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Premium Member Like a Girl
I play like a girl, I hit like a girl
You say I throw like a girl, 
And when I run -- I run like a...

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Categories: if you ask me, beautiful, girl, identity, rights,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow Old
You were beautiful, 
my tiny child, 
wrapped tightly in my arms, 
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless, 
you...

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Categories: if you ask me, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Clouds
"HOLDING HIS HAND"

*The Voice*
God, can I hold your hand and follow you?

"God's voice"
My child, it is I who will walk with you! You walked down...

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Categories: if you ask me, angel, beautiful, beauty, blessing,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member If I Had Money
if I had all the money that I ever wanted,
               ...

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Categories: if you ask me, drug, introspection, universe,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silent Page
Silent Heart

Sad, as it maybe, I had to break my OWN heart, 
Too many nights, I sat there all torn apart
A dream girl, 
Sitting under...

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Categories: if you ask me, confusion, corruption, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member True Colors
Eyes are the windows of a soul and they say ‘Love is blind’
But how do you describe colour to a sightless person?

Such depths to your...

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Categories: if you ask me, color, friendship love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dry Mascara
DRY MASCARA

Nobody sees through the shadow and the color of my eyes
The times I've cried are the only time you notice the trace down my...

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Categories: if you ask me, cry, deep, depression, grief,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To My Hanging
A funny thing happened on the way to my hanging
Couldn't sleep the night before my head was banging
I was innocent of a crime that I...

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Categories: if you ask me, brother, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Dear Men
Dear men,
Explain to me why I stand alone. 
Women are quick to uplift their father, sons, and brothers
Quick to maintain the home,
But when she needs...

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Categories: if you ask me, abuse, anger, discrimination, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Revelation In the Rain
She briskly walks in January’s rain,
which drums the endless rhythm of her pain,
pulling closer round her shoulder in the downpour
the leather jacket he so often...

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Categories: if you ask me, lost love,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member It Is Quiet Tonight
It is quiet tonight.
The only sound is coming from
the soft murmur of the television set.
I don't know why I don't just put it on mute.
I...

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Categories: if you ask me, death, grief, husband, lost
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Poet Is a Bridge
i believe we all
have a poem in our hearts

some need no metaphors

for a poet is a bridge
between words and emotions
connecting hearts and souls
through all four...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: if you ask me, emotions, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lift Somebody's Dawn
Learn from the eagle how to soar with winds
Spanning your wings to conquer tall peaks 
Float hopes high reaching sapphire blue skies
Triumph with your smile...

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Categories: if you ask me, encouraging, inspiration, meaningful, youth,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Distinct Ballet
I've thrown my quill in quiet rage
   sometimes, when mocked by empty page.
I read such vibrant poetry 
  in awe, and ask...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: if you ask me, butterfly, poetry, uplifting,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Labrador
If I wasn't there,
the rain swollen clouds
would have still dumped 
their dark weight over the bay
and through a gaping tear,
let down a curtain of sunlight
to...

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Categories: if you ask me, care, creation, dog, earth,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs