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Premium Member Words
..."Give me words,
Thousands of words,
I offer my kingdom for words
For
A poem I wish to write
Not any poem
But
A masterpiece of a poem!" The aspiring poet shouted, and
then in a lower voice add......

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Categories: with pity, muse, poetry, poets, words,
Form: Free verse
No Sounds of Any Kind Please, Even Silence
...The Sounds of Silence
By: Simon & Garfunkle

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision ......

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Categories: with pity, funny, parody,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Wall
...Winnie, wild-eyed, went insane
and sang “Happy Birthday” in the rain, 
while she washed away her bloody pain.

Now all day long she sings that song,
she sings it loud, she sings it strong,
wall......

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© Eric Cohen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: with pity, birthday, character, child, child
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Growing Pians
...GROWING PAINS

It’s all about pain, frustration, tears. Fears, it’s all about fighting temptation
Watch the sun rise and set to the darkest thoughts of contemplation
My heart smiles not, my lungs......

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Categories: with pity, abuse, anger, break up,
Form:
Premium Member Endangered Feline
...Panting in low moans
Meandering through dense brush
Shrouded by evening sky above a forest

Crystallized by frozen branches
Oaks, maples, pines
Coffin wood encasing icy earth

The amber-eyed ......

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Categories: with pity, animals, sadcat,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Little Birdie Whispered In My Ear
..."Time to take the Soup off the stove,"
   a little birdie whispered in my ear:
'Tis the Sabbath Queen that's drawing near." 

But the Soup's not done, I dared to say
   in an unpoetic, defiant w......

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Categories: with pity, bird, jewish, poetry, time,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Cast Your Spell
...

Old crone, please tell me your secret.
Give a taste of your magical brew.
Whisper the herbs I must gather.
To mix up your potency stew.

A mere mortal born, I am helpless,
Unless yo......

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Categories: with pity, angst, health, light, light,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Writing a Poem Vi
..."Give me words, thousands of words,
I offer my kingdom for words, for I wish a
poem to write.
Not any poem but a masterpiece of a poem!" The aspiring
Poet shouted, and then in a lower voice added......

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Categories: with pity, inspiration, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Soon I Exhale
...Etchings upon my heart, so profound in time
These hues, colored so bright, bringing out an array of light
This love, in healing softened my existence and allowed me to trust 
Yet sad, as we parted fo......

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© Cindy Lu  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: with pity, crazy, creation, faith, hope,
Form: Free verse
"blood In Vain Falls Heavy"
...Nothing hurts me now, been the one to fall, painless, no feelings for my friends, not caring for the family
I once died for, another mind, another perspective, nothing holding me back, my time waste......

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Categories: with pity, depression, forgiveness, friendship, funeral,
Form:
Broken Beauty
...His ribs jutted out,
His body was gaunt.
A living skeleton,
A sight that would haunt.

He drank from muddy waters,
And ate the dirt of the street.
He walked on cracked hooves,
His body was co......

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Categories: with pity, hope, uplifting, heart, body,
Form: Rhyme
Custard Apple Vendor
...I look at the green crocodile balls placed in handcrafted bamboo basket
They look ripe and tempting.
The snake skinned vendor looks at me with hopeful eyes
His turtle legs skin with every vein vis......

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Categories: with pity, 10th grade,
Form: Imagism
The Pessimist Speaks Out
...They say life is short;
I say it's not short enough...
And the rainbow after the storm
is just another fairy tale.
Sure, when one door closes
another door opens...
But who's to say what's on th......

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© Melanie D  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: with pity, angst, life, people
Form: Free verse
Spirit of the Navajo (Pantoum)
...Spirit of the Navajo
How hard life has become
Reciting prayers of long ago
Alcohol an escape for some

How hard life has become
Water is a scarcity
Alcohol an escape for some
Look at them wit......

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Categories: with pity, native americanlife,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member The Dogwood Tree
...THE DOGWOOD TREE


Legend says of the Dogwood tree
That on it, Christ was crucified
His blood was shed for you and me
When the soldier pierced His side

The blood that ran from His feet and h......

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Categories: with pity, historytree, tree, , memorial,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things