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Best Relate Poems

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Premium Member Halloween's Mask of Comfort
In a house beside the forest lives a woman and her son

He is scarred by burns and fire – hidden kept from everyone

There is land...

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Categories: relate, desire, halloween,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Poe's Untimely Demise
*Note 
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: relate, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eccedentesiast
His smile is like a white crescent,
but a murky sky is hidden inside.

Afraid to portray mourning's of his mind
nor describe sour sickness of his tongue.
Piercing...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: relate, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Seeds of the Soul
In our souls lie all the seeds,
Waiting patiently to meet our needs.
Soulfully waiting for us to choose,
For us to use or abuse.

We plant our seeds...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: relate, community, life, perspective, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bit of Truth and Wisdom, Found In Old Age
Bit Of Truth And Wisdom, Found In Old Age

At that age wisdom says life is a joke
consider blindness of other poor folk.
Stop to ponder why...

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Categories: relate, encouraging, family, humanity, life,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Ode To Poetry Critics (Co-Written With James Fraser)
Wipe that silly grin from your face, boy
I am a woman, but certainly not a wimp
Watch me roll with the punches, tough guy
It'll take more...

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Categories: relate, on writing and words,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member To Tame the Tempest
They know how to press those buttons,
With just a familiar chosen word or two,
How to enrage one's spirit with a tone,
A glance sharp enough to...

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Categories: relate, anger, feelings, forgiveness, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Words
Your words flow freely like a cascading waterfall
Such beautiful writes, I can relate to them all

Words that reveal the pain in your eyes
The hurt you...

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Categories: relate, friendship, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member I Can'T Write
This is a parody of "I can't Dance." by Genesis.


Metaphor junkies
spewing their dung
actin all holy
like they've written in tounges...

Can anybody
interpret that (Bleep)
explain the poems meaning
with...

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Categories: relate, anti bullying, funny, humor,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Emperor Has No Prose
An emperor spoke in poetic verse
Which led to fame for him at first
But after some time, it became a curse
For the Emperor had no prose.

Poetic...

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© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: relate, anxiety, humorous, people, poetry,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Shadowland
 Shadowland 

Chained to the addiction of tempting Fate 
What if I told you that my life was once like yours?
Torn between love and hate
A...

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Categories: relate, angel, change, death, life,
Form: Verse
Flute
"Play the flute of felicity! You, yourself, are the melody."
               ...

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Categories: relate, music,
Form: Lento
Premium Member Resolve Problems Through Compromise
Not one to run when I hear an alarm,
But I have no desire to do others harm.
        ...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: relate, conflict, fate, forgiveness, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Seeds of the Soul
In our souls lie all the seeds,
Waiting patiently to meet our needs.
Soulfully waiting for us to choose,
For us to use or abuse.

We plant our seeds...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: relate, community, creation, freedom, growth,
Form: Rhyme
When the Bottle Lets You Down
Can I ask a question of you my friend?
   Have you started drinking from the bottle again?
You look so down it’s clear to...

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Categories: relate, friendship, hope, love, care,
Form: Narrative

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