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Premium Member American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows and Howling Wolf
American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows And Howling Wolf

Thirsty for red moon, its sacred beams and eternal pull
howling-out to speak to this dark and blind world, without...

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Categories: historical, art, conflict, death, history,
Form: Verse



Premium Member A Strange Galaxy
When I gaze into this realm, I see more than the dazzling array
     of golden starbursts floating in a cosmic sea...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: historical, stars,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Purple Cemetery
I write so many poems that you don’t see
They end up in purple poem cemetery
Mangled in the **** of my maroon mind
Tangerine tangles of wasted...

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Categories: historical, dream, feelings, green, how
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jesus Was Turkish
A strange claim
Of a man of passion
Of kindness
He said
Let the children come to me
For what man would refuse the smile
The innocence of a child
He parted...

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Categories: historical, age, animal, bible, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Absolute Truth: How Can it Be?
Absolute truth, both mystery… and paradox. 
“You make me wonder if you exist or not?”

The Greeks glimpsed you in circles and squares,
The medievals revered you...

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Categories: historical, faith, history, mystery, philosophy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Survival In the Midst of Ignorance
My prayers are not asking you to
 
save me from my enemy.
 
My children have turned their backs.
 
They praise dance with many
 
Adversaries-
 
When...

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Categories: historical, analogy, spoken word, wisdom,
Form: Classicism
The Lady of the House
It’s siesta, yet one can hear from the second floor of the house the animated sharing of juicy news some visitors have brought to the...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: historical, abuse, analogy, black african
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Angels and Demons
"Angels & Demons"




The Soul never sleeps
battered and lonely, the lesson 
Life spent in The Hard Sell

Soft-served you become
melting Insomnia 
mouth sucking a loaded gun

blue ribbonned...

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Categories: historical, abuse, addiction, angel, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dear Budding Poet
Dear Budding Poet,

Modern poetry is a mix of new and old with modern styles created by bending or even breaking the rules of old forms...

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Categories: historical, encouraging, poetry,
Form: Prose
Premium Member The Devil's Nightly Quest Ca
REVISED OCTOBER 16, 2019



New Jersey’s cloven-hoofed devil 
makes his way to the jetty
beneath the blanket of twinkling stars, anguish unabated 
his appetency growing stronger each...

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Categories: historical, loneliness, love,
Form: Free verse
House of the Tragic Poet
Two thousand years, a tragedy is past
Yet it's history still leaves us aghast.

On a night, dreadfully dark
A  volcano erupted, leaving it's historical mark

Mount Vesuvius...

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© Amy Green  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: historical, city, house,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Prince of Purple
Beneath the opal white moon, the crying doves shed their precious tears,
Causing the purple rain to fall, melting at the lavender notes of musical dreams,
Camelot’s...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: historical, imagery, imagination, inspirational, international,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Doctor Ram: the Soup's Golden Voice
our beloved brother from India
Dr. Ram’s words are better than gold

board his magic carpet
woven with wit, intellect and insight

soar through sagas steeped in mythology
captivating revelations...

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Categories: historical, dedication, peoplewords, work, work,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Spirits In the Wood
Standing all alone in the woods;
eyes shut, I feel the lilting light.
Sun dodges needles through the crown,
beams land on my skin softly so.
Brisk breezes quicken...

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© Greg Gaul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: historical, death, earth, fantasy, sin,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Michaelangelo Vs Da Vinci
It’s said the great Michaelangelo
had considered himself as a foe
to a rival of his.
You should know who this is -
Da Vinci, the great Leonardo!

So why...

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Categories: historical, history,
Form: Limerick

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