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The Pieces of Peace
The pieces of peace were handpicked
Picked in the heart of the night 
Shredded for an aspiration 
To clutch the lone torch contained by the dark
A...

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Categories: handpicked, political,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member - June, When the Sun Is High On the Sky -
White

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Categories: handpicked, beauty, flower, june,
Form: Lanterne
Reflections By Commodore John Barry
“He fought often and once bled in the cause of freedom, but his habits of War did not lessen in him the peaceful virtues which...

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Categories: handpicked, adventure, autumn, dedication, history,
Form: Epic
Love-Making In the Wild
Alone I roam the dreamland wood
sombre and empty, dark my mood
vain hope to meet my love denied
a throbbing, pumping ache inside 
afar a gleaming stream...

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Categories: handpicked, passionsweet, love, sweet, ,
Form: Rhyme
God's Coloring Book
Turning the pages of God's coloring book
Beauty everywhere we look
Human minds cannot comprehend
The Greatest of artists and His pen

Each season, paints a different scene
Summer, Autumn,...

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Categories: handpicked, art, beauty, bible, color,
Form: Rhyme



Brown-Eyed Susan
Wild flower bouquets
Handpicked, wrapped with blades of grass
Placed in her clay jars...

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Categories: handpicked, anniversary, family, friendship, nature,
Form: Haiku
The Question
True love is unquestionable. 
What is true love?
To me; it is more feeling based rather than definitively worded. 
Emotional attached, formed mentalities that are equally...

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Categories: handpicked, conflict, confusion, fun, true
Form: Free verse
Proximity of Choice
The night air crisply flows
 Brushing past my sill with a caress
The final blooms of the magnolia's
 Upon her skin, fragrantly confess

 
Autumn’s wildflowers
Sit upon...

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Categories: handpicked, faith, forgiveness, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Gloom Beauty and Despair...(For Envy)
I seem to fall in love constantly; 
Seem to find it everywhere I go, 
Half buried in the sand, like pieces of fallen moon 
Waiting...

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Categories: handpicked, angst, lovelove, me,
Form: Free verse
A Love-Lee Poem
“Get out my house!” I screamed,

My face turning red.

I was sad, you were drunk,

Our relationship was dead.

You were out partying,

Whilst your family was at home.

Is...

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© Ann Onn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: handpicked, addiction, anniversary, betrayal, break
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Do They Really Leave Us
They leave us

But do they really leave us?

They leave the world
but
They don’t leave our hearts
They leave their bodies
but
Not the characters they embodied

Push the button, it...

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© Elle Kilma  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: handpicked, absence, bereavement, best friend,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My New Name Is-
My name is Son of the most High God
Also known as a Chosen one
I was handpicked by God

Also Forgiven
I am redeemed and accepted
My name also...

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Categories: handpicked, analogy, appreciation, confidence, engagement,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Grandma's Bathroom
Fragile paper, white and quite a shaper rolled into a round
On a rod of plastic, tumbled gently draping to no abound
In the toilet room; a...

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© Lana Evans  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: handpicked, childhood, family, children, life,
Form: Free verse
Black Beauty
She sits on her throne with a fixed smile on her ebony face
staring into the crowd, she sees the peasants all grim and dull
But the...

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Categories: handpicked, black african american, loss,
Form: Narrative
The Nuptial Knot
It may sound incredible to the modern
The intelligent man may deride it often
Nevertheless, it is sensible to concede
That the heaven above ties nuptial knots. 

Facts...

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Categories: handpicked, celebration, marriage, wedding,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs