Best Creative Poems

Inspiration where do you go when
you leave and your dry, barren
riverbed causes blinding dust storms in
my mind?  Do you evaporate into
mist, become a gray dense fog
lying heavily in the air, intangible…

floating like a cloud, ever
changing shapes? Are you carried
by the wind, held hostage
to feed...

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(this is not a comment on gun rights in U.S.A. I am from Canada where we do not face the same challenges. rather i seek to speak to the creative mind. the search for the peace in our hearts. the gun is not literal but...

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We poets, writers, misfits of the world 
like artist or mystics or troubadours
use our gifts to give insight to others
we offer more pulling back the covers.

We did not fit in with most of our peers.
When young we were often taunted to tears.
We often were quiet,...

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"You are ... different, aren't you?" she said, crinkling her nose.

That sentiment, spoken by my fourth grade home-room teacher
Had been paraphrased many times before
(And would be countless times again)
Different, unusual, odd, weird, curious, complex, or just plain strange

Those were the kind ones - the ones...

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A friend reveals their true heart when you are feeling blue.
Their compassion cheers your spirit as they know the 'real' you.
They listen to you vent your anger when it consumes your day
To commiserate and reach out in a non-judgmental way.
A friend also is a treasure...

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There's no set list of motivational things I can name
because my inspirational impetus is never the same.
Often, I'm encouraged to pick up my pen and write
by celestial bodies glimmering upon me in the night.

What moves me to choose canvas and brush to paint
can be induced...

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oh, yes ...

yes, I have ...
I've had them ... those moments
the deep, desperate, rare moments ...
"straight-from-a-movie" moments
of romance and melancholy

where the violins and violas and
cellos pull on your heart ...
forlorn music reaching down into your viscera
to yank at your soul in tyranny ...
heart-wrenching moments of
exquisite...

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I have a lovely daughter, who is a lovely mess,
for every rule you give her, she will have to test.
She’s always just inside the lines or balanced on the top.
She loves to challenge all the rules to see how they will flop.

My favorite of her...

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We started, all of us, with a dream
A need to be more than we might seem
Add to our lives a bright, new shine
To honour those of an older time

Some few had gathered, one fair day
A party planned, a game to play
A passing fancy to recreate
The...

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Creative Child


Notebook full of dreams,

deep thoughts imprint a blank page.

Intent and consumed,

from his sweet innocent mind,

he creates his masterpiece.


Sandra M. Haight


~1st Place~
Contest: Oil Paintings 1-2-3 Any Poem Form
Painting: No. 3 
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Judged: 11/17/205
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BE CREATIVE



The world we live in

Economic crises

Seem to hold us in chains and vices

If only you knew how to set yourself free

It’s to master your thoughts 

Be creative, you see

We all have it in us

You’ve just got to dig

It’s the passion inside you

Oh boy! It...

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I am but a slave among lives hidden features
Who cares what I crave midst these two-legged creatures
I crave superb polish and fine furniture wax
Extremely strong wood glue and upholstery tacks
To be moved more toward the shade and less in the sun
To have a tung oil...

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a leaf fell today
twirling as if the last dance
final disconnect...

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