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Best Centred Poems

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Pun With Eggs
Benedict was tired, he’d been driving all day.  
This was his last delivery, 2 tonnes of eggs delivered to Safeway.  
The kid came...

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Categories: centred, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Empathy of Elements with Ink Empress
When life parades a fine line 
between alienation and rationality,
internal intruders of the soul shroud spotlights.

In my dreams 
I'm playing charades with the grim reaper.
surrounded...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: centred, analogy, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Zephyr
Some express their pain,
some sacrifice it for others,
only poets turn it into poetry - (my quote)

Only poets can turn words into poems,
so those who are...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: centred, analogy, loneliness, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Giant of Lisbellaw
Stood I there, that last day,
On an iron bridge...
An aqueduct by design,
Where, looking dreamily out over
The Ernes Lower Lough,
My compressed shadow 
Momentarily paused -
To contently...

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Categories: centred, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Escalating the Muse
"Escalating the Muse"



Written on the body
passive complacence
stretches sharp ink 
etched pain in the soul
then real beauty 
from the 
Book of Truth, 

a page moored
in transparent...

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Categories: centred, muse, truth, writing,
Form: Free verse



Unforgettable Moment
Those were my green and salad days, 
a time of innocence and play, where
marbles shone like pearls and 
every trinket was a treasure. 
The world...

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© Ma Yaseen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: centred, for him, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Private Romeo
Romeo Jaxx had a friend for a fool
So he never thought "Baby's in love."
He fought for his rights
and he slept through your dreams
With his self-centred...

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Categories: centred, america, journey, lost, military,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member From Darkness To Light
Earth element

Driven by instincts feral
Self-centred stance
An animal in human form
Gravity pulled me down

Material possessions
I seized by any means
Territorial behavior
In an imaginary cage

Yet in this density
In...

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Categories: centred, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Sonnet For Los Campitos
SONNET FOR LOS CAMPITOS TEAM
Orinoco flow to Andean peaks, the nation
Protests the chaos suffering and pain
Yet once more you young pilgrims made migration
To this distant...

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Categories: centred, courage, creation,
Form: Sonnet
Again
Again
I am 
a ticking bomb waiting to go off 
my head filled with so many instabilities, 
it’s like I have a shellshocked army in my...

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Categories: centred, anger, angst, anxiety, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Countenance
Our countenance, mirroring heart vibrant
Elixirous in the bliss joy current 
Outer form, reflecting our radiance
In sync with subtle voice of our conscience 
Mindful eye, to...

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Categories: centred, allusion, identity, mirror, spiritual,
Form: Rondeau
Premium Member Anchored
I love the word Anchored
The strength it beholds
Steadfast, secure
Guaranteed and bold

A word with definite intent
Controlled and assured
Determined and decided
Without lines being blurred

A word that evokes...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: centred, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Softened Attention
Sitting quietly, breathing in and out
Centred presence feels blissful and complete
Bliss strobes within let out a silent shout
Our vaporised self’s awash at God's feet

Time ticks...

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Categories: centred, silence, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Not Harvest Thanksgiving
I do so love harvest thanksgiving, 
That time of year which celebrates agriculture, 
When church flips from being god-centred, 
To remembering farmers and good food...

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Categories: centred, celebration, child, childhood, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Soldier
I’m here, in this terror.
 Blood, blood puddles everywhere
like after a demonic storm of rain, but instead it’s human red liquid .
Splattering,
leaking and escaping.  
More...

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© Rose Lil  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: centred, absence, betrayal, death, horror,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things