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Premium Member Undergrowth with Two Figures - Van Gogh
I have the rhythm of a winding road
how do I consign myself to being confined
rows of poplar pillars prop
the rendezvous canopy beneath we meet
—I self-cajole on ooh-la-la afternoon 

yellow eyes; daffodils watching 
lean into gossip groups nodding
a prodding breeze instigating deep-freeze
I am a sweet weed...

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Categories: figures, angst, conflict, endurance, engagement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Undergrowth With Two Figures
(after the painting by Vincent Van Gogh)


Does she even exist? Doubting her own reality,
seeing herself vanishing in undulating undergrowth,

fading and merging into summer-scorched scenery.
But cold lurks there beneath shafts of sunlight, phallic trees...

He wears the night underneath, a fabric of dark and unease,
his hand heavy...

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Categories: figures, abuse, dark,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Undergrowth with Two Figures, Van Gogh
brushed by the blushing Fontainebleau,
   blooming with rainless foliage,
like a poem kissed by the green…
I sigh as thoughts wander
   in saffron silence,
   in the echoing warmth
of your breathing silhouette...

we are beyond wraiths of wildflowers,
   waltzing through the...

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Categories: figures, art, emotions,
Form: Ekphrasis

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Premium Member Undergrowth with Two Figures
The rush that occurs with Van Gogh’s brush.
Deep in the undergrowth, drawn to two figures.
The dappled landscape, lemon, lime and vanilla.
The close couple strolls amidst rows of trees.
The ebonic widower walks with his spectral wife.

Trees, like stick figures, reminiscent of cemetery stones.
This dreamy scene, romantic...

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Categories: figures, art, love, nature, paradise,
Form: Ekphrasis
Human Figures Made of Clay
Dismal tale of men and women in the dirty rail compartment
No conception of the charm being knitted by the movement
Of the necklace of gentle light in the pants shirts and blouses
All is too occupied in their struggle to notice the kind crescent 
As they are...

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Categories: figures, discrimination, loneliness, sorrow, stress,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Undergrowth with Two Figures - Van Gogh

An unpopulated place where 
poplars grow 
Unseen canopies expose 
tree trunks in a row 
Wildflowers swoon over 
undergrowth below 
As back to front figures
watch the panoramic show 

Lush vegetation evokes a 
spellbinding hue
With violet bark
to engrain their view
Don’t flee this forest
reality will go askew
Stay forever...

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Categories: figures, art, life, perspective,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member - Undergrowth with Two Figures -

                                      Our unnoticed actions,
    ...

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Categories: figures, hope, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Undergrowth with Two Figures - Van Gogh
a statement in their freedom of expression
the verdant undergrowth – 
a green carpet, indispersed with yellow, white and rose flowers –
leaning away from the regimental lines of the centre lane of poplars
the tree trunks, a whimsical hue of lilac
a profound blend of renewal, early love,...

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Categories: figures, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Undergrowth With Two Figures - Van Gogh
By his hand was grown a forest
trees aligned as fence posts
trunks accentuated lavender and blue, 
but not as a spruce
and purple strokes, not disguised as prose
in a woodland cut short in proportion
somewhat a distortion of towering height
over wildflowers it stood,
sans a canopy of leaves
for the...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: figures, art, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Hidden Figures
I am black and I say to kindred flames...
Never assert nor cry "things are the same".

It is the height of dishonor to our fathers,
Our hidden figures of the past, and our martyrs.

We no longer must hide. No need for underground trains.
Do not keep blaming injustice....

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Categories: figures, africa, black african american,
Form: Couplet
Greatest Figures
Figures of immense reputation and popularity they were
Attracting public attention and admiration in the pursuit of their great works
Leaving behind them a legacy of some kind
But going with them their unique characters.

Wasn’t the explosion of Christianity the work of Jesus of Nazareth?
And the burst of...

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Categories: figures, history, work, history, work,
Form: Prose Poetry
Figures of Speech
Many a Bible
make use of
the figure of speech
it's a fascinating tool
used to teach!...

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© Mc Mc  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: figures, education
Form: Rhyme
Figures of My Love
FIGURES OF MY LOVE

No one recognises when love begins
But we know when it ends
A flower cannot blossom without a sunshine
And men cannot live without love 
So in the nouns of my heart I love you
Through the verb of my love I cherish you

But the adverb...

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Categories: figures, africa, age, art,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Twilight Love
Long ago at twilight we pledged our sweet
love amid trees stretching stark and bare
Yet at our rendezvous the very next night
I was alone in my despair
Now in the sunset of my days, again
In the pastoral Eden I stand with you
In a bliss beyond love, our...

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Categories: figures, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Faeries Found Freelance Forest
faeries found freelance forest	
matched up verbs and adjectives
married them fine and dandy
the nouns were so mad...

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Categories: figures, word play,
Form: Dodoitsu

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