Best Known Poems

Ohh the days have been many here
but that day her name was seen
struck a fear deep inside.
Could she really be that mean?

Time passed as her name 
echoed in my head aloud.
I looked at her work in amaze
at how beautiful she can inspire
the words in poems...

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It has been ages since the laughter died, which was many suns ago,
Soon swept away by fleeting time, like the brief giggle of a rainbow.

My vacant halls now are silent, and the flower garden is overgrown,
Effusing rich and cloying fragrance, lovely nature reclaiming its own.

The...

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Had I known love, flowers would have bloomed in Spring
I would have danced when hearing whippoorwills sing
But in my heart no seeds of love were sown
No one brought bouquets or called me his own
     I wear no wedding ring

I could not soar above...

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'Twas a sound I thought alarming, most assuredly disarming;
Up I rose from peaceful slumber to discern what it might be.
While my candle flickered, wavered; whilst my heartbeat halted, quavered,
At my window I was favoured by it sounding, dreadfully-
In the darkness loudly pounding- drawing nearer, dreadfully
As...

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you carve your words precisely 
like a master does a flawless diamond
infuse your images on the head of a pin
not a letter wasted 

you who
speaks from deeper within 
with every new write

never one or one hundred reads suffices
each new recite reveals something new
grabs the readers...

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One brother, not well-liked by me,
is friends with early light.
Born in a prior century,
he measures day from night.

He comes with neither fangs nor claws,
and yet it makes me cringe
to see him at my door because
he darkens evening’s fringe.

I much prefer his modern kin,
who from man’s...

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A valentine for poets we have known
I now compose – a valentine for those
whose thoughts (when they upon the earth were sown)
live on with beauty like a blossomed rose.
To those whose names I easily recall -
sweet Linda, Matt, Lucilla, Daver and
Tim Ryerson, I miss you...

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Love substance seems to be twain
by the natural human brain
and will always remain the same
as thinking remains on a natural plane

When human concepts we clip
beginning to touch angel wing tips
arising from lies, earthly disguise
realizing demise, as an angel wing flies

Agape returns, precept we learn
we’ll know...

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How could I have known
that the beauty of it all
would rob me of coherent speech.
That my eyes would find all else
pale in comparison.
Ears that once they have heard
such a passionate calling
would never want anothers song.
How could I have known


Featured Poem on Poetry Soup February 7,...

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With cavemen like grunts they extract themselves from their pit
Unable to communicate on a level you can understand …
spouting three letter syllables such as  ‘IDK’ and ‘meh’

Eyes red from lack of sleep, but what do they care 
Too much time playing on their computers...

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Watching the ocean breathing in and out,
nagging truths lap at the shores of my doubt.
And I search the sky for traces of God;
amongst trillions of stars scattered about.

Walking upon the same sands, preachers trod;
I find their fire and brimstone somewhat odd.
For I do not believe...

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They say I'm like my daddy
I'm his kid through and through
I have characteristics
Of a man I never knew

Long ago he left me
Soon after my mom died
Put up for adoption
Couldn't count the tears I cried

But now I hear the stories
Of this man I'm like so much
The...

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As the trees shiver with delight
at the fresh autumn breeze,
The cycle of life has met 
his match with her.

Her cloak now adorned with all
the fallen acorns,
while gently the sun abates
for less to see.

Its sensual warmth no longer felt
by lovers in fields.
Unaware of the web of...

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"Light travels faster than sound".
A fact that appears quite unique.
Conversely, sometimes people appear to be bright,
until after you hear them speak!

Things don't always stay the same
if you know what I mean?
Consequently, "Change is inevitable".
(except from a vending machine)

Patience can be a misnomer,
so don't let yourself...

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Familiar stranger
Speaking echoes
Of memories
I cannot recall
Singing sweetly to my soul
And in a dream I knew you
I remember it now
Your touch lingers
A ghostly caress
Leaving me breathless
The soft penetration of your gaze
Reflecting in my eyes
The heat of your flesh
As it burns in my hands
And radiates from my...

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