Best Masterly Poems

Stood I there, that last day,
On an iron bridge...
An aqueduct by design,
Where, looking dreamily out over
The Ernes Lower Lough,
My compressed shadow 
Momentarily paused -
To contently recline:
Amidst coy Junes radiant beams 
of sweet benign!
All was stilled, all was hushed,
Save vast reed beds sided by the
Shallow hills...

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Out at sea, serene and soothing,
on a sheet of lapis lazuli,
a graceful forward motion,
kissing the coast line,
sailing at high speed,
skimming over the salty waters,
the breeze caressing my face,
filling the taut sails with power.

A short distance away
sunlit vistas, rugged rocks,
and white washed villas.
Afar a dolphin jumps...

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In the Middle East, far south of Sweden,                                     ...

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and deep I went, to the master's pit,
a leech, a brand-fire, saw I lit,  then
down among the throbbing roar, there 
stood a spectre, drenched in gore


when challenged, did he rant and rave, 
to find me in his abyss, his cave;
from whence he came I...

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Brilliant brushstrokes of a masterly mind,
                       golden glimmers of a scarlet sunset emerge
          ...

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Prism
multi, colored
infinity, internally, spinning
Located in the pituitary gland
masterly, universally, implanted
seeing, freeing
prison...

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My soul surrenders and soars like the elegant eagle
As my mind melds of the wolves wildly witted
Experiencing mother earth thru the eye of the needle
Frolicking forests as is perceptually permitted

The eagle explores over the running raging river
Thru eagle eyes I see the rivers enchanted edge
The...

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Grandma was German raised to value beauty,
her art found in nature the flowers and the trees. 
Grandpa, a Wentworth, from an English family
whose Great Grand sailed the Mayflower, across the sea.

In the time of William Morris, when craft was art,
Great Granddad was a shipwright that's...

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She exits the shower
As I towel her down
Her long blond hair
Skin so brown
 
With her back to me
In masterly strokes
Every part I caress
Her wanting stokes
 
She takes my hands
To her breasts she cups
Our torso's close
In standing up
 
She bares her nape
Invites me to kiss
As my...

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Better be a joker than a depressed man.
Better be kind and compassionate than an evil man.
Better be a good man than a bad man.

Better live in the now than live in the then.
Better be courageous and full of balls and fire.
Than be a wimp living...

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Truth is we hide yourself lest others know
Hiding ourselves to make others happier
Everyone has their own problems to face

Masterly I give you the answer you want
Ask someone "how are you feeling today"
Same reply is nearly always given I am ok
Knowing this look beyond the mask...

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brilliant brushstrokes of a masterly mind
                       golden glimmers of a scarlet sunset emerge
          ...

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Crippled by a serious deformity,
And imposed masterly inactivity,
Gloomed by utter poverty,
Many wail in anguishing adversity.

A waif, a forlorn wanderer,
A clueless shipwrecked brother,
A totteringly striding blind,
A helping hand is all they need!

Not for the riches, not for the power,
Not to revel in Heavenly pleasure,
But to them,...

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recurrent suicidal thoughts vain
     gloriously wend 
     (o'er a death cab for cutie weeknd)
     yanking zeal

becalming this crash test dummy rolling 
     stone temple pilot inxs 
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Do you want to be a member of the 27 club? - When one asks,
Like snakes hidden beneath leaves - dying at 27 - its grim face masks; 
Gifted, skilled, artistic and masterly are its members,
Musicians, stars, celebrities... all gold gone through embers...!

Robert Leroy Johnson,...

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