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Premium Member The Poet Who Never Was
I thought I was a poet who had a pen of gold
With clear access to writing that was mature and bold.
I thought I could go...

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Categories: pen, emotions, poetry,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Death of the Poet Destroyer
~The Untold Fatal Attraction Poem~

Mid-morning she sees the sun ahead
Her death flowed in a messaged bottle
Gazing into her brown eyes upon all open sores,
Her conscience...

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Categories: pen, birth, change, conflict, death,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Poet In Recluse
I relinquish my pen before the storm
of her tears falling upon my bare arm
her gentle whispering breathed in my ear
Muse of mine, adieu to your...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pen, emotions, solitude,
Form: Rubaiyat
Premium Member Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~

i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard 
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...

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Categories: pen, angel, beauty, love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member The Ballad of the Poet
*The Dead Poet*

Many blocks along the road, 
Kicking down walls of heavy stones, 
Yet no one could draw through the walls of her lonely bones.
A...

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Categories: pen, beauty, death, deep, emo,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member Words - the Heart of Imagination
This seasoned evening
sported a full faced 
Orange Kool-Aid moon.

Fully aware it was a marvel
it shot me an arrogant wink.

Not once but twice.

I think i heard it laugh.

It...

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Categories: pen, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Swan Ballerina Pages
Like delicate white swans were they,
the white swans of a grand ballet -
ballerinas waiting in a row
underneath the candlelight’s soft glow.

But what are ballerinas with...

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Categories: pen, poetess, poetry,
Form: Personification
Premium Member no poet am I -
a poet, you say? pardon no, not am I
there's only ONE poet - He writes on the
       sky
of sunsets...

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Categories: pen, blessing, faith, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member If I Had Money
if I had all the money that I ever wanted,
               ...

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Categories: pen, drug, introspection, universe,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Of Ink
Partial Paper
 -A poet in heat-

Ink carries its own tale,
When moonshine intoxicates your pen
Bottles of ink fill your mind
Composing symphonies on every line
Drops of passion...

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Categories: pen, beauty, feelings, inspirational, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...

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Categories: pen, death, evil, family, fate,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Narrow Margin
In the narrow margin between life and death,
I feel as I'm walking a tightrope - but balancing.
I'm a portrayal of metaphors, 
illuminating like spring's moon,
who...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pen, analogy, how i feel,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Potd Good Night,Poets of Gold Pens
     ~Poetesses and Poets, Divine~

All over this great planet we live,
Penning our thoughts, and love to give!

With our hearts, as lanterns...

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Categories: pen, appreciation, community, love, perspective,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Silent Page
Silent Heart

Sad, as it maybe, I had to break my OWN heart, 
Too many nights, I sat there all torn apart
A dream girl, 
Sitting under...

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Categories: pen, confusion, corruption, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In a Sad Blindness, One May Yet Find Hope
In A Sad Blindness, One May Yet Find Hope
           (The Solemn Prayer)

Raining splashing, fierce winds...

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Categories: pen, art, deep, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs