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A Real Confession To My One True Heart
"Though my actions, sometimes selfish and oppressive on the surface, inevitably land myself in a pit of dispair, yet for those of my supposed oppressors,...

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Categories: ends justify the means, child, deep, devotion, family,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member Answer Me This
Americans have overcome many great trials,
But harbor too some persistent denials.
Stubbornly clutching long-held positions,
Over time have become national traditions.
Pride in the sanctity of individualism,
Elevates in...

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© Greg Gaul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ends justify the means, america, community, discrimination, gender,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Aphorisms- Idiomatic Expressions
*Aphorisms/ Idiomatic expressions*
(Short, pithy, instructive sayings passed down through the years)
Composed: by Tom Wright
7/12/2018

The man who coined the aphorism “Seize the Day”
Didn’t always mean “The...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ends justify the means, satire,
Form: Lyric
A Politician's Creed
© 2012 (Jim Sularz)

We are conceived by short sightedness,
nurtured with unbridled power.

We believe in self-interest,
and the dollar almighty.

As masters of deception and treachery,
we father hatred...

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© Jim Sularz  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ends justify the means, political,
Form: Free verse
World Leaders Respect
The world needs leaders, that it can respect,
lying to people builds distrust,
granted people can and do make up false beliefs,
conspiracy theories, 

The Russian people turned...

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Categories: ends justify the means, inspiration, international,
Form: Narrative



What Happened
They're never supposed to end, they're 
supposed to last forever
Its supposed to be locked down but it's as 
light as a feather
Someone could've been your...

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Categories: ends justify the means, friendshippeople, people,
Form: Verse
Fallen Angel
You look like a high class lawyer but that is not the real you.
You hold deep painful secrets that the world can not know.
Memories of...

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Categories: ends justify the means, loss, people, sad, science
Form: Free verse
Graveyard Witch
Oh no and I will not forget tonight! If you loved me you'd treat me well oh but what the hell, don’t you know pay...

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© Bo Lanier  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ends justify the means, grave, halloween, night,
Form: Free verse
Graveyard Witch
Oh no and I will not forget tonight!
If you loved me you'd treat me well
Oh but what the hell, don’t you know pay backs are...

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© Bo Lanier  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ends justify the means, emotions, mystery,
Form: Free verse
What Drives Me Still
The light through 
My Grandmother’s
Bedroom window
Called out to me

‘Calls out to me’

Leading me to places 
Where I had to go
Revisiting me now 
In my twilight...

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Categories: ends justify the means, light,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs