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Best Delves Poems

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Premium Member A Kept Woman
Dream-worker 
delves deeply into my dream;

vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed 
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine...

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Categories: delves, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Plague
as the PROPHETS of profits, WE lead and WE’re fair
while WE’re living the life of the poor BILLIONAIRE
– silver yachts, pearly castles, cash (plenty to...

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Categories: delves, society,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member In Praise of All Old Friends
Of all old friends, those we have of old are best;
These the souls we travel with by preference,
Theirs the spirits to whom we grant all...

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Categories: delves, day, friend, heart, old,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member My Secret Garden, Coin of Dreams
Darkness lies behind the locked gate
Vastness is what’s beyond the wall
Crassness delves into my longed soul
Fondness it makes a great heart call

Key to the gate...

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Categories: delves, dream, garden,
Form: Rhyme
Shadows of Somber Skies
She fell from the light, into a world shadowed in gray. 
             ...

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Categories: delves, angel, dark,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member To the Rescue
Animals saving animals from death
 As they step in to lend a helping "hand"
  For creatures on the brink of their last breath
 These...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: delves, animal, humanity,
Form: Sonnet
Pointing Fingers
Sitting by the window of a moving train..
Feeling alone
She ponders..
As to why it must be..

Pointing fingers..
How can one know another..
He explodes in a massive fury..
Insinuating...

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Categories: delves, conflict, emotions, judgement, life,
Form: Free verse
Infinity Till Eternity
In the serene nights with starry skies, 
With you on my mind, I realize. 

Beautiful soul, you're so pristine.
Perfect are you, your love divine. 

Oh...

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Categories: delves, beauty, crush, heartbroken, i
Form: Rhyme
The Cardinal and the Rose
Quote: Both the enchantress and the siren charmer 
are part of the same one.   

Fired red wings on the breath of a dawning...

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Categories: delves, analogy, bird, flower,
Form: Sonnet
Awakening From Stupor

The Echo Of Stars
Galaxies away the echo of stars make her bloom 
this rose made of warm inside a heated hand * 
Fine tuning her...

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Categories: delves, analogy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member thanks for being so neat
Seeing aisles of messy shelves
Before a shopper even delves
Is a horrible curse
Which Whole Foods can reverse
With stockers who were Santa's elves
...

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Categories: delves, heaven, jobs, joy, tribute,
Form: Limerick
In the Webbed Silence
In the webbed corners of my brain 
There blooms a sinister flower 
Its petals dripping with venom 
 And thick roots entwined with despair 

Begins...

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Categories: delves, conflict, dark, emotions, how
Form: Blank verse
Dark Matter Matters
Dark matter seems to be
What isn’t there to be seen
In between
What we see.

They dub it dark since you cannot detect it
Nor can they inspect it
With...

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Categories: delves, creation, dark, deep, earth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Purple Crystal Heart
The purple heart, that which beats with pure power
Covers the blood flowing throughout the inside
This heart will crystallize making me cower
Painful transition from flesh to...

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Categories: delves, heart, life,
Form: Rispetto
Sleep Madrigal
Sleep's the Great Healer—
Sleep's the Revealer
Of hidden meanings,
Unbidden gleanings.

When sorrow aches us,
Sleep overtakes us—
Stealing away grief,
Like a welcome thief.

Night is the coverlet
For a longing lover—...

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Categories: delves, dream, imagery, metaphor, muse,
Form: Ballad

Book: Reflection on the Important Things