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Premium Member Obsessed With Love
Hate is an unnecessary need
in the book of necessities.
Love is the key component
within the book of obsessities.

Lust is an unfaithful guide
misguiding towards fake perceptions.
Sincere love...

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Categories: example, analogy, love,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member What Is Love
I still recall our first poetic glance,
dormant pen roused my fingers to dance.
Her love was like a cherry blossom tree,
which at first blossomed so beautifully.

When...

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Categories: example, love, love hurts,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Hero
In a world where hearts ignore compassionate cries.
Acts of kindness become rare, so empathy dies.

As human nature loses the skill to listen,
his mission is to...

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Categories: example, inspiration, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In Celebration of Mothers
I celebrate wonderful mothers 
who always put the needs 
of their children first,
the single mothers who 
especially must sacrifice 
to help their children survive 
and...

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Categories: example, celebration, dedication, mothers day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Charm Like Harp Strings - 128 Words
Your mind's in knots,
as stress plagues thoughts.
On hope you cling,
to bloom like Spring.

Its fine my dear,
nerves can cause fear.
Don't be so scared,
gifts must be shared.

Your...

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Categories: example, muse, music, silence, song,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member My Melodious Muse
** I apologize, but if you're viewing this on a phone, it probably wont look right, as the browser page on a phone is not...

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Categories: example, analogy, inspiration, love, metaphor,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member Poetry Numbs the Pain
One day we will be, forever silent.
Where would we be without poetry?

As a child, I buried my heart,
drained from games death would play -
in adulthood,...

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Categories: example, childhood, emotions, life, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silent Inflictions
Childhood is a ship,
preparing to set sail,
but not all harbors are kind

the ocean a mysterious enigma.

Not all inflictions are visible,
some bruises remain invisible.
Not all trauma...

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Categories: example, analogy, childhood, emotions, innocence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Love Letter To My Friends of India
When I think of India, I think of dark eyed beauties,
their foreheads painted with decorative red dots,
and I see them moving deliciously in beautiful bright...

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Categories: example, community, friend,
Form: Prose
Premium Member There Is a Star With My Name On It
Come walk with me,
for the path cares not,
the age of your feet.

Look at the butterflies on petals,
their silence does not care,
the language you speak.

Listen to...

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Categories: example, discrimination, humanity, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poetic Personification
Honey vapour scents travelled among seduced tepid zephyrs.
This was not a dream for I was within the realms of reality,
as fate's footsteps led my heart...

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Categories: example, love, romance,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Rest, Don't Quit
What happens when the moon isn't up to her best?
She takes a break,
Dozes for a while,
And comes back shining brighter than she ever did!

What happens...

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Categories: example, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Died a Little Inside
In the silence of sadness,
what will the winds bring tomorrow?
In the sadness of silence,
my soul sighs soft breaths of sorrow.

Where did those rainbows go,
reminiscing happier...

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Categories: example, angst, heartbreak, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Playground
Playground…

Playground…
I am making decisions every morning,
None of them comes along with any warning.
To go right or to go left, which one is right?
Living in darkness...

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Categories: example, age, allusion, anger,
Form: Masnavi
Premium Member Will To Survive
Tribulations of testing times,
when a result of human crimes,
bring only melancholic rhymes.

You just desire to be understood,
when overwhelmed tears begin to flood.
Where there is not...

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Categories: example, abuse, pain, strength,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs