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Premium Member Forever
“Forever”



When The Terrors came,
The Uncontrollable Ones,
she closed her eyes
and listened for the notes
her mother had planted
amongst the deep blues,
beds of Forget-Me-Nots,
she followed the 
labyrinthine trail 
and through a gate unhinged,
it would seem destroyed, thrown aside,
she...

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Categories: persistent, dark, halloween, light, love, symbolism,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member The Holy Bible - the Quatern Style
~ The  Holy  Bible ~
 (Quatern)


 It tells the beginning of man
 How  God  created all from start
 He made the moon, stars,  earth, day, night
 It  tells of...

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Categories: persistent, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 37
The cold air seemed to help clear his head but the lullaby was persistent and 
he could not get it out of his mind.  He walked for just a few moments
before passing the the...

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Categories: persistent, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Teachable Momentum
Today
we left off yesterday
to pick up
where speaking non-violent principles 
too often neglect to listen
to liberally artistic,
green and active
yet non-reactive
compassionate healers
may need to co-invest more
in co-operating democratic research
of
and for
WholeEarth DiaLogical Matriotism.

Excuse me,
but co-passioned listening
to silence
speaks not...

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Categories: persistent, caregiving, green, health, light, nature, passion, spiritual,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Thor's Cave
In a small village in the green valleys of the Peak District, Sarah gave birth to a son, after a decade of trying for a child with her husband, Peter B Perfekt.  It was...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persistent, allusion, perspective,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Chapter 109 -- Damian Dj Damali Cj Desharah Amadeus
Date:   April  2046

In Damian's mansion the twins
Justin and Jordan were preparing 
To celebrate their 15th birthday.
Damian and his older brother 
Carter Junior were talking in the 
Dining room. CJ said, I bought...

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Categories: persistent, brother, confidence, devotion,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Appear My Queen At the Pier
As the life of the day nears its last breath,
With a glow of crimson, forewarning its death,
Upon its cresting, the reflection, daunting,
The sea sets free a beauty, haunting
The depths of its treasures of unknown span,
The...

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Categories: persistent, beauty, desire, dream, fantasy, inspiration, love, romantic
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 56
“This will come to an end now,” Rian demanded!  Joulupukki nudged Dyndoeth and glanced at the crystals in each corner of the ceiling. He saw the elf begin to tense.  He also noticed...

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Categories: persistent, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Revolutions In Resistance
Before we had the LeftBrain eclipse word,
circa 1200s on back through space and time,
we had great sacred transformational co-arisings,
re-alignment as BlackHole icons
of ancient eco-alignments,
Yang solar resilience 
with Yin lunar resistance.

Before we had dualistic separation,
from sunlight's...

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Categories: persistent, deep, earth, gender, health, history, math, psychological,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Ezra
This is an unfinished Heroic Crown of Sonnets dedicated to a friend's grandchild who was born with serious lower body issues 3 years ago...but he is so perfect and beautiful in every other way that...

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Categories: persistent, life,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 11
In a sudden nodding shift,
I was lifted into the air by the hard wings of the Devil
His putrid stench waking me from what seemed all dream
And upon a balcony of singed vine and blackened soot,
He...

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Categories: persistent, age, analogy, crazy, growth, life, light, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chapter 89 -- Damian Delilah Mallory and Polly: School Showdown
Date: Friday  March 2041

The day started off calm at
Harley PHigh. DJ and Damali 
Had two classes scheduled 
Together. They had one class
Together at 1 afternoon. That
Was the last class before final
Dismissal. One class was...

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Categories: persistent, creation, dance,
Form: Alliteration
Stubbornness
Original poem below...after the definition, found on www.google.com: 

"Full Definition of stubborn. 1a (1) : unreasonably or perversely unyielding : mulish (2) : justifiably unyielding : resoluteb : suggestive or typical of a strong stubborn...

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Categories: persistent, character, deep, desire, devotion, sensual, words,
Form: Verse
Do You Remember
I woke up this morning feeling vigorous and strong 
Even though I had lost some sleep, I could still feel my heartbeat
I took a shower, and got dressed and stared at the morning sky
I gazed...

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Categories: persistent, dance, environment, friendship, leadership, love, moving on,
Form: Narrative
A Letter From Me
ME dear FATHER you already know,
But you need to be briefed,
On a tragedy I believe you must not know.
There’s a deadly dance with violence killing teens in America’s Black Communities.
Use to be, 
Good Christian mothers,...

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Categories: persistent, black african american, conflict, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Kabodlute In Harmony
World famous player of the five fingered flute,
   Wasn't quite so happy as he used to be.
   Being alone with just his flute,
   Nice clothes,
   And lounging...

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© Kim Stone  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persistent, 4th grade, fun, music,
Form: Free verse
Mating of the Rich and Famous
I once walked into my backyard
and found two slugs mating in a bucket
I had just learned how slugs go about mating, 
or trust-I would have been rightly confused

Here hangs a long line of slime, almost...

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© Gina Young  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persistent, animal, beauty, cat, dance, love, nature,
Form: Prose
Premium Member The Returning
"The Returning" 

Inside us all 
a strange forest

where light and dark 
are fed to us by 
curious creatures,
their unexpected gods 

in thoughts and deeds
joy and fear 
hate and love 
belief and disbelief

inwards
our dreams 
turn to
The...

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Categories: persistent, muse, mystery, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023
Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023

The following constitutes a rather 
twisted as a pretzel SUBTITLE:

I dash with my jiggling boobs in an attempt to escape... 
being overrun by teddy bears and beanie babies
while carrying out heavy...

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Categories: persistent, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, america, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member NOTHING LESS - NOTHING MORE - POTD
POTD 8th Jan 24


 NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE

The ambushed night when all was still,
Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will.
Though the moon cast its calming glow,
shadows lurked in the night's dark flow.

As the final...

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Categories: persistent, deep, emotions, inspiration, new years day,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What Drives This Life
What drives the stuff of life to persist and thrive?
What drives it to struggle so hard 
to be fittest to compete and survive?
What drives it to be the most fecund 
and best at seeding the...

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Categories: persistent, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Am On Fire For Poetry Soup Right Now
I know this may surprise some of you.
Not all.
It’s not going to surprise my besties.
But for others,
Let me be the bearer of a
Little surprise nugget of
Information.
I am OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE.
Some of my obsessions are:
Have as many...

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Categories: persistent, friendship love, how i feel, identity, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Tribute
Their mere weapon was their forbidden courage, hands barren with  no armaments, no ammunitions, marching towards the proud valley of death, dedication born from their sempiternal dreams of a free land. 

Their bare weapon...

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Categories: persistent, appreciation, eulogy, faith, freedom, hero, history, independence
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Flying Manual For Poets
This is meant to be a manual, a set of sober instruction
that you can use, once you get past this lengthy introduction,
as a “how to” for learning to feel what it feels like when you...

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© Eric Cohen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persistent, flying,
Form: Rhyme
Hoarding Hope - the Odd Ball
Get me feeling well
For, I am sick as hell
Brain orgasms and headaches rape my mind and left me thoughtlessly behind
Trying to keep the Kingdom in remembrance before I grow blind or lose my mind
I am...

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Categories: persistent, angst, depression, emotions, happiness, hope, how i
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs