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Could YOUR Heart, hold all the TEARS; that Life has shed in LOVE
Would YOU Gallantly suffer, Sorrow, for the Memory of Eternal LOVE
Should YOU empty an Ocean of Tears to revive YOUR Everlasting LOVE
Does YOUR mind Reminisce, about the First Kiss, igniting the Flame of LOVE

                                                   To Be Cont.
           With LOVE ALWAYS and FOREVER, YOUR Liege…HG
             Dedicated to all the Inspirational POETESS’ and POETS
                               My POETRYSOUP FAMILY 
       Special Thanks to Shannon Deane for Her Gracious Comments

The Fox, the Wolf, the Coyote

A wizard of wild
Seasonal changes his world 
Sly and cunning games

Open fields are home 
To always play till days end 
Hunting more than sport

A flash of movement
Traces of his whereabouts 
Are scarcely a trail.

Magician of beast
Blending one within his own
Timeless enchantment

A graceful harshness
A beautiful wilderness
Harsh environments

An eerie silence 
Approaching from the shadows
Cloaked in mystery.

Fearless by nature
Radiant energy bounds
An essence of one

Playful and naughty
Shadows of monsters lurking
Elected by force

A challenge to live
Surviving in modern days 
Resilient by far.

Written by: Shannon Deane 
Written for: P.D. 's Inner Animal Contest
Sponsored by: Destroyer Poet

A Kiss of Sunset

Day gives in to night
Crimson hues paint the sky
A kiss from Heaven

Shannon Deane
For P.D.'s 'Sunset Haiku' contest


Inspiration In Life

Written by: Shannon Deane
Written:  June 21st. 2011
Contest: Inspired

If you can find me, you'll know where I am
Face in a book, quiet as a lamb
Matter not where I sit down
If I look like a clown
Writing for self preservation I am

Waiting for my star to shine 
For the world to know those words are mine
Two rainbows for luck
Praying I don't really suck
Sometime soon everything will turn out fine

I find inspiration in many ways 
Writing till the end of my days
The stars will align
Revealing sublime
Masterpieces never only a phase

A Tale of Vampirates

Busy reading a curious series 
Wrapped in the fantasy 
Written within it's covers
A story of Vampirates

A complex tale of lives entwined 
Destiny shaped before life 
Journeys embarked upon
While sailing the open seas

Set in a time ahead of now 
Throughout the past plays it's part
Challenges faced by siblings divided
Worlds apart their loyalties tried

Enchanting descriptions of a world apart
Removed from reality
Still within its embrace
An epic tale of adventure

Thousands of pages
To tell its full tale
A beautiful story
An original, truly one of a kind

Wanting the story to continue 
For the characters journeys 
To not be through
To pick up where we left off

Sailing through the seas
In search of answers
Of treasure 
And more

Twins who were once sheltered 
Exposed to untold dangers
Denied the truth
To who they are

Centuries of time 
Riddled with tales 
Of more than just the twins 
Conner and Grace

But alas the tale is done
With their unusual stories
Left swinging in limbo
So onto the next one

Written by:  Shannon Deane
Written:  June 9th, 2011
Contest:  Sea Of Words

Me Verses Me

Who is that staring back at me
Go away on the count of three
Do I know who you are
Can I wish upon a star
Questions of who I should be

Not just demons do I fight
Thoughts drift easily through the night
Myself against me 
Trying to break free
To do what I know is right

Written by: Shannon Deane
Written:  June 28th, 2011
Contest:  Myself Against Me


Nature In Full Bloom

Summer time is here
Sunny days tempting play
Be one with nature

Contest: One Haiku
Written: June 23rd, 2011
Written by:  Shannon Deane

My Zodiac

Cancer is the sign
Zodiac born into being
Moods captured with words

Trusting the tide
Water is my element
A part of my soul

Crabs shelter their home
Hard top shell, soft heart below
Sensitive I am

Twelve months in the year
Horoscopes all around us
Cancer is my sign

Contest:  Zodiac Zones
Written by:  Shannon Deane

It's Fun To Frolic

When I was girl
Many a moon and season
Love was fairy tales 

A challenge at best
Yet fun to frolic with love
A season to create
Masterpieces from within
Patiently waiting for fun

Released from my heart and soul
A forget me not of phrases
Combinations of my words
Poetry in life

Shannon Deane
June 4th, 2011

My Table of Four

Excitement bubbles throughout the air
Delighted to see so many there
A chance to meet three 
Passionate like me
Welcoming sweethearts who believe that's rare


Inspired by three individuals who have welcomed me to Poetry Soup with open arms, 
love and support, thank-you for everything.

Shannon Deane, James Fraser, Linda-Marie the Sweetheart of P.S. and HGarvey Daniel 
Esquire respectively

Mirrored Fragments

Mirrored Fragments 

Awakened thoughts finally faced, familiarity of days retraced..
In the  depth of one soul a whisper is seldom seen, a peaceful plea in a passive scream..
Clarity magnified between the words etched..
An imagination pushing boundaries far fetched..
Welcome minds madness once misplaced..
Where demons lurk and fears are faced..
A tug of war between a sin and a mistake, the lightest of touch still keeps them awake.. I hibernate behind all that was once innocent, only to trip and fall without repent..
A glimpse caught in mirrored fragments 
Shadowed relevance in distant elements 
Reckless thoughts forming fractured lines
A lifetime of poetic prowess redefines..

By Shannon Deane & Michael J Falotico

Fragments From My Life

"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"
                                                  John Ruskin, 1853

I knew in the beginning 
What I wanted in life
Where my writing might take me
Where I might end up

Only plans change direction 
Paths change course, unwanted
When passion burns bright
It can set your heart free

Life's greatest triumphs and tragedies
Remain alive in our memories
Forever etched among my pages
Statements impacting others

To more than just survive
Wipe clean the subconscious slate
Prepare to be inspired by life's events
And the importance of all the little pieces

"I believed that life began when you believed in yourself"

Won 4th place
Written by:  Shannon Deane
Contest:  All The Little Pieces
Written:  June 21st, 2011

My Sunrise

Where we hail home, our native land
The sun rises in the east
Our harsh winters here
Make the sun impossible to beam

Come winter's end 
When everyone emerges
To welcome in the spring
The sunrise is brilliant 

From one extreme to the next
Through winter's cold 
And spring's stare
My sunrise is to remember

Won 1st. place
Contest Sunrise Vs. Sunset
Sponsored by: H.Garvey Daniel Esquire
Written by: Shannon Deane

I Once Asked Alice

Alice was her name, the girl in the story
A Journey of self worth and unwanted glory

Although from what I have been told 
The story was just beginning to unfold

Many characters could write their own book
Amazing lives to be seen, come take a look

The Cheshire cat my favorite I think
Disappearing with nothing more than a wink

Alice's adventures written on many pages
Dreams and reality coming in stages

Wishing for my own Wonderland
To live within the story would be ever so grand

Written By: Shannon Deane
June 14th, 2011
Contest "Go Ask Alice"
Sponsored By: Debbie Guzzi

This Poet's Oracle

"Life begins when you believe in yourself"

                                               Shannon Deane

First written in Grade 7- 1991

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