Be in all your dreams

It wants to even harass you
When you're asleep

Misery tries to mostly

Surround you entirely

Consuming every inch

Of your body

It won't ever slightly

Let you possibly

Live without misery

It unfortunately

Will never let you free

Misery wants to slowly

Become the only

Feeling you're capable
Of recognizing

Misery is brighter then the sun

Misery acts like a deadly gun

Misery aims at you when you run

Misery doesn't fear anyone

Misery is so blinding

When you're trying

To run away

It will prevent you
From finding

Somewhere to stay

That's particularly the way

Misery will get you

To be locked into
A convention

Of bad intentions

Misery is one ugly invention

That came without instructions

It's a complex theory

In which your memory
Has to study

If you plan to free

Yourself entirely

Of all your misery

Then you simply

Must never repeat history

If inner peace

Is what you seek

Let the world see

You've completely

Rid your body

Of that bitch misery

If you want to sustain

The way you've changed

Then your brain

Can no longer contain

Any thoughts which remain

Playing misery's old game

So instead of going insane

For all you lost in the rain

Start to rearrange

What can refrain

From getting in your way

Then all your misery

Will end today.

Heaven's Air (Dedicated To All Those In Our Armed Forces)

2010-11-07T19:16:00.001-05:00

It's not about how far you can go

Or how much pain you can take
It's about the way you make

Your life show as you travel

Down each long dark road

That may lead to a battle unknown

Consistent fierce determination

Is your usual preparation

So you always know

The right direction to follow

Preventing you from losing any battles

Armored and ready to fight

For what you believe in life

Leaving nothing to chance

Knowing you only get one dance

To prove your worth

In the eyes you seek

From above the earth

Simplicity has reached its end

You will no longer continually

Feel the need to defend

What you believe is right

Or the reasons why you fight

It's your inner peace

To whom you say goodnight

You never need to prove

How compassion and love

Are the only two parts

That fill your big heart

It's by no miracle

You've reached the pinnacle

Of success in an instant

For not one minute

You weren't
Completely aware

To always be prepared

Preventing your soul

From reaching
Heaven's air.