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As My Pen Danced
I waited, dressed to kill
in red,
and in love

both, of which 
I could have been coaxed out of

You have turned a pale shade of white,
my Valentine

Al...

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Categories: substitute(a), lost love, love
Form: Free verse



Premium Member - the Brown Fog -
There are times you have no choice
To infinite unity, the tide comes as determined
You are part of the earth, the sun, the moon, the wind...

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Categories: substitute(a), dark, drink, drug, pain,
Form: Free verse
If I Cry
If I cry
It must be the memory
Of a skirt unlifted by a gust
To still a boy's misery 
And wipe my eyes dry
Of tears
For the way...

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Categories: substitute(a), faith, inspirational, loss, mothercry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Word- Heroic Crown of Sonnets
THE LAW

Yet sacrifice would cover for Love's sake
before that time, the Law was sent to guide
sin offerings appeased man's guilty state
but could not change his...

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Categories: substitute(a), bible, christian, life, light,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Mr James
His wise council and kind patience bolstered my resolve
to overcome my youthful woes and nightmarish troubles solve.
His humanity may have saved my life. His memory...

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Categories: substitute(a), education, encouraging, feelings,
Form: Prose



The Frog Prince - Part 1
A funny frog called Mr Snog,
once lived beside a slimy bog,
he was a most peculiar fellow,
his hat was red, his boots were yellow,
his waistcoat was...

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Categories: substitute(a), allegory, fairy, humorous, metaphor,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Autobiography of a Brook
You've visited me after a long time: Remember; once, I was brimming with might? Named babbling brook, revered as a singing deity, how blissful was...

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Categories: substitute(a), care, caregiving, change, childhood,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Love Waits Patiently
Oh my beloved,
this life can be confusing.
A plethora of recycled emotions,
sometimes result in false devotions.
Absence wounds with nostalgic reflections.
Secluded souls yearning for old satisfactions.

Oh my...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: substitute(a), love,
Form: Narrative
On a Diet
sugar substitute
low fat carbohydrate free
feed it to the cat...

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Categories: substitute(a), funny, life,
Form: Senryu
Quest For God
From the beginning, people have asked themselves,
how God came into being or how God creates from nothing?
The God seekers are advancing ethical axioms
and truth is...

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Categories: substitute(a), philosophy,
Form: Free verse
A Father To the Fatherless
My shelter from the storm
My Fountain in the wilderness
My Refuge and my Rock

High King of love, God of all grace
You have become my hiding place

My...

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© Don Bukana  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: substitute(a), adventure, america, angel,
Form: Name
Inspired By a High School Rapper
Year after year, young people inspire me.
The freshness of youth brings forth curiosity.
Diversity and personality scream, it seems –
Noisily, boisterously, playfully, hope knocks.
Each child has...

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Categories: substitute(a), inspirational, teacher, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What Is Wrong With Him
She’s not right.
She has something wrong with her.
She has a screw loose.
She’s got problems.

What is wrong with him?
How do we fix that?
I am no doctor...

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Categories: substitute(a), 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Center of the Catacombs
I say to you lets take a walk...to laugh...to chill...and simply talk.
Let’s start heading across the rocks...and go beneath the streets of Rome.
Let us take...

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Categories: substitute(a), parody, sisterlove,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member A Sense of Emptiness
You feel empty inside,
robbed of its passion, your spirit has died.
It was a deftly theft
no trace of trust was left,
so you're feeling bereft
and can't shake...

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Categories: substitute(a), angst, anxiety, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs