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Best Unguarded Poems

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Premium Member African Anthology
walking gracefully  
with a pendulum movement ~
a herd of giraffes   

the mass migration
crocodiles at the river~
food for the taking

gazelles are running ...

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Categories: unguarded, africa, animal, nature, water,
Form: Haiku



A Mother's Envy and Pride
Lapis lazuli mines with wide blue eyes
bringing to mind precious stones and
caramel scones; innocent and wise -
Wondering, yet without surprise.

Staring down the universe, a challenge
in...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unguarded, art, child, love, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
My Love Is Real
Mist fills the morning with freshened air
Yellow fields smile past the distant shore

Lullabies play a gentle tune
Offer hope of what's coming true
Velvet kisses in the...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unguarded, care, love,
Form: Acrostic
A Matter of Convenience
A grove of magnolias perfumes the air
as they sit absorbed in one another's gaze,
she with her crochet and he with his collectibles
uneasy in their pleasure...

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Categories: unguarded, happiness, day, drug,
Form: Verse
Periphery
On a path laid as a snake,
Trodden down a winding wake,
Curls and slithers into night,
To thrones of ever-dimming light;
I hold still and gripped with feeling
In...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unguarded, loss, lost love, love,
Form: Verse



Love the Soul
Come sit lets talk awhile
Show where your mind is at
Nothing else, not my style
Wish for us two to just chat

Love for unrefined conversation
No smoothness in...

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Categories: unguarded, beautiful, care, love,
Form: Rhyme
Within Her Arms
Southern breezes serenade the canopy
swaying the branches and tickling the leaves
spilling light drops of splendor embracing me

Liquid comfort consoling a fading breath
again feeling alive securely...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unguarded, love, rain,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ordinary Things
The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things. ~ Hans Christian Anderson

In the aching...

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Categories: unguarded, appreciation, blessing, christian, gospel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Inner Beauties Promise
How many emotional tears have we so cried, us the unperfected,
The Barbie generational rejected, or Ken doll unrealistic Idol worship.
Cursed by society’s vision of ultimate...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unguarded, change, conflict, confusion, courage,
Form: Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 14
Despite his impatience to show me his hell,
He waited for me in my rest, 
Lying upon the ground, I awoke in prayer,
Thanking God above and...

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Categories: unguarded, adventure, anxiety, conflict, courage,
Form: Epic
Premium Member The Melody of Love
Love plays different melodies.. 
Music to which lovers respond..
  
Instrumental, is the harp, 
the flute, and the drum.
 
Listen with your ears, for
your heart...

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Categories: unguarded, love, music,
Form: Classicism
A Vision of Healing
As I stood on the mountain
and gazed at the valley below.
I envisioned a healing nothing
like I had ever known.

My soul soared with the hawk as
it...

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Categories: unguarded, beauty, blessing, creation, earth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Unloved
Up in the sky I see God's handiwork
Not the same in my home
Love left so long ago 
Open wounds have healed
Velvet thread was used to...

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Categories: unguarded, heart, heart,
Form: Acrostic
When You Get Close To Me
When you get close to me
I feel life within my soul
No walls to climb
No bridges to cross
Our souls best friends
My heart synchronized with yours
Beating as...

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Categories: unguarded, love, lust,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eye Contact
Eye Contact


Some said he had those scary eyes,
unnerving, somehow seeming to look
clear through, capable of seeing the
truth – of you.  They didn’t stare at
you,...

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Categories: unguarded, life, wisdom,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs