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Premium Member The Maturing Orchid
He meandered lonely
just a senior citizen
trawling the pathways of his computer,
when suddenly one day in a flash
an enchanting name jumped from the screen
into his unadjusted...

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Categories: maturing, dedication, day, words, beauty,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Glory of the Eastern Edge
In moments of twilight civility
an exchange of gifts - 
darkness for light..

RISING

from beyond the softening silhouette edge
you brighten like a blushing damsel
hazy haloed
unabashed in the...

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Categories: maturing, appreciation, beauty, imagery, morning,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Garden of a Wounded Soul
Like an ebony rose in a province 
of ivory and golden flowers,
you poisoned each peaceful petal
with your senseless scent of death.

You were never just another...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maturing, analogy, angst, forgiveness, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fully Booked 1
We harvested the grapes in late autumn	
when ripeness of love was at its best,			
but deceit in the time of maturing		
changed the passion to wrath and...

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Categories: maturing, betrayal, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
The Dawn of Sunset
I loved you from the onset ...
at the twilight of our first romantic sunrise
Fading rainbow rays of the morning,
our love had such young, bright eyes
Dashing...

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Categories: maturing, devotion, life, love, romance,
Form: Romanticism



Premium Member Our Wedding Anniversary
Unlike as in the West, there was no dating in our time. After a formal meeting before the family members, the boy and girl will...

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Categories: maturing, celebration, emotions, longing, thanksgiving,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Bipartisan Dissonance
When oppositional cognitive dissonance 
deflects focus from compassion,
I've learned to go back to when I deflected focus from her.
She sends me passive-aggressive messages,
bread crumbs leading...

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Categories: maturing, conflict, math, parents, political,
Form: Narrative
Terrible Two's
Such a wonderful stage of maturing,
   that every parent goes though enduring.

Terrible two’s is the name of this phase,
   makes parents...

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Categories: maturing, childhood
Form: Rhyme
The Last White Rose of Summer 2020
I watched it as it was born in the drenching rains of spring, 
Cool condensation drops left over from winter's cold, 
As it grew and...

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© W.C. Hull  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maturing, flower, rose,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Autumn Love
As flames of summer’s infatuations wane, a new love,
  Unheralded yet undaunted, arrives,
    Transforming and maturing until, like trees windblown, though
...

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Categories: maturing, love,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Nature's Way
If I were to stray from the straight road,
meander along twisted olden paths
let me not see an ordered place
like some new grown garden
designed by some...

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Categories: maturing, nature, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Mystery of Destiny
Destiny, oh destiny, why hide thyself from me.
Come out, come out, for all to see.
A life filled with struggle, then at last a surprise.
Why not...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maturing, change, destiny, growth, introspection,
Form: Sonnet
Dont Judge Me Yet
I might not be the perfect dream revealed or look anything close to my dream now but 
dont judge me yet- am definitely it.

Why was...

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Categories: maturing, lifeme, dream, dream, me,
Form: Verse
~ the Narrow Roads Discerning ~
~ At last! ~ At last! As 
a sweet rejoinder to Him my 
soul cried out aloud, at last, as I 
marveled in the benignity...

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© James Long  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maturing, inspirationalme, longing, me,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Colorful Changes
Nature, the quick change artist
Is dropping hints today
Of the beauty of her fall attire
And splendor on the way.

The fruit on the old apple tree
Is falling...

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Categories: maturing, natureautumn, autumn,
Form: Rhyme

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