Best Finalized Poems

Rice fields look the same except
for this one; this one who knew me
before i was born… and lying on her
fertile belly, she tosses the mist
of...

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Spring Cleaning

Springtime is a chance to start your life anew,
Dust off your pride and change your attitude.
Bring forth the hidden treasures, of your heart,
Don’t worry...

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When dreamtime leads me to a mystic land
I saunter quietly ... climbing a hill,
For the kingdom of fairies and elves reigns
With gossamer wings and jewels...

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Winter finally exhales its last frozen breath
as I inhale victory over our duel with death.
Slowly, the snow melts from its deep drifts,
as we cross life's...

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As scented air aroused my misty mind, 
a shadow broke the early morning Sun,
aromas wafting from the morning’s grind,
assured the senses morning had begun.

I felt...

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When father died I held onto his cold dead hand,
           then, I let father go...

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Second Chance May 2016
Sponsor: Eve Roper


five generations
   connected to my grandpa
      kindred forefather

parents united
    unto...

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She and the handsome gentleman finalized the contract, and he gently placed 
the antique pearl necklace into the palm of her tiny hand.  As...

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I wanted to be free of hurt and pain. 
Your cruel act left a horrible stain.

I wanted to just vanish, 
I longed to be banished.

You...

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"Be careful about reading health
books. Some fine day you'll
die of a misprint"

- Markus Herz.



Once,
I had a particular problem;
fear of falling. Desperation

drove me to a library,
and...

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I discovered
an unexpected gift
on the bluff
above the sea:
smooth stones
line a labyrinth,
someone’s loving labor.

I let the path take me
on a peaceful pilgrimage,
wend and weave my way;
my...

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mossy vines served as camourflage
on a decaying  gravestone, in old graveyard,
time not revealed the names on that stone,
was this the one for which I...

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cold rain
to slow-streak the
glass I watch you through -
you and your
christ ...
the ginger bread man,
sugar daddy savior, all that
I was not, (and less) ...
choices of
compromise,...

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 He was a stray cat who suddenly one day appeared,
and for this old cats safety within days-   I feared;
when I tried to...

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As scented air aroused my misty mind,
her shadow broke the early morning sun.
Aromas wafting from the morning grind
seduced a thought that she may be the...

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