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Premium Member Big Girls Do Cry
They expected her to be the jolly fun one.
The one   w e a r i n g   a smile on her...

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Categories: wit, courage, freedom, growth, moving
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Poet In Recluse
I relinquish my pen before the storm
of her tears falling upon my bare arm
her gentle whispering breathed in my ear
Muse of mine, adieu to your...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wit, emotions, solitude,
Form: Rubaiyat
Premium Member Tribute To Poetry Soupers
There's Danny with his love light burning,
Then Victor with his soulful yearning. 
Jan makes us laugh with wit and delight,
Armand serenades us all through the...

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Categories: wit, poets, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Floccinaucinihilipilification and Very Little Bread
Floccinaucinihilipilification And Very Little Bread
       ( First of Three Poem Trilogy )

I

I've no problem with bardolatry fans
their barmecide and...

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Categories: wit, appreciation, art, character, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
My Solace, a Poet's Thoughts On Poetry
The wonder of nature you describe with the color of feelings 
that even the blind sees the beauty, for you anoint with your sight.
From my...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wit, imagery, metaphor, poetry,
Form: Free verse



I Am a Poem Popper
I am a poem popper

Poetry is the drug for me
A perpetual habit
Shared with select company

I am a poem popper

I have been since the age of...

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Categories: wit, me, poetry, poets,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's Library
Toddlers' Exploration: 

Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles...

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Categories: wit, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form: Narrative
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: wit, anti bullying, perspective, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
I Am
I am Tim
I am Tim
Tim I am
That Tim-I-am!
That Tim-I-am!

I do not like
that Tim-I-am!
Do you like
green eggs and ham?
I do not like them,
Tim-I-am.
I do not like
green...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wit, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member He's Mr Know It All - Now a Collaboration
Old blabber mouth gets on my wick
His attitude makes me quite sick
He plays to the crowd 
Is brash and so loud 
My husband thinks he's...

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Categories: wit, humorous, voice,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member My Muse and I
Hey dear muse, come out from behind that chair,
You can’t hide from me for your hair is too fair,
And I desperately need your input, creativity...

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Categories: wit, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
I Need To Live
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.
Edward...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wit, life,
Form: Free verse
Bloom Not, Wolfsbane
Bloom not, cruel wolfsbane
In this forward spirit of mine
Let the moon dim and wane
For love has diseased my kind 

The girl was luscious in the...

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Categories: wit, adventure, angst, depression, devotion,
Form: Ballad
Man and Woman
She is                       ...

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Categories: wit, body, poems, woman, women,
Form: Concrete
Precious Friendship
Lovingly Dedicated to My Closest Friend, My Mother



My loving friend can caress cares away.
With simple gestures meant to pleasure sway,
She turns my smile upright and...

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Categories: wit, friendship,
Form: Rhyme

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