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Premium Member Desires of the Heart
When my heart
was no longer content in solitude;

I asked;

"Oh my lonely heart, 
what is it that you desire?"

Softly it whispered

for her heart beats to ease...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: 1000, dream, love, passion,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member America the Broken
“O beautiful for spacious skies”
yet marred by all it’s leaders lies.
See it’s “amber waves of grain”
beneath them hidden is a stain

I pause  “For purple...

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Categories: 1000, abuse, america, angst, beautiful,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Cop a Feel - Breast Cancer Awareness Campagin
Breasts, boobies, knockers, **** – call them what you will
We are talking about breast cancer – and sadly it can kill

The key to success with...

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Categories: 1000, cancer,
Form: Couplet
I Am a Sex God
What is it like to be a sex god?
To know the exact spot that will rock their worlds in ways
never seen before and never seen...

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Categories: 1000, angst, lifegod, god, universe,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Scars of Love- a True Valentine Story
War leaves scars. They are emotional. They are physical. They are spiritual.

My brother had proposed to my sister-in-law on Valentine's Day, and so it was...

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Categories: 1000, love hurts, spiritual, war,
Form: Narrative



Tomorrow's Signature
Yesterday sent its regards in a farewell
letter, 
A gesture of fate intact, sealed for the 
departed,
Or better yet, the progressive harmonies
of God, such as we...

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Categories: 1000, emotions, i love you,
Form: Free verse
Open Call
Business is booming and there's no end in sight, Death came to a huge 
decision tonight.

He called in his partners Pain and Sorrow and said...

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Categories: 1000, death, imagination, pain, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lady In Red
Lady in red

I toss and turn
In my hostile bed
I have visions of me lady in red
She has invaded my insane outspoken head


I was sure she...

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Categories: 1000, dark, dream, gothic, passion,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Little Men and the Hen
Chirp chirp chirp
Cluck cluck cluck cluck
Drivel
Snivel
Dirty little men
One insane wee little hen

Let me introduce you
To a really big huge man
A heart sent from angels
A voice...

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Categories: 1000, animal, bible, christian, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
The Greatest Affliction
Addictions, restrictions, afflictions, decisions,
A needle, a bottle, step down hard on that throttle!
Disaster, no more laughter, destruction for years after.
Placate, eradicate, fornicate, masturbate,
Addiction.  Restriction....

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Categories: 1000, addiction, body, corruption, health,
Form: Prose Poetry
Understanding the Lord's Prayer
Lord's prayer Matt6:9,10

Jesus taught us to pray, what to say to God, His Father, Our Father.

Oft repeated rarely understood words that put
His Fathers name first,...

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Categories: 1000, bible, christian, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Sword of Betrayal
Mightier than the sword
Is the icy stare
Of a woman scorned

Her silence may slay 1000 men
As she locks the door to her wounded heart
Dragons dare not...

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Categories: 1000, betrayal, emotions, passion,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Hot Spot
~I don't need, In case you haven't heard~

I don't need to strip for no crown, unless you desire large breast
Casarah, there's no need to be...

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Categories: 1000, crazy, creation, dedication, desire,
Form: Alliteration
Electricity
You could feel it couldn't you
son who has left the room
mother electricity
the 1,000 bolts
10,000 volts
(not even 27 years could cure)

I give myself over
I fall
and I...

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© Meghan G  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: 1000, love, day, me,
Form: Free verse
I'M Back
Even if you don’t care I’ll tell you where I’ve been 
I took a break for a while, now I’m back ready to share my...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: 1000, absence, deep, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs