Best Burst Poems

Midnight hangs in  deepened revelation
as the  cry of elegy  flows within its waiting,
hazy tears burst to deny sleep’s interval
when baby - lullabies end  all pleasant leisure;
and a mother sighs from vague acceptance
enacting the  glee that cradles her child’s form.

Dusk engulfs...

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A Burst Of Orange
By Lauren Hardman 

For me,
Orange
Bright and new 
Symbolizes warmth 
Acceptance 
And strength.

Orange blends well 
With fuchsia pink.
The two colors 
Match up nicely
To construct 
Alluring sunsets
Along with sunrises.

Orange has 
An intermediate tone 
That isn’t black or white. 
It allows for great contrasts 
With...

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champagne toast ~ 
      hopes and dreams for the new year fizz before they fizzle


Susan Ashley
December 28, 2017


~ Second Place ~
Contest: Monoku 2: New Year
Sponsor: Silent One...

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You told me 
when I stepped into your bad dreams
that cloudy day,
you were on a midnight bullet flight 
to Phoenix from L.A.

Smoking barrel infidelity blues
was the red-eye, insomnia jet lag that had
you on a pillow cry toss-n-turn night

You said all your tear ashes
had fallen out...

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Spring has burst forth with buds of all kinds,
With the promise of majestic leaves to blow in
 the wind and shade this garden of mine.

Branches reaching up to the heavens, for solar
power of the suns rays.
Daffodils, crocus bursting up from their winter 
bed to take...

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Late duskfall cracks the air tenderly,
wandering on a language of silence
as twilight caresses the breath
of fluid intuition… for when all else

is sprawled quiet, there comes this
certain ambient stream wading on
mouths of reflection,  far beyond
the collage of any flushed landscape,
 
and watching inward becomes a...

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I'm so fed up with your wild accusations
Over the top ridiculous speculations 
I don't have a secret life on this poetry site
So no need to creep my page day and night

I enjoy leaving comments on others poems
While you grimace until your mouth foams
I'm not cyber...

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A thoughtlet rises from the deep,
Tiny companions coalesce as they sleep
Swirl up a storm ever expanding as they surge.
At  surface emerge and with the ether they  merge,
Lost forever as the bubble-wrap when burst.
From the deep to collective banality accursed.


~06 Jun 2016~
Best of 6...

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Bulbs in cool spring burst
Open fields of lemon stars ...
Apes the skies above...

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I got nothing but love for you,
baby boy, you're my best friend
We been through a whole lot together,
best buds forever, thick and thin

Now I wouldn't be looking out for you,
if I let you keep getting dumped on this way
You can't see it with those lovey-dovey...

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last burst in night’s sky
stars shimmer and fizzle out. . . . 
 fireflies dance on

For the Poet Doctor's 'HAIKU in 5 7 5 only - Volume 1' Contest...

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Bubbles come in many forms,
some make you feel all fuzzy and warm
others are like ideas or schemes,
most however, are easily torn

Burping baby bubbles of gas,
bubbles blown that pop in the grass
football games, played in a dome,
a snow globe made of hand blown glass

Faith, as we...

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Spring presents it self on quiet tip toes
And dances  THERE SHE GOES floral essence knows
Birds have flown in flocks to serenade restless souls
Inclimate weather of rivers of rain have ceased and
May flowers bud pearl of purple moon soon

Hearts at the bay marooned 
Sun lovers...

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the debt ceiling talk
led to so much tension that 
the room's ceiling burst...

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yes, this daft punk pink animal from farm ville will newt axe
any thank u mooch positive word does not rick choir whet backs
now i hold out virtual fig leaf tub buffer 
   end share fiber filled meal of flax
sitting on porcelain throne, while...

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