Best Brighter Poems

SOME STARS SHINE BRIGHTER

Some stars shine brighter 
Some waves crash stronger
Some winds blow warmer
Some days are lovelier

Some friendships are eternal...

During our lives we meet a lot of people
But some will conquer a special place in our hearts
They'll be the ones for whom
We'll fight a little...

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I walk in darkness many times,
not knowing to turn left or right;
there is a light, a glowing ember,
toward the light I have greater sight...

I seek and I search for all its meaning,
why it follows, why it sometimes goes;
I seek it scarcely in times of strength
and...

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O' The Many Things Brighter Stars Have Seen

O' the many things brighter stars have seen
 through the long ages of our hopes and regrets
 lives, loves, losses, and all the in between
 all of the all, humanity begets!

O' the sights, lovers basking in moon light
...

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Watching Blackie
Counting sheep
His heavy head
Flops into sleep
Soon enough
His ears do twitch
Muffled barks
Some fervent sniffs
Then his paws 
Begin to stir
Muscles ripple
Beneath his fur
I imagine
What canines dream
Chasing sheep
It would seem
Just then he stops
But doesn't wake
Legs out stiff
Like a rake
Eyes snap open
Lets out a whimper
Long and low
Near a...

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Purr came crying one day to Pat,
"I'm black (sniff), and a 'bad luck' cat,
No harm I mean to souls around,
But seeing me, they turn around,
I want to play with them like you,
But shoo me out is all they do,
They say I'm (sniff) evil and black,
No,...

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The Sun will shine brighter tomorrow when
We treat one another civilly again...
When kindness, courtesy and grace
  ~ Once more ennoble our race...

The Heavens will smile pleasingly when
Men and women guard their tongues and their pens...
When modesty trumps 'fashionable nudity'  
  ~ And...

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A sheepdog who was really quite confused
not sure how to herd or just what to do
first day on the job
surrounded by a mob
of sheep who felt the same way too,

He'd run one way the sheep the other
till they swarmed upon him like a cover
they stood...

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There is hearsay of a brighter day
And if it does come my way
I hope it will stay
While the time whittles away
There is no game to play
Struggling with life's daily melee
All I can do is pray
I wont be lead astray
By the things that outweigh
Like the debt...

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a brighter tomorrow

do you remember blue,

back in the days when whores
were temple women 
welcoming stranger and friend alike
into warm passionate embrace
in the service of the mother goddess?

when making love was not a shame
but a joy of celebration 
and defiling the land 
was a sin against...

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Guide Our way to a Brighter Day
What I thought I cherished must only perish
The beginning and the middle
Ended in a self serving riddle
Broken remains 
Of a Dream yet to Be
Of a Higher Love
For You and Me
Love Mom...

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the days are getting brighter
as i stuggle along my way
my steps are getting lighter
as i wake to face each day

my tears they still flow
and my heart it beats the same
until someone we know comes along 
and they mention your name

but the nights pass a little...

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The Western world will breathe easier when Kim Jong Un
starts the denuclearization of North Korea.
And the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin gives
Ukraine back its lost peninsula of Crimea.

There will be celebrations worldwide when Israel
and Palestine stop the hate and settle their dispute.
And the constant threat of...

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A tribute to our Dearest friend Demetrios Trifiatis who is an encouragement on this site, bringing the flame of inspiration to all through his philosophical, uplifting poems and his beautiful floral tributes.

Thank you so much Demetrios. 

Oh warm glow of LOVE
They try to snuff out...

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FEELING SHEEPISH

I’m learning to be a sheep dog
But sadly they’re stuck in a bog
One second they’re eating
The next they’re all bleating
A shepherd I truly am not!

My tummy it started to churn
Our owner said that I must learn
to silently creep
and round up his sheep -
my attempts...

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As the Son gets bright
Bright, brighter; Darkness slowly
Fades, dissipates...

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