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Best Operatic Poems

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Premium Member The Daughter of the North Wind Sings In Soprano
In riming realms 
of crystal contemplations -
frozen water-vapor meditations
and chilled flutes 
filled with zodiacal-light musings 
of ancient cosmic dust 
dancing in the arms of Sol..

windswept...

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Categories: operatic, passion, snow, winter, woman,
Form: Imagism



Premium Member I've Never Heard Snow
I've never heard the sound of snow
nor dawning's oboes crooning light,
yet witnessed angels' trumpets blow

and chimings of the flurries grow
as alabastrine wings take flight.
I've never...

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Categories: operatic, imagery, seasons, winter,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Winter Sonata
"If you're really in love, appearances aren't important. The best house is the one you build in each other's hearts."
Jung Yu jin

Autumn's alliterations amplified an...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: operatic, assonance, love, romance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gary's Yard Sale, the Story
Gary's Yard Sale, the story
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© Chuck Keys  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: operatic, nostalgia, people, timeage, age,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Two Sparrows
predictable pairing
        like plans and lovers
two sparrows fly, flirt
wing beats hyped
       ...

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Categories: operatic, beauty, bird, happiness, spring,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Eurovision Past, Present, Future Poetry Contest
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Can anyone tell me why does Eurovision exist?
The show’s absolute rubbish,
but some say it just can’t be missed.

The acts are so bad, they’re simply vexing.
Makes...

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Categories: operatic, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Inspiration
I never knew I'd be in heaven
In the autumn of my years,
Or that I'd be immerged
In the brilliant art of words,
Or float above operatic notes,
Or...

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Categories: operatic, art, autumn, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Death's Cold Hand
Easter brings back sad memories. 
My mother died on Good Friday.
She was a bible scholar and quoted
Jesus's words every day to us kids.
I remember her...

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Categories: operatic, death, grandmother, loss, mother,
Form: Elegy
Walk Into My World
Would you enter my world?
If you imagine you could
You can spelunk the caverns
You might map out the woods

Allow my spirit to guide you 
I’ll describe...

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Categories: operatic, faith, friendship, hope, inspirational,
Form: Verse
Black and White Keys
I have always tinkled
From a very young age
On the ivory dashboard
From the dots on the page

The musical freedom
Of the song never sung
The releasing of passions
On...

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Categories: operatic, love,
Form: Rhyme
Nothing Remains the Same
Where could you be tonight, Sinatra?
Love and Marriage
Love and Marriage
A chant I heard reverberate
As far away as the length of the waves 
I rode indisposed...

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Categories: operatic, journey, loneliness, love, travel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Classic Vinyl Love Poem
The radio plays their song
And two hearts beat as one
To the rhythm of a tune they call their own.
The gold and platinum vinyl spins
Creating the...

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Categories: operatic, hope, love, music,
Form: Free verse
Carolina Wren
Where this time?
The pair makes several tries--
my hard hat, a can of nails, window ledge
all filled with leaves.
How do they judge
those inferior, this one prime?
It's...

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Categories: operatic, animal, beauty, humor, language,
Form: Rhyme
A Doctors Ballad
I never really understood people until I took apart my old school chum Rick.
Now I know exactly what makes the human heart tick.
The intricacy of...

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Categories: operatic, dark, death, evil, gothic,
Form: Narrative
Tropical Topical
Taming a tropical topical tree? Taking a trunk? Telling a tailor? Traversing a tale? Many ideas. Much like the ideological dramas of a beach front....

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Categories: operatic, absence, allah, angel, beach,
Form: I do not know?

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