Best Heart Swells Poems

...I remember the day I got the call.
My world fell apart.
I had lost it all.

I remember the day you were taken from me.
I knew your beautifull smile I would never again see.

They said it was a......

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...This poem was written by an old man who died in the geriatric
Ward of a nursing home in North Platte, Neb.  He left nothing 
Of  value, only this poem which I thought had a very strong
Message and......

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...Christmas fun
Angel wings
Snow in Sun

Sleighs on dells
Joyful things
Tinkling bells

My heart swells
The choir sings
Love here dwells


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...Where Mind Soul And Pen, Often Dance And Play

In a sad blindness, one may yet find hope
Sweet romance is in truth a healing balm
What in Life, can we truly ever hold
True to Heart, an old poet'......

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...Yesterday I was oblivious and carefree,
looking forward to seeing you, 
talking with you on the phone - 
your teasing voice glimmering with laughter . . .

Today my heart is a deep abyss 
that ......

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You sit alone on the shore
        And play with the sand
My heart swells at your sight, 
        I long to take your hand
I send out gentle waves 
        that lick your dainty ......

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...Cardboard boxes, full of surprises;
celebratory treasures rest,
beneath the evergreen branches; 
stacks of color.

Bellies smiling, hiding 
delectable, culinary delights. 
My child-hea......

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...Come To Me Love, So That Tender Heart Swells

Gone, our days dancing in the splashing rain
Awaiting the great mists of transcending time
My love, you taught me to ride a hurricane
Within the min......

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Beautiful Scenes, Golden Gifts True Love Brought,
third poem of three. 

True-love   ...
   Depths that heart swells,
longings that birth hot flames
night......

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...My love,
It is midnight and I lay alone.
It will be a while before we see each other again,
Or even speak.
I went for a drive tonight, like we often do, 
Except this time I was alone.
The tea w......

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...A while back I left meaning
At the river bank of seeming
And gathered myself to trust
Dark and light
I learned how to fight
By giving my faith to LOVE

He took me deep and wide
Cleaning all I......

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...~In His Grace~ 
(sestina) 


I'm absolutely certain that it's only by God's grace 
That I could climb if I have to...that very high.. wall 
God give us life all thru His loving care and......

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...A heart swells,
oozing with love,
having fulfilled, re-fulfilled
and over-fulfilled obligation.
But the mind now weakens 
from the weight of this swollen heart
and the pressure must be released 
befo......

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...The morning is hectic, with a hodgepodge of family
I'm washing up dishes, while others are napping
A clatter of dishes,  ...oh,.. something is broken!
Someone starts laughing, and all is forgo......

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...I came alive the moment  I met you
I don't know how I breathed before
You made my life complete dear
And I'll break when you walk out the door.
My boy.

You are special beyond comprehension
So......

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