Best Recognitions Poems

My heart egos and my life drained from me
Simple life I live, I act as I know all
But I know not, no, not even a...

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Nelson Mandela, crossed my spirited mind today, a visionary legend of peace, love, equality, and unity of all people.

As a prevailer of great affliction, he...

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Kim had funny hair when we were in second grade.
She made bad grades and sometimes got paddled
for being late to school too many times.

She wasn't...

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Vincent Van Gogh
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

Passion tormenting.
Acceptance?  Unholy flaw.
Vibrant colors capturing,
All alone he saw.
Beyond starry skies at night,
Honored by his...

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He was born in Yonkers, just north of New York City.
This man grew up to be funny and witty.
While working in a luncheonette owned by...

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Let me give the facts straight
I didn't write this poem because I want to entertain you by my fascinating wordplays
I didn't write this poem to...

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I can only be sad when you are not,
I can only miss you when you are not,
My heart can simply grunt in long deep sighs...

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The image in my mirror,
(Some loving mother’s son), 
Has no identity,
No name from anyone.

Mottled thoughts surround me
Each one a treasure trove
Living there as episodes
My past...

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Islands in the Stream

Islands linked together like forged argent charms, 
In straights of silent, surging currents,
Where Watchtowers of Fresnel lens sound fog sirens
Where sacred shoals...

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Word Trio in D Minor

Who? Me?
Dude, I’m just a confused star-watcher like you.
The movie of life continually plays before us,
Here in the cinematic darkness of...

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For Mystic Rose Rose
Bring me Home
Poetry Contest
Tuesday
28th September 2021

Bring Me Home

Today back when

What I'd like to give you is

A subtle heady mix of perfume and...

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When wondering why
Earth is
as S/He are

Follow green capital wealth,
he monopolistically advised,
for playing more catastrophic
future win/lose games

And yet, remembered s/he,
also lead to future win/win learning
with full-spectral
deep...

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For all that it is worth was contained in a single droplet of thought
in symbiotic deliverance
shall pass perhaps unnoticed by a billion suns
or find it’s...

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What Comes To Mind		

Busy work, not idle time,
no real thinking, blank and sublime.
Rake the grass, feel the breeze.
Sweep the walk of crispy leaves.
Washing dishes, pay...

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Words After New Year

The words are dwindling now
but they will come again
in time, towards this year
with the purity of silk strewn
through a ring.
I will wait...

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