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Premium Member Unread
a poem read
sparkling bright,
forgotten it dims 
in a pocket of night...

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Categories: unread, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Silence Personified
I am nature,
soul of a mountain,
buried under 
a billion snowflakes.

I float like butterflies,
from petal to petal.
As cinereal clouds clear,
under a glistening sunrise,
I illuminate like a...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unread, analogy, metaphor, silence,
Form: Personification
Premium Member The Unattended Field
“Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unread, metaphor, mountains,
Form: Other
Premium Member Gods At the Comedy Club
The house was full
Of Gods and deities
The curtain call was soon
The water vasos were poured
And became the finest of wines
The bread multiplied
The baker you see
Was...

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Categories: unread, art, butterfly, gothic, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Story To Tell
A heart read and quoted by many in this lifetime
Battle scars that remain and yet shielded by a peace of mind
Walked several miles and traveled...

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Categories: unread, dedication, friendship, life, sympathy,
Form: Narrative



Caged Silence
Caged Silence

A whispered voice
on a gentle breeze
hushed by the ripple
of rustling leaves,
goes unheard.

The silent spinning
of a mournful tale
inked on a page
soon grows pale,
goes unread.

Desires of...

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Categories: unread, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Book of Books
A book comprised of sixty-six,
with content of a unique mix.
Though found in almost every home,
It’s very much an unread tome.

The authors were a motley crew,
Into...

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Categories: unread, allusion, bible, christian, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Effervescent Eyes
"Effervescent Eyes"



windows depth
pools reflect light
eyes enchant
radiate truth
convey love
speak in volumes
magic emotions emit.


soft shades glow
wings of beauty
rainbow charms
create aura
absorb views
essence escapes
resonating love breathes life.


*For Yasmin Khan's...

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Categories: unread, imagination,
Form: Verse
Premium Member - Funeral -
~ some people find life unmerciful to live 
                ...

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Categories: unread, dark, death, fantasy, farewell,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Through Blinders
The truth can’t be seen through blinders.
Eyes and ears covered with hatred.
The tongue’s ready-lash sidewinders,
twisting and spinning what’s sacred.

The truth, the fact, reality
masked - the...

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Categories: unread, truth,
Form: Quatrain
Death Becomes Art
There, on a sill of contentious decisions
Glass shards sit waiting a wavering hand
Reflective the memories wrapped ‘round the curtains
Lost in a pane that she can’t...

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Categories: unread, death, depression, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ethereal Virtuoso
“Ethereal Virtuoso”



keys passed
from tongue to tongue
strange kisses dealt
token time turning 

gone

useless words written
below whispers 
backward facing
closed minds

gone

feathers without quills
dance in silence
fall on breath
beating life 

evanescence
drawn...

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Categories: unread, i am, light, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Atlantis Lives
Atlantis Lives

Transformed by time/ yet held in our hearts/
The truth we seek to be revealed by those who
Travelled before our time/ with hope preserved
In tomes...

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Categories: unread, inspirational
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Of Bloodless Thorn
So did the poet write on fading dawns
words to float across the pond as swans
white stanza a-dance against blue sky
ivory wings defy the wind and...

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Categories: unread, muse, poets, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cosmic Chaos
“Special are the ones that see beyond  veiled verses, 
   behind violet smiles, so much is spoken in silence, where cosmic chaos...

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Categories: unread, angst,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs