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Premium Member When the Piano Bleeds Pain
It's 3 am,
her pillow soaked in regret.
Loss has left her spirit lonesome,
darkness a definition of insanity.

In the silence of the night,
vexatious voices vibrate inside
her somber...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, angst, lost love, love
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Reflections In Silence - Moon and I
Battling the instabilities of reality.
Behind daylight's closed doors.
Imaginary chains keep me captive.

White walls decorated with 
silhouettes of suppressed shadows -
disappear, upon the sight of twilight.

Alone,...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, analogy, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silent Echoes of Her Tongue
It's always those who reside in our hearts,
whose words, like lightning,
electrocute our soul,

and in each pain there is a lesson.

Her life was like a room...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, death, loss, pain,
Form: Free verse
Obsidian
An almost stillness came about
as she strode into my door,
like breath itself refused to move,
fearful of touching her mysterious beauty

But her obsidian eyes betrayed her....

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Categories: persist, abuse, dark, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Under the Surface
Mind cannot comprehend, it finds it strange,
when ignorance reigns in human exchange.
Wonder if some people will ever change,
or wish to remain in the firing range.

I...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, anti bullying, judgement, political,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member I shall find a way or make one
(Inveniam viam)

Far beyond these eerie things, where limits have no scales
Fish are replacing gills, with turbine aerated tails 
Sea level’s losing all meaning, for the...

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Categories: persist, dark, dream, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Chasm
An empty echo bellows from within the depths of a chasm. Endless and cold, it moans an apathy that desecrates the sanctity of love and...

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Categories: persist, introspection, cry, love, together,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Deception - POTD
POTD 4th Nov 2019

Vanquishing all reservation
 twilight's prelude heralds
 shadowy anticipation
of a secret amorous thirst
He surrenders once more
to his darkest desires 
amplifies the sultry ambiance
with...

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Categories: persist, conflict, desire, passion, romance,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Learning On the Path of Life
Whichever pathway you decide to choose,
They’ll always be lessons and lots of clues.
On every pathway, lessons will exist, 
Finding truth will require that you persist.

Walking...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, growth, introspection, life, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Stoic Path of Virtue
Written: October 28, 2023
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Among the living is where perfection is found.
Stoicism...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, analogy, appreciation, courage, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dante's Path
Oh seed of Dante, dost thy path
in mid-life's turning gone astray
upon a sylvan darkness hath
to tread a rut with feet of clay?

Wast thou that youth...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, spiritual,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Think Twice - Celine Dion Tribute
Think twice this world can be such a wicked place my sweet child.
It's all coming back to me now, the memories we shared.
Goodbyes the saddest...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, child, love, parents,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member One Way Ships - Part 2
Continued from Part 1

Hungary hounds harangue the highlands,
howl at skies and desert islands…
Below, unfettered carbon crows conceal the parting path she chose

Lighthouse lamps and lanterns...

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Categories: persist, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Spirits In the Wood
Standing all alone in the woods;
eyes shut, I feel the lilting light.
Sun dodges needles through the crown,
beams land on my skin softly so.
Brisk breezes quicken...

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© Greg Gaul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, death, earth, fantasy, sin,
Form: Free verse
If the Gods Aren'T Sick, Then Crazy They Must Be
I felt the touch of the breeze on my face from my sleep
Oh! With the morning sun, i woke with a flip
And there staring at...

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© White Sage  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persist, africa, allegory,
Form: Prose Poetry

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