Best Shards Poems

Die Scherben des Lebens lassen sich nicht kitten.  (German)

The shards of the life cannot be cemented.  (English)

Los fragmentos de la vida no se puede enmasillar.  (Spanish)

Les éclats de vie ne peu pas être à nouveau ensemble.  (French)

I frammenti di vita non...

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Flowing Deep, Those Ghastly Shards Of Regret

Flowing deep, those ghastly shards of regret
and the spasms they birth in weeping soul
no reprieve, caught in that sorrowful net
love's joyous flag no longer had its pole.

Moon was shining and sky was gleaming bright.
That fateful night, I was blind,...

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Erase a word
Mundane and wrought
Smoldering fire
Of indifferent thought

Pluck a phrase
Wild and untamed
Primordial howl
Of random flame

Sing a verse
Naked and free
Poetic gale
Of crashing seas

Tell a tale
Endearing and true
Passionate prose
Of life’s muse

Ask a heartbeat
Women and men
Who feels
100 shards of pen...

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in burial shroud
she wrapped her sensual self
and placed in the tomb
unheard and unseen
tears transformed to crystal shards

For the Tear Tanka Contest
February 8, 2015
Rick Parise Sponsor...

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Self-harming's a cry for help,
from a pit of depression.
Where, like a ghost, happiness,
is scary and elusive.

Those who are cutting reject
trite platitudes of pity.
For the pain they feel has been
festering in them since birth.

Shards of insanity cut
into insignificance.
And reality adapts
to abject low self-esteem.

Sparked by emotional needs,
panic...

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"a dagger of pain, a tear of grief" - Quote by - Constance La France


With the melodic cadence of my fervent heart,
pulsated the charming tinsels of the mesmeric night, 
gleamed my love for you with the enticing tinge, 
suffused with the sequins of the silver...

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China's might is people based
Why are they being so abased?
Free expression under a ban
The locked in souls; woman and man
A nations tapestry; world known
Where are its champions?
Has all reason flown?
An unyielding wall came down
Through Dictates based
On un-safe  grounds
The wall is cracking. now stress lines...

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A grey area through which we trudge
A thousand arcing shards
Sol, dust on the rift of illumination
A thousand cut-throat shards
Forever lead astray by the light
The boundaries of truth
Oh so tyrannical
Uncontested
.
..
...
Tick, tick
The bell to resound
The fangs to arch in
For a rogue shard could ne'er defy...

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You left me late in the night
after all was done and said.
And my heart instantly broke,
waking to an empty bed.

You slipped away from my love
as sleep veiled my trusting eyes.
And my fear became real;
for you left with no goodbyes.

Love was a fantasy dream,
a mirage that...

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A thousand words in every tear
an essay down her face
the girl that's staring back at her
looks such a damn disgrace
she puts her fist right through the glass
and picks a tiny shard
then drags it right across her flesh
till anger turns to calm...

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you
left me
all alone
without a chance
to pick up the scattered shards of my heart...

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Heavenly splendour-
 powerful as it shines bright,
  unstoppable light 

Fire burns in the sky-
 Demands instant attention,
  no shade hides its might.  

Can you protect me?
 Power so strong, can not live
  without this sunshine.

Not for contest, just some ideas....still being...

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Upturned Chinese roofs
In a soft silhouette
Look so majestic
On top of the hill—
Encompassed in fog
In low light and shadows,
Quite simply surreal—

Boats filled with refugees
Fleeing Shanghai from
The Japanese invasion
‘Midst the chaos of war.
Gentle waves lap against
Boat hulls in dire contrast
To the noisy bomb blasts.

As shown on drawn...

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"Dark Shards" 

Shattered inside out from the dark shards 
a different light lit, burns bright

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)


“Extreme Ways” (featuring Moby)/ Pomplamoose
https://youtu.be/Nn6n1rLpvgo










LYRICS/ "Extreme Ways"/Moby
https://genius.com/Moby-extreme-ways-lyrics...

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There-
Scattered along the shore
Buried in sand
Do you see?
Glistening in sunlight
Tiny shards of glass 
Small treasures
Waiting 
To be discovered
Collecting little gems
Carefully one by one
Gently
Fragile jewels deserve
The tender’st care
Hold them up before
Glorious sunlight
Store away safely
Deep within the heart
Remember this prize
In the darkest hours
Rays of sun soon
Will sparkle...

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