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Premium Member Midnight Secret
*Secreto de Medianoche*   
  
~On this very Night~
   I found myself in a
       ...

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Categories: slither, beauty, fantasy, night, passion,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Whispering Memories
Traveling through the doorway in my heart
I emerge
Gently closing it
I place my palms on the worn hinges of time
I lay my ear near its surface
As...

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Categories: slither, appreciation, emotions, green, heart,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Floating
The people of this world are like the three butterflies in front of a candle's flame.
The first one went closer and said:I know about love.
The...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: slither, absence, analogy, discrimination, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member October Rain
Is it
simply a case of precipitation,
moist warm air condensation
or are they God’s tears showering us with love,
as rain washes away our sorrows,
in the hope of...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: slither, autumn, october, rain,
Form: Free verse
Love's Last Heartbeat
In the moorlands of desires, 
I've forever sung choruses of
fertile faith, amidst the flock 
of bleeding birds, sprinkling
heartbeats on lush olive herbs, 
In the dream...

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Categories: slither, angst, metaphor, sad love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Silent Lies and Deception
Silent Lies and Deception


In the silence of murky waters
There slithers oily snakes of the night
Wearing masks of deception
Beware of fools singing with Stalin’s tongue

The KGB...

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Categories: slither, corruption, evil, history, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Dampened Sheets
I am the sultry silence
the wishbone
of your dreams
feel my warm breath
slither down your throat
across your chest
feel my transparent tongue...

We rage the erotic battle
I feel your...

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Categories: slither, beauty, love, lust, sexy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Roses Are Red Collab-26
These Limericks were written by many different PS poets who are all remaining anonymous.  If you would like to add one of your own...

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Categories: slither, anti bullying,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Flavors of Her Essence
A woman's soul, is it as porous
as the air that breaks the water and earth
apart from each other?

In the slither of liquid contours,
this maiden's essence...

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Categories: slither, image, woman,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Creeping Naked
Wearing clothes to bed simply makes no sense
I must float freely on my waterbed
But when I wake in the morning, I’m tense
Wrinkles from the sheets...

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Categories: slither, angst, funny,
Form: Dizain
Premium Member Rest-In-Pieces
The bats in the steeple were feeding on people
By sucking the blood splattered wood
That came from the coffin a vampire dropped off in
When he’d drunk...

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Categories: slither, halloween, horror, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Unwritten Conversations
He told me to write a poem
About beauty, wind blowing
Hair tossing , dream making stunning
Gorgeousness of living
Beauty addicts and blind ambitions
Movie stars and historical happenings
Formal...

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Categories: slither, introspection, life, on writing
Form: Bio
Premium Member The Meadow
THE MEADOW

Spread
Neath umbilical sky
On nutrient Earth
She stands alone this noon

Surrounding woods
Mountains
Distant structures
Seem to encase the lush green plot
Have taken on a sunny sheen

Then there is...

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Categories: slither, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wishing In Vain
How I wish my poems could,
Soar higher and higher
Like a bird of limitless wingspan,
Dashing into horizons far!
But they skim like web footed water birds,
Tilting their...

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Categories: slither, birth, fantasy, words,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member The Third Party At A Party For Two
Imagination nude
liquored and lacquered lips
ember-breathing phoenix
..lighter fluid magic
when let loose near a flame..
combustible thigh-highs
when moonshine-high is nigh—
the moon she bathes in dreams

I have you both...

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Categories: slither, desire, fun, imagery, romantic
Form: Free verse

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