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Life Is To Short
Life is to short to waste 
it away,you need to 
live and love your life,
each and everyday.

Your family and friends
are always there for you,
and they...

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Categories: life is too short, faith, hope, love
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member NEGATIVES
Sometimes you need to step back
Even walk away
Good things always come to an end
So they say ….

When negatives enter your life
That do not bring you...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: life is too short, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Life Is Not That Complicated.
Life is so short and grand, 
to time, we are one grain of sand. 
In our lives we carry around so much pressure, 
this is...

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© Chris Matt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: life is too short, hope
Form: Rhyme
The Butterfly You Cannot See
Once a caterpillar between a dream and reality thought she could be beautiful
~so on she dreamed...
Creating a shell to protect
under the bright new moon

The Cocoon~

Inside...

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© Cindy Lu  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: life is too short, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Ghost of Edgar Allan Poe
Accosted many years ago
By the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe
I'm now obliged to come forthright
About that dark eye-opening night.

It's only fair to let you know
I've...

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Categories: life is too short, emotions, imagery, inspiration, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Loved Ones
Chased by the fleeing clouds 
defined by the wind
life running too short, 
make peace with loved ones. 
Tell them you love them, 
hug them and...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: life is too short, lost love,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Runaway With Me
Would you pack up and run away with me if I were to ask you to today?
Would you throw aside all the past? The turbulence...

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Categories: life is too short, longing, lost love, love,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Can You Imagine
Can you imagine how it would be?

I remember when I was young.
To dream and wonder what I'd become.
The girls that I liked.
Holiday happiness with joy...

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Categories: life is too short, dad, imagination, me, dream,
Form: Free verse
The Battle Within
A constant battle rages between my heart and mind.
The stress of my decision the devil himself must have assigned.
"Your health and sanity are in jeopardy"...

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Categories: life is too short, angst, confusion, life, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dale
Dale, as your birthday fast approaches, just think!
You would be turning sixty-four!
Maybe by now, you’d even have retired 
from a law practice I’m sure would...

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Categories: life is too short, brother,
Form: Free verse
Thank God, Anyway
Winter. Saturday morning it was.
I woke up, called me my boss
"You're so lazy, you can't work anymore!"
Do you know, how were in a big loss?!

Couldn't...

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Categories: life is too short, abortion, anniversary, thank you,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Freedom of Choice
Dear poets of the soup, how are you this beautiful day
I hope you all are well and continue to stay that way

Believers of science, some...

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Categories: life is too short, freedom,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Fraudulent
"Fraudulent"



A writer writes of people 
walking lonely dark streets
begging for bread, shelter and cold without all

like he’s been there
trudging up and downhill knocking on doors...

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Categories: life is too short, depression, family, friendship, home,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Live For Tomorrow
Her writes are touching
They bring tears to your eyes
You can sense her fears
From the woman inside

Through the eyes of another
Saying " the time has come...

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Categories: life is too short, faith, family, hope, on
Form: Rhyme
Former Love
A Former Love has
returned into my life.
I'm not too sure 
it's wrong or if it's right.

He once made me feel special
in so many different ways.
It's...

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Categories: life is too short, confusion, love, passion, love,
Form: Romanticism

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