Best Vestige Poems

Racing projectile,

High velocity impact:

Surface impression....

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Why is this blank paper staring at me?
It’s getting annoying, so I stare back,
but the winner of this contest is already decided.
Why is it getting under my skin?
Possibly because by the 6th line of this verse
I should be 4 stanzas in with its clean white...

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Solvent light diminishes metaphorical seconds,
wiping them with a blur–a stroke–a motion,
challenging the wings of emotion to pulse and live,
To etch and carve something in a flight of furor,
in a whirlwind haze of hapless thoughts in apropos.

A sound made in arresting touches of flesh on plastic
and...

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Vestige of light may you often shine
in passages summoned upon thin lines
granted too fast on honor flights
from notes of praise and gratitude
into long love sonnets lost from sight

Above the alter of solemn hymns
where patience runs in hallowed halls
with secrets dark on leaden souls
forgiveness brought with...

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Memory houses soul asylum vestige...
where complex edifice once anchoring
venerated Glen Elm demesne once stood,
now nothing except vinyl city!

I recall breathtaking, expansive, incredible
numerous, tremblingly awe inspiring views
billion miles (slight exaggeration) heavenly
sights comfortably ensconced, while perched
high atop sadly long since demolished complex
edifice anchoring Glen Elm demesne –...

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THE LAST VESTIGE



the sky is covered with clothes of 
mourning
in sinful array
everything lies contrasting
His
forgiving nature


fortitude remains as
He prepares for His
second coming
knowing without a doubt
that our war
is won


with our personal autonomy
we practise our petitions
awaiting the
restitution of His will
in time for the 
last vestige


© Kim van Breda—October...

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In this winter numbness only the snow 
angels of ours remember
to our love-making games....

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if I could I would take a magic wand
to the moon from far beyond
the wildest of dreams in my mind

a constant reminder of immortal
passion and endearment to cast a magical spell
make it the luminous warden of peace

inscribed with words of surrender
squared to the power of...

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mr. panetta wants the world to know
that the big bully’s gonna finish his last
doughnut &
parade with baton in hand
to the asia-pacific,
where now, he can stand as intimidating as he can
muster,
overlooking the rise of China’s economy &
military,
amidst his own crumbling interior,
with both a domestic population whose...

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Your own concern, my own respect
so voluntary with adept
contingency, some verve its met
does see the evermore's beget!

I see you everywhere, my soul has kept
its vestige in pure grace, without funds left.
As honing nothing as in its own love leapt
has greater vision from bestow, God's deft!

Because...

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vestige of summer
suntan lines
fake spaghetti straps



AP: 1st place 2021

Posted on July 19, 2018...

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THE TIDE CAME IN
SWIFT AND FURIOUS
BESIDE US
THE OCEAN
CARRIED YOU AWAY
A WAVE OF SADNESS
THE MOON 
PULLING YOU FURTHER
BLACK AS NIGHT
COVERED IN ASH
YOU LEFT WITH MY HEART
THIS TIME
THERE IS NO TURNING BACK....

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vestige
of yesteryear
dusted off



posted on September 13, 2018...

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Before the light could find my frame,
A breath of blue became the air.
I waited—not for hope or name—
But for a silence I could bear.

The self withdrew, then disappeared,
No shelter left for soul to keep.
All colors fell, as time grew smeared;
Just blue remained—too vast, too deep.

What...

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Red lips, curvaceous hips
a sway in her walk tips 
the scales and leaves me
wondering how I ended up
here.

A chance meeting, a persuasive
greeting, entices me to
give in, to live in the moment
and enjoy the ride presented
by this illusive female form, 
challenging the norm of my everyday
existence.

I...

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