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Premium Member American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows and Howling Wolf
American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows And Howling Wolf

Thirsty for red moon, its sacred beams and eternal pull
howling-out to speak to this dark and blind world, without...

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Categories: subject, art, conflict, death, history,
Form: Verse



Premium Member The Wealth of Spring
The Wealth of Spring

Assorted spring flowers, naked, rise in morning sun
Breaking through a thin blanket of snow, earth spun.
Cascades of dainty Narcissus smile with golden...

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Categories: subject, daffodils, spring,
Form: Abecedarian
Yes Dear Lol
YES DEAR!

I have here an old solution
For conflict resolution
Not to mention domestic pollution 
I say 'Yes Dear!'

When the situation is tense
With a subject like pounds...

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Categories: subject, humor, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Peacocks and Predators
The raptor and the peacock hence,
Sit pensive on a rambling fence.
The first, inclined to be the host,
Jumped down to claim the nearest post.
The pea averse...

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Categories: subject, animal, identity,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member The Veil I Wear
A fire blazes behind the veil 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This veil I wear
is not made of cloth
for no fabric could withstand
the incendiary passion
I command

It's self-imposed
not forced
no man's hand
would...

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Categories: subject, analogy, identity,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member Temporal Shades
In temporal shades of pastel hue
abides a subject on debut.
Upon his brow the pencil bled,
sketching life through words unsaid,
etching strife through hints of blue.
 ...

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Categories: subject, age, anxiety, art, time,
Form: Rondeau
Premium Member The Rules For 8x8
Compose eight lines consult your muse
Subject matter is what you choose
Just eight syllables on each line
Follow these rules and you'll be fine
Pretty pictures you do...

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Categories: subject, how i feel, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Final Frontier
Death, the final frontier?

A nest is round.

Our nest the Earth is round like all the stars and planets.

All things are orbital, even time and space.

Let...

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© White Wolf  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: subject, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Who are we at our core
Line of enquiry:
"We look for that that does not come and go
it cannot be organic form, subject to decay 
thoughts and beliefs are fickle, how...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: subject, character, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Be Free, My Brothers
Penned like cattle, as if chattel,
     cages rattle, sounds of brattle,
          no...

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Categories: subject, africa, america, black african
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Come and See Jesus
Come and see the tiny baby,
sleeping on a bed of straw.
The angels came and sang His praises,
and shepherds watched in silent awe.

Come and see who's...

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Categories: subject, jesus,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member What Fascinates Me
art inspires me, Van Gogh fascinates me! 
                                 
   ...

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Categories: subject, art, sky, stars,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member It's My Birthday and I'Ll Cry If I Want To - Emotive Poem
I visited mum today 
as I do almost every day

She greeted me with open arms

And then says

‘I didn’t think you’d come ...
I thought you had...

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Categories: subject, memory, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Dissolving Heart
“The Dissolving Heart” 

How many keys
played for seeds 
bleeding a life

read, received 
cast out 
in the left field 

planted in the heart
of karma to become
new...

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Categories: subject, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Teacher's Refining Fire
You were my least liked teacher,
                   ...

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Categories: subject, appreciation, teacher,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things