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Premium Member Dangerous Dalliance
Perilous is the journey, sordid is the quest, flashing flirtatious desire,
Treacherous is gaudy aspiration, playing with torrid flames of fire;
No matter how thrilling, how visceral...

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Categories: dangerous, desire, love, lust,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Thirsty Love
As a young boy
    I watch with interest the small man
   Wolf Hunter - a wise father of the hunt


He...

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Categories: dangerous, love, lust,
Form: Narrative
The Billabong
There’s an old river course with beginning and end,
now the river runs straight without this river bend,
where the water is still and the reeds do...

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Categories: dangerous, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Chimera
Bellerophon was sent for by king Lobates of Lycia
And given the dangerous task of slaying the Chimera
A fierce creature like a lion with a goats...

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Categories: dangerous, animal, mythology,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Song of the Poet
*Note - I posted this some time ago on PS and it got POTD, resulting in over fifty comments of support. Social media is a...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dangerous, love, song,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Captive Deep Blue Je Reviens
"Captive Deep Blue Je Reviens"





I walk beside you 
in your dreams,
you are always in me 
warm and pounding, 
twin heart, 
burning bright flame, 
beautiful addiction
captive...

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Categories: dangerous, desire, longing, romance, sensual,
Form: Romanticism
Third Person
He speaks metaphorically to avoid dealing direct, 
shows the unknown hand he’s against too much respect, 
writes about his bravery though it’s no where to...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dangerous, anxiety, depression, introspection, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member One Kiss
WITH  JUST ~ONE  KISS

I rise, like fire in your eyes.
Feel the burn, as I discharge my flames.
Like Frankenstein, 
I will make you come...

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Categories: dangerous, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Wall
Winnie, wild-eyed, went insane
and sang “Happy Birthday” in the rain, 
while she washed away her bloody pain.

Now all day long she sings that song,
she sings...

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© Eric Cohen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dangerous, birthday, character, child, child
Form: Rhyme
Untying of a Love Knot
When I used to dream
I used to dream about him
Fantasizing about how it happened and how it could have been
Demons, chasing Nightmares, Happiness on Poles
Tied...

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Categories: dangerous, lost love, me,
Form: Bio
Collateral Damage
Mara- Collateral damage

Hi, my name is Mara, I'm six years old, I have brown hair and brown eyes. People say I'm pretty like my mom,...

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Categories: dangerous, character, courage, freedom, girl,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member How Do You Do
Well, my father was a farmer, just chickens and cows
When it came to raisin' 'em, he really knew how
To milk those bovines for all they...

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Categories: dangerous, farm, father, jewish, religion,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Dress
It was the last year of high school and there was a lack of beaux,
But then I got an invite. Whew, that was close!
So now...

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Categories: dangerous, 12th grade, dance, high
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Ba Ba Bad Shepherd Boy
Watery eyed thoughts came,
Zap! Pow!  a short circuited brain.
Inward turned burned ocular pain,
too many thoughts to restrain 
I’m a cheap sheep making my mistakes...

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Categories: dangerous, angst, anxiety, betrayal, child
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Want
What men want
Pretty, dangerous things
Things that smell sweet
Things that bite
Things that quicken their hearts
They think that’s what they want 
Until they don’t
Until they lose what...

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Categories: dangerous, addiction, angst, desire,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things