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Premium Member And I Am Grateful
A field of wheat cloaked in dewy silence
the orchestra tunes up with avian arias
bullfrog basses and a choir of cawing crows,
xanthic sunflowers turning their heads...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: restrictions, thanksgiving,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Jallianwala Bagh
The occupation of India began, with the East India company
And prospered across large swathes of Indian territory
Then the British Crown took control, bringing military might
And...

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Categories: restrictions, death, england, garden, history,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Wolf In Haiku Clothing
I listen to the sighing
of the wind, as I sit
in the cool shade 
of a sprawling carob tree,
wondering if Basho,
in heavenly abode, 
next to Elysian...

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Categories: restrictions, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Country 'Tis of Thee
You, my homeland
Are of a beauty unrivaled
From one coast to the other
Your plains and rolling hills and pointy peaks
Cry to the heavens of freedom
Your jagged...

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Categories: restrictions, america, appreciation, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rebuilt Dreams
Life has changed so much for everyone
Many ways, different levels too
Fighting battles, waiting to be won

Holding on, trying not to feel so blue
Unexpected restrictions around
Many...

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Categories: restrictions, change, dream, inspirational, motivation,
Form: Terzanelle



Premium Member We Are Covid Free
We're Covid free - restrictions lifted
Shop barriers, they have been shifted
But there’s still a queue
For the ladies loo
Weak bladders, us gals have been gifted!

Bars opened...

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Categories: restrictions, endurance, health, hope,
Form: Limerick
Tainted Vision
Conditioned since birth by customs, family, society and ego
We go about with a clustered mind 
Complicating our simple life with our thoughts and self-imposed restrictions
We...

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Categories: restrictions, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Borderline Love
It's difficult, but please try to understand,
my behaviour is something I cannot command.
At first I'll be serene like a sweet daydream,
but then unstable and intensely...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: restrictions, mental illness, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
Dance, Was My Release
Pain had I ignited bright
Through my silence, had my hurt worsened
Denied conversations with all for superficial reasons, I had
Forgetting that love was my life
And people...

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Categories: restrictions, change, dance, forgiveness, heart,
Form: Sestina
The Greatest Affliction
Addictions, restrictions, afflictions, decisions,
A needle, a bottle, step down hard on that throttle!
Disaster, no more laughter, destruction for years after.
Placate, eradicate, fornicate, masturbate,
Addiction.  Restriction....

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Categories: restrictions, addiction, body, corruption, health,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member My Cousin Chaos
A cousin named Chaos have I (he’s not actually my cousin. He’s like my aunt’s stepson, but I guess I can still call him a...

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Categories: restrictions, writing,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Nature In Splendors Freeze
In the still waters of the morning’s glow, I’ve watched the
Frozen silence as the moon quietly melts away, into the chilling
Warmth of the rising run...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: restrictions, adventure, beauty, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Autumn Love
Have written a number of love poems

 never one with so much meaning

As I near the end of my seventy-nineth year

My love is more melancholy...

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Categories: restrictions, love,
Form: Narrative
Whom Would I Listen To
Sometimes when am emotionally strangled 
I sit in the corner of my room
and think and blink,
also cry untill my eyes run out of tears..

When I...

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© V. Deepa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: restrictions, conflict, heart, loneliness, mentor,
Form: Free verse
Thrill Ride
Love unexpectedly came,
pulled up and swung open the door
Took me on a thrill ride,
and I'm loving every moment of it
Passion autobahn,
no speed dating restrictions
Scenic route...

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Categories: restrictions, fun, love, passion, relationship,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs