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Soul of Seaside Sepulchre

When the 
seaside sepulchre 
of a kingdom, 
without its queen, 
is smeared with 
screams of lighting, 
I wish to crackle
these slivers 
of silver shakle, 
and...

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Categories: assert, angst, betrayal, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Flipped Hourglass
In my vantage-point the vast oceans are warming,
The sea levels are rising, while today is melting,
Cracking thick ice-shields crowning Artic, Antarctic
And ferocious intensity is churning...

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Categories: assert, environment, natural disasters, pollution,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Witch At Inverness
Please take this time to steer your thoughts
To a wretched land of lochs and glens.
Where a village was tasked and the people fraught
At the woe...

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Categories: assert, adventure, children, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Defuse and Compromise
Not one to run when I hear an alarm,
          I have no desire to do others...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: assert, conflict, fate, feelings, love,
Form: Rhyme
'dear Prudence'
Hell breaks loose through the trusting door
Whining its splintering, wooden hinges
Claws wrapping onto the arches beyond
Gnarled feet pressed on the threshold
Lower limbs jingling with sparky...

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Categories: assert, angst, dark, judgement, life,
Form: Free verse



Tennis Undies
Gussie Moran, a tennis star,
Created quite a stir
When she wore lace-trimmed underwear,
Created just for her.

In 1949 this was,
On Wimbledon’s staid courts;
The British folk were scandalized,
According...

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Categories: assert, people, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Cup Runneth Over
A Cup Runneth Over

His cup runneth over, yet he craves more
As flights of hubris on wings of greed soar,
Rich is the life of caviar and...

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Categories: assert, emotions, humanity, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Another Leader Emerges
From sagging huts up in the hills, 
We watched the tourists flash their bills. 
They piled our harvest on their plates, 
While soup and scraps...

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Categories: assert, history, people, social, people,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Test of Faith 1 With Retort /Conor Jordon/ *d. Guzzi
He's running out of Colour.
                   *eternity eternal...

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Categories: assert, faithheart, heart, daffodils, universe,
Form: Free verse
Just Say Go
Just say GO

An imaginary race,
Running nowhere fast,
Sweat pours down my face,
Hoping time has passed.

Pop a pill an hour,
Distractions proving gold,
Hop into a shower,
Warm away the...

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Categories: assert, angst, death, health, life,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member He Did Not Mince Words
He Did Not Mince Words

He did not mince words with his news;
     his thoughts came forth like putrid ooze.
No need for...

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Categories: assert, emotions, sad, words,
Form: Quatern
Unwanted Violin Solo
UNWANTED   VIOLIN   SOLO  



She  wrested notes from unwilling
And resisting rosined string. 
The rhythm struggled to assert control
Over her strained...

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Categories: assert, music,
Form: Couplet
Creative Madness
We marvel 
At the genius of madness 
Gush over its select few 
Brilliant stars that shine a bit brighter 
Through eyes that see the unseen....

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Categories: assert, art, cool, crazy, mental
Form: Free verse
When It Gets Too Much
Have situations ever got away from you
evade conclusions while dramas protrude
like a chain link fence no time to think
assess why you're tense or reflect to...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: assert, appreciation, humorous, psychological, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Maiden-1913 Gustav Klimt -1260
"Because you've deepened the conviction in my soul. I am woman.” Ray Burton

Restful repose.
Seemingly without clothes,
Yet adorned with a quilt.
Serene, no concerned guilt.
Appearing to slumber....

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Categories: assert, woman,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things