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Premium Member The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...

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Categories: unfinished, death, evil, family, fate,
Form: Haibun



Premium Member In Her Reflection I Am Poetry
Mind will always dream,
eyes will endlessly gaze,
lips will remain impatient.

Although, I've not met her,
the heart is a battleground
of anguish and angst.
Its cries, seeking the serenity
of...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unfinished, love, romance, romantic love,
Form: Free verse
Be Gone , Do Not Look Me In the Eyes
Be gone..
Do not look me in the eyes 

We were not belongers
But,Intruders 
who happened to trespass 
into each other's  lives 

We were no Romeo...

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Categories: unfinished, absence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Soothing Serenades
Pained piano keys compose 
a chorus-less composition.
Melancholic moods crave
to sway back and forth  
like bluebells and lilies dancing,
when kissed by the morning breeze

Forlorn flute...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unfinished, analogy, deep, sad,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Dance To Love - Part 2- POTD - The Grand Finale - a Visual Art Poem Tribute
POTD 6th August 2019

The clock ticks down the passing day
Tedious seconds count down my existence
Time for my pills ~ Time to call the nurse
Time ~...

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Categories: unfinished, romantic, tribute,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Part Time Poet
She calls on me, intermittently
In fickle favor, in spotty dictionaries
My demure, distracted destiny

She is the unrequited lover, the absent mother
She is Santa, granting wishes
Upon orphan...

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Categories: unfinished, angst, conflict, inspiration, jealousy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Final resting place
Brick by brick I built my walls,
despite fires raging,
I preserved paths that connected
bridges between our breathless existence. 

Now that my heartbeats
have reached a dead end...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unfinished, death, love, poetry,
Form: Free verse
To Walk a Mile In Her Shoes
Would I dare 

to walk a mile in her shoes

To put my feet in cinder's slippers

 marry a handsome prince

who turns out to be another...

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Categories: unfinished, abuse,
Form: Free verse
The Truth About Adhd
Growing up with ADHD forces you to adapt,
impulsive behaviour controls how you react,
attention span wanders and naturally distracts,
you face an impact, that in fact, doesn't...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unfinished, anti bullying, perspective, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Young Brilliant Poet That Left Us Far, Far Too Soon Second Poet In Dedication Series
Note:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley,  Born 4 August 1792
Horsham, Sussex, England[1]
Died , 8 July 1822 (aged 29)
Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy)
Occupation	Poet, dramatist,...

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Categories: unfinished, appreciation, art, assonance, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Zephyr
Some express their pain,
some sacrifice it for others,
only poets turn it into poetry - (my quote)

Only poets can turn words into poems,
so those who are...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unfinished, analogy, loneliness, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unassailable Purity
Music and romance are camarilla comrades,
just like poems are my shield and arrows.
But not all lullabies of lovers,
harmonise like a street choir of angels.
If love...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unfinished, analogy, emotions, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member lyrical accessories
punctuation walks
on eggshells
when
words like
               water
      ...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unfinished, analogy, words,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Walls Make Bad Neighbours
Walls Make Bad Neighbours

‘All in all we are just bricks in the wall’ deconstructed by Pink Floyd
        ...

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Categories: unfinished, grief,
Form: Free verse
Grey Wind
**Dedicated to those who preceded us and gave their blood, sweat and tears, so we can have the luxuries they could not**


The wind whispers, the...

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Categories: unfinished, father, grandparents, mother, tribute,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs