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Premium Member Concerning Friends
Concerning friends, on this, we all agree.
The face of things of which delight and feed, 
the friend does most completely fill the need.
Yet, having friends,...

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Categories: on the face of things, friendship, friend,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Pondering, of Wandering
Pondering paths of troubled feet
In early days of life I greet
Prayerfully read of beauty’s feet…
Beauty’s feet now pound the beat

I now have beauty’s ample time
Now...

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Categories: on the face of things, allegory, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Love Letter To My Unborn Child
A Love Letter To My Unborn Child

I write this letter to my unborn child from the depths of my soul.
You've entered my womb and made...

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Categories: on the face of things, childhood, love, father, me,
Form: Chastushka
Sam the Dog and Pearl the Cat
Sam the dog and Pearl the cat
Were sitting on the wall
They do it every day
So it isn't strange at all
They have little conversations
Which only they...

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Categories: on the face of things, animal, cat, dog, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Woman In the Mirror
Sometimes it’s hard to face the woman in the reflection glass.
Because she and I, we so often clash.
Even though she looks just like me.
She is...

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Categories: on the face of things, forgiveness, hope, inspirational, introspection,
Form: I do not know?



Know Yourself ..
know yourself and the things you fear 
and you need not to fear all the fights you go through 
to get passed these obstacles in...

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Categories: on the face of things, lifeme, fear, life, me,
Form: Free verse
That Man
I am that man
Who's lived this life since it began
I am that man and I find it's true
That I'm responsible for what I do.

I am...

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Categories: on the face of things, inspirational, introspection, life, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Pathways New
The changing face of things to come
is threatening to all,
security in what we know
is where we like to crawl.
To move us on to pastures new
needs...

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Categories: on the face of things, anxiety, change,
Form: Rhyme
No Longer Here Will Remain
No Longer Here Will Remain

Had heard softy sound of a distant drum
After to all of his desires he did succumb
While lying there dreaming in his...

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Categories: on the face of things, heartbroken, suicide,
Form: Couplet
There Is a Price Material Girl
I gave her 1 wish and 1 wish only
 I gave her what her heart desired 
Look at her walking like she has theme music...

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Categories: on the face of things, imaginationlife, money, drug,
Form: I do not know?
Too Young To Be So Old
Too young to be so old,a child of five,
Yet a man so old, a childhood gone.
I hear his pain in his dreams at night.

I feel...

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Categories: on the face of things, childhood, confusion, sad, pain,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Dream Collection 1 the Ultimate Decision
Dreaming shows you many hidden things in your mind; it opens you to alternative thinking…
        Here I am,...

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Categories: on the face of things, caregiving, confusion, dedication, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Press Secretary
A euphemism! I? That I do decry!
Why the very word does imply
That I would ignore, omit, pervert…
If only to prevent some hurt.

Well, let me speak...

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Categories: on the face of things, fun, humor, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Crossing Your Distressing Tides
May I burn ardently
Or should I drown slowly?
May I be blown away swiftly
Or should I be electrified painfully?
Was I simply guilty
Of the misty visions
Of being...

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Categories: on the face of things, conflict, destiny, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Destiny
We all grow up in different household 
One that's hold and cold
Our memory began to fold
It started out as a stroll 
Digging underground like a...

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Categories: on the face of things, change, destiny, endurance, fate,
Form: Rhyme

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