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Best Near And Dear To My Heart Poems

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Premium Member Featherless Angels
you’re nameless and faceless
some shun you, claiming your existence is baseless 

you’ve been with me right from the start,
always together, never apart

you’ve spoken to me...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, angel, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Story of Streets
I was a meticulous city planner, like future plans we make for jasmine days,
And I loved beautifying the big city, like blooming parks where nature...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, appreciation, city, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member ''Broken Wings''
Bird in a guilded cage, a broken heart, a solitary soul
Road less travelled, a soul full of longing, my heart bleeds
On a wing and a...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, introspection,
Form: Name
Premium Member Why Don'T Sheep Shrink In the Rain
Something I've always wondered about
A subject near and dear to my heart
Why don't sheep shrink in the rain
It's puzzled me right from the start!

A theory...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, funny, me,
Form: Quatrain
My Mother, My Pearl
God blessed the world with a precious gem. My mother my pearl the woman of my world. A 
fine gem it was to bless the...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, death, mother, god, world,
Form: I do not know?



Premium Member Sheep Shrinking
Something I've always wondered about
A subject near and dear to my heart
Why don't sheep shrink in the rain
It's puzzled me right from the start!

A theory...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Towns Folks Are the Target
There's many subjects near and dear to my heart
But none so dear as blowing farts off a cart
On our way to the market
Towns folks are...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, corruption,
Form: Limerick
The Night Time Stood Still
As the sun began to set, cursed words smeared the screen
A familiar face vanished everywhere I once loathed to see it
It was a heady rush...

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© Derek Chos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: near and dear to my heart, introspection,
Form: Prose
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of speech is to reiterate the liberty I feel when I am around you.
Freedom of speech is to reinforce through verbal communication that I...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, black african american, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Silent Screams
Its sad how lost she is 
Knowing only the roots of her 
hair ..
Knowing only the trees she sees 
in the yard but not the...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, absence
Form: ABC
Trust Is Stronger Than Silver and Gold
Oh he who walks out on a beautiful maiden,
shall lose everything near and dear to his heart,
for he were true,
he'd leave all the silver and...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, beautiful, business, faith, love,
Form: Romanticism
Once Again
Here I am again on this nights eve
Wishing so hard you were here with me
And from this moment we would never leave
But for now all...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, angst, confusion, depression, devotion,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member DON'T STOPIF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE
As I was reading my poem to Deborah…a daily ritual I adore…
she stopped me saying, “Jim, I think I’ve heard this poem before.”

Words that immediately...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: near and dear to my heart, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Your Brown Eyes
YOUR BROWN EYES HOLD A STORY,
A STORY OF PAIN. 
SOMETHING YOU’RE HIDING THAT IS JUST 
NOT THE SAME.
WHAT IS YOUR STORY BABE?
WHAT ARE YOU HIDING,WHAT...

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Categories: near and dear to my heart, anxiety, betrayal, crush, fear,
Form: ABC

Book: Shattered Sighs