Best Swept Poems

If people suffer in truth at our hands
with ill education and manners
Then we turn on them spitting words
casting stones of hate
blame them as a menace unto society
corrupted from childhood 
what chance do they have
Living below means 
defined by their status not born to privilege
Then punish...

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Everywhere I look, everywhere I turned
I see what he took in what I have learned
No segment neglected no group denied
God's glory's deflected by satins  own pride

All throughout the land, in every family
Nor  do they understand, unable to see
Like a shadow following you around
Happy...

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On the veranda, a beautiful day
Blue skies above us, the wind in our hair
Sipping a drink of a tropical blend
Palm trees are swaying, this moment we share

Lost in your loveliness, perfect and free
The touch of your hand brings the softest of sighs
Hibiscus blooms in a...

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Mid afternoon, the sun slams down,
On the shifting sands of a coastal town,
The monument points with a gun to the sky,
The heat haze displaced by a seagull’s cry;
On the quay I sit and look out to sea,
At the distance between the horizon and me.

At a...

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I walk the shore caressed in smiles
   Touched by a thousand memories
       Swept aloft by perfumed sighs
           In the curl of your embrace
    ...

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the fire and i
are both
dying

life is like
that in
that

even the
phoenix
needs a

flame 
for me
to speak

your name
sparks my
heart's

ashes yearning
to burst forth
from the urn

fall to earth
from the
mantle

to the hearth
then fly with
the wind...

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He came from across the world.
Swept from the sea.

To love, and, be loved by me.
I waited forever by the shores.

Looking out to sea. Waiting  for,
my love to come to me.

Legend says if you wait long 
enough, it will surely come to be.

Beyond the bend...

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Scalding winds, cold as ice,
burn away frozen layers.
Drawing raw, unbidden scars,
upon the rugged spires.


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slowly opening my eyes,
just darkness in front of me
slowly reaching out
for something familiar
next to me,
all I feel is emptiness 

in the distance I hear
a voice,
your voice,
vaguely calling me
I wish the darkness would just give way
just a little so I can see you
just this once

bemused I...

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Wind swept on the moor
I stood; my soul far away
Flowing with the clouds

Date: 7.8.2014...

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Earths beautiful child,
With velvet petals it sways.
Just a wind swept waltz....

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" Swept "

'Tis with heart heavy meownself so say~
That which doth trouble me then thus this day~
'Twere she a schooner fine & so grand~
'Twere not she longer in mind's eye demand~

I've swept me brow with turmoil~
Foundered me sets with gargoyle~
Rounded well Horn a'winter cold~
Naught whot...

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It was a mediocre and bearable day. 
I had sprinkled and smeared tiny fibers on my head to camouflage the humiliation. 
As I sedately wandered down the avenue I virtually blended in with the common folks.
All of a sudden a fierce breeze hit me hard....

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The valley was so green
To my love swept eyes,
And all that I now beheld,
Was so alive with life.

There seemed to be
Melodies of unknown
Origins, floating on
Air massaging my
Ears, pricking my heart.

And I would sit so full,
Knowing no pains of
Physical hunger, for my
Present state would not
Allow it...

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Pain and disappointment were becoming my friends,
My friends were with me constantly, always present, never relenting,
Emotions were quickly giving way to hopelessness.
There would never be joy, happiness would be fleeting,
Hope had been swept away.

The greatest struggle for any living being is survival
Love does not accept...

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