Best Dozen Poems

my fourteenth summer. .  
the son of a preacher man
showing me heaven

His teasing ways and his boyish grin.
How easily I was taken in!

I felt like a woman in my cute short culottes and wearing pink frost lipstick
that he’d kissed off my mouth before the...

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birds interesting
a collection from nature-
all so beautiful

The Storm Petrel's are small birds that seem to hover,
little sea birds that appear to be walking on the water.

Loons unable to walk on land    they shuffle like old people-
oh so graceful and skillful underwater ...

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the wind was roaring
an open road forever-
           trees a blur of green

My brother brought him home for supper one day,
I recall it was a beautiful warm day in the month of May.

I hung on the...

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 red tint of evening
bleeds across a glazed skyline…
crowds droop on bleak aisles

The street lamps wane beyond rush hour;
eyes missing the rarest flower…

And city lights drain people’s bones,
when aching shadows blur my view.
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Silent One's A Poet's Dozen Contest
11/5/2015...

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fall enters gaily
with a shower of bright leaves 
pushing summer out

I truly think that  it's a bummer
There only is three months of summer.

I sadly wave her on her way,
Summer whose stay is too soon gone.

Our summer, this year, was a winner.
We picnicked, vacationed and...

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The Rose - Poet's Dozen


rose awaits the call
to awake with coming spring
promise for rebirth

The seasons of all things hold much in store,
for life brings death which brings new life once more.

The rose relies on wisdom of its root
to make it bloom when winter sets it...

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Sweet Angel ~ Poet's dozen


                              sweet angel of mine
       ...

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So beautiful
When first they bloomed
Their fragrant breath
Dispelling gloom 
A dozen roses 
Drinking natures wine 
From a crystal vase
 
Dewy lips 
Of velvet red
Pursed with every word
 He said
Their sultry whispers
 Flowing through my mind
Intoxicating me

Each petal pulsing
With regret
Trying hard to help me 
To forget
His lies
His...

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Life with Snickers
(four short poems in one)

our one-year-old dog
lapping up toilet water -
what a potty mouth

That dog is also into smut;
he likes to sniff poor kitty’s butt.

He hears my slightest movements in the kitchen.
His paws appear at the counter where I’m preparing food.

Later, Snickers comes...

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eyes drink in darkness
before sun colors the sky ~
clock chimes the new hour

Dawn’s silence speaks tranquility,
devoid of life’s perplexity.

So I with the morn, while still alone
read, ruminate, sit still and wait.

Reassured by morningtime’s constancy,
resolute, today’s afflictions I face.
Your Word gives me strength and serenity
as this...

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black clouds gathering
thunder rolls in the distance
a storm is brewing

Winds of change are blowing.
Can you feel the tension growing?

Discontentment, fear and anger thrive,
while integrity and trust are trampled on.

Yes, an awful storm is coming.
We must not be taken by surprise.
Revolution's heartbeat's thrumming,
people open up your...

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A Dozen Roses:

Petals in the wind
crying a crimson river
on moonlit snow

©deborah burch
25012013...

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with collars turned up,
we warm hands in our pockets...
winds pilfer the trees
~
The acorns have been bouncing like brown raindrops
If I could sell them, I would open a shop
~
As leaves somersaulted in masses from all the russet trees,
small children were running to classes, along the littered...

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Nervously gazing 
Across the table he stared
Watching my silence 

My hunger ceasing, As a Poet's Dozen ordered 
Sipping a glass of wine, Becoming much more forward

Now served our dinner, Filling our mouths blind with food
Emotions much less suppressed, As its body crepted upon our nerves

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puppies in a pound
barking as people pass by
so many choices

"Look at me! "Look at me!", they all seem to say.
"Please won't you take me home with you today?"

Little ones, big ones, fat ones, skinny ones,
young and old, shy and bold - they all want a...

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