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Premium Member Tears Of A Pierrot
Porcelain chalk white mask
  moves with silence of mime
that hides a lovelorn face
 moonstruck by orbs of light
with shadows to embrace.

Porcelain chalk white mask
...

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Categories: stanza, love, sorrow,
Form: Monchielle Stanza



Premium Member If it was not for words

If it was not for words
there'd be no poetry.
Can a veiled muse survive,
unable to release
poems that make us thrive?

If it was not for words.
Can we...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stanza, words,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member The Magical Music of Poetry
The notes of love in verse;
a melody of life
penned softly a la carte
which render thoughts of bliss
that whisper heart-to-heart.

The notes of love in verse;
a symphony...

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Categories: stanza, love, poetry,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member Mysterious Cyan
Written: December 16, 2023
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I sneak glance at veiled blue.
as...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stanza, analogy, appreciation, beauty, blue,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member Beside the Sea
Beside the sea i wait~
the dreamy dawn to shine
and paint horizon's hue
in tawny, taupe and teal
unveiling vivid view.

Beside the sea I wait~
the early birds in...

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© Jcb Brul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stanza, inspiration, ocean, sea,
Form: Monchielle Stanza



Premium Member Love is a Metaphor
Love is a metaphor,
which glows in vibrant hues.
An abstract masterpiece
from Da Vinci's palette,
easing souls to feel peace.

Love is a metaphor.
A guiding moon compass
with spotlights at...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stanza, love,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Before The Sun's Pieces
Before the sun's pieces,
Shine on brim's, coffee mug;
And with my prepping airs—
It's all jeopardy to 
Roll frost in bed somewhere.

Before the sun's pieces,
Rain in a...

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© Paige Hind  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stanza, deep, introspection, light, love,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member White Lily Against Black Background
Piano music plays.
Soft notes emote mid air,
like tear-stung doves they fly 
in atmosphere of fog.
The clouds, they shroud the sky. 

Piano music plays, 
the keys,...

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Categories: stanza, grief, heartbreak, lost love,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member Unreality Of Tulips In A Vase
The tulips in the vase, 
   a clan of lassies fair.
      Their buds they hold the gold, 
...

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Categories: stanza, art, beauty, dream, flower,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member Sunset Serenade
When the sunset queen sings,
jinxed Jasmines wither, and~
primrose willows quiver,
unfurling clemency 
in ivory sliver.

When the sunset queen sings,
wailing waves pause in awe
sea-fairies waltz through haze,
twirling...

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Categories: stanza, music,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Marine Majesty

A winged mermaid blossoms, 
awash with marine snow ~
Poseidon's ocean-pearl,
breathing jasmine sirens
as iced eyelashes curl.

A winged mermaid blossoms,
when fish-angels ache for
arctic apricity,
and glacial nymphs carve...

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Categories: stanza, deep, fantasy, imagery, meaningful,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member Spring Dawn
When the silky light teases, slowly filters
         through the land of drowsiness, gently rippling
   ...

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Categories: stanza, day, imagery, spring,
Form: Sapphic stanza
Premium Member A Spring Miracle
April's mist has filtered the early sunrise,
Meadows spread their blankets of colored rainbows
Newborn lambs have nestled in clover cradles,
christened by dewdrops 





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By Carrie 3/17/15
For Craig's...

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Categories: stanza, beauty, morning, nature, spring,
Form: Sapphic stanza
Premium Member Poetry In the Clouds
Passing clouds stir the muse
 As flowers bloom in spring
 Lilacs sway in the breeze,
 A haiku stirs within
 With such enchanting ease

  Passing...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stanza, poetry, seasons,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member A Macabre Dance
silky, shapely, shameless seductress, swaying

   tantalizing, torrid, entangled twining

      languid, luxe, libidinous, luscious luncheon ~

   ...

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© P.S. Awtry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stanza, dance, dark,
Form: Sapphic stanza

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