Poetry and Poems

i love poetry about horse and the outdoors cani have some?

My grand daughter loves horses & she reads poems about horses at these links. They inspire her & give her ideas for writing her own poems. Hope you enjoy them too!

http://www.horses-and-ponies.com/poetry/index.shtml

http://www.cowboys-n-cowgirls.com/The_Literary_Horse.html

http://www.stwcp.com/Poets/julia_k.html

Homosexuality

By Punkerslut

It was once remarked by Dr. Laura, “What I did say is that when
an individual is not so drawn to a member of the opposite sex,
in biology, that’s some kind of error.” Dr. Laura’s distaste of
Homosexuality is nothing new, and there has been much advocacy
against her on part of these views. Others, who hold similar
views, have defended her opinions. However, what she said her,
it may hold some kernal of truth. It may very well be truth,
that biologically, it is an “error,” if such a term has any real
meaning, for someone to be Homosexual. By pursuing an individual
of the same sex, procreation cannot occur. It becomes an
impossibility in this scenario. If the natural purpose of every
organism is to procreate, that their offspring may also
procreate indefinitely, then I have no argument. If it happens
to be true, that the purpose of life is simply procreation, of
reproducing the old generation, then I cannot deny the truth of
the statement, that Homosexuality is “some kind of error.” I can
present no argument that I genuinely believe, no objection that
I sincerely hold as truth. That is, at least, if it is true,
that life holds no purpose than creating offspring.

It is the belief of Dr. Laura, that it is a biological error,
not to engage in activities which produce children. If we are to
accept this morbid description, of a possible meaning of life,
and if we accept it to be true, that procreation is the only
purpose, then we must also accept that a bond of love holds no
purpose than this. When we see a lover touch the face of the
person of their desires, seeing the gentle fingers caress the
soft skin, we must turn away from what our heart tells us, we
must believe that our eyes are lying to us, and we must reason,
that since affection and kindness produce no children, they are
“some kind of biological error.” When the same lover sits alone,
in her room, crying over memories, mourning over thoughts,
knowing that her love is far away — when that same lover must
spend days in total solitary, away from the one who makes the
colors in her world brighter, going through old poetry, looking
at old pictures — when a person is poor in those things which
enrich the heart, because they are away from their lover, then
we must believe Dr. Laura, that it is “some kind of biological
error.” It is true, that a lover who thinks about the one whay
may not come back, is enough to bring out sympathy from every
humane thinker, it is enough to bring out tears in those who
have known such pains…. but since it produces no children, Dr.
Laura will call it “a biological error,” and everything that we
once knew to be life becomes sacrilige in her black god’s
ideology.

By her own definition of a “biological error,” everything that
creativity has spawned becomes heresy, everything that an
independent mind can create becomes taboo, and those things
which make the heart soar with euphoria are condemned. poetry
becomes vanity, art becomes self-loathing, and music becomes
irrelevant. Since they are incapable of producing more children,
of increasing the population, they are unimportant. Can anyone
be so brazenly cold, to hear the serenity of music, to see the
beauty of art, to feel the tranquil nature of poetry — to
understand the depth and meaning of expression, and to reply,
“This is but an error in biology.” What sort of human being can
be so deaf to beauty, so blind to peace, so desensitized against
the very things that bring purpose? I do not believe that a
person can be so depraved. It is but natural to desire to
express our heart, to speak our minds, to act as we like, so
long as no others are hurt. Every law which disallows the
expression of the heart and mind have been known as the
Censorship Laws. But every law which disallows acting as we
like, so long as we do not infringe on the liberty of others,
these laws are known as the Totalitarian Laws. Both are guilty
of the same crime: limiting happiness for some superficial
taboo. I oppose the first as much as I oppose the second.

It may very well be true that Homosexuality can be called “an
error in biology,” but then we would have to call every artistic
expression, every gentle touch of affection, sympathy for pain,
empathy for life — these, also, must be regarded as “errors in
biology.” Whether this is true or not, I will not refrain from
saying what I think, I will not hold back from what my heart
feels. If I were to do this, I would be a traitor of thought,
and a coward of love. Since it is in every man’s own interest to
be honest with himself, poetry becomes an avenue of expression,
artwork becomes a release of emotion, music becomes the
explosion of thought… They may very well not relate to the
procreation of the species, but happiness and peace are
themselves intrinsic values, that we should never rest in
seeking. To admit exhaustion to the forces of iniquity would be
the ultimate surrender…

If a man finds it, in his heart, in his mind, that he is
attracted to those of the same gender, then we should do nothing
to prohibit this. If he can feel the same for a man, the way a
man can feel for a woman, then why is it that some refer to it
as a profanity? It would be committing a disgrace to truth and
justice if one were to call such a profanity. When a man loves a
woman, runs his hands up and down her body, gazes unendingly
into her eyes, plays with her hair, caresses her face, and when
she does the same to him, these are images that few can deny as
love. The emotions of peace and wholeness that take over our
minds, at the thought of such actions, these are but the same
emotions that a man can still have for a man, or a woman for a
woman. No relationship can be condemned as a source of obsenity,
when the partners involved hold a genuine affection for each
other. Perhaps the message I am trying to express is this…
That sex and love are nothing to be ashamed of, regardless of
what we are told, by our peers, by our teachers, by our families
and communities. To condemn a man for choosing to love men
instead of women, is no different than to condemn a man for
choosing to express himself with poetry instead of art. It is
but a preference, and no one suffers at the choice of either.
The only time that suffering can occur in this scenario is when
the man is forced to choose one over the other, due to
Totalitarian Law.

Liberty, justice, and peace may very well be the greatest
standards that we seek. To deny a man his right to express
himself, to ban one sexual orientation or one form of art, is to
commit a crime against liberty and justice. It has only been
weeks since the United States Supreme Court has decided that
homosexuality cannot be banned. Up until this time, millions of
people have been executed, denied employment, or imprisoned for
their sexuality. And we cannot think that this is any different
than when a man is discriminated against for the opinions he
harbors. There are still people in prison today, for what the
state has so lovingly called “crimes against nature.” Those who
have engaged in Homosexual, or even taboo sexualities, have been
imprisoned for up to years. This is not some foreign activity of
centuries past. Rather, it is something that the government has
actively imprisoned people for in the past centuries. It is a
draconian and arcane method of government, as it is opposed to
all principles of liberty, justice and peace. It is a violation
of the mind’s need for freedom, of the heart’s dreams of
tranquility. To deny a man his right to sexuality is just as
profane an action it is to deny a man his right to expression.

Listen to me! These people are your brothers and sisters, they
are your mothers and fathers, they are your sons and daughters!
I admit, you may not be related by blood, but what you do share
together is infinitely greater than the bond of blood. Together,
you all endure the fears of pain and misery, the worry of the
fate of those around you exists to all of you, the dreams of a
better life without suffering and toil are not unknown to the
others…. Know this, that they feel the same as you do, that a
man’s sexuality does not destroy his natural attraction to
goodness, that whatever a man does by himself alone, he may very
well still hold charity and generosity in heart towards
humanity, because he is himself, a Humanitarian. There may very
well be murdering or pillaging Homosexuals, I cannot deny this.
But the same can be said of Heterosexuals, and I would be a fool
and tyrant to condemn every straight person as a murderer or a
thief. But… if you must know anything, know this: that those
preferences or characteristics of a person are rarely
intrinsically bad, and so long as a man’s personal habits do not
cause suffering or pain to others, it must be truly a sin to
judge them as cruel, to hold them up as a symbol of brutality,
to hold them down as a plague to this world. Whatever you do to
the friends of humanity, because of their undeniable nature
which harms none — whatever you do to these comrades of
goodness, understand that you are only destroying the principles
that will lead to a better world, and you are hindering the
progress of every thinker and lover.

Whatever harm you inflict on someone because of a choice they
made that causes no misery to others, you are only doing a
disservice to the cause of humanity.

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