Best Shared Poems

Your time worn hand rests on my shoulder
A gentle firm touch
Ancient fingers stretching awake
And for that moment in time, I receive you
My body marinates in your history,
Delicacies, trauma, and wisdom

I sense you riding within my soul
Opening my heart to depths yet unknown
I journey with you,...

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love born ‘neath star sequins

a hand extended and life’s slow dance begins

confidential whispers exchanged

vows professed on a sun-kissed beach

eternity held in promises

leaping dolphins revel in joy

and they return when azure skies beckon the first-born’s toes to touch the ocean
 
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Dare I show some flesh
metaphorical or in the real
to demonstrate a common ground
between myself and readers’ minds?
 
if the answer is a yes
the outcome is preordained
as the words and lack of clothes
reveal the person beneath the mask

weakness put to the front
transformation now divulged
down to the...

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Shared Life

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Life becomes a golden meadow
basking neath a warming sun,
amidst butterflies and dandelion seeds
floating silently upon a
wafting breeze whispering
through a mountain valley
tucked away among rose gardens
and gingerbread wishing wells,
gleaning in bent knee proposals
and sunflower smiles reflecting
sapphire sky promises,
bathed in every beauty
the eye could ever behold,
when...

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You turn and risk two smiling eyes my way as I walk in..
how pretty you look sitting upright in that little bed.
Quietly whisper, how well your bridal gown now would fit, 
imagining our dream wedding dance in your fever'd head.

And do you still hear the...

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Down lonesome roads of life I travel,
only resting when I grow weary.
I stumble on Memory Lanes of gravel,
when my mournful eyes grow teary.

I recall the many times I've fallen,
unable to stand up on my own.
Umpteen doubts that slowly crawl in
hinder the journey I've started alone.

It's...

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RHYMES FOR SHARED TIMES

Maintain shared possessions - clean, tidy and in working CONDITION
Share responsibilities, or allocate them in a fair and balanced PARTITION

Keep your promises and earn TRUST
Be as truthful as possible and do not tell lies, at least avoid those that are harmful or...

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Written: December 06, 2024
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We were born into tribes
cinctured by bonds and praxis
welded by ambits and dictums
an eyeless chasm.

But scope...

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Shared Desire

I’ve never met the likes of him
Not even in a passing by
He carries a voice that’s soft and strong
Different than different, both youthful and wise

His heart shares the same qualities
It speaks to the depths of my soul
My own heart listens intently
To every word and...

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Souls like these breathe sweet release
  inhaling each others air
Falling locks sweep over your frame
  encasing you in this moon soaked room
Soft scent of perfume...lingers from you
  my pillow will sing of your absence
Tracing sinew with felt tip fingertips
  you draw...

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Love can be shared
In many different ways
You can choose to share your wisdom
Or share your time with talk and play

So many will need your help
With guidance and knowledge from your years
Remember that they can still be young
And sometimes full of fear

Always have patience
Be sure and...

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In my vegetable garden, 
birds are watching me, pick 
green beans to eat.
A lone robin, scrounges for seeds, from sun flowers.
An old, twisted oak tree, 
filters the sunlight.

The cool, filtered light, 
is just right, for my garden.
Beneath that oak tree, 
are ripe tomato’s I need...

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Written by Gail DeBole on September 12, 2013

There once were siamese-like twins
Who didn't share organs or limbs.
An ego was shared
Thoughts moving through air
Between sisters Donna and Kim.

With an ego bigger than most
The twins did nothing but boast
of trophies and wins
And spectacular whims.
The sisters were known...

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skipping on tip toes
sharing secrets with the wind
a hush of crisp leaves




** for 'A leaf in the wind (Autumn)'
sponsored by Rick Parise...

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For the days grow old, 
As do we
I search for this woman 
It was meant to be. 

I found that woman, 
Which is you 
So, I searched my heart 
I found this to be true.
 
For I shall hold your love, 
With blissful joy 
To...

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