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Premium Member Laureate
"Laureate"



Laureate 
speak now lofty phantom
to my mind

guide my hand 
I write I write I write

receptor of communication
things that are not mortal
Luminiferous aether 

sublime 
not normal...

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Categories: medium, dark, freedom, hero, light,
Form: Romanticism



Premium Member The Creative Type
We poets, writers, misfits of the world 
like artist or mystics or troubadours
use our gifts to give insight to others
we offer more pulling back the...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: medium, art, creation, people, poetess,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member A Rainbow's Magic
A Rainbow’s Magic

A rainbow’s magic reflects God’s majestic and divine touch,
Giving us a panoply of colored images which mean so much.

The wonder of God’s enchanted...

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Categories: medium, beauty, god, heaven, inspirational,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Poetry Is a Risky Business
Poetry is a Risky Business

The Recipe for Poetry

Open stereo
Turn volume medium high
Poor 3 shots of whiskey
Add 2 bottles of wine
Open 1 bag of chips
Add one...

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Categories: medium, art, butterfly, candy, cheer
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member A Flame Once Burned
A flame once burned so brightly everything in sight 
seemed quite beautiful in its blinding light.

Everything I took for truth once upon a time
seemed to...

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Categories: medium, life, passion,
Form: Couplet



Mermaid's Milk: a Collaboration With the Still Dashing David Williams
The moss clung tightly; making it unbearable to breathe, 
and she sealed her lips tighter than a clam’s— not letting the pain take over

As the...

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Categories: medium, hope, mystery, me, song,
Form: Free verse
Grilling Days
My driveway is packed with the cars
of friends and family,
chips put out, and the little ones
are running joyously.

A cooler filled up with bag ice
keeps cold...

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Categories: medium, celebration, family, food, fun,
Form: Rhyme
The Evening Could Not Be Better
I fork my medium rare steak
And put it into my mouth
Everything is settled and nice
The evening could not be better
My husband insists I say the...

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Categories: medium, death, depression, fear, life,
Form: Free verse
Jesus Is Calling
Jesus is Calling 

Jesus is calling you to come and be in the family,
Jesus needs you and me for we are the called on,
Jesus does...

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Categories: medium, change, desire, emotions, faith,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Goldilocks and the Free Beers
The cabin was stood there, its door was ajar
The owners were out but they couldn’t be far
She was so thirsty she needed a drink
Did she...

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Categories: medium, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hearty Poetry Soup
It’s the time of the year to make a steaming hot soup
To remember some of the best in our poetry group*
When I make soup I...

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Categories: medium, love, poets, thank you,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Vision
Vision, a window divine, open wide to aspirations of heart,
A lens paramount, for perusing aesthetics of beauty and art;
A sight beaming imagination, on ambitions of...

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Categories: medium, senses,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bible Thoughts
God creates effortlessly, Himself medium, substance-source almighty – nothing can rub, manifest resistance to His Will -- 

God rested. Think not of fatigue...nor of a...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: medium, analogy, christian, faith, inspirational,
Form: Prose
Premium Member When Our Poetry Muse Beckons
Poetry is a highly personal endeavor for all who write
And answer the inspiration of Our Eternal Poetry Muse.

Why do we write poetry?
This a very important...

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Categories: medium, allegory, emotions, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Narrative
Two Hand Clap
I've got a fist full of Buddha,
And a fist full of Rand,
A pocket full of Jesus,
And the other's filled with sand,
That's in case I need...

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Categories: medium, america, anti bullying, celebrity,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things