Best Grew Poems

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The sun-yellow house seems smaller somehow,
viewing it now, after all these years...
The...

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Where Love Grew 



Beneath the maple tree 
is where our love first started to grow 
Green buds of unblossomed love, 
basking in the golden dappled light 
of spring’s awakening 
A sweet kiss given, 
sweet as maple ... 
given beneath the swaying branches 
Dancing to the wind music of spring, 
as you lullabied me with sweet...

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There once came a day
when the world took flight
('twas only a handful
who gaped at the sight)
For when she spread her wings
so few could believe;
and fewer still
could keep alive the dream,
that had awakened for all to see.
Galileo Galilei took center stage,
as we flipped through yet another page
of shocking discovery.
But poor Gally, took to fame,
an a pedestal...

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A daughter~

Believe in the space between us, and in the force that ties us in.

We never have to try for who we are as one.

Like the tide to the moon and the fierceness of

the sun.

I’d wipe your tears from heaven for my hand is already there

I’ll be blind forever,
it will never be the same.

Y
ou changed...

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Weary... my footsteps reach a dark alley
as kohl light pushes stars into tender
tempest; notes from an old man's
weeping guitar choke my lungs droning, droning---
as if bitter bass of winds silences
my voice--- never to hear pang of a numb day
that holds this sacred dream I'll never possess.

 
Entering the halls of my mind, there she is,
laughing...

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I grew a rose
The reddest rose
Of any rose that grows
The sweetest scent
Magnificent
Resplendence for the nose
Irrefutable
How beautiful
None would dare oppose
So delicate
And elegant
I wonder if it knows

But it adorns
The sharpest thorns
For those who would impose
A little prick
Will do the trick
To leave it in repose
For in as much
One chance a touch
You'll see the blood that flows
So I propose
Your...

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At the bottom of our garden
Standing for many many years
Below seasonal greens and blossoms
And all of natures tears

This gem of harvesting joy
Showered crops of richness grow
For season after season
When autumn came it showed

It's fruits of life stood out
Against the nature of each day
And all who graced this marvel
Were always said to say

This tree from mother...

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Why the grey sky grew
Could it be because of you?
Or because my heart's feeling blue
The sun only shines when I'm with you
When we're far apart
The world grows dark
It thunders and rains
Blowing wind that chills my veins
Occasionally striking the garden we grew
A garden of love built by me and you
The anger of fire will destroy the...

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“to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature”  William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1601


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Over the tranquil place where love suddenly grew,
night carved the tender image of two souls breathing together,
to delight themselves until the sky turned dark blue;
we watched the stars come much closer and get brighter.


Night carved the tender image of two souls breathing together,
and it united them with deep passion and a solemn promise;
we watched the...

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Way back in the nineteen fifties
When Charlie grew out of his toys,
He fancied having an active life
So he joined the Teddy Boys.

He wore drainpipe jeans, a black drape coat
And a shirt with a boot lace tie.
With his crepe-soled shoes and slicked back hair
He definitely caught your eye.

It wasn’t unusual to find him
With a flick-knife in...

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Fifty-nine
     years flew by
          here we are

Still in love
     I love you
          you love me

Fifty-nine
     Valentines
         ...

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There once came a day
when the world took flight
('twas only a handful
who gaped at the sight)
For when she spread her wings
so few could believe;
and fewer still
could keep alive the dream,
that had awakened for all to see.
Galileo Galilei took center stage,
as we flipped through yet another page
of shocking discovery.
But poor Gally, took to fame,
an a pedestal...

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Many a mind hurries past
the gripping splendour
in search of beauty, not to last,
while continuing in rejection of grandeur.

I look as the moments pass
at the wounded walkway.
The sand flows through the hourglass
and time conforms to seconds and seconds to day.

There, in the heart of pain,
at the crack of dawn
grows through the mundane,
purity, life’s mystery in an...

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Dad, I remember well the night I grew up. 
I know you remember that night too...
   I know you never forgot this happening:
  
It was 1966, an early Fall night, around 10:30 when you called the police.
   Jerry had been...agitated...for several days. 
   Muttering under his breathe at...

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