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Best Moths Poems

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Premium Member Narrow Margin
In the narrow margin between life and death,
I feel as I'm walking a tightrope - but balancing.
I'm a portrayal of metaphors, 
illuminating like spring's moon,
who...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: moths, analogy, how i feel,
Form: Dramatic Verse



The Butterfly
Enroling  you a worm (cumbersome and)
hairy, you- scimitar of leaves
Knows the pain ,writhing pupae
Abandoned and convicted
Constricted hanging straightjacket
Squirming like a jackrabbit
Gagged nocturnally - ...

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Categories: moths, angel, beauty, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Like a Moth To a Flame
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As a quarry?
Alone and at peace
A life, a new lease
I pull up a piece...

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Categories: moths, abuse, appreciation, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Shape
Premium Member Moonflower
Oh dreamy lass of fragrant wiles,
            a parasol of white unfurled..
your bloom beguiles her...

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Categories: moths, beauty, desire, flower, moon,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Interlude
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." 
Ralph Waldo Emerson

In this performance we call life,
my spirit searches for an...

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Categories: moths, angst, death, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Little Miss Spring
They say it's a time to slip in the mud, and begin anew.
Kick off the dust of yester ...
      and...

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Categories: moths, adventure, appreciation, beauty, crazy,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Beauty Can't Compete
Lingering rays of sunlight slowly die
as scarlet burns the sky, where clouds ignite.
And while the birds roost, bats begin to fly,
capturing elusive moths in mid-flight.
Luna...

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Categories: moths, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Sonnet
I Never Wonder Why I Love You
i never wonder why i love you
why animals can migrate with no map 
why do some moths as well as butterflies
able to choose wings up...

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Categories: moths, i love you, love,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Disorientation
My distant spirit is dying, 
disheartened, disintegrating and self deprecating.
Defenceless, as hope disappears,
emotionally shipwrecked in deep waters,
yet to be discovered. 

In the sadness of sentimental...

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Categories: moths, angst, death, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Flood Warning Collaboration - Inspired By Contest
I crossed my legs but there was a flood
Blushing red I hope folks understood
But my waters had burst
And the baby's my first
Guess I'm ready to...

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Categories: moths, birth, body, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Ripping Light Bare
Beneath the hum of porch light
You caress my fragrant skin,
While these eyes undress a gaze 
Deepening breaths to ignite.

As we move like moistened curves,
From a...

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Categories: moths, longing, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dream 1: 4 Weeks In Positano
"Dream 1: 4 Weeks in Positano"



Kisses long linger warm lips tasted intense
so sweet like cured Valencia Oranges
lips liquored triple sec not dry drunk on love
softly...

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Categories: moths, dream, romance, sensual,
Form: Romanticism
Hanging By a Thread - Collaboration With Darren White
HANGING BY A THREAD - COLLABORATION WITH DARREN WHITE

I felt my life hanging by a thread
The tip of your sword piercing my heart
My mind screamed...

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Categories: moths, change, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
The Flame of Our Name
Do come, my love, for I insist!
Within the darkest crevices of time, we fight, we cry, I die
As vision gives us knowledge, we descend farther...

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Categories: moths, adventure, beautiful, change, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Black Silk Shawl
A red sun slip-slides down blue skies and sets,
as clouds of pink and scarlet pave the way.
And the night gets wrapped in a black silk...

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Categories: moths, 10th grade, beautiful, image,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Shattered Sighs