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A Rose -
...A rose as it grows has no cute little nose Has no voice that can drive a man wild Has no eyes to ensnare any man who looks there Has no cheeks that might flush if he smiled No saunter, no wigg......
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Terry Flood
Categories:
hold a candle to,
love, rose,
Form:
Rhyme
First Christmas Without You
...I’m sitting here wondering how I made it through the day. My heart aches, my eyes are swollen. My wish to have you back is not a reality. The stark truth is you are never coming back. Las......
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Lise Clendening
Categories:
hold a candle to,
christmas, daughter, death, sad,
Form:
Free verse
The VOW
...The VOW I can't recall the day or time when I fell for you, That precious, defining moment when I grew fond of you. That's how much I have grown obsessed with you. But I g......
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Rophine Writes
Categories:
hold a candle to,
cute love, i love
Form:
Free verse
Evergreen
...My leaves never droop and my flowers stand high I bloom through the year as the seasons pass by I witness the daffodils stand proud and tall I see warmer weather put paid to them all The allium......
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Terry Flood
Categories:
hold a candle to,
flower,
Form:
Personification
Beyond the Realm of Wishes
...Beyond the Realm of Wishes In sun-scorched dunes beside a weathered sentinel a glint ensnared his weary gaze. A tarnished lamp / grazed / its secrets unknown / a genie unbound.... a muted......
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Daniel Henry Rodgers
Categories:
hold a candle to,
conflict, desire, inspiration, philosophy,
Form:
Narrative
Summer of Crazy
...I still have that letter somewhere. You made me promise to not tell anyone you wrote it. So I kept that promise, I kept it for thirty years. I’m kinda thinking it’s long enough. Why was I attr......
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Richard Lamoureux
Categories:
hold a candle to,
adventure, break up, emotions,
Form:
Prose
How Does One Compete
...How does one compete with a Frost or a Keats, a Dickinson or Whitman for words, how can we say in our language today what we feel within has been stirred. Like those in our past who intrinsical......
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Terrell Martin
Categories:
hold a candle to,
poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Oh Greta, Dear Greta
...O Greta, dear Greta of Huskey Mountain Road, If I loved you more, my heart would explode. It has been a blessing to know you this year, To watch you grow bigger and ever more dear. I can’t hold......
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Jeff Kyser
Categories:
hold a candle to,
birthday, granddaughter,
Form:
Sonnet
Doggerel Artist
...It was some hours of purgatory, Self imposed, but all the same, He thought of it as purgatory as He listened to them declaim Their long strings of words with No apparent rhyme or reason, As if......
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Terry Ireland
Categories:
hold a candle to,
culture, spoken word, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Man of the Year
...Santa Claus, a man born for the Anniversary of Jesus our savior Babe Another year has passed. As we celebrate the Anniversary of Christ Rays of light benignl......
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Mystic Rose Rose
Categories:
hold a candle to,
devotion,
Form:
Acrostic
Bring Your Own Sunshine
...Wherever you go, don't forget Bring your own sunshine along To brighten up the path you travel Singing a happiness song It's certainly possible, look at me Can't wipe this smile from m......
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Jack Ellison
Categories:
hold a candle to,
sunshine,
Form:
Rhyme
A Big If
...If poems come from out of the air, At the moment, I should go there' I could have a poetry fest, Only choosing the very best. Shelley would not hold a candle to me, As I float around aimlessly. ......
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Shirley Hawkins
Categories:
hold a candle to,
10th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Be Mine
...A touch of smooth ivory, brought laughter to your eyes. That familiar gazing giggle that creates such a mess, no truth fortelling nor desiring ever to confess.. bristled in numb hands wrought in u......
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Quoth Theraven
Categories:
hold a candle to,
inspirational love, valentines day,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am a Boy Living In a Country
...I’m a boy living in a country where We get emotional over every government move And every government move is chartered over our emotions Emotions are chastised whether it or let be One trying to ......
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Hidayat The Poet
Categories:
hold a candle to,
celebration, corruption, dedication, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
What Would You Sacrifice For Love
...I wonder is there anything, I would not sacrifice for love First think of the many things, that when push comes to shove Things I could not live without, too important to my life Things I could no......
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Warren Mbaht
Categories:
hold a candle to,
love,
Form:
Ballad
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