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Premium Member H-E-A-R-T of L-O-V-E

Oh how I love you.
             Cherishing each moment,
            for you have opened             
           my heart with your
           everlasting and precious 
            love. Yet so tender;                  .uoy evol I woh hO
            You place God                   ,tnemom hcae gnihsirehC
             first in your life. And                 denepo evah uoy rof
              I love you more for that.              ruoy htiw traeh ym
                Hold on to the other           suoicerp dna gnitsalreve
                  half of my heart,                   ;rednet os teY .evol
                    for one day we                           doG ecalp uoY
                      Shall put them                 dnA .efil ruoy ni tsrif
                        Together                .taht rof erom uoy evol I   
                          As one                     rehto eht ot no dloH   
                            With                          ,traeh ym fo flah
                               God.                        ew yad eno rof
                                                            meht tup llahS
                                                                  rehtegoT
                                                                   eno sA
                                                                    htiW
                                                                 .doG 

Pace, G
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05-20-2012

Cuckoo

Far away in a
                land torn with war,
             she looked for a home. 
          She was not as pretty as 
       doves adorning lush gardens, 
           as exuberant as ducks to                    play     
             with,neither as useful               as pigeons  
              in war. The lonely                 little cuckoo  
              flew from burnt             trees to desolate 
            orchards. A black          bird with yellow    
         spots on her feathers     that other birds     
      found ugly. She looked for a home where 
     she'd be accepted for who she was. The  
      world hurled poisonous arrows at her. 
      Wounded, she fell in a garden waiting 
       to die until two little human hands 
        cocooned her. A girl nursed her agony 
          and made her feel  loved. All her sorrow 
          began to melt and pour as rain on the fiery
           land. She cried with her heart,  her honeyed 
            voice, never heard before. The  little girl danced
              in joy and kissed her wings to   let her fly but 
                little  cuckoo sang to a world    lost in pain, her
                  music blooming pink buds,        rushing through
                    blue rivulets, swaying                branches with 
                      soothing wind, caressing         parched souls, 
                       raising spirits  of warriors            with hope. 
                          She stayed for  love,                     ecstatic   
                            at her newfound lilac                      tune. 
                               She'd found home 
                                  in a         land 
                                  torn         with 
                               w  ar to      dr en ch
                              it  wi  th        h  e  r 
                            di   vi   ne        s  o   ng.

July 11, 2020

Bird Poetry Contest
Sponsor:  Constance La France
~Winner: 1st Place

~Poem of the Day: July 13, 2020

~Ranked #3 in Best New Poems for July 2020

Premium Member Odd Od Dodo

Idyllically Odylically Odd I Be
                                   Such  is  my nature
                               It is who I be
                            In an unnatural world
                                   Flapping upstream
                                              I am ruled by the Ods
                                                    Not this man made dream
                                 Not a slave to the sway of         society
  Long labelled weird but      "in a nice way"
                                                                      I am apparently odd
         And so odd  I  will stay
                                                        As  I find more in common
               With birds and  trees  anyway
                               For like feathers and leaves I am
                                        Swayed  by the  breeze
                                       Roots   in the  earth
                             Love of nature my wings
                      Beauty surrounds me
             I live it every day
                       Yes idyllic
                             And odd
                                    Like a 
                                           Dodo
                                                I be
                                 Being an Od bird is okay with me




                                                           (even if that means going extinct)


17.05.12

Composed for Broken Wings' 
 Form O-Only One Contest


Premium Member Reflections 1393

.                    So 
                  appear 
             the visions, 
                       kind
                     of my
                 scenes 
             Unwind. 
               With              such  joyful
           thoughts    of all those yesterdays. 
           The times we both spent together. 
            Reflections of fun in any weather. 
             The days when you were mine.
                 Yes reflections are so fine. 
^^^^^^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^^^^^^^
                   Yes reflections are so fine.                      
              The days when you were mine.
             Reflections of fun in any weather. 
            The times we both spent together.
             Thoughts    of all those yesterdays,
               With                such  joyful
             unwind.
                Scenes
                  of my
                    kind.                
              The visions
                   appear
                      So

Premium Member Casual Lace

Sweet Sensation of Whispering Words -

Premium Member Southern and Symmetrical

(PoetrySoup Format)


Worthy
beyond words
Warm, Wavy and Wild
Southern, Symmetrical and Shapely

~ Oh, those satisfying sensations ~
                 you give me

A
Bountiful Ballad
Blissful, yet Simple
Sophisticated-- (dedicated to you)

~ Oh, those satisfying sensations ~
                 you give me

Sipping
on Syllables,
Sultry-- (delicious too)
very Suggestive and Stimulating

~ Oh, those satisfying sensations ~
                 you give me

You:
(repeatedly indulge)
- in Nectarous Nouns,
Invigorating my Vocal Vocabulary


~ Oh, those satisfying sensations ~
                 you give me


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  (Swept away in Sentences)
* Because Verbs Vibrate *


Spring Bud

My 
                               breath
                          shivers under  
                       a rug of loneliness,
                    a sleepy heart huddles
                   against such memories 
                 of togetherness and not of 
               goodbyes, hating to disperse 
               the fiery rhymes of your lips, 
                as well as the warmth of its 
                 sweat...tastes like red wine, 
                   then it beats...and beats
                     gently, as it envisions
                          you, in an early
                                misty
                                   s
                                  p
                                r
                               i
                              n
                            g

Premium Member Like a Moth To a Flame

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Is
This
Nature's Glory
As a quarry?
Alone and at peace
A life, a new lease
I pull up a piece of land
Take a little time to mend
This rainforest trembles
An open window in shambles
Sitting on my own made porch
I fire up a configured torch
Then lay under, should I say
What is like a porch light ray
And I wait for that one moth
Amongst butterflies sought
An unwanted reject
Like me ready to eject
Take me now in this lush
With the roar of death; a hush
And I will go, amongst this gift
Gods Eden unquestioned; my lift
My life to stop the bleeding of the land
So I protect this marvel, hold her hand
In sincere motion - there is a fusion
I can do
I can do
Never say can't
So I must chant
Let my body meld
With              this
 forest held
  tight 












Me alone a window into the future slightly opened
Maybe we are all like moths  to a flame  -  penned
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Premium Member Cutting Words

                                          

Haven’t you heard 
Didn’t they caution 
I make haters 
Why they exist 
Why they envy 
Didn’t you smell 
their burning flesh 
Did they not warn you tread lightly 
This place was a shelter 
where they sought me 
hoping for my warmth 
I turned it to winter 
encased fake words 
froze vacant minds 
Emanating ability 
scorching paths 
Ignorant ashes 
melted in heat 
Not warmth 
was found 
but fire 
As the  
sun 
am 
I
© FJ Thomas  Create an image from this poem.

Battling Addiction

You  told
               me  once  
               about the
               R e l i e f:
               the  f o g,
               that haze
               of apathy
               that  veils
               the  mind,
               b l urri n g
               the  edges
              of your pain. 
             Can  you  feel
          anything  at all? I  
        watch you drink your 
      life  away, far too many 
     moments  lost,  forgotten
    in that  h a z e. I watch as
   you   f e e d   your  disease, 
   suck yourself dry before you
   suck  me  dry,  draining  me 
   like  one of  your bottles, till
   I'm empty inside. But I can't
   wait around for you to  snap,
   to throw me against the wall.
   I won't  shatter  like a bottle. 
   I won't  burst  in a mosaic of 
   glass  and  light.  You cannot 
   b r e a k   someone   who  is
   already b r o k e n. You can't 
   fix someone with  s l u r r ed 
   apologies  or  promises  that 
   smell  like  stale   alcohol.  I
   can't  be  there  to  drown at 
   the  bottom  of  your   bottle. 
   I’m done  with  rock  bottom.


  For Anne's "Battling Addiction" contest
  Placed: 1st

Premium Member In the Name of Dove -With Ram R V

little Rock
               Doves at my feet
             Imploring eyes watch
  as I eat and I    will share my 
                lunch with you not
                   shoo you away
                 like others do
              for I recognize
           your tam'ed nature
        Am greatly pained by your
       fallen stature Dovecotes kept since
        Ancient times Now you're persecuted 
    for our crimes Considered dirty flying vermin  
Might I suggest a different sermon  Giving  Praise
To Thee Dear Dove our oldest symbol of Peace and Love
 in times of war you have served us well For our men you flew 
    and fell Honored couriers meritorious saving lives on wings glorious 
           not just for your flight to flourish   But  by your  eggs and meat to       
                    nourish Been kept for sport and even pet Pigeons are Doves we do
                                 forget sporting the same flute like coo            and 
                                       head bobbing meet-cute "How do you            do?"
************************ One and    The same as famed in fable ********
                                                          Ordained therein by King Eagle
                                                    "...your name shall be used, dear Dove
                                                   as long as the world shall last, for Love" Of
                                                course of course we are all mortal yet you are 
                                              birds above and moral Models of monogamy and
                                           doting parents Bonded family and lucky for us City 
                                        dwellers amid the chaos you little fellers happily our
                                         Birds of Peace break bread with us on our streets
                                   
                                                        In The Name Of Dove!

Premium Member - Love Letter -

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            I                                                                    
            I                                                                   
            I             *  *       *  *    To my darling !            
            I           *       * *       *                                      
            I            *       *       *                                          
            I              *           *                                           
            I                *       *                                             
            I                  *   *                                               
            I                   * *                                                      
            I                    *                                                    
            I                                                                          
            I                I just want to say: I LOVE YOU!             
            I______________________________________   



30.04.2013
A-L  Andresen :)
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Premium Member The Magic Hourglass

April's come and gone. Now May is here; the grains in the hourglass
have already started sifting down. Dew is on the roses.
Days of linking daisies will soon begin. 
Transparent skies of night will show
constellations when the 
  fire-breathing dragon 
comes to freckle 
school-sprung 
children, who
baring skin,
will run 
with
glee
through
 sprinklers.
Soon enough
the kids will be
tumbling in leaves
fallen from the trees of 
their back yards, and then
following bright autumn's demise, 
the filtering of seasons' sand quickens till 
every grain has drifted like snow, burying another year.
May is on her way; again the hourglass, like magic, is turned over.

Spiritual Birth


  
grace will find you
when thoughts fade away
crushed with unbearable grief
"losing your mind"

suffering during a dark night of the soul
the ego crumbles; revealing the light
your soul consciousness
"finding yourself"

directly experiencing the divine sense of oneness
where everything is connected at a deeper level
there is but one consciousness appearing as many
"awakened"

breathless views are available with inner focus
crossing a chasm with one final leap of faith
you become blissful; radiating like the sun
"experiencing enlightenment"

revived with a new perspective
humans are never perfect
but our pure being is
"love"

Premium Member Tender and Slow

if every breath taken, found
the harmony of yours,
and suddenly paused
- leaving me
breathless,
like
a melody,
tender and slow
- stay in this silence
while our love does overflow,
into a delicate symphony, as 
the composure of us
- becomes soft, sensual 
seductive and
low



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A Passionate Scribble
~ Lingering in Soft and Slow Moments ~

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