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Premium Member Something's Amiss POTD
I was a successful, scientific explorer, traveling to the remote, distant lands,
Bettering noble lives of many, like budding, green spring which understands.

And every day held...

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Categories: successful, dream, fantasy, feelings, happiness,
Form: Couplet



My Eyes
My eyes,
you traced the beauty of nature.
The starry sky and inky ocean,
smile of winter in the heavenly garden,
dancing of waterfall on the lap of hill
and...

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Categories: successful, father, mother, wife, ,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Response of a Harried Housewife To Her Spouse
“The
children
are always
interrupting.
You never have time
for me,” her husband whined
as he dropped his dirty clothes
right there on the floor by the bed.
Trying not to roll her...

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Categories: successful, wife, work, me,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member Angels and Demons
"Angels & Demons"




The Soul never sleeps
battered and lonely, the lesson 
Life spent in The Hard Sell

Soft-served you become
melting Insomnia 
mouth sucking a loaded gun

blue ribbonned...

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Categories: successful, abuse, addiction, angel, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sir Richard Branson - Rocket Man
Sir Richard Branson - Rocket Man
There was a boy who had not fared well at school
Years gone by and no one could call him a...

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Categories: successful, celebrity, inspirational, motivation,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member It Appears I'Ve Disappeared
A lot of acquaintances deemed me lucky, and I knew I was,
For I had a successful life, when all could have been chaos.

I had a...

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Categories: successful, art, confusion, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Just For Giggles
For those who don't read blogs or know of Jan's successful first book, I've written a limerick for her and included it in my comment...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: successful, friendship,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Abc World's Famous Scientists In History
A  is for Anton van Leeuwenhoek- in his simple  microscope made him well-known,
B is for Benjamin Franklin who invented  the electricity ...

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© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: successful, cancer, inspirational, me,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member I Am Me, Set Me Free
I am given to you by Creator Himself
My Limbs long to grow straight and tall
Bathed in sunlight from above, paying homage
Fulfilling my God given task
From...

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Categories: successful, cancer, creation, environment, health,
Form: Ode
Premium Member I Am Love
I AM 

A Father.
A Son.
A Brother.

None are just titles. 

I live those titles every day through my actions.
I am successful at those roles every day....

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Categories: successful, introspection,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Fairer, Indeed
WOMEN ...

Truly amaze me ... they possess the super-human
strength to birth a child - one of the most painful
and demanding physical and emotional feats of...

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Categories: successful, appreciation, humanity, love, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poor Man Rich Man
I went to a poor man's house
There was an exquisite car in the driveway
I walked up to the grand entryway
Rang his doorbell
The chimes sounded like...

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Categories: successful, heart, identity,
Form: Free verse
Witchy Poo From Dunedoo
I'm Witchy Poo from Dunedoo,
I'm a flaming outback witch,
You won't see me rounding cattle up
Or digging in a ditch.

I like to cast spells,
Just like those...

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Categories: successful, children, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Michael Collins
It has often been said that empires come and go
And from the beginning of time that has been so
Empires ruled with terror and an iron...

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Categories: successful, england, ireland, soldier, war,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Brilliance and Madness
Brilliance and Madness

Howard Robard Hughes
Famously rich recluse
Dreams led him to the lap of luxury
Followed by nightmarish mysophobic OCD

Rich playboy aviator Howard Hughes
With movie starlets kept...

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© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: successful, celebrity, film, flying, mental
Form: Clerihew

Book: Reflection on the Important Things