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Premium Member Escape of the Bluesman's Song
Within the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch   a rickety chair   
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...

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Categories: informal, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form: Free verse



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: informal, abuse, anger, discrimination, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eventide
Eventide eases a discordant day
as peach amber contrails billow on high.
Pink ginger crawls throughout dark smoky gray
and fades as peaceful night’s cover grows nigh.

An informal...

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Categories: informal, color, conflict, day, dream,
Form: Rhyme
A Moment In Time
A moment in time..

I saw you across the room the other day,
Much like another time when you held my gaze,
Pulling me in with one passing...

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© Angel Fire  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: informal, desire, life, longing, loss,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Formal Ambitions
The rule book
Of Society rules
We either live by the rules
Or be ruled unfit:

Toe the line
Walk that fine line
Keep in line
But never cross the line;

Speak up
Speak...

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© Deb Radke  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: informal, social
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Strawberries and Cream
S	imple delight!
T	asty, smooth and luxurious
R	ipened red berries, bursting with flavor	
A	lways appetizing, a taste bud teaser
W	ild or store-bought, berries fresh, tart!
B	eyond dreamy, out of this world
E	legant...

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Categories: informal, food
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Loosening the Bible Belt
Bless your heart — Southern Sugah’
Pecan pies love clouds,
smothered and smothered in peaks
— fresh whipped cream, Darlin’
Sinful recipe — 
sweet lil’ hymn.
Ma’am!

7/14/2018

From Wikipedia: The Bible...

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Categories: informal, food,
Form: Epulaeryu
A Moment With a Stranger
Oceans apart
Their lives a heart
That whispers sounds
And knows no bounds
It sailed away to brighter days
To rid itself from an internal maze.

Beautiful distraction
An informal satisfaction
I’m shocked...

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Categories: informal, best friend, emotions, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member - Haiku X 52 - Game Or Art -
To wink playfully
Controlled by unwritten laws
Always creative

An informal game
Flirting a job important
To flirt is an art







09.04.2015 A-L Andresen :)
Copyright © All Rights Reserved...

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Categories: informal, art, life, philosophy,
Form: Haiku
Acts To Zenith
Acts of contrition, on knees if I recount
Beatitudes, eight, sermon on the mount
Charity given, is blessings received
Dalai Lama, a Buddhist deity
Ecumenism, it understands and unites
Fascism...

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Categories: informal, faith, freedom, gospel, poetry,
Form: Abecedarian
The Journey of Marriage
The Journey Of Marriage

Grand party, grand clothes, grand decor and grand style!
Well-wishers and greetings cheering the dulled hearts 
Silver jubilee's are celebrated by partners with...

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Categories: informal, anniversary, celebration, marriage,
Form: Light Verse
Eighth Wonder-King Kong
Once there were two writer friends Wallace and Cooper.
Into novelization of the original King Kong film, no souper.
“Edgar Wallace didn't write any of Kong, not...

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Categories: informal, humor,
Form: Limerick
The Micro World of Macro Love
I wanna hiding  with you and escape
from this moody realm  in bathyscaphe
that  made from one pea seed or nutshell,
but inwardly this little...

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Categories: informal, love, universe,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
Happy Fourth of July, Or Happy Independence Day
Happy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day

On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence...

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Categories: informal, america, birthday, celebration, firework,
Form: List
An Aphoristic Self-Portrait
As a writer, people are my vocation. 
As for humanity, men, women 
And other abstractions, 
Their interests constitute little more 
Than my hobby; I can...

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Categories: informal, celebrity, me, mirror, people,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things