Best Highlighted Poems

Her life turned upside down, endless chorus of tears,
jilted she hoped he would stop in the name of love.
What was once endless love was now songs full of fears.
Her baby love left her lost like a lonesome dove.

Jilted she hoped he would stop in the...

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In Silk and Dreams, breakfast at Tiffany’s 
nights of lavender lace, mornings with dew 
a highlighted garden of mysteries
waterfall wishes, windblown thoughts of you

In a playground of desire, succeeded
candle flickering a flame, whispers true 
a familiar song-  Just What I Needed
waterfall wishes, windblown thoughts...

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“This is love: to fly toward a secret Sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life.
Finally, to take a step without feet.” ~ Rumi  

Life can be a pilgrimage through rainless moors
and solemn seascapes draped
in mists...

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Caustic memories dissolve on my tongue
Lingering tastes of battery acid and nicotine  
Cause me to choke on putrid saliva.  
Staring at melting walls, clocks tick in unison.  

Distorted birdsong hums outside of jagged windows 
Under the warped sun, an unrepentant landscape blurs....

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Caustic memories dissolve on my tongue
Lingering tastes of battery acid and nicotine  
Cause me to choke on putrid saliva.  
Staring at melting walls, clocks tick in unison.  

Distorted birdsong hums outside of jagged windows 
Under the warped sun, an unrepentant landscape blurs....

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Just a five minute train ride 
But I'm already far, far away.
Staring out through the speckled windows, 
Highlighted against the setting sun.

I'm lost in the future, 
Thinking, 
Endless possibilities on the horizon. 

Slowly, like the train slowing to a stop.
I regain consciousness in present, 
The...

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A breathtaking panoramic view fascinated my sight into the offing,
As the sea gloriously shows its precious treasure magnificently floating;
Making me wish to be an albatross to hover and hop around;
On those beautiful islands highlighted by a single beauty named, James Bond.

This place is known originally...

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Old men in blue jeans

Dungarees – that’s what they were called,
heavy, blue denim, metal button fly -
form that followed function.  The “cuffs” were
rolled up because inseam sizing and “pre-worn”
softened and frayed only occurred if you got
them from an older sibling.

Time has a way of...

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One Sunday afternoon in spring,
i was tending my garden,
trimming and watering the roses,
when he first passed by.
I remember standing up to break the ache,
and as i ran my hand across the face,
to wipe off the sweat,
there he was this breathtaking scenery!
He had the most fair...

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The snow fell down- like feathers, flew,
     and clung to everything that grew.
Each branch and twig was fluffed with white-
     highlighted 'neath the moon's soft light.

Serene this vision, I saw through.
     The snow...

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Have you ever met those kind of blokes who get upon your nerve,
when they quote continual references that most think should deserve
a threatening confrontation that if they make that quote again, 
then the punishment that’s handed out will give them heaps of pain.

A gang of...

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Mint stars reaching out to greet the sky 
Cool zephyr blowing across your cheeks
Much nearer, your silhouette appears
Like a fog carried by beams ,you advance
With sequins on hair tossed by the breeze 
As your flowing chemise billows like a sail 
To throttle on bare toes...

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The people of the state oppressed 
should have a referdum by rights 
God given unto them by speech 
words draws the sword 
To back anything worth considering 
on this issue with the pros and cons 
highlighted truth a must 
Leaving nowhere for a reason to...

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My daughter had been sickly for a time
The flu, they said, her health will shortly climb
A few days later came the call we dread
I'll ne’er forget the words the doctor said:

"We got your daughter's blood work back today.
I'm not sure there is any easy way
To...

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Waterfall

Escaping
from far confined spaces
longing for freedom over the rim

Highlighted
flowing wavy tresses
cascading over rocky shoulders

Rushing sounds
of an endless stampede
racing and galloping through the air

Frothy fluffs
of white bubbly splendor
splashing, glistening in the sunlight


Sandra M. Haight
October 27, 2014

~7th Place~
Contest: Some Form of Crystalline
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
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