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Premium Member A Tribute To Leonora G
~ Yolanda was--her name ~    Featuring:) Leonora Galinta

From a hell storm,
A mighty she-devil took on its form
Like a woman scorn ascending from...

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Categories: maximum, death, deep, evil, sorrow,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Preserved Melody
On a smoky grey October dusk
ensnared by a timeless musk
my heart met those dulcet tides
mellows engulfing it in strides.

A frivolous soul I'd always been
a quarter...

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Categories: maximum, analogy, song,
Form: Rhyme
The Time of the Summer Solstice
The Time of the Summer Solstice
 
Drums pulsing solemnly presage the break of dawn,
bonfires ablaze dot this auspicious June morn.
On the shores of Albion, Druid...

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Categories: maximum, celebration, religion, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Grim Reaper Cometh
As All Hallows’ Eve approacheth my thoughts turneth to darkest dread,
Whilst in old age I harboureth a deep fear of seeing this one’s grim head;
Methinks...

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Categories: maximum, allegory, dark, evil, fantasy,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member ballerina -
her fit and fluttering form behaves,

          as sunlight frolicking atop the waves ...

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Categories: maximum, beauty, dance, muse, ocean,
Form: Rhyme



Beyond the Blue
Facing the horizon,its those eyes that I see without watching you

Its those those lips that I feel without kissing you

Its those arms I behold without...

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Categories: maximum, absence,
Form: Free verse
Clouded Mirror
The intricate and winding complexity of this aged device groans as its worn exterior strains.

Though delicate, it punctures through the malice of fools' logic, gripping...

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© Paul K K  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maximum, allegory, appreciation, beauty, emotions,
Form: Burlesque
Eyes of May
In her eyes, I saw love eternal a mesmeric maternal with a seismic smile

For in her tears I saw life’s pain as she would restrain...

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Categories: maximum, best friend, mother, remember,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Love Is
Love is being humble and selfless, caring and kind to all
Love hopes and trusts; is protective but not possessive

Love perseveres, going the distance above and...

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Categories: maximum, love,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Superbowl Sunday
There’s a new American Holiday, guess what it is my football loving friends,
It’s a classical sport of champions, where helmet headed, game geared
Warriors challenge raw...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maximum, adventure, conflict, football, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Such Wonders Are Breathtaking To Behold
Such Wonders Are Breathtaking To Behold

(NOT FOR CONTEST THAT INSPIRED THIS POEM)

The morning dew on red rose does glisten
As early dawning sun beams brightly down
Such...

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Categories: maximum, art, beautiful, imagery, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mustangs
MUSTANGS

The ground shudders, and shakes,
 Under pounding hooves.
 Echoing against canyon walls.
Fast and furious wild hearts beat,
Keeping equal pace, with the prairies,
 Wide divide.
From within...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maximum, adventure, america, animal, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rumedicine
Rudimentary medicine Watson
That’s what I say
Cures the soul, the bones and
Somewhat more
Imbibe it
For maximum resolutions
Whatever ails you
This swagger shall bring 
Spirits to the soul
Yearning to...

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Categories: maximum, angst, dark, death, night,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In Air So Slow
My summer break. . . I’ve slept in late;
I wake to find a yellow glare
of sunshine through my open blinds.
And night of rain has left...

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Categories: maximum, funnyme, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Light of Reckoning -2
The Roman administrators came for the wealth of our worship
demanding that I crack the church's coffers wide open
for their needs, for the Empire's desperate embellishments,
in...

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Categories: maximum, creation,
Form: Epic

Book: Shattered Sighs