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Best Expounded Poems

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Premium Member The Reunion
They came from as far a way as New York and Dallas Texas. The class of 1981 wasn't a large class, it was the very...

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Categories: expounded, allusion, death,
Form: Prose



Premium Member Wrath of Zeus
The Greek gods were egotistic, arrogant, jealous,
Said to be excellent lovers, fanatics, and zealous
About everything and anything, lounged around
Adorning places like Marathona, the Acropolis
The Parthenon....

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Categories: expounded, beauty,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member In Vision 2
In this year 2016 the 1st week in August, I had occasion to speak with a Christian headmaster, the spiritual aspect dominated the conversation, I...

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Categories: expounded, bible, inspiration,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Scary Stranger
On flight to our Hawaii honeymoon, a beautiful young mother with cherub baby in arms expounded to us with eloquent conviction the unspoiled beauty of...

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Categories: expounded, adventure,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Aloha India
ALOHA to my friends in INDIA, I hope this message is received with the understanding that recent interactions have vastly expounded because many have participated...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: expounded, beautiful, people, perspective,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Edgar a Host
Edgar A Host


It was a lovely Sunday afternoon
All the Guests has just finished Tea
One in particular though
Why he was staring at me

I asked if all...

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Categories: expounded, culture, dedication, garden, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Villanelle: No Man Can On His Own Escape Written Fate, For Thiru-Valluvar
Villanelle: No man can on his own escape written fate

         For Thiru-Valluvar, the “nameless” author of 
the...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: expounded, beauty, character, creation, god,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Salute To a Man of God
Psalm 116:15 of the Scriptures declares, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.”

That truth speaks well of the heavenly...

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Categories: expounded, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Elegy
Driven To Distraction and Destruction
Must I hear the word "cool "one more time 
Blaring from movies, TV in a time called prime

The only thing prime about prime time TV
Is...

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Categories: expounded, allusion, fantasy, feelings, funny,
Form: Couplet
Poetic Gist
Poetry is the air I breathe,
  lifeblood trickling 'tween
    luscious marrow in my bones,
existentially rooted crux reflecting  
Amen's utterances &...

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© Paloma P   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: expounded, addiction, allegory, fire, muse,
Form: Prose Poetry
Memoirs of Pope John Paul Ii
He gave me a strong impact,
with his gift for immemorial gestures;
he embraced the sick and handicapped
he kissed the soil of the nation on his first...

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Categories: expounded, death, dedication, faith, hope,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Ism
Solace in solitude is not solace,
Yet solitude drapes around me as fog.  
It backs up against the yellowing pale of democracy,
falling to cries of...

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Categories: expounded, inspirationalchild, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Division's Re-Vision Through
Southgate and Sterling discourse on the disturbing. Alarming' The focus of classes through
Which much chattering passes, in meme graph and drama a gasp'orama of division's...

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Categories: expounded, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
All In All
All In all
I’ve loved my life
The highs and lows 
The joy the strife
The magic moments
Kids and laughs
Deaths and traumas
Financial baths
Friends and foes
That came and went
Pleasure...

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Categories: expounded, happiness, inspirational, life
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Premium Member Milky Shade of Tears
Her eyes, a beautiful green, carries tears
Milky shade of tears are expounded on
She has wisdom within her eyes of years
Her eyes, a beautiful green, carries...

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Categories: expounded, life, sad, beautiful, beautiful,
Form: Triolet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things