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Best Commitments Poems

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Paper Boats
(Dedicated to one of my childhood friends)

You were one of those charming lilies
that bloomed, so fresh, in my springtime pond;
when my homesick wings of longings...

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Categories: commitments, childhood, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member It's Hard To Say
No
A small little word
And yet so hard to say
It tempts me to say
Maybe
Maybe I can make it work
I so desperately want to say yes
It hurts
Crushes...

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Categories: commitments, courage, family, future,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member At the Gate of Dreamland
I know you are there
On the other side
Waiting anxiously for me
There at Dreamland’s Gate
So I close my eyes tight
To hurry myself to you
Hoping sleep comes...

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Categories: commitments, desire, dream, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Daughter's Heart On Mother's Day
Mother, sometimes memories are fraught

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Categories: commitments, emotions, hope, mother daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member At the Gate of Dreamland- My First Contest Entry and Win
I know you are there
On the other side
Waiting anxiously for me
There at Dreamland’s Gate
So I close my eyes tight
To hurry myself to you
Hoping sleep comes...

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Categories: commitments, dream,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member You and Only You
YOU AND ONLY YOU

Strewn pebbles after a tide ballet for a pause
So am I when still you are not by my side
but God is good...

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Categories: commitments, happy, heart, life, love,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Faith In God Makes a Difference
Commitments are hard
                      ...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: commitments, faith, life, marriage,
Form: Tanka
Diagnosis
Written for Andrea Dietrich, a remarkable, talented human and sincere, caring friend


I’ve never even met her, we’ve never shared space,
Yet I continuously, tenderly, view her...

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Categories: commitments, emotions, feelings, friendship, health,
Form: Rhyme
Letters From Vietnam
LETTERS FROM VIETNAM.........Volume One......

November and December...1967/68.......

I drove by your house...several times...In hopes of seeing you......but then I had to go 
away....

Dearest Sharon,

I missed your Prom....I...

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Categories: commitments, adventure
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Earth Soul
And yet we are one inside/outside communion,
one ego/eco-integrity potential sanctuary

Polypathically capable of nesting
eager for re-creating
healthy commitments with family
and toward more extended communal memberships
beyond our egocentric...

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Categories: commitments, celebration, green, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member The Journey
I
It all began so many years ago,
his journey down the narrow winding path,
and where it was to lead just fate could know
as it would take...

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Categories: commitments, destiny, journey, life,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Hatred
Hatred

In the past I just loathed their opinions and whims 
That I felt were too narrow and poorly thought out
For their stubbornness came from a...

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© Mark Elam  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: commitments, anger, hate,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Reflections of Christmas
Cold is here, snow it's a dream. We dream about snow and Christmas, joy and presents.

It's time to consider. It's time to make a balance....

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Categories: commitments, blessing, change, christmas, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dawn Bells
My waking hour, around all are asleep,
the day unfolds like petals on a flower,
as Sun's first rays across the treetops creep
the village church far off...

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© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: commitments, god, peace,
Form: Sonnet
My Visit To Nirmal Hriday
Perhaps from my childhood, it had been my burning desire,
To glance Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart) - a home I did admire;
At the thought of Kolkotta...

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Categories: commitments, caregiving, dedication, happiness, joy,
Form: Rhyme

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