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Premium Member I Think of You - An Alternative Universe - 6
From childhood it was a world of two...you and I...
I leaned lightly, leisurely against your heart and you let me in.

We were five I use...

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Categories: issues, best friend, cute love,
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member A Poem For My Algebra Teacher
I know I promised
 no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another 
‘Wipe your eye poem’

 And for three years 
I tried...

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Categories: issues, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pink Lace
**Every pace change --are the voices of poets sharing his/her Ribbon** 

"PINK LADIES"  
  
The phone rings, 
The clock dings,

I scream, scream, and...

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Categories: issues, anger, bullying, cancer, death
Form: Dramatic Monologue
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: issues, abuse, anger, discrimination, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The L In Da Name Linda Stands For Love
"Shhh,  look there they are. 
No one believed me. 
Now you see them too.
 A blessing of Unicorns. 

 If anyone knew where they were
it would be the end of...

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Categories: issues, light,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Heartbroken
“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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Categories: issues, angst, break up, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Love Language
Our Love Language

We have our own love language we both share
A squeeze of the hand, a half smile, a glance,
It’s the unspoken passion within our...

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Categories: issues, death, heaven, loss, love,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Premium Member The Day She Disappeared
A collaboration between Paul Callus & Carolyn Devonshire
 
Where were you when she disappeared?
Is the moment caught in your mind?
Were you nervous as the day...

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Categories: issues, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member His Golden Essence
The oyster shell 

                     ...

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Categories: issues, appreciation, beauty, father, inspiration,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member And So I Wrote a Poem
One day when I was walking 
inside a wood alone,
admiring the autumn trees,
I found a big flat stone.
It beckoned me to sit awhile -
 ...

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Categories: issues, write,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mary Rogers
*Had to bring this one back. Like my Poe poem, this one follows (haunts) me wherever I go. It is my favorite lyric that I've...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: issues, mental illness,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Inner Sanctum
Written: January 27, 2024
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"Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: issues, adventure, age, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Special Needs Hero
Young and pretty, living a normal life
Suddenly her world would never be the same
Her lovely boy born with special needs
Her daily life now the toughest...

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Categories: issues, caregiving, child, inspirational,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Strength
The trip to church on Sunday wasn't long
Down dry dusty country roads closer roamed
Hearts did rejoice when singing love's sweet song
Precious memories now deeply intoned

A...

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Categories: issues, angst, blessing, family, history,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member A Look Back At Eighteen Months Here-The Show Is Over
A Look Back at Eighteen Months Here-The Show is Over

When your poems reside in a shoe,
like mine,
pounding the pavement to nowhere.
The onset of blisters isn't...

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Categories: issues, change, sad, mental health,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs