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Best Testament Poems

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Premium Member I Can'T Breathe
In memory of----

Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone to forget the taste of air.
Overwhelm by the...

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Categories: testament, abuse, bullying, color, discrimination,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Hope, a Little Remained
Hope, A Little Remained

She walked the creaking floors of the rat-infested room,
trying to remember what tragedy had sent her to this shabby place.
Her heart felt...

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Categories: testament, anxiety, dark, emotions, fate,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Abigail's Spring - Potw
Abigail’s Spring - Favorite 

Beneath the shelter of winter’s barren arbor
My winter abused heart
Watches the day’s light linger in the sky resisting darkness -
Begging to...

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Categories: testament, life, spring,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Stoic's Chlorophyll Corona
Sonnet I

In realms of emerald hush, where sunlight strains
Through veils of green, a silent throng takes root,
A clovered congregation on the plains,
Their stoic forms a...

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Categories: testament, feelings, nature, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member I Can'T Breathe
In memory of---- all lives taken by unfair justice.

 Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
 I sit here alone...

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Categories: testament, abuse, community, death, dedication,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member In the Psalm of Your Hand
I am unable to earn your Salvation Lord. 
Still you have blessed me, who is undeserving.
As a testament to your loving kindness,
my actions are my...

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Categories: testament, celebration, christian,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Herstory from Battlefields to Laboratories
Herstory from Battlefields to Laboratories
-	Daniel Henry Rodgers

Beneath stardust's scattered gleam, 
Her-story, a comet’s tail, blazing across time.

Through seasons it molds
...Once hushed now bold
We rise, a...

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Categories: testament, freedom, girl, history, literature,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member AN OLD STORY
The story never gets too old.
It never loses flavor,
About the sweet young peasant girl,
Who was the mother of our Savior;

And how He grew into a...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: testament, appreciation, faith,
Form: Rhyme
I Must Carpe Diem
I used to live life full of dreams 
Planning, for many years to come.
Where I will be, when I will go,
A future that was filled...

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Categories: testament, death, family, feelings, life,
Form: Carpe Diem
Premium Member On the Outside, Looking In
"When humanity becomes louder than love, stay out of its way. At times, it's better to be the lion in the distance, rather than the...

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Categories: testament, friendship, life, people, sad,
Form: Free verse
Genie In a Gin Bottle
Her lips caress another cigarette
A fading belle looking for love
The smoke veils a creature of habit
Chasing a young girls dream

But this Genie found the palace...

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Categories: testament, love, sad,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Want To See That Look
I want to see that look
That shows the coming rapture
The face of wanton need
Passion's hungry capture
I want to see that look
Testament to lover's game
To know...

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Categories: testament, senses, sensual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lone Dandelion
In a verdant meadow expanse,
A lone dandelion stands,
Trading golden crown
For a halo of fragile wisps.
Sun's affection now distant,
Yet in its fragile state,
An ethereal beauty emerges,
An...

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Categories: testament, flower, nature,
Form: Free verse
Ashes - Edvard Munch
Inspired by Edvard Munch's oil on canvas painting - Ashes (1894) 


The fire of passion between us has burned itself out, 
These woods taunt us...

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Categories: testament, art, inspiration,
Form: Ekphrasis
Sunset Splash
The sun sets in muted gold glow, 
Shadows darkle the sky's blue brow, 
Salmon clouds spread the sparkle slow, 
As the orange orb's hiding now;

Lilac...

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Categories: testament, beautiful, color, sunset,
Form: Quatrain

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