Best Illustrations Poems

“I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay”
Sara Evans

My heart no longer
beats the same,
as I’ve wiped away 
tainted...

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This book of botanical images
in sepia depict the petals, veins, leaves
of exotic plants.  Listed alphabetically are illustrations
with a reader's favorites’ marked with string;
carefully indexed,...

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What knowledge do you have of my home?
Have you taken a walk through the cemetery?
Walking on my tracks, footprints of eternity.
Have you read about the...

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"Revolutions"




7

We are all for the Fall
in the seasons of His hands
where He pulls in the strings 
of all His puppets 
calling in cold legions 
in...

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Close your eyes and use your 
imigination
What if the world showed an 
indication 
that jesus was really satan
Itd be the biggest revelation
But what would happen...

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With each brush  s t r o k e  I sigh with pride,
         for on...

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Every morn, I wake to a blank page - 
A canvas, on which I paint
Today

I often revisit past illustrations;
Some statuesque,
and others with rips, tears, and...

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Overly Particular Judges:
What to submit
Only Sonnet form accepted.
Must be a sonnet ( 14 lines - 10 syllables per line.  Rhyme scheme : ABAB CDCD...

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“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's...

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Winter feels the coming spring
As it gasps for it's last breath
For spring has won the battle
And handed winter it's death

The flowers dance in unison
As the...

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Retirement
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Stop working now
For a hopeless boss
Who gives you no hope
That nine-to-five grind
Is over now
Retirement
Exit and excite
Up up and away
Banjo your mango
Man goes
Peddle your medal
On...

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The HR person called me in… I was turning gray… Was he even twenty-one?
I wondered if the interview would go well, as he did fung...

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They sit on their own
in their Hermit Kingdom
other side of the wall
singing their song 
entitled 
nothing to envy

peeling the skin 
away in generations 
it's worse...

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Take yourself on a journey into the past with this remarkable first book in the series, Sword of the Holy Grail. Award winning author and...

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Please don’t try and push me,
Don’t hustle and crowd me in,
I need some space to find myself,
To work out where I fit in.

Please don’t try...

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