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Best May Not Poems

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Premium Member We Are Not Merely Poets
Some of us are secretive at first. We hide our poetry’s soul self, 
gently letting her peep out; sometimes regretting it immediately.
Fearful of critiques from...

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Categories: may not, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Mother Tree
The Mother Tree

I am the mother tree that spawned the seeds of you.
My children, you've grown and branched away from me.
You've married, left home to...

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Categories: may not, birth, children, family, grandchild,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member If I Had Money
if I had all the money that I ever wanted,
               ...

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Categories: may not, drug, introspection, universe,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Behold Death
Behold Death

Behold Death in your loving arms.
Embrace it as you would the loved
one who passed…entering another 
realm, as they are still hovering near
and can hear,...

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Categories: may not, death, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Soothing Tomorrows
Oh beloved,
I'm like Rumi without Shams.
A shivering summer soul,
secretly stalked by wild white winter wolves.
A chiffon child chiselling chimerical calligraphy,
cursed with invisible ink, silent in...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: may not, emotions, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member When I Dream Deep
As the mornings sun - begins to shine 
And memories of yesterday - I leave behind 
I get to see - another rising sun 
And...

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Categories: may not, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Live for Today
yesterday is a collection
of photographic memories
tomorrow a whirlpool of
                ...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: may not, emotions, how i feel,
Form: Carpe Diem
Premium Member To You Alone
I cannot comprehend our great Creator’s mind,
how every galaxy he perfectly designed -
how every atom in the universe is his,
ordered and known by him, as...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: may not, god, jesus, prayer,
Form: Lyric
Together We Are Strong
Yes, life is tough! 

I know there are struggles in life that we all go through. 
Sometimes we secretly hide them away, 
some for fear...

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Categories: may not, best friend,
Form: Free verse
To Love What Is Beautiful
It’s easy to love what is beautiful
                  ...

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Categories: may not, beauty, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member White Cane
He walked down Goverment Road West
With a white cane, in shaking hand
Wearing Stevie wonder glasses
People called him the pop bottle man

With a white cane, in...

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Categories: may not, community, history, memory,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Waging War
If you're going to wage a war, there's a few things you must do
Like having robust logistics in place and a battle hardened crew
You'll need...

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Categories: may not, conflict, people, soldier, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Comb-edy of Hair-ers
My dear brother Butch,

Hair are the highlights of my week:
I got a job at the Hairway to Heaven salon!
Our motto: "We color your hair or...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: may not, hair, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Soul Factory
Welcome, 
to the Soul Factory
We have cool souls,
sophisticated souls,
luxury and economy.
Choice is a matter,
of who you want to be.

Yes we ship souls,
to many exotic places.
The...

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Categories: may not, art, conflict, growth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Journal
Yes, that is the role of the Teacher, as Shams was to
me – showing one ‘who they are’, so they can stop
bleating, crying at night,...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: may not, devotion, love, romantic love,
Form: Free verse

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