The Nomadic Scroll ~ VIII

[Hidden Poetress]

The Nomadic Scroll

[/size][/b][/center]

Volume VIII~May 1, 2008

[/size][/b][/center]

Greetings From the Administration

Peace Poets,

We've made it to May... Stop and take in all the beauty of Spring, Summer is coming up fast. It's been a creative and busy month. I hope you all had a happy 4/20, we had the most members on-line with 30 on that day. The introduction of Oasis Nights was in April. We had some great 4-Play Challenges and Den Battles... Some heated debates in Straight From the Headlines and Socrates Circle. We took walks down memory lane with many of our members as they spoke of their inspirations and introductions to Poetry. Once again Congratulations to StarChasr for being Poet of the Month and She for being selected as our newest Griot! We hope May brings more Blessings and Joy, and Congratulations Echo! Poet of the Month!

Peace and Blessings,

Hidden Poetress & WlkWlk3 (Administrators)

[/font][/size]

Please visit The Oasis on Myspace, The Oasis on Facebook, & The Oasis on Black Planet, and add us to your friends list!

[/size]

Nomadic Poet of the Month

[/font][/center]

Echo

[/b][/font][/center]

Click Echo's image to find out Why She Writes!

[/size][/u][/center]

Congratulations Echo! Keep blessing us with your talents!

[/size][/center]

Below is Echo's favorite original poem. Enjoy Fam...

Dear Babe

Scribed By: Echo

[/i][/center][/color]

Looking at old pictures of you and I.
I really do not believe that was me.
Even though you said you wanted to marry me through grinding teeth
I said yes
Was that really me?
Either way.. I still needed you.

You desensitized my present kisses.... no one will be as satisfying.
Yes, I will still dream of you tonight.

Compared to your friends, I was always the outcasted nerd.
The night we told your friends we were engaged I dressed preppy.
I was so f**king uncomfortable.
I loved you, and your friends that evening. I can't complain about waking up naked next to you either.

I appreciated how neither of us showed off our engaement rings..
I loved the fact we had made them for each other
I loved how they secretly matched..

I should have known then...
You were and will always be a secretive bi***.

I always thought it was gross how I weighed more then you.

I now see I was so much cuter when I was with you.
I hope you know how much I loved everything having to do with you...
I like how every day you wore the necklace your sister gave you
I think she made it for you... for your birthday or Christmas?
You are the most handsome creature I’ve ever seen.
And I hope you still think of me?
I miss you.
I have a picture of you and I up on my computer screen once and a while
From when I dyed my hair red and wore a lot of eye makeup
You still told me I was pretty.
But prettier with my hair up. You were stellar.
I kind of wish you would have just told me everything
You knew your family wouldn’t care...
Did you want to hurt me?
You are still perfect.
No one comes close to being perfection.
You know I prefer souls to faces.
I just tried to type your name and I started to bawl like a f***ing baby.
I think I may need you
I’ve said it like a million times already. Handsome, come back to find me.
Look at what you do to ME!
You didn’t even f***ing call me on my f***ing birthday.
WHY DON’T YOU NEED ME!?
i love you.
i love you.
if***ingloveyousomuchicantevergetoveryou.
didyoueverlovemeorareyouaf***ingliar?
imissyou.
there will never be enough words... to release me from the pain i live with daily..
i believe in soul mates. I just couldn’t hold on to mine.
i will never forgive the power above for doing this to me.
for the last two years i have been punishing myself for whatever i did to cause my karma to be dramatically shifted from "alright" to "Sh**ty as F**k."
My first love.
My only love.
My being.
My better Half.
My beautiful Mate.
Turned out to be gay.
Whatever it was with him I can’t get over it.
I’m frightened by the fact that no one, ever, even compares.
We’re both wandering this Earth as f***ing Lost Souls.
(At least I’m not alone.)
I love him. Dearly. My only wish being he knew.

I don’t know what it is that I miss
I loved him.
Love was my shield to everything tangible.
I still don’t believe the fact that I’m not married to him at this moment.
He had my eyes.
Now how f***ing often does that happen?
I really have never seen it. I’ve read about it.
How you are supposed to bow down to matching eyes.
He and I had matching hazel eyes.
We had matching emotions..
mine were a little more developed... I didn't care
His soul, was as newly birthed as mine is ancient..and neither of us understand our time together.
I wish I had his number.
I deleted it out of my phone a couple of months back.
I can’t handle drunk dialing temptations.

Obviously I can't cope with looking at this picture of We
I am done.

StarChasr's Scribe of the Month: Eyeful

[/font][/center][/u]

Scribed by: BlackChild

[/font][/center]

I got those eyes.
Mesmerizing deep brown,
begging the sun to come out,
and shine the light on my smoothe chocolate...skin.
Breath stopping, I am not,
but damnit, I don't want to kill you...
I want each deep sigh I enduce, to further free you,
and be a realization of the miracle I am.

...uniquely blessed...

Eyes that uplift the spirit.
Smiling at you,
but don't be fooled...
they see through regardles of what you sneak through your teeth,
and assume I believe, cuz I have yet to say a thing.

Eyes that capture minds,
and tell the secrets of time...
Ok.....so maybe thats a lie,
but they have seen more than the age I am constantly judged by.

Not all knowing, but all showing...
revealing myself in every tear I openly share.
Every glance.
Dancing over your body...
stripping away everything you masquerade as,
leaving you the naked african king you were born to be.
Not just empty promises,and unsought wants,
but a MAN of action...
to weak games, he puts a stop.

I'm that damn powerful!

Everytime I look your way,
standing by you to this day,
chocolate queen seeking true king...
begging you, son, to shine the light on me.

Oasis Spoken Word of the Month: MaryJaneBurns

[/font][/u]

devotedly hoping

[/u][/url][/center]

Click link above to listen!

Congratulations to the Hungriest Lions in The Den!



1. DaSwanja 1-0

2. Ol' Skool 5-5

3. Echo 1-1

4. Spirit 5-7

5. WLK3 6-9

Congratulations to Our Four-Play Champions!

1. MaryJaneBurns (Challenge 11: Late)

2. I Of The Storm (Challenge 12: Pain)

[/font][/size]

We had some prolific pen pushing last month fam! Let's keep it blazing!!

[/font][/size]

Board Of The Month

[/size][/b][/center]

Namaste Poetry

[/b]
[/center]

An Indian greeting simply translated "I bow to the divine in you"; from the root words: Namas - bow, reverential salutation (from "Nam" -humbly submitting) Te - to you, acknowledging the divine presence in another. Traditionally said while bringing the palms together at the heart in prayer position and lightly bowing the head and shoulders.

Acknowledging that there is a power greater than ourselves leads to spiritual enlightment, and an internal Oasis of Peace.

Namaste Poetry does not have to always reference a spiritual being. There are transcending times in life when love borders on the metaphysical.

One beautiful interpretation of Namaste: I honor that place in you where the whole Universe resides. And when I am in that place in me and you are in that place in you, there is only one of us.

Namaste Poets. Step outside of your physical reality, and create something spiritual.[/i]




[/size]

Straight From the Headlines!!!

[/font][/center][/u]

Man writes check on 2-ply toilet paper

[/size][/font]

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - An upstate New York man embroiled in a dispute over his water bill is not being allowed to pay off his debt with a check written on toilet paper. Ron Borgna tried to settle his $2,509.66 bill with a check written on floral print, two-ply toilet paper Wednesday.
The disagreement began in September 2006 when Borgna received a $422.90 water bill. Borgna claims he was overbilled. With additional charges, penalties and late fees that bill has grown.
Binghamton city officials refused to accept the check. After a short argument, Borgna was escorted out of the building.

I guess that means to kiss his AAAAAAAAAAAA... I know I completely feel him. Have you ever had a problem for them and they got to you when they felt like it, but then when its time to collect that money.... And how are they going to add charges when there was a mistake on his bill? What would you have done? Speak on it in Straight From The Headlines located in the Oasis Lounge.

Feedback & Questions

[/font]

If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please contact any one of the Executive Staff, and we will be more than happy to assist you. Thanks to each of you for making each day in the Oasis an amazing poetic journey!

Peace and Blessings,

Hidden Poetress~ (Administrator)
WlkWlk3~ (Administrator)
Babygirl~ (Global Moderator)
Renee AKA See the Sound~ (Global Moderator)
Poeticrebellion~ (Moderator)
StarChasr~ (Moderator)[/font][/center]