Best Tokens Poems

"Be like a flower ... gentle, quiet and humble."
 Quote _ Constance La France

Flower with no spoken word
You can't tell me what you heard
Picked for lovers or dearly departed 
When love blooms or if broken hearted

Flower though I feel your touch
Your beauty seen and felt...

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Balassi stanza


 as fickle love is cruel, 
makes of many a fool  
as  hearts are many broken 
 “tokens of Jealously”  
`kept of hearts zealously’ 
as hurtful words are spoken  
hearts do become word graves 
as jealousy gains  slaves 
common...

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red roses are fine
to give me sweet valentine
but this year I want
tokens that lasts a lifetime
honesty, trust, commitment
~*~
1/25/13...

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What gift can I give her in token of my love?
It should be something most women think of!
Something like a book, a perfume, or a rose.
She can read the book wherever she goes.
When she reads the book , my love grows
My name shall be on...

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Liquor cabinet, doors wide opened
All those bottles,
Chosen Tokens...

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Unspoken Tokens - by Bob Atkinson

he walked over desert sands
for miles stumbling as a wild man
up to a fellow he did approach
to tell of the journey he made for gold

with quiet eyes this gent appraised
the needs of one who tramped so far
no canteen upon his...

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Little Tokens of Love

Each day for wisdom I pray
To lead them in the right way
For strength and grace from above
Wonderful little tokens of Love

You make my world bright
Amazing little lights
That kindle love's fire
You are all I desire

Sweet little tokens of Love
Amazing gifts from above
My world...

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heart broken
words spoken
life taken
rude waking
trsut lost
emotions dependent
tears shed
anger bred
chains linked
circle continued
cycle breaks
hearts separate
emotions handled
life gained
joy filled...

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Reflections of life already lived.
Impulsive urges; thinking maybe it still is;
But really it’s not.       
     Maybe it’s all just rock and roll;
    With some personal twists perhaps but;
    ...

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And we have become
so cool     so   cool
collectible tokens

token 
bike courier
popping up everywhere
selling pills
selling time
ambiance
reality
through the TV screen
strategic
comedic relief
token
character conflict

bike courier heroes
saving the world

and can we admit
we are so cool
when we feel it
know it to be true
no more just 
a...

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wilted flowers and candy
that's well past its sell by date
are the tokens of your love...
the trash can is mine!

* based on a friend's failed romance

written 15th January 2017 for Constance's Valentine (form D) contest...

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I used to think of tokens 
in terms of appreciation
Until someone mentioned 
something in passing 
they said they had grown weary 
of being a token 
What a curious thing to say 
is what I thought at the time 
But I soon got to see it...

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Though the words, you have rarely spoken.
                            You present unexpected tokens.

     With my kiss,...

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Jolly works best
This funny zest
In playground fest


Laughter greets fun
Here on the run
With blazing guns


Entertain that flow
With games that show
A stress-free blows


One by one see
Sheer fun crazy
As poise can be


Luck of the draw
In frame and flaw
In fighting raw


Be beyond blame
Games thrill bold flame
To crave a name


By...

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TOKENS
in   an
appropriate
  culmination
restricted
&
eclipsed
yet

halloweded
&
steadily acquired
yet
 is  measured
& deliberate
embellished
& animated

 exhibiting
a passion
in
sublimely
 evocative
thoughts
 drifing freely

vividly
  illustrated
 at the time
in an
extraordinary
surreal
  visuals
potent
literal
in
a
coincidence
of
figurative
  allusions


NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique...

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