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Premium Member The Red Leaf
the raspy whisper

finally
 
gets my full attention -
wistfully I smile
..for its persistence reminds me of you..

the crisp red leaf 
scuttles scrapingly
across the gray pavement
to and...

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Categories: instant, death, emotions, grief, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member I Am More
I am more than your definitions
more than affixed labels
placed on my anatomy
more than your misconceptions
or even valid perceptions
I am more

I am more than what's written...

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Categories: instant, poetry,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Amidst the Fallen Petals
He was ever gentle with her
always careful
composed
never passing the boundaries
never asking too much
a man of his culture
and bearing
didn’t move too fast

She was a flower
pristine...virginal
a flower...

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Categories: instant, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member One Long Last Look
The moon shimmied up her pole in the sky
   Winking at me with her crescent eye
The stars danced in time to a silent...

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Categories: instant, autumn, longing, moon, night,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A Kind Hello
Proverb 12:25  "Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up."


a stray lost
in her thoughts

i saw her
sitting there
nursing a frown

so i
reached...

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Categories: instant, cheer up, lonely, sad,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Poetry Pillar
When Light needed a body to behold, and color to kiss,
as Darkness dreamnt to die in the dawn of depth,
when Soul lustered to lust for...

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Categories: instant, beauty, creation, desire, love,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Know Yourself
For years before the narrow windows of my senses
                ...

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Categories: instant, god, introspection, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Eternal Ocean
My sails are trimmed,  prepared for our adventure, 
I have gazed longingly at the surface of you
Beautiful beyond my comprehension 
Your rhythmic calmness relaxes...

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Categories: instant, emotions, ocean,
Form: Personification
The Truth About Adhd
Growing up with ADHD forces you to adapt,
impulsive behaviour controls how you react,
attention span wanders and naturally distracts,
you face an impact, that in fact, doesn't...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: instant, anti bullying, perspective, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
The Malkavian..Part 1
The Malkavian..Part 1

His mind has all the meaning of a madman that is screaming
Tortured and tormented, a life lived to be lamented 
His family, drained...

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© Nate D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: instant, caregiving, friendshiplife, drug,
Form: Alliteration
~ Painting Mona Lisa ~
Absolutely enchanting I thought ~
As I drew the curtains wider, to allow in a bit more light....
Returning unto the canvas and dipping my brush
Into a...

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Categories: instant, lovelove, i love you,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Filling Up On Empty
Some things that look fulfilling
Can cast a woeful spell
Glittery that looks like heaven,
can often turn out to be hell.

All the wanting leads to weeping,
He can't...

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Categories: instant, desire, heart,
Form: Quatrain
An Eternity Ii
And I begin my own steep climb into 
The Chalkland Downs              ...

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Categories: instant, betrayal, , memorial,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nonetheless
I sigh …
pushing warm, wordless weight
onto the twilight mist,
where its folly hangs like old sackcloth,
the silver-doubloon moon dripping
it’s wan wonder to daub
breath and bones alike...

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Categories: instant, lost love, moon, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member During Sex I'M Often Naked
You can't make someone love you all you can do 
is be someone who can be loved.The rest is up to them.

No matter how much...

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Categories: instant, philosophy,
Form: Didactic

Book: Shattered Sighs