Best Rewriting Poems

i long to hold you
like a poet 
holds their pen

caress you gently
beneath the linger
of thoughts
as they fall
from the depths
of mind

play with you
like a poet 
plays with words
in the depths of poetry

lay you down
on sheets of white
in the thrusts
of metaphor
like a poem

then rewrite you again
through breathless sighs

written 9/25/2019
Best free verse of 2019
Sponsored by John Hamilton...

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I wish to go back to a time that Never Was
To a land of Rainbows and Butterflies
Recreate and redefine
Fool my mind
Care free laughter
Building sandcastle
Holding hands
A world of atta boy and job well done
Playing with friends
Back yard tire swings
Report cards with A's
Building a tree house with dad
Baseball and hotdogs
A proud hand patting my head
Growing up in...

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We can try to change it 

like furniture and rearrange it. 

Like a bad picture 

and retake it. 

Like a bad batch of cookies

 and remake it. 

We can act like it never happened 

and repress it.

Hide it with a joke

 and laugh it. 

Like not being sure of your decision 

and second guess it.

Point...

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Rewriting Fear

That sudden unknown, so unrevealing, 
it's the tell-tale trademark of the one in question 
as it sets off nerves in every-which-way, 
plainly creeping aimlessly neath the epidermis.

Shock-waves traipse, recruiting ghostly minions to crawl hither,
steeping the fleshy folds with squirming eels marinade,
forever slithering downward and chilling our brittle bones,
while simultaneously causing us to gnash our...

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Scribbling is a splendid vacation,
Whilst the rewriting be 'back to work'.
We all much prefereth the former,
It be quite what they calleth the perk....

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Stern and forgotten
Able people started
Placing together the world
In the way we wanted
Never showing fault
Earnestly following
Many hearts within peace
Open ended love
Given freely in life
How do others react
To the history they’ve created
Do we smile in our past
Or are we ashamed
Please do not corrupt
May we bring together
Only the good in life
And leave behind
Everything else undesired

Russell Sivey

Entrant into Tracie's...

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Rewriting what it is into what it ought to be.
Between who we are and who we could be.
Between how it is and how it should be.
Seeing who I am and seeing the possibility in me.

We can't go through life without making a mistake.
The difference is choosing which ones to make.
This life is full of opportunity...

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Croaking of many bullfrogs
At the break of day
In a frozen barren wasteland
Would surprise one I'll say

North winds are howling all around
I shiver from the cold
Roaring breezes are eerie now
But hearth's fire flames enfolds

Thank you, Lord, for daily warmth
And shelter from the cold

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I was watching Reflections on Daystar
One day and they showed pictures
of Alaska(I guess) in...

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   The renowned Columbia professor, Edward Sa’id
   influenced many thousands in thought and in deed

   Pre-1970, Edward told us he was Lebanese Christian, interestingly
   Post-1970, he was suddenly a Palestinian Arab refugee  



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   From my Dartmouth days, 1968...

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Dark destiny’s hiss
burnt in fire of bliss
on our so choosing
games more amusing.

Caveat is this ~
we be drenched with bliss,
ego vaporised
and God realised.

26-October-2022...

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To to dummy that has been stealing my work
I have my original work saved on an usb
Stop rewriting and changing titles on my work

They always blame things on hackers, but this is an inside jobs
the truth is the truth,
Its time for this old patriarchial system to die
these covens will be done away with!...

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