Best Snapshot Poems

Gathering a plethora,
of abandoned blossoms high and low,
a covered basket and pockets full.
Light footsteps through shady trees
releasing dainty blooms for me,
nature’s soulful aliment like a
rainbow...

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Color, miracle of light, never ending palette of energy; flood my  mind and wash away the gray abyss.

Paint my heart, red and gold; 
my...

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the saltiness of love
a riveting fall
unlike other tears
this solitary shed
like a drip of life-blood
the lance of each freckle
an almost feckless drive over the sallow cheek
finally...

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Some days are made to be beautiful
                  ...

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As one grows old, when evening approaches, memories too lengthen like shadows. Now I remember more often my parents wondering how much sweat and toil...

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I approach the wooded trails and hear nothing save for my footfalls crunching in the soft snow. It is the kind of winter day that...

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THE NIGHTINGALE LOST HER LAMP

Anita’s eyes were brown. 
She was the kindest of angels.
Her speech firm with authority 
but reassuring with a glass- like
sensitivity; she...

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No not the portrait when you were younger, my dear
Just a Polaroid snapshot at the beach that year
No earrings, no make-up, your hair was a...

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The falling man, one photograph captured in time
       An unforgettable image, imprinted on this mind
    ...

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Tucked in a box of memories 
is a smile lost long, long, ago. 
Tattered by the harshest of winds 
left buried beneath the winter's snow;...

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I'm sitting here
Admiring the view
Thankful for it's beauty
It's comfort
It's familiarity.

I've been here before
So I can close my eyes
and picture it still

And I know it all.

Deep...

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I can only kiss your mind,
your lips speak words
unheard and
incredible yet
your mind beautiful like a summer breeze
envelops me so
I kiss it
lightly and innocently.
minus lust and...

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My best recall is that I saw her for the first time at a Starbucks store several weeks ago. Approaching the door with two large...

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Pictures shared over the airwaves
Palm trees giving ever so gently
To tropical breezes are captured
As our forever moment in time.
With each sunrise comes the
Rich greens, soothingly...

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The decanter is filled with chicory blooms
(blue, for the sky is her pleasure)
while the snapshot turns nigrescent
marking rain for the evening weather
The ring with which...

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