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Premium Member How Poetry Began
That thing that we call poetry -
when asked where it began,
I’d say it started beautifully
before the dawn of man!

It glistened on the oceans
before man came...

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Categories: 14, nature, poetry,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Natures Gift
It's how the stars are lit at night
     and how the dew drops glisten
     How evening shadows...

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Categories: 14, blessing, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Midnight Poet
Whisper's of October  

Whispers in this soup bowl
20 minutes after its muse explodes,
Daylight remains nothing more than a dream 
Warding off the howling sound...

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Categories: 14, addiction, character, devotion, identity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poor Peter Pumpkin
Poor Peter Pumpkin had a very itty bitty head.
So the farmer made him stay inside the garden bed.

The farmer said that he was going to...

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Categories: 14, fantasy, halloween, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member I Wandered Lonely As a Boat
"I wandered lonely as a cloud."  William Wordsworth


I wandered lonely as a boat   
a shallow dingy left behind,  
alone in marsh...

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Categories: 14, age, boat, fate, lonely,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Unsure the Shore
Grim fog, I praise the shelter of your drear,
the sundown ghost morose not grandiose,
I walk alone - but, no -- with my despair;
a bittern bids...

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Categories: 14, 8th grade, beach, bereavement,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Flight To Midnight
O albatross guide my loosed soul  
from the shipwreck seized by sandy shoal

persuasive Polar Star in quiet pull
a sailor’s tired eyes gone dark 
I...

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Categories: 14, angel, beauty, death, forgiveness,
Form: Verse
Thats When I Fall Down Upon My Knees, Song Version
Updated lyrics May 19,2020 to flow better.

THAT’S WHEN I FALL DOWN UPON MY KNEES

There’s no way- 
I’ll see another sunrise
My hope is gone-
as I'm contemplating...

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Categories: 14, depression, feelings, god, hope,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Last Letter
Oh my dearest love, how longingly I recall
Amorous wink of joy, teasing zealous eyes
When you held my hand on journey of life
And never let go...

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Categories: 14, farewell, goodbye, love,
Form: Verse
Premium Member How Do I Love Thee - Let Me Count the Ways
1.
and every time i see you it is for the first time 
still my heart skips a beat
and every time we kiss it is our first 
and...

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Categories: 14, love,
Form: List
Premium Member Oceana
Oceana

Oceana flings her sequined petticoats
Upon the sands as if to toss the seaweed 
From the swirling edges
While she dances with the wind
With each turn she...

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Categories: 14, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Crepe-Myrtle Flowers
Eventide’s misty winds gently oscillate
Colorful clusters of crepe-myrtle flowers
Crowning atop rows of elegant tree-trunks
Blooms lavender, pink, red, and purple
Hanging in air from tips of twigs...

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Categories: 14, flower,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Crying River
Crying River (The Untold Ballad) 

Undercover waters of rain dash
Cold children, no smiling splash
Tragic sobs, epic force of the mountain rain
Beautiful as it may seem...

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Categories: 14, beautiful, cry, deep, freedom,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member The Belle of the Ball
My dress is made of fine peach coloured lace
Hair is in ringlets, which frames my pretty face
The lights in the room cast a romantic glow
My...

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Categories: 14, dance, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Chopin Nocturnes
https://youtu.be/-gDinVAmtA0



 Chopin Nocturnes

Listen....autumn rain is gently falling
Within enchanted hour of twilight sky.
In my heart, Chopin is softly calling
Lovely piano notes that make me cry.
As Luna...

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Categories: 14, autumn, dedication, heartbreak, inspiration,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things