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Premium Member Poe's Untimely Demise
*Note 
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: traditional, horror,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member His Golden Essence
The oyster shell 

                     ...

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Categories: traditional, appreciation, beauty, father, inspiration,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Dandelion Head
a cluster of dreams
waiting for a puff of wind -
the freedom to roam


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A Traditional Haiku Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin...

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Categories: traditional, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member At the Golden Dawn of Understanding Potd
It was late in gorgeous springtime, and I was teaching my class,
A lesson in African history, and the events of time's hourglass.

My fourth graders were...

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Categories: traditional, africa, christian, education, history,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member We
E Pluribus Unum ~  Out Of Many, One

[Author's note: E Pluribus Unum is a traditional motto of the United 
States, but the scope of...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: traditional, career, life, planet, together,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Green
green caterpillar
pupates....
yellow swallowtail

                   gardener's inner joy ...

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Categories: traditional, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Fallen Petals
In a quiet Zen garden
the wind sweeps away 
the fallen petals from the cherry blossom
 
In the mountain's shadow
covered with snow
white mountain peaks touch the...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: traditional, analogy, fear, life, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lifes Simplicity Maintained
You were born in a specialist clinic
I was born at the front door of my house
we both came into this world and survived.
You’ve been eating...

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Categories: traditional, career, character, cheer up,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Soaring Hawk - a Haiku Series
Soaring Hawk poised high
Back drop a deep sapphire sky 
Winds in attendance

Mighty wings unfold
Caressing the Wind Spirits
They lift and support

Circling Hawk perceives
Rainbow circle on a...

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Categories: traditional, beach, beauty, bird, flower,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Food For Thought - With Chris Green
Lyrics start 0.05 - timed to the music

Pack your bags dear, there’s a Croc near
And he’s creeping, through the night
With his eye on - on...

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Categories: traditional, food, health, scary,
Form: Lyric
Goodbye Darling Peter Pan
Dearest Child-Adventuring Man, My Darling Peter Pan:

Since that never to be forgotten day when Wendy first brought you my way, my heart has been enchanted...

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Categories: traditional, change, growing up, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member JACKPOT
They chatted for so long
The day was here to meet
She was so excited
Feeling her hearts every beat

He was Scottish and oh so lovely
She thought he...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: traditional, humorous, rude,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Of Christmases Past
It gradually turned chilly between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although Frosty the Snowman rarely visited our part of Texas, his pal, Jack Frost, surely did. ...

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Categories: traditional, christmas, giving, inspirational,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Journey
Once upon a weedy lawn
At Cedar Oaks Retirement Home
There sat my mother, weak and old
On an afghan knit to block the cold.

It was summer, but...

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Categories: traditional, appreciation, child, daughter, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
South Africa
Listen to the jazz instrumentals of Masekela,
as you take red wine outside a thatched
shelter in a beach in the Western Cape.

Enjoy a hearty meal of...

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Categories: traditional, africa, culture, dedication, journey,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs