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Sufferance
Sufferance teaches,

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Categories: sufferance, inspirational, introspection, life, philosophy
Form: Senryu



Premium Member fragile -
tenderly ...
as if robin's eggs
I consider the brittle fragments
of her heart, cupped in
my tarnished Tin Man hands -
not taking for granted
the entrusting of their care
I...

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Categories: sufferance, cute, life, metaphor, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Inanevilpredatorialmendacity
What a slap in the face!
It’s an international disgrace!

(Descriptive distraction)
and (subversion in action)

It’s now commonly used in parlance by judiciary
while in literature this prevalent (lie)...

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Categories: sufferance, caregiving, literature,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Stone Wall
Many a mile you snake,
along the hillsides, through the valleys,
conforming to the highway,
partition pasture from pasture
neighbour from neighbour,
friend from foe
son from father.
Sanctuary to winter’s flock
shelter...

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Categories: sufferance, devotion, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dissecting the Declaration 2
Herein lies the identity of their enemy
Herein lies the description of the abuses
Herein lies the claims against their tyrant
Herein lies the picture of their fixed...

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Categories: sufferance, america, celebration, july,
Form: Verse



Can I Be the One
I have dreams and high hopes for the coming new year.
Many aspirations that I must achieve with true ease. 
When this year ends and all...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sufferance, life, new year,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Fragile
tenderly ...
as if robin's eggs
I consider the brittle fragments
of her heart, cupped in
my tarnished Tin Man hands -
not taking for granted
the entrusting of their care
I...

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Categories: sufferance, appreciation, life, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dueler's Thrust
What's the scariest book you ever read?.. Some Stephen King book like "Salem's Lot" or "The Shinning"?

For me its Kate Millett's "Sexual Politics".. Oh, man.....

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Categories: sufferance, community, political, prejudice, social,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Declaration of Interdependence
When in the Course of Earth’s climatic events, 
it becomes necessary for cultures to resolve political bands 
which have connected Her with human nature, 
and...

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Categories: sufferance, freedom, health, independence day,
Form: Prose Poetry
Chaos Mind
Centuries of lies, a hollow myth
Perpetuated by charlatans with great ceremony
The Greatest Show, the living bread
The crowd sustained and animated by necromancy
The will is fused,...

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Categories: sufferance, corruption, dark, death, evil,
Form: Free verse
Revolution
I am no revolutionary
For mine is not an ideal
A noble statement
I ain’t gonna give a speech
No riling up crowds, riots
This ain’t no cause
No movement for...

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Categories: sufferance, destiny, slavery,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Obsession Reflection
I watch the news again with a dubious eye of concern
Another terrorist attack, more animals facing extinctions - I learn
Another natural disaster just occurred -...

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Categories: sufferance, addiction, humanity, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Slice of Paradise
Nestled in verdant woods on a hilly terrain,
The sequestered chapel stood, tranquil was the place
With a calm drowning the hubbub around
With blooming plants adorning the...

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Categories: sufferance, blessing, devotion, paradise,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nothing To Hide, Translation of a Coeur Ouvert, Poem By Rene Etiemble
Nothing to hide*, Translation of a poem: “A coeur ouvert” by (René) Etiemble

		For Jeannine

(Later in life, Etiemble suppressed his first name, ostensibly on account of...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sufferance, love, , literature,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
It Existed Backwoods
It existed, backwoods,
Since the peaceful childhood;
Where only tranquility,
Warmth and tenderness 
Bordered our intentness.
However getting into life..
Absorbing experience,	
Getting well-known to what's novel,
Taking hard fortitudes,
Contributing all accessible...

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Categories: sufferance, happiness,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things