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Best Relit Poems

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A Christmas Light Bulb Relit
I felt cold winter winds upon 
My face, my hands, my ears, 
Wet blowing snowflakes, chilly white, 
That to my eyes brought tears. 
I was...

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© W.C. Hull  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: relit, christmas,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Well-Known Stranger
'Twas a sound I thought alarming, most assuredly disarming;
Up I rose from peaceful slumber to discern what it might be.
While my candle flickered, wavered; whilst...

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Categories: relit, absence, assonance, feelings, miss
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Boo Hoo Politics
(Boo Hoo Politics was Written following the Brexit and Trump
votes as an observation and not a political declaration.
A few years out of date now but...

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Categories: relit, america, political, usa,
Form: Rhyme
The Kiss of Chaos
The kiss of chaos
chaotic kisses,
what a gaudy
goody 
this 
is.
Tiny increments
of change,
lick your lips
and rearrange,
molecules
and atoms
charged,
with a random love
at large.

met you in a laundromat
feeling old and...

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Categories: relit, passion, people,
Form: Couplet
When I'M Eighty-Four
When I was 20, I met  men a plenty
And I made a match with as many
As I could
And all the while my face split
With...

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Categories: relit, remember, wisdom,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Dance
A funny thing happened 
On the way to the dance 
An hot ash from my cigar 
Fallen onto my pants
 
Driving in my car
A fast...

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Categories: relit, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Let the World See
Let The World See. 

He stalks the night, especially towards dawn; 
extinguish and collects light. 
 Sometimes when there has been a car accident or...

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Categories: relit, earth day, easter, spring,
Form: Blank verse
I Fell Today
I FELL TODAY

I fell today
As the lights over Europe dimmed
To a whisper; 
The voices of war
Slipped on the artist's palette
Painting as she did
Flowers of blood
Upon...

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Categories: relit, war,
Form: Free verse
Re : Ring of Power
Re: Ring of power
 
Ring of power enhances it,
Gives it volume quite a bit,
  bigger, a nice snug fit,
 give me all, don't u...

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© Sue Hickey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: relit, adventure,
Form: Ballad
We Got Amplified
Hired first as your band's assistant
Adonis with bonus warmest manner
Smile left me gooey, I couldn't resist it
Fluent guitar fingers sparked my enamour

Liasing with music gurus...

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Categories: relit, appreciation, beach, beautiful, boyfriend,
Form: Rhyme
Supernova
A light from another system
Sits effortlessly in the world 
The light which emits much joy
That which burns like a torch 
    ...

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Categories: relit, happiness, love, passion, light,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Father Our Savior
God our Father, You shed your blood for all
Women, men and children. Nations, relit and culture preferences. You are our father we thank you, this...

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Categories: relit, 1st grade, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Powwow
The native American and the paleface
Each claiming ownership over the place
For three hundred years they’d been fighting the fight
But peace would be parleyed later that...

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Categories: relit, native american,
Form: Rhyme
Scar
I had seen the train leave the station.

I had said goodbye, for the last time.

A cold day in autumn, I decided to do some cleaning.

Putting...

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Categories: relit, emotions, grief, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Scar, Revised
I had seen the train leave the station
I had said goodbye, for the last time
A cold day in autumn, I decided to do some cleaning
Putting...

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Categories: relit, beautiful, cat, courage, fire,
Form: Free verse

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