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Crushed
Look past
the faded little girl    braids and bows 
in a       polaroid picture
buttery yellow skirt 
curtsying     a smile
frog prince 
imprisoned      in her palm
under a creamy pound cake ...

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Categories: burs, daughter, death, family, memory,
Form: Free verse
Nothing More Than a Pretty Smile - Repost
Nothing more than a pretty smile - repost

There she was chasing a rabbit 
with 1 am coffeecakes and weak tea
She didn’t notice I was watching
from the branches of an olive tree
A lone smile hidden amongst
swirling smoke rings in a foreign accent

To the gazebo she ran
with...

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Categories: burs, adventure, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Free verse
More Than a Pretty Smile
There she was chasing a rabbit 
with 1 am coffeecakes and weak tea
She didn’t notice I was watching
from the branches of an olive tree
A lone smile hidden amongst
swirling smoke rings in a foreign accent

To the gazebo she ran
with its straw grass tables
and pleated cushions in...

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Categories: burs, fantasy,
Form: Imagism

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member My Winter
MY WINTER

Prepared for this cold winter?
Tree fronds hang their heads,
flashing lights hang tight.
Bowed and bollixed presents —
depressed.  The absence of
a merry Spring — the empty nest.

Emotions chill, shiver...
Turtlenecks without hugs.
The whiteout of snow —
knees shovel the heavy load.

Deleterious decorations,
keepsakes of holiday romance —
kids sledding...

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Categories: burs, depression, family, hope, winter,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Wild Country Contest
I parked along the side of the road
where the shoulder turned to gravel.
I left my cardoor open, thinking I’d only be a moment.
Into the golden weeds I trudged
to find my favorite flower.
Bull thistle bloomed
violet,
jewels aloft on green scepters,
as rich as Sappho’s hair,
as rare as royal...

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Categories: burs, beauty, fairy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Itis Brothers
The “Itis” Brothers
(Arthritis, Bursitis, Tendonitis)
Written: by Miracle Man 
10/30/2021

The “Itis” brothers, have a quite familiar name,
Arthr, Burs, and Tendon have garnered worldly fame.

All three have visited me, two had a short stay,
after medical encouragement they were driven away.

Sensing they weren’t welcome they chose to leave,
but...

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Categories: burs, angst, humor, pain,
Form: Couplet



Inspiration
Inspiration


A fly which past fast zings
Like a bird on beating wings
A leaf that in wind flickers
Like a curvy girl on knickers

Or a Wretch who bemoans
As a weight lifter that groans;

Flying quite ethereal across
Clouds that gather no moss;
Like a mugger in the street
Fleeing with his hungry...

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Categories: burs,
Form: Couplet
What Does God Have To Do With It?
Drunken Smutty Teenager.
Burning Suicidal Angst.
Red Breast Ripped Open
In The Cold January Heat.
When Love Is Harsh.
When Love Quakes
Within This Presence.
When It's Burs Are Only Nibbling. 
When It's Eating Out Our Ancestors
And Crumbling With The Asphalt.
Breaking And Entering.
Lapping Up The Crimson 
Of A Bleeding Heart....

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Categories: burs, angst, love, teen, love,
Form: Blank verse
Wounds Heal
Wounds heal, 
scars fade, you'll 
get over it  it's 
what they always 
say   Their 
convenient go-to 
phrase   There, 
that'll do the trick  
They don't see 
how much it 
matters at least to 
me  They didn't 
know that's why...

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Categories: burs, absence
Form: ABC
Premium Member Tom Sharing Aphorisms
Tom Sharing Aphorisms
(old adages)
Composed: by Miracle Man
11-9-2019

I’ve been told, when younger,
”I could start a fight in an empty House.”
Because often “I would cloud up and rain knuckles,”
and later “was a sight for sore eyes”
Sometimes “I just had a conniption fit” and it ended there.
It’s been...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: burs, humor, satire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mystic Yawn
Xylometry zaffre zacaton swirl on hyaloid "penumbra phylum". 
            "Magniloquent melodic" apodictic vinculum survey.
            "Wandering wispy whooshes" by wisps of weird warbles.
 ...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: burs, analogy, beauty, creation, fantasy,
Form: Verse
Seed Pods of Friendship
As sudden, as unforeseen
As by which hand, in gusts
Heart to heart does flick.
As burs felt then stick.

And as unlikely, across
Which space, insurmountable
Divides, immense is
For the differences....

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Categories: burs, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Unwelcome Guest
Unwelcome Guests
(Arthritis, Bursitis, Tendonitis, Gout) 
Miracle Man
10-11-2023

The “rItis” boys came to visit,
and their welcome overstayed.
My futile efforts to evict them,
they always downplayed.
Arth, Burs, and Tendon,
that very unpleasant three.
Were always reluctant to leave,
before the ravaging of me.
For pain I gave each points,
on occasion they brought a...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: burs, grief, hurt, pain,
Form: Quatrain
Child-Stept Interminglings
Leaping, though mud-soaked
Splattered of face
Out those rains, with toads.
Less in disgrace!

Hurtling, though with burs
Bee stings o'er me
Down those steeps, bump, bump
Summer-possessed,
With flopping lizard.
Not so distressed!...

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Categories: burs, child,
Form: Rhyme
Chessnut memory
7 Dec 2023  5:43 pm
A distant memory upon the winter breeze
The spring scent of fertile chessnut trees

So broad and strong standing tall against the storms
Producing bushels of sweet sustanace and burs of thorns

I remember when I stood so strong against the wind 
Branching out...

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Categories: burs, analogy, life,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry