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Premium Member Like a Book
He read her like a book 
as her wistful words poured forth
from deep within the pages
of her tender seeking soul.

He lay mesmerized 
as her paragraphs...

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Categories: books, love, sensual, simile,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Wind From the Sea
Inspired by Andrew Wyeth Watercolor Painting -- Wind From the Sea, 1947




Standing in the old house
A strange mixture of feelings erupt within me
My roommates Depression,...

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Categories: book, conflict, depression, forgiveness, hope,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Plagiarizing
"Mine all Mine!"

A thief I long to be
Your eyes original like the moon and sea

A lover in the world............
An Anthology, you walk and talk like...

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Categories: book, addiction, beauty, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Grandpa
The old man sat with eyes closed, dozing in his chair
Until a little voice he heard say “Grandpa, are you there”.

He gazed upon a little...

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Categories: book, childhood, loss, sadold, child,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Obsessed With Love
Hate is an unnecessary need
in the book of necessities.
Love is the key component
within the book of obsessities.

Lust is an unfaithful guide
misguiding towards fake perceptions.
Sincere love...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: book, analogy, love,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Hello Butterfly
hello                      hello
butterfly  ...

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Categories: book, beautiful, color, imagery, insect,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member John Lennon
On the day 
that John Lennon died, 
people were just going 
about their business 
as they did every day. 

Mark David Chapman 
was reading 
Catcher In The Rye 
void of his holy self.
 He...

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Categories: book, music,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member For One Pass of Your Breath
you write your words and they make me cry
you write those word and you know i die
but i've died so often now

i held you in...

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Categories: book, lost love, love, love
Form: Free verse
Leaf
Floating down with grace and ease
Carried off by the Autumn breeze
Rich in hues of orange and red
Landing in the flower bed

What once was buzzing full...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: book, memory, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Clouds
"HOLDING HIS HAND"

*The Voice*
God, can I hold your hand and follow you?

"God's voice"
My child, it is I who will walk with you! You walked down...

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Categories: book, angel, beautiful, beauty, blessing,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Missing Mother
Bits of me are missing mother,
the bits of me which you placed.
Bits of me are missing Mother;
ah,        ...

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Categories: book, depression, devotion, me, missing,
Form: Verse
Premium Member My Poems Are Children To Me
My poems are conceived, not within the womb,
which long time now has been devoid of seed.
My poems are born from a need to be heard:
my...

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Categories: book, poems,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silence Personified
I am nature,
soul of a mountain,
buried under 
a billion snowflakes.

I float like butterflies,
from petal to petal.
As cinereal clouds clear,
under a glistening sunrise,
I illuminate like a...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: book, analogy, metaphor, silence,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Sunrise Meditation
Stop in your tracks

Take a deep breath
Stop and relax

Close your eyes
Exhale a slow deep breath

In your mind’s eye 
It’s early dawn
It’s quiet and serene around...

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Categories: book, freedom, inspirational, introspection, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Belongings
Shadowed in the silent room, the daylight's nearly gone
Dusk climbs in through window glass, with one last ray of sun
I start the task, climb on...

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Categories: book, loss, love, me, mother,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs