http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=.aLfie+.vera+.mella Poetry .aLfie .vera .mella Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=2298&ca=Poetry ' spread my appendages like the Vitruvian man. I'm as bare and naked as I can ever be. I'll fly away when everything has all been done. I'd be reborn the same butterfly, soaring free. When will I ever hear the flutes and reeds of Pan, Celebrating the return of my dignity? I welcome the blazing rays... Poetry .aLfie .vera .mella Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=2299&ca=Poetry Insomnia is an ally of restlessness; While trauma, a result of feeling helpless. Trapped between two evils—what a dilemma! How I wish for temporary amnesia. Believe me, I didn't pray for idleness, Which only aggravates my being hopeless. I long to see a host of gumamela In a backyard with an old, ta... Poetry .aLfie .vera .mella Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=2300&ca=Poetry So proud and bright are the leafs of Spring, glist'ning. I hear the twitter of tiny birds hiding. Fuchsia flowers, from the trees, gently falling. Here we are, on a Summer morning, basking; I stare, in worship, at the sun—beseeching. Grandfather admires the redness of flowers. The neighborhood's lik... Poetry .aLfie .vera .mella Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=2301&ca=Poetry Try to keep your old flames As your present candles, To remind you who you are, To cast you light when it's dark. Retire from your old games; Farewell to past moonspells; Repair your remaining scar; ' past is but a previous spark. Life's course should be linear; There's no more turning back. Yet, li... Poetry .aLfie .vera .mella Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=2302&ca=Poetry My bonnet is like a sonnet; Don't ask me why? Oh how lovely— Isn't that 'Nympheas' by Monet? —Pastel pond, blush blooms, green grass Adorn the scene. [My head is turbid, My body languid.] Like stained glass, Your charisma is so serene. The birds on the roofs are merry; They rouse the day. This sonne... Poetry .aLfie .vera .mella Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=2303&ca=Poetry "What does profit a plagiarist if he gains the Word but loses the command of his own Pen?"—Rain Paggao ........You can plagiarize me, But you can't steal my immortality. ........You can plagiarize me, But don't talk about morality. ........You can plagiarize me, But you can't take away my dignity.... Poetry .aLfie .vera .mella Sun, 10 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1866&ca=Poetry Cackle here, cackle there, The crows are everywhere. Sun is bright, Sun is warm, Oh, I can feel his charm. 'Sneaking in, 'sneaking out, Squirrels hop about. The whir of lawnmowers I can hear, The scent of grasses I smell, oh dear! Flowers blossom, leaves glisten; I better hum and listen. The clouds... Poetry .aLfie .vera .mella Sun, 10 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1865&ca=Poetry Steady rain on April's first Sunday's Pouring forth—teardrops of the sky, Mourning for the death of the Pope— A man came in the name of God; A good man came and went. The noblest thing the man had shown Was how to die in peace and with grace. The noble legacies he did leave Are hard for another to c... Opinions .aLfie .vera .mella Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1008&ca=Opinions Is Sadness the Permanent Emotional State in Which Every Being Exists and Happiness Only a Temporary State of Mind or Emotion--the Ultimate or Ideal Feeling which We Try Hard to Possess But Never Will? Recently my friend writer Andrea Duerme and I had a ponderous chat, which dwelled chiefly on one co... Pets .aLfie .vera .mella Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=863&ca=Pets The first gifts I ever gave to my niece six-year-old Amber was an animal book. This was my way of influencing her into developing a fascination for animals and a love for books; for I myself, as a child used to, and now continues to be fascinated with the peculiarities of animals and to be smitten b...