Best Reach Poems

just within reach?

things!
lots of things!

stuff one could collect,
especially graphic novels
with a writer that made you wish
you had a photographic memory
so you would never forget even one 
consonant or one vowel he wrote.
with an artist who used a pencil
like Van Gogh used a paint brush
except better...

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Beckoned by love, allured by memories,
Embracing missives of delightful dream
Engrossed in sphere of halo mesmerizing
Surrounding her aura in ornate gold ring,
She lifted-off gaily into ethereal, heavenly,
Way beyond reign of mortal melancholy
That gripped her soul in unbearable grief.

Enthralled she floated on feelings angelic
As she swirled, danced...

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Immersed in poignant thoughts she stands
where water slides upon the beach.
She yearns for him, although she knows
that he is far beyond her reach.

She calls his name, but all in vain;
her voice drifts slowly out to sea.
It trails along the silver path
to depths wherein his soul...

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I cannot reach the ivy wildly growing,

The screen will soon cling and cover.

Once I was tall enough and lithe,

But those days are long and long over.


Watching ivy grow is a new way of living,

Quiet and silent days of writing of rhymes,

Wondering at the speed of...

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I reach out
For the icy, dulling numbness
Of whipping winter winds
For the frozen laughter
Of ice packed play by snow-capped kids

I reach out
For the green, fresh spring grass
And the blooming of path side flowers
For the chirps of birds
In baby budding trees

I reach out
For the penetrating summer sun
And...

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Adrift her world no obstacles no dreams to moor, immobilized and still  
she sailed through stardust particles then glode into the nil 
Into the fire of night she tousled through, by daylight saving time a strew  
a scattering of stars appeared leading her...

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I know the power of a kind word
When feeling isolated or alone
To know someone is there for you
You are no longer on your own

Feeling victimised or vulnerable
Judged or dismissed
Ignored , mistreated
Invisible …..like you do not exist

The power behind a kind word or gesture
Is somewhat underrated...

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Heat of the day sun and fun
Swimming and diving
Signs read do not swim or dive
Young and immortal
Swimming until exhaustion
Time for one more dive
A graceful dive, but too deep
Trying to surface
Forces are pulling downward
Trying to surface
Grabbed this hand just within reach
Safe at water’s edge
Exhausted and still...

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Just within reach - if only I could dare
to pluck that fruit! A luscious peach or pear?
No, not one of these! Metaphorically
I’m speaking! Like a bauble on a tree,
he brightly sparkled, beautiful and rare.

His eyes and lips were tender, and his hair -
smooth onyx framing...

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You try...and try...then try some more,
     trying to obtain that perfect score.

A perfect spouse...
     a perfect house...
          why you even have the perfect mouse.

You try and wear the...

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The sudden fear of my husband's massive heart attack
doing everything I can to counteract
just within reach crying I screech

I'm by his bed in intensive care wanting to reach in
and stroke away his fears
just within reach nothing works for my speech

Wanting to massage his heart but...

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Unreachable Reach
 

The days go by
And you go on,
A lonely migrant on your shore…
The air is clear,
The water, calm,
What is it you are searching for?

The sun is bright,
The sea gulls sing,
Their sweet music eludes your ears.
For deep within
You hear your tune,
A symphony of dread and...

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Why not reach beyond yourself
at the start of this new day ?
 Why are you sometimes content to live
that life which seems so mundane ?

Do you not know there are things in you,
many wonders waiting to be born ?
These you must harness the drive to...

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She walks along the shores of my mind.
Her scent fills me with anticipation.
All of the night clouds are silver lined.

She is far beyond any expectation!
I reach out to take her hand in mine.
Her scent fills me with anticipation.

I look to the heavens for a sign.
Praying...

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Across the room her face shines bright
   while talking with her friends;
her presence fills me with delight
   with beauty that transcends.
She caught my eye right from the start,
but feelings that I can’t impart.
      She caught my...

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