Best Poignantly Poems

tenderly ...
as if robin's eggs
I consider the brittle fragments
of her heart, cupped in
my tarnished Tin Man hands -
not taking for granted
the entrusting of their care
I...

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I hear the voices you once bequeathed to me
Enchanting concert music in symphony of love
But I left the theater before the show was over
Walking all...

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Oh sapience of musings, oh savior of poetic art!
How longingly I seek you out to inspire my ballad
When lassitude of the night envelopes my mind
And...

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There beneath the dome of ashen sky
Nary a hint tonight of her favorite stars 
And motion above of cumulus clouds
Neither does thunder, nor pleads aloud.

Restless,...

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King Vlad Redux – Second Cold War

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s grimy fingerprints on current history
are for him nothing to gloat about—au contraire I say emphatically:
His actions...

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It promised to be a bright starry night
as the sun dipped over the horizon.
Poignantly poised the few clouds scatter
as majestically the moon makes her appearance.

So...

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Upwards you gazed, poignantly painting me
like no one had before, nor has done since.
Concentric white and yellow circles. Free
of any common bearing or pretense.

I'd seen...

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tenderly ...
as if a robin's eggs,
I consider the brittle fragments
of her heart, cupped in
my tarnished Tin Man hands …
not taking for granted
the entrusting of their...

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With words of gentle beauty,
your heart a lightning rod,
you grace us with your poems
that portray the face of God.

You sustain your themes so poignantly
ne'er straying...

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Travelling to the past…tiptoeing
back to soft, tender days of miracle,
which disappeared like crimson
rays of dusk gradually spread an
aura of apparent everlasting peace
with birds homecoming...
cocooned by...

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YOU ARE THE PILOT   (for boarding school students)

You need not wear a veil of pain
If you are perfect and prompt
For your prep all...

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My future happiness depended upon school, 
They’re understanding of religious older parents,
Them constraining them with supervision, 
So that I could have autonomy in my garments....

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The distant horizon now in passionate embrace of the sky
There are the stars, dewy wet; benignly conspiring to woo the pasture
Trodden for eternity by poets...

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Haunting
Harp melodies
Leaving maestro’s fingers
Poignantly echo ancient Celts	
Lingers









sponsor--nette onclaud
Contest Name	MELODY OF CINQUAIN

Margaret Foster Sept. 2011...

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Paint pretty pictures peacefully 
Paddle past ports paddocks – places panoramic 
Peruse prospects pending play 
Plan perceive possible plots 
    ...

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