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Einstein's Heirs
Two black holes spiraled,
their dance
sent ripples 
through the universe –
racing at speed of light
waves
warp spacetime.

A billion years later,
on a small planet, 
laser beams zoom between...

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Categories: heirs, nature, science,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Held Aloft
We'd laid old George to rest the week before,
at ninety-one he now rejoined his wife,
no heirs to his estate, so one thing more
to do, and...

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© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: heirs, heartbreak,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Oh Goddess Moon
Oh Goddess Moon, you induce painters to paint,
the crazed to rave and poets to praise your grace.
How many love affairs have you helped to consummate?
With...

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Categories: heirs, moon,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Black Diamond Child
Black Diamond Child


Black diamond child with hopeless eyes
In your frightful future your talent lies

No worth is greater than watching you grow 
To a world whose...

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Categories: heirs, black african american, child,
Form: Couplet
Of Pan and Man
Of PAN and MAN

Beyond the hedgerow bright with bloom of May
Our daily lives move on with purpose strong 
From where the thrush and warbler sing...

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Categories: heirs, nature,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Surprising Kindness
I came upon an old man,
A homeless, wretched soul.
He looked so sad and helpless,
In his hands, he held a bowl.
He was propped against the building,
So,...

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© Janet Vick  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: heirs, caregiving, family, friendship, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When Justice Took a Holiday
WHEN JUSTICE TOOK A HOLIDAY

Justice took a holiday today;
Peace fought back the tears.
The mourners came to knell and pray:
Guilt having choked the apathy of the...

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Categories: heirs, america, anger, black african
Form: Sonnet
Vision of Love
I lead myself, to a faraway place,
in dreams I traveled, to find His grace.

  My journey stood before me, when I walked,
his power was...

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Categories: heirs, faith, i love you,
Form: Free verse
Eleventh Hour
It seems so late,

on your answer we wait.

 Time is just an illusion,

we search for our conclusion.

 As hours turn to ashes,

in love, we see...

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Categories: heirs, hope
Form: Free verse
Doctor Ram's Golden Legacy
some people leave riches to their heirs
Dr. Ram’s words are better than gold

everyone privileged to read his work
unlocks his treasure trove
written words worth their weight...

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Categories: heirs, dedicationwords,
Form: Free verse
He's the Truth You Need Today
No man was born perfect here on earth,
Adam was one but he fell into sin.
All men in the image of God from birth
Bore this sin...

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Categories: heirs, god, gospel, jesus,
Form: Quatrain
A Family Affair'
According to the precepts of God's awesome plan, 
Marriage defined is one woman for one man.
Perhaps they have no child; perhaps two, maybe three,
Yet God...

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Categories: heirs, faithfamily, family,
Form: Rhyme
Life Cycle
Come,
Let us chase the sun.

I know
It is better said than done,
To make life sappy and meaningful-
To keep time, word and money 
Is vital.

The steady sun...

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Categories: heirs, assonance, faith, fantasy, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lonely Libraries
(English Sonnet Rhyme in Iambic Tetrameter)

What tomes in lonely corners dwell
where undisturbed and rimmed with dust,
forgotten tales that once were held
and stained with tears and...

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Categories: heirs, books,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Bible and Our Privileges
"It is known that the Bible, in its hundreds of different translations, is the most widely distributed book in human history. The bible has been...

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Categories: heirs, bible, books, christian, creation,
Form: Narrative

Book: Reflection on the Important Things