Best Half Step Poems

Acciaccatura

And filled with stars and the land
A pale gentle hand turned the hourglass 
Of my soul

Stalking the alabaster moon 
I rejoined once more
Those who follow the dream

Cutting through crests 
Time the scythe of a barque
Treads a song of brothers to sisters of paradise

The prow our...

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He’s called the Eulogizer
He reluctantly accepts this moniker as our elder
A name for which he feels disdain 
Since it conjures memories of unspeakable pain
 
He's lost a father, mother, sister and son
His nights sleepless realizing his duty is not yet done

I sit among those assembled,...

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I hear a chord
It resounds so deep in my ears 
It feels like the secrete chord
That David played to please the lord

This chord resounds ding dong in my head like slow-bells
A harmony more resounding than symphony
Emanating between 12 keys of blacks and whites
Hidden in one...

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Hello and welcome to “The Plains of the Serengeti Show”,
I’m your host Bwana Bob come on let’s get ready and go.
 
Right outside of this window, just a short half step away,
You can see all kinds of wildlife as they go about their day.
 
See...

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Have you ever felt
As if you were sinking
And your bad luck
Never ceases

Life is like a game
A half a step to early
You don’t quite catch it
A half step to late
You don’t quite make it

Hard time better the man
These times feel
As if your trapped in quicksand

Every action
Brings...

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For Christmas I got a Keyboard to play
I was thrilled to get this gift on this day
As a child, I studied the piano for fun.
My last piece was Bach and I was done.

Now that I am wiser and an elder,
The desire to perform was my...

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She was nine,
her sister
older.
He was a big 
thirty-five 
mean drunk 
coming down 
from Saturday night,
slicked-back 
black hair, 
Hawaiian shirt, 
dark
wolverine 
eyes. 
He hit her arm
hard,
uttered an order 
under his breath.
She looked down
(small tears). 
What else 
could she do but
pull away, 
turn away 
sideways,
offer less of...

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They had only been practicing for a few days but DynDoeth was not surprised when he was made aware that elves were on their way to escort him to Rian.  He had his spies as well.  In fact, he figured that Rian would...

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I have tried everything
to get rid of loneliness,
and with pen in hand I write my notes
on the five-line-staff without a rest;
I spend hours composing,
not imitating other composers:
the dance of the prism can be my best! 

Add joy to life, feel its rythm
and dance with others
that...

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I wonder...
If climbing Love's
rope to the moon,
On a fall's day,
When it shines at noon...
Could be of help to me.

I'd ask him to please impart,
A way to heal my cratered heart,
As a bevy of words
encircle my head...
My soul a half-step
above the dead...

I've downloaded heartbreak
too many times...
To...

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All creatures are the will of HEAVEN.
It started from the ancient time to elongate till now.
How much can the earthling gain or lose?
HEAVEN commands it all.
Does HEAVEN truly understand all kinds of distress?
Why does HE not to guide the earthling?
Why do the ordinary people never...

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I know I'm not familiar with your flowers, but may I be welcome in your garden, now days every individual have interests; unconditional love is something that you can't bargain, far in, my mind, Im hoping the sun will shine, and my presence won't be...

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Your steps so measured, soft and slow,
Through Irish streets where neon glows,
While I match pace, half-step behind,
Your gentle rhythm fills my mind.

Tomorrow brings your twenty-eight,
As Newbridge glows through Darragh's rain,
Like Naevis' light through darkened skies,
Where æ-dreams dance and harmonize.

Sweet Mary Grace, my Savage star,
From Milner...

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This brisk, sunny March morning, I return from delivering my son to his adult daycare van.  

Upon opening The Norwich Times, I delight to read the new Center for Safe Futures "will be taking a huge step forward in how well we can serve...

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A bird has landed 
On my porch.
Say it a thousand times,
You may be one- half step 
Closer to the Miracle.
We look for pain 
And find it
We look for joy 
And find it
We learn 
We can find anything
If we open our eyes
Love looks for you now
It...

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