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Stuart Reiss

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Too dark or too light....either way your blind....,
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Oh sweet Unicorn please tell me how you came to be
Your are full of magic and beauty and live as one free
To perch high on the mountains of all you survey
Spreading wonder and light from the dawn of my day

Dear human in question please let me explain
The road to enlightment is filled with much pain
I was but a beast, a creature in torment
I asked the creator for but a small moment

I climbed the great stair and asked to be good
He thundered to me, if I dared then he could
See I was but a Bull with two curly horns
I was tired of anger and my future was torn

Everything happens for a reason, he started to say
including those two horns and your choice this day
You were given a choice at the begining of all time
To come back to me and be one with the Divine

Your horns represent both love and hate
Your true heart within has decided your fate
For having no hate enhanced your great quest
Your heart does ring true and passes my test

I see in your heart that it’s not of a bull
Of love and creation to the brim it does fill
I will make you unique and transform your soul
Make you special with magic and give you control

To guide your own fate and be judge of yourself
Be honest and kind and distribute your wealth
For your name is Unicorn and you have but one horn
Your beautiful and wise and from truth are you born

(And know that I will be there for you, always)
 

I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Words in brackets are wispered on the wind......We all have choice to be good or otherwise....its our choices and our commitment to those choices that make us who we are
Submitted by lyz on 24 January 2010 - 7:30pm.
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Dear Stu

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I love this and it is written well, spell check minor, 2nd last stanza, 2nd last line, your instead of you.
Apart from that. A_1.
Enjoyed the read.
Love Lyz.
XX

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 24 January 2010 - 7:35pm.
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Ah Liz…to the rescue

Ah Liz…to the rescue again…
I will fix it now

Thanks a million, very emotional to write this one

Thankyou very much for the nomination your most kind :-)

best regards Stu

Submitted by lyz on 25 January 2010 - 4:27am.
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go on with ya

I am curious hun, I never thought it too sad, I hope all is well.
I love unicorns but pegasus is my fave. Remember that song,
I am pegasus,
my name means horse,
I’ll fly with you now,
until I change my course,
etc, etc.
Well I am still looking for a unicorn one. You take care dear Stu, and your poem is lovely yet I am sorry to know that the emotions were behind the write.
Love to you and Bec.
Lyz.
XX

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 25 January 2010 - 5:20am.
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Yeah all is great Liz…the

Yeah all is great Liz…the write reflects last year and the point that good people choose to still remain good dispite the best efforts of jerks to pick on someone who seems different (ie writes poetry). I do love Pegasus he was a winged unicorn right?

This place is great in the way that if your feeling emotional a write like this is created and you feel SOOO much better afterwards and created something nice in the process

Best Regards Stu.. :-)

hey psst …Bec is good too :-)

Submitted by lyz on 26 January 2010 - 8:25am.
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Psst and Sshh

Glad Bec is good too. No horn on Pegasus, just wings. And I am so happy to know you are feeling better. Leave last year in the past and lets get on with it.
Love to you both, sshh, and keep on writing.
Love Lyz.
XX

Submitted by Seren on 25 January 2010 - 4:34am.
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Dear Stu this ones beautiful

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Dear Stu

this ones beautiful … there were a couple of lines i would tweak but later on its nearly dinnertime here and I am cook tonight … I am going to make some suggestions for you later when the troops have been feed … just tiny things I think would improve it and if you dont like them ? toss em lol

love and biggest hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x x

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 25 January 2010 - 5:25am.
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Hey Jayne make sure the

Hey Jayne make sure the troops have been fed lol..

I look forward to any advice and coming from you its usually pretty good :-)

And if I dont like them I can toss them right lmao

Best regards Stu :-)

Submitted by Seren on 25 January 2010 - 5:28am.
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Yep toss the bastards LOL

Yep toss the bastards LOL wont offend me darlin just suggestions for imoprovement but at the end of the day this is your baby
….

Kind regards Jayne-Chloe

Submitted by Seren on 25 January 2010 - 7:20am.
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Dear Stu

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here are some suggestions i thought might smooth the flow out in a couple of places

you dont need to use them juts suggested changes that could improve

love and hugs Jayne-Chloe x x

sweet Unicorn please tell me, how you came to be?
Your full of magical beauty and live as one free
To perch high on the mountains of all you survey
Spreading wonder and light from the dawn of my day

Dear human in question please let me explain
The road to enlightment is filled with much pain
I was but a beast, a creature in torment
I asked the creator for all but a moment

I climbed the great stair and asked to be good
He thundered to me, if I dared then he could
See I was but a Bull with two curly horns
I was tired of anger and my future was torn

Everything happens for reason, he started to say,
including those two horns and your choice this day
You were given a choice at the begining of time
To come back to me and be one with the divine

Your horns represent both love and hate
Your true heart within has decided your fate
For having no hate enhanced your great quest
Your heart does ring true and passes my test

I see in your heart that it’s not of the Bull
its of love and creation to the brim it fills
I will make you unique and transform your soul
Make you special with pure magic control

To control your own fate and judge yourself
Be honest and kind and distribute your wealth
your name is Unicorn, and you have but one horn
beautiful and wise and from truth are you born

(know that I will always be there for you)

Stu I feel like you need another line to make the ending a couplet
but thats just me … wonderful poem I had a tweak see what you think
just ideas to how you can go about rewrites … and good practice
for me critiquing lol

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 25 January 2010 - 6:42pm.
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Hey thanks Jayne, you picked

Hey thanks Jayne, you picked the passages that I wasn’t all that comfortable with and have made a couple of changes and a few subtle changes of my own…I do like the ending a lot but I agreed that a couple of your changes were very good and have edited them accordingly.

Think the purpose and flow is much better now

Thankyou muchly Jayne

Best regards Stu :-)

Submitted by Seren on 25 January 2010 - 10:37pm.
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Dear Stu

I am so glad you liked my tweaks … the problem with critiquing for me is that i hate changing someone elses work but over the months have seen how its helped me … I am trying to hone my critiquing skills and i appreciate you being so kind as to indulge me … thanks very much for that

kind regards Jayne-Chloe x x

Submitted by becklawrence73 on 25 January 2010 - 7:01pm.

Just Magic...

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Stu this is just beautiful….shows how you were true to yourself and came out the other side smiling.

Your spelling teacher asks you to fix up ‘Dared’ : )

Ciao
Beck xoxo

PS Hi Lyz.. hope you are well.

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 26 January 2010 - 4:04am.
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lol everyone needs a teacher

lol everyone needs a teacher in life and I am happy that you found something to report…which I have now fixed

And re: your comment, I smile a lot these days :-)

Thankyou Bec xoxo

Submitted by xena465 on 26 January 2010 - 4:51am.
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Beautiful, beautiful poem

Just one more wee mistake… (everything) (Everyting happens for a reason, he started to say)

I love horses. One of the many animals in our world that are almost human. If only Unicorns did exsits this would be spectacular. I’ve posted a new poem and would like it if you could give me your comments and thoughts. By the way you write, similar to myself, I think you may like it.

xena465

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 26 January 2010 - 5:49pm.
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Hey thanks Xena465 I have

Hey thanks Xena465 I have fixed the mistake…I’m not much of a speller lol.

I will take a look…

best regards Stu

Submitted by green eyes on 2 February 2010 - 9:22am.
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wow I loved this. I have

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wow I loved this. I have loved unicorns all my life, and you did well to honor them. Beautiful job!

Greeneyes

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 3 February 2010 - 5:03pm.
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Unicorns…Such a wonderful

Unicorns…Such a wonderful magical creature and they exist in our dreams and thoughts. I was a little inspired by the Unicorn in the movie Stardust with Claire Danes….one of my favs..

Thankyou so much Greeneyes

Best regards Stu :-)

Submitted by green eyes on 9 February 2010 - 3:23am.
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Did you ever see Legend,

Did you ever see Legend, That old movie with Tom Cruise? Beautiful movie, but sad.

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 10 February 2010 - 2:43am.
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Hi Greeneyes, yeah was a

Hi Greeneyes, yeah was a good movie..but your right..quite sad..I like new movies set in older times…its kind of an attraction I guess…And I do like Tom Cruise as an actor.

Stu :-)

Submitted by seabhac on 3 February 2010 - 4:34am.
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Got to the party late again

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I do love the twist on this tale of old and who is to say it is any less likely than any of the others.
Women and unicorns? now there is a question …why do we like them…the hope of peace and love and rightiousness? perhaps.

Can I be a nit picker to to perfect this lovely poem
On the line
Make you special with magic and give you control
take out the and and put in a comma…the beath of the spoken poem is so much better that way, try it and see what you think.

Seabhac

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 3 February 2010 - 5:15pm.
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Thats it hey, whose to say

Thats it hey, whose to say it didnt happen this way :-)

I’m really happy with the way this one turned out. I have to admit that the line you picked out is one of my favs in the poem as the way I’ve written it kind of has the feel of waves evenly spaced lapping on the shore…But thanks for the comment as I do have a look at any changes suggested as I’m always one for improvement and do change them when needed. Hey I’m far from perfect…get reminded quite often lol…

Thanks so much Seabhac

Best regards Stu :-)

Submitted by Ravenshakti on 8 February 2010 - 12:43pm.
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Hello Stuart...

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Your poem is the first thing I’ve read today;
and what a beautiful way to start the day!

An exquisite work of poetic art from the heart.

Thank you, for this little journey with your sublime Unicorn.

Gentle regards,

Raven

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 10 February 2010 - 2:47am.
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Just love Neo!

I’m very happy to be part of something special with everyone on Neo..Just love it..

Gee thanks for reading my poem Raven I’m happy that it started your day nice..

(and the unicorn says thanks too :-)

Best regards Stu :-)

Submitted by hippiepoet69 on 9 February 2010 - 11:58am.

Just Beautiful

I love this poem. I read all the comments so far. And there is nothing for me to add. Keep writting and I will keep reading your work. huey

Submitted by Stuart Reiss on 10 February 2010 - 2:50am.
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Gee thanks Huey…thanks for

Gee thanks Huey…thanks for stopping by..

I will do my best to keep you reading..
Thats what I love about writing…
even I dont know what I’m going to
think of next!

Best regards Stu :-)

Submitted by the_fool on 11 February 2010 - 12:07am.
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hmmm

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you kept using ‘you’ all the way thru it, got confused where the unicorn stopped talking. and that first stanza? kinda sounded like a barbie commercial. odd reading it with a superman pic right next to it tho. all in all, it was an interesting read. not bad, not saying i hated it.