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Premium Member Wise Words To Ponder
just going  to church every week ~ does not make you a better Christian

be grateful for everything that you have ~ because many have...

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Categories: wise, wisdom,
Form: Monoku



Premium Member Dedicated To All the Poets
An untouched piano has no purpose,
like a lonely clown without a circus.
A boat has no destiny stuck at shore,
silent like a lion who's lost its...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wise, inspiration, poetry, poets,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member She Touched the Water
She Touched The Water

My muse
touched the waters
of a spring fed river
She had a special gift to deliver
Releasing the inspiration 
from deep within her
She said “...

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Categories: wise, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Amberina Ballerina
A born lioness my untamed heart? ha! 
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on...

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Categories: wise, destiny, emotions, inspiration, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In a Sad Blindness, One May Yet Find Hope
In A Sad Blindness, One May Yet Find Hope
           (The Solemn Prayer)

Raining splashing, fierce winds...

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Categories: wise, art, deep, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Wordaholic
I want conversations 
with writers and poets
The wise the wacky 
the dark and the stoic 
I need to drink your words
I fear my disease is...

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Categories: wise, addiction, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Library of Trust and Hope
The Library of Trust and Hope
The Bank of Trust and Hope

(Cant decide on title, so feel free to pick or suggest one)

She was all but...

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Categories: wise, analogy, garden, growth, happiness,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Magic Beans
Our first awareness
      falling through time
      through blood-rain, pure white snow, green vegetation 
 ...

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Categories: wise, adventure, chocolate, love, peace,
Form: Free verse
Horse Named Pride
I rode high up in the saddle,
on a prancing horse known as Pride.
Outside beaming with confidence,
but empty and shaken inside.

An old wise man once told...

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Categories: wise, horse, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Resolutions
To do justly in a world of injustice,
to love mercy though wanting revenge, 
to walk humbly through forests of arrogance,
to speak softly and not to...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wise, new year,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Walk Tall
I was born and raised in a little town by the name of Calder
That was just twenty miles south of the Canadian border
As a boy I...

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Categories: wise, america, death, drink, drug,
Form: Narrative
For a Friend
A wise and sentimental one
              Who lived and loved some years ago
Had...

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Categories: wise, appreciation, for her, friend,
Form: Free verse
Winds of Autumn
I called to the winds of autumn
As they wrapped up the dying year;
"Oh stay for a moment and tell me
Of answers I need to hear".

Who...

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Categories: wise, life, lost, autumn, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member We Are One
We Are One


Dear Ancient Sister
I hear your distant calls finding me on a gentle breeze
You have lived in my dreams for many seasons

My voice 
Your...

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Categories: wise, blessing, celebration, community, courage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member To You Alone
I cannot comprehend our great Creator’s mind,
how every galaxy he perfectly designed -
how every atom in the universe is his,
ordered and known by him, as...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wise, god, jesus, prayer,
Form: Lyric

Book: Reflection on the Important Things