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Premium Member A Thing of Beauty
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A thing of beauty on her wrist
was confiscated by a nurse
who looked for items soldiers missed
in places (and by means) much worse.

They branded her inside...

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Categories: items, holocaust, thanks, war, world
Form: Quatern



Premium Member Poets
The keyboard is their instrument

A heart aroused warm with desire

Emotions long pent up unvented

Maybe rage set the mouse on fire_

Poetry is their game

Fun played and...

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Categories: items, write, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Mother Is Dove
Modest woman moderate woman
Your inner beauty strikes me
Like the tongue of noble eloquence
More than gold even refined gold
Or our purged fulgent silver.

Black woman proud woman
Your...

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© Canny Amah  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: items, nostalgiamother, woman, water, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 'beach Buddies' Collect 'stuff' - For Contest
Twice a month on our tiny little Isle
A group of heroes go that extra mile
Wearing protective clothing they clean the beach
Removing vast amounts of rubbish...

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Categories: items, appreciation, beach, beauty, care,
Form: Rhyme
What's Fair Is Fair
What’s fair is fair

I walked into Macys Department Store the other day
thinking I’d buy a few items for the summer
I entered on the first floor...

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Categories: items, fashion, humor, men, women,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Shopping List
"Shopping List"

Sister Kathy's going shopping and she's asked me for my list,
Needing LOTS of help, so I could not her, resist...

I have a Shopping List...

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Categories: items, character, friend, god, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member You'Re My Inspiration - Dedicated To My Amazing Mum
How do I begin to describe you
Such an incredible person 
Yet even now you doubt your abilities
You lost your own mum when you were eight...

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Categories: items, mother, mum, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Closing the Door On the Past
It’s been many years since I’d climbed the wooden steps to my parent’s attic. The hinges of the trap door creak and a cloud of...

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Categories: items, childhood, memory, moving on,
Form: Haibun
I Shall Whisper Sweet Nothings To You
When dusk arrives each night, I shall whisper sweet nothings, 
when the door closes I shall tenderly show passion- 
We know that love is not...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: items, joy, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sentimental Objects
There are certain items kept
Sentimental objects are special
They hold the good memories
Some of us own one object
While some of us own several

It could be anything...

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Categories: items, happiness, memory,
Form: Free verse
Laundry Day
Once a week we do the wash;
It’s part of our routine.
With just the two of us at home,
There’s not that much to clean.

Apartment living means,...

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Categories: items, home,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Weaving Tears Among Saturn's Rings
She ventured far beyond Earth's realm
past cordoned confines of heart and soul
Tumbled,  as did Alice, down the rabbit hole
Drifted, like an Autumn leaf blown...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: items, adventure, love,
Form: Verse
Browsing the Antiques
In a store that sells antiques,
The past is much alive,
Including parts that we’d prefer
Did somehow not survive.

Some creepy dolls and ugly clothes
And jewelry I’d not...

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Categories: items, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Social Distancing During a Pandemic Or Get Behind the Orange Line
No I'm not kidding , believe what I say.
Step behind the orange line and behind it you stay.
Yes, I'll scan your items from six feet...

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Categories: items, stress, work,
Form: Rhyme
A Round Tuit
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Categories: items, funny
Form: Shape

Book: Shattered Sighs