My writing varies; I love to write about things that are based on life events. The inspiration comes from Nature, seasons and often straight from my heart. I like to write about feelings as those are inseparable from our life. Quite often I wish to be in Britain to see your performances in an open microphone, it would be a thrill of a life time; we do not have those in the city. Love to read all kinds of poems. Adore talented writers; their words of inspiration often prompt a thought for more writing. English language always amazes and therefore I crave to learn constantly new vocabulary and this creative writing is one of those self thought lessons that I love to experience and make improvement when I can. Thank you for reading my brief introduction. Blessings of love & light...Zuzanna
Life Is a Gift
Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.
Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
Before whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face and think: you're alive and still around.
I live in Edmonton, Alberta CANADA
Samples
LAND OF THE NILE
Walking along the temples
Carved in a solid rocks
On the West bank of the Nile.
Long after the Ramses
Build the temples
For the Sun of God.
The sacred land,
that still holds the mystery
of many Cultures.
The solid walls
Made out of brick
When Ramses was there.
He looked often
at the beautiful river
and prayed to God
in adoration.
History says-the Gods
were adored by all
The Pharaohs of this land.
Ramses was one
of well known rulers
in that Ancient time.
He wanted to please
His God special to him.
...God', of the raising Sun.
He worshipped him
with adoration.
And People believed
That God will defeat
the darkness of the night
worshipping the raising Sun.
Interesting History
of Ancient Egyptian Land.
Poetic muse is gone since my son left home I suffer now empty nest syndrome feeling of loss someone very dear someone who was very close . . . the emptiness at home and me alone only silence broken on occasion by the ring of the telephone. . .
I love your poem Life is a gift. It's very inspiring. I read it and instantly felt uplifted and Thomas is right it contains some great truths.
Love to you
God bless
Dear Zuzanna,
Im glad to see your alive. I had not received any emails of late and had started to worry a bit about you. I sure hope that your well. xx clarissa
hello Zuzanna :) how are you? I have added some poems if you are interested, to my profile. I really love the part where you write that "Life is a Gift". It's beautiful and shows your wonderful spirit
Nabila Suriya
Sun 28th Dec 2008 14:24
Thanks for your kind comments - but don't hesitate to be critical - I welcome it
Thank-you Zuzanna, for your lovely comments about my work. The positive comments I have had since I started posting my work on this site has helped me a great deal, and are very much appreciated.
Cx
Hope your well xx
Thankyou for the comment you left, hapy to know I'm missed!
Im back in my final year of University and as I'm studying Tv and Radio you can imagine that it exhausts all of my creativity so the poetry has seemed to have just disappeared...for now!
Hopefully I will be writing again soon, I still keep a close eye on everyones work
Zuzanna,
glad you didn't take my comments the wrong way. Courses etc are always useful for anyone and a good investment will be "The Art and Craft of Poetry" by Michael Bugeja.
Hello Zuzanna - I'm just writing to reinforce what I've already told Clarissa about comments on my writing. I'm sure every writer enjoys positive comments about their work and I'm no different.
My poetry is taking a back seat, as they say, to my non-sensical ramblings at the moment. I feel that it's sometimes beneficial to concentrate on all the little pieces of 'litter' that become ingrained inside our heads. This can sometimes leads us towards and area or subject that we otherwise may have left unturned.
Since I started contributing to this site I have received various 'commissions' to write both poetry and other less exciting things and it's the positive comments which I receive that spur me on to write more. This may upset some people and others may delight at this.
The only guarantee for instant failure is if you try to please all the people ALL of the time. That ain't gonna' happen. In the meantime, thanks once again for your comments.
And, as they say, keep writing.
Thanks Mel for your comment on my Emotional Rainbows. That is the title poem for the show I have written. There is is a ten min version of the 1 hour show on the 14th of Nov on the Embrio Night. .
Thank you! All innuendos very much intended.
Your poem about your friend is lovely x
Janet Ramsden
Mon 13th Oct 2008 20:32
Hi Zuzanna,
Thanks for your encouragement to my writing ability. Especially for my fairy story.
I will aim to write some more to add to it or enhance it maybe.
I just write whatever enters my head at any given moment. It's working well for me this way.
However, it can become a nuisance when words start floating around while at work. ha ha.
Love and light,
Janet.xx
I hope all is well with you, and thank you for always leaving wonderful comments on my poetry.
Take care.
Melissa
Janet Ramsden
Thu 18th Sep 2008 20:11
Hi Zuzanna,
Thankyou very much for your comments to my recent blogs. It's always good to receive the kind of feedback you give, with an explanation of what you see and feel from what you read.
lots of love, peace and light to you.
Janet.xx
Thank you so much for your comments about my 'When I'm Down' poem, it was one that I wrote fairly easily through experience. I did write it a few months ago after a few difficult years. Don't worry though, things are a lot better now, although sometines its relevant.
Appreciate your concern though, take care, next one will be a bit chirpier (I Think!) Jeff X
Zuzzana,
Many thanks for your comments. If you don't have to deal with selfish idiots blocking your path through the city; then you're very lucky indeed.
Matt
Tara J Mendes
Wed 3rd Sep 2008 20:38
Hello Zuzanna<
Thankyou for your comment on my poem< competition<
I like yours too>
Tara
What a wonderful name! What are it's origins? Love the accent. Listened to your reading of the Pharoah's poem and felt it a wonderful tribute. You have a great timbre to your voice, musical...echoing your surname.
Thanks for the feedback on "I only want a dog!" Very positive. Your photo shows you to be a woman of considerable energy and your comments seem to be wonderfully nourishing of this community of poets.
Very best to you and keep the lyrical in your poetry flowing.
Thank you so much for your wonderful reviews and comments, your kind words and spirit.
When I do write my poetry, I open my heart and let the words pour out. I thought the flow of my thoughts reflect back on where I was and am now going. I let my heart cry upon the page.
And I love Rush along with Foreigner and Styx.
I hope you had a great summer and that you are doing well.
Dear Zuzanna, Thanks for writting me, I ove to get your emails and anything you wish to converse about. You and a hand full of people I have met on thjis site, I know with out a doubt, I could be the best of friends with, I could go camping with, travel with, visit with etc, and feel at home with.If I were to ever come to canada, I would let you know and look you up. I expect the same from you, if ever you come to Texas know we shall have tea and a meal, or more, with 3 teenagers Im always strapped for cash. Im not wealthy and make no promises of a grand time.I know I would love your company. You are a true friend in poetry, and thus a friend. I pray for all my friends and hope that if they pray, they pray for me too. Heck fire thats what friends do! I feel that you are alot like me, and we would have wonderful conversations and it would be a blast. I love people and have not met any true strangers, and I thrill to chat with others and share. well I must go now, I hear teenagers giggling and yelling. take care xx clarissa
Hi Zuzanna, thanks so much for your comments on my poem about Carla. Ahe's a good friend and a lively lady who was a great subject to write about too! I've not caught up with your latest poem, looks good and want to read when time!
PS did you see my poem before carla - 'As the seasons turn'. Its just you didn't comment, and although I dont expect it, it wasn't like you! Unless you didn't like it, fair enough, but wouldn't like you to miss it as its probably up your street!
Hi Zuzanna, thanks for your comment on fuel up! re-hydrate!
The general theme is about my job as a taxi driver. It was very hot on saturday and this is pretty much the true way of things around here.
Especially the office, which is a metal portakabin.
I didn't mention the loo. That too is a portaloo, emptied once a week. yucky!
Thanks also for your wonderful comment on my sonnet. It's a first attempt and i was just playing around with the idea really. So i'm obviously very pleased with the feedback.
Lots of love and light to you. Janet.xx
Hey, Zuzanna. Things are indeed tough out there and may continue to be son, but we just have to hold strong.
Hope you had a great weekend as well. :)
-Melissa
Shirley Collinge
Tue 22nd Jul 2008 09:51
Hi Zuzanna,
Many of us have felt the pain of betrayel. I took this picture of my husband and it inspired my poem. I enjoy photography and creating pictures. I enjoy your comments too. Thank you.
Sincerely Shirley.
Shirley Collinge
Wed 16th Jul 2008 12:10
Hi Zuzanna,
Thank you for your beautiful comments on my poems. I enjoy reading my comments but I am not very confident about writing them. I do read your poems, they are wonderful and your poem 'A Note' is a beautiful gesture to your friends.
Hi Zuzanna - I'm worried now. What is happening in 2012? Is this one of those predictions of the end of the world? Or just the most expensive ever Olympic Games?
Hi there... its been a while since Ive been over. Ive added not much to this site, but a fair bit to my own at www.writingsinrhyme.com - some translations of poems and some new poems...
I loved the poems of the Egyptian theme, and myself am working on a collection where we all trace of roots to Egypt... will be posting extracts as they come...
Hope you are keeping well...
If you want to do translations of nay of my poems or know someone who can, messsage me and let me know and Ill publish online with appropiate credits (or without if that is what is desired...)
thank you zuzanna for your comment on my poems. I love your poetry, and the dedication under Just for You shows the sensitive person you are! Keep writing out loud.
Janet Ramsden
Sun 13th Jul 2008 03:04
Thankyou Zuzanna for your comment on natures produce.
It's always great to get feedback and i particularly look forward to yours as you appear to "know how i think." I like that.
Thanks again, love Janet.xx
Every now and then, I like to change up the style to my poetry.
I'm happy you liked it, and thank you for your wonderful comments. :)
Take care.
Melissa
Shirley Collinge
Fri 11th Jul 2008 20:38
Thank you for such a loving caring message. I wrote this when I was at a very low ebb. If only you were around then.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Janet Ramsden
Fri 11th Jul 2008 12:35
Zuzanna, thankyou so much for your comments. They always make me smile.
I was surprised that you managed to decipher the dialect poem i wrote for performance in wigan. It made me happy that you saw the humour in it. I figured if i was going to go on stage, it's better just to be myself. By writing it the way i did, the only aim really was to inject the humour and maybe over emphasise the dialect a bit for performance purposes.
Thanks again.xxx
Thank you for your kind words and comments. Lately, I have been walking down memory lane, writing about a lost childhood, and wondering how far I have come, and it made me happy to see that I have come a long way.
And it makes me more happy to see how much everyone here enjoys my work.
Take care. :)
Shirley Collinge
Tue 1st Jul 2008 07:11
Thank you for reading my poem 'Sorry Mum' and for your lovely comment.
Hi Zuzanna, thanks for comments, fair enough about your poem, did like it.
I appreciate your interest in whats going on over here, and what I've written about. The Glastonbury festival takes place near stonehenge every year. Its a 3 day music festival, bit like the Isle Of Wight festival that just happened where the Police and The Sex Pistols played. People go for the music and other entertainment and a good time as you can imagine!
I've been a few times, ended up drunk most! It's being covered by the BBC so you may see some of it on TV, even on the news if it throws it down again! Take care Jeff
Janet Ramsden
Thu 26th Jun 2008 11:39
Hi zuzanna, thankyou so much for your positive remarks on my poetry. It really is encouraging when we receive good comments, though i don't mind useful hints and critique as long as it's given in a helpful way and not hurtful.
I'm sure most writers would agree.
If you would please read my blog again "spirit island", there's a comment i put on there which you may be able to clarify as to whether what i was told is accurate. Thanks again, love janet.xxx
Hi Zuzanna, You have a style that is instructive and unique. So much information packed into a small space. It left my head spinning at times. Good to read your work.
Hi Zuzanna, Thanks for your comments on my crossroads blog. I just read your profile and Canada sounds like a wonderful place. Yes I do have lots on my mind. My daughter has a caesarean section Friday 2nd May. I'll let you know...
I never lived through communism, but would be a big fan of the economic system - its the lack of personal freedom I would hate.
However, in my own country, I see people who once more are hungry as there is no work, no social welfare as they are less than two years here, no home to go back to as they sold it to come here, and they are reliant on family.
Which is OK until they fall out and get thrown out.
Its scary to see the likes again on our fair Island.
thankyou for your comment on working class blues. I chose to include a baby with a cigarrette in its hand because I wanted to get across the life of working class which can often be absurd. Also, there is a picture of my sister as a baby holding a cigarrette and she grew up to smoke, so its also meant to be quite humorous! (Thankfully she has now quit!)
Hi Zuzanna. Many thanks for your lovely comments. They are all very much appreciated. 'Reason to rise' is one of my older poems, which I will be adding more of soon.
Morning Zuzanna
Thanks for your comments and I have been reading and enjoying your writing...fabulous...hey I love your surname too..haha...
Happy Mothers Day if you have kids
If not...Happy Earth Mothers Day
xx
Shelley
Kevin Connolly
Sat 1st Mar 2008 22:15
'The Perfect Prayer' is simply perfect, Zuzanna.
I love the idea of going for a walk to talk to God... sitting at home it's so easy to get waylaid by TV and music and phone calls and the Internet, but when you're out walking you can really speak your mind - to God - and never get criticized for saying what you think.
I was going to add more, but I've just got the sudden urge to go for a walk...
Brilliant poem, my dear friend.
Dear Zuzanna
Thanks for your words of encouragement, The baby with the head-phones is a google image so no relation to Pete or to me.
Fur Elise is one of my favourite piano pieced too. My daughter used to play it many years ago before she went off to university and I loved the way is filled the house when she played.
Maggie Lane
Mon 11th Feb 2008 17:47
Hi honey, may I ask where you get your beautiful pictures from - are they your own creations? Thank you for the advice on the number 8, I've never really been interested in wealth - I think I am wealthy enough to have the love of my children and my wonderful mind, which can take me any where and make me any one I wish to be - but hey if the universe wants to chuck prosperity my way then I will not throw it back to soon.lol - lovely speaking to you as always.
xxxx
thanks for taking the time out to comment on my work, I really enjoyed yours also. Your guitar on the distance seems all about journey, people being lost and the beauty of music and how it can help people re-find themselves. ode to morrison is a poem dedicated to Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, he wrote lots of poetry which is worth a read, as is the The Doors music as it is very psychadelic. Keep writing!
Dear Maggie
Not to worry about the spelling. You comment and friendship means so much. We all learn and grow reading other people poems and stories. Glad you have enjoyed my humble write.
Sending my love your way...xoxo
Thank you...Zuzanna
Maggie Lane
Tue 29th Jan 2008 15:56
oops spelt your name wrong - sorry!
Maggie Lane
Tue 29th Jan 2008 15:55
Hi Zuzzana. Thank you for your lovely comments and may I say they mean so much more coming from a wonderful word smith as yourself. I love friendship and the beautiful picture - what an inspiration you are.
Magi.xxx
Ricardo -Thank you for the comments you wrote about my writings. I agree with you, in most of my writings you find the elegy - It has something to do with my life experiences. I feel the connection with Nature and a love of the seasons. Just like music or lyrics with different tunes the poems will be in that kind of a motion… You pick on that well.
THANK YOU!
Zuzanna
Ricardo Reis
Tue 22nd Jan 2008 18:45
Zuzanna!
Thyank you for your kind and welcome comments on my bits and pieces.
The poem you wrote about I had in mind the open spaces and empty roads - but of Sweden not Canada. You picked up on the cold and the emptiness wonderfully.
Good on you!
Your own poetry has sometrhing of the quality of the elegy; it can be quiet and full of echoes, which is wonderful.
HI Zuzanna, I thought I would tell you about a singer you may like her name is Loreena McKennitt, I have been inspired many times by her music. Happy New Year clarissa
Darren Thomas~ Your words of wisdom touched my heart! Yes there are more writers that shall expose their creative work. I am sure we will have them coming here soon. This site is wonderful. Nice meeting you. Looking forward to read more of your poems or articles.
Hello Pete ~ Sorry for the late reply. It's great pleasure to be here with all the fabulous writers. Each and everyone has lots to offer.
Very lovely site indeed. Thank you for the warm welcome. Hope to read more of your writes in a future.
Hello Zuzanna. Welcome to the wonderful world of 'Write Out Loud'. More and more people are subscribing to this site which is wonderful. Every contribution to the discussion thread, or poetic submission, is appreciated by its audience. There are some wonderful poets' within this site who perhaps don't contribute as much as they should or as we would like. Keep writing. It keeps us all feeling young and vibrant.
Zuzanna. May I extend a warm welcome to you. It is great to meet people here. Like Kevin I have met a lot of super people on the internet. I think poetry sites like this one are fantastic. Its better in real life though! If only we could ALL meet up!
Kevin, thank you for the additional comments … Each paints a picture that we all relate too. AUTUMN - it is a time when all is settling slowly for a quieter and colder season. It can be compared to life as you have mentioned...INTERNET FRIENDSHIP- This days of modern technology I have discovered that this medium serves well making progress in finding friends abroad from the comfort of a home. I have met some FABULOUS people and they are my FRIENDS! I mean real friends. Great people...Thank you so much for taking the time to place your comments!
Kevin! I see your point in your comment about HOME. We all need one. It does not matter if it is Igloo or perhaps a Log House' in a forest...For some that are living in poverty, house will be a card box to shelter at night from cold. Sad as it sounds these are the pictures from reality. Home to me it is a place where LOVE lives. Place of safe returns! Thank you for your wonderful comment!
Moxy! All it is true from what you have written. The World seems very small when you already have so much information of the Canadian life style. The wild animals still wonder around. Nothing has changed in that area. Canada-Very interesting country, with its modern technology to Wild Life, and for the World Peace! Many Thanks for your comment!
Moxy Casimir
Tue 18th Dec 2007 11:02
Hi Zuzanna! One of my mother's aunts emigrated to Canada and lived in an isolated, and mostly unpolulated area (there was a small tribe of Native Canadians close by) near mountains, lakes and forest -- moose and bears used to wander past and scare her -- she was frightened of spiders and almost every other insect/animal. Her husband was a trapper.
Kevin Connolly
Tue 18th Dec 2007 09:32
'Internet Friendship' I can definitely relate to, Zuzanna. I've met some of my best friends ever on the internet!
'Autumn' shows the brevity of life. We cry when summer ends, forgetting that autumn is wonderful compared to what comes next... brrrr!
But as long as we have a 'Home' to go to, we'll keep ourselves warm through the cold winter nights.
I love your poetry, Zuzanna. It's all heartwarming stuff.
Nicola Beckett
Sat 26th Sep 2009 12:42
I love your poem Life is a gift. It's very inspiring. I read it and instantly felt uplifted and Thomas is right it contains some great truths.
Love to you
God bless