Comments on: How to Write a Poetic Parable

By: Angela Khristin Brown

Angela Khristin Brown — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:45:35 +0000

the narcisisism in color an adiction
quota of being lenched
no one cares to pay attention
no one trust a basket case
and as the color exists
white sheets, black painted faces
a mere reflection of being whiped
nobody’s perfect until caught
it is difficult to speculate risk involved
the general values of this imposition
is relative to the pain

By: Sarah.M

Sarah.M — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:51:27 +0000

One small tree was swaying in the wind,
When a small seed fell off,
and planted himself into the soil.

The seed grows into a tree,
that blows through the breeze,
and spreds out more seeds to grow,
to become beautiful trees.

The tree lives a long life,
until one day the trees time comes,
and a man cuts him down into paper.

The paper finds its way to the bank,
Where it’s made into money.

The bank gave the money to lady,
That worked two jobs to earn it,
To care for her son and daughter.

The money went into a savings account,
that paid for her sons college.

Her son grew up to be a doctor
and saved a young girls life.

The girl grew up to be a fire fighter,
that saved a small boys life.

That boy grew up to be president,
and all because of one small seed
that one small tree let go of, on accident.

By: Parable Student

Parable Student — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:23:01 +0000

I love the parable about the nuts being crushed! It illustrates the point of the lesson above – the point of the story is so obvious that the ending is funny by trying to laugh at itself.

By: Akhristin

Akhristin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:01:07 +0000

is hope an infringement of life
where as an inspired metaphore
depleted a reason to grow

is hope so defile in life
that a dream is defered
upon the wish to succeed
is only a dream

is hope so denied
that every time you try
you try, try again
to start all over again

is hope so bitter
that your dreams are over looked
because no one understood you

is hope a silmile to beleive
in all hope, life and maturity
to succeed

is hope the dream you beleived
that dream and it became true

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:27:20 +0000

@ Rosemary

Come back and finish any time

@ Key

Parables can be a lot of fun. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

By: Key

Key — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:20:59 +0000

I thought writing a parable would be hard, but I ended up really enjoying this. I even put in some rhyme (just to make my life a little harder!).

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:21:35 +0000

You will be missed Rosemary

By: Rosemary Nissen-Wade (aka SnakyPoet)

Rosemary Nissen-Wade (aka SnakyPoet) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:57:06 +0000

Thanks for the giggle James, and the kind words! Rosemary Nissen-Wade (aka SnakyPoet)s last blog post..The Quest

By: James Garner

James Garner — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:22:00 +0000

I am saddened to hear,
that you’re leaving us, dear.
Please, come back when you can
stay a little past ten.
(ew, that one did not work.)
Well, perhaps you could lurk,
on the forum sometime
and make comments that rhyme.

By: Rosemary Nissen-Wade (aka SnakyPoet)

Rosemary Nissen-Wade (aka SnakyPoet) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:49:39 +0000

Dear People

I’m a lot busier than I was when I did this last year, and it’s interfering with projects dearer to my heart, so I have regretfully decided not to post here any more. I’ll keep reading, and I’ll still use the prompts to write poems and will post the results on my poetry blog – but it will be at a much slower pace!

Thanks again to John for making the opportunity available.

Happy writing all!

Rosemary Nissen-Wade (aka SnakyPoet)s last blog post..Celebrating Germaine