Best Manages Poems

We communicate without language,
Gestures,symbols,motions of a hand.
He understands my language. 
I struggle with his.
But somehow we make it work.
We've lived together 14 years now,
Never thought...

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At a carnival- in my dream
I saw an old man had made 
a rocket - and blasted off
I saw it go overhead and at first...

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WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS

two
music
and dancers
blend equally
together toeing
whirling magically
at the very feet of soul
tschaikowsky’s ballet nutcracker
manages to touch both young and old
never was there a finer...

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Love
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

Love approaches and does not scare.
Love bears and does not let go.
Love cares and does not shrink.
Love declares...

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She was definitely a strange girl,
Many odd and weird things I have heard;
She dreamt of riches,
Silk robes,
Rich husband,
Deepest bag of diamonds,
High-priced banquets,
Treated like a princess.

From...

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“The God Complex”



His face imprinted 
hidden under layers of ink
he whispers his words

like a haunting breeze
dust blown off the pages
towards the back of their minds

once-in-a-while...

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Steel Gray skies with threatening rain and restless wind
My breath gathers as mist on the inside of the window pane
...as I watched for the school...

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What else is there left to say
Now that I’ve been disowned?
I can no longer call you my mother
Since this is no longer my home
Why do...

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I vaguely remember when you weren't 
sick.
I try to wrack my mind to recall who 
you once were.
I've always loved you with my whole 
heart.
But...

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For years I was a trained gymnast, and I'd competed in the Olympics,
Before my leg was injured in a car accident, among fate's cruel tricks.

I...

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Just because her face is dimpled 
and dry
does not mean her heart doesn't 
cry.
Just because she sings sweet-
love song, 
doesn't mean there is nothing 
wrong....

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My Past
Written: by Tom Wright

I refuse to drown in the happenings,
Of perhaps, sordid days, long spent.
For things filed "past" i cannot change,
So they lurk causing...

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so i asked the lad
he was at work with his mother
she manages a laundromat
where one may only need machines
but there is a service of clean...

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I thought I knew what love was, when my heart took to flight like a bird,
I get a feeling I am drowning, in every passionate...

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Kris Radhakrishnan is my favourite poet 
Any topic, any form he can pen a beautiful poem

He writes serious poems that leave a message behind 
Also...

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