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Childhood Dreams Part 1
When I was a child
Everything was magical
Full of mystery and the unknown
I read hundreds of books
The library my haven
My home
Hours upon hours
Night and day
I read and got lost in text
They supplied me with adventures
Secret journeys
Fun...

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Categories: twinkling, childhood, cinderella, dream, fairy,
Form: Free verse



I Have Labored Sore Translation
I Have Labored Sore
anonymous medieval lyric (circa the fifteenth century)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I have labored sore / and suffered death, 
so now I rest / and catch my breath.
But I shall come /...

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Categories: twinkling, christian, death, earth, heaven, sorrow, sorry, soulmate,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nottingham Girl At The Goose Fair Prt 1
Every year In Robin Hood Country Nottingham
There in October, they hold. What is known, as the Goose Fair. It's huge. and goes back centuries, straining the Middle Ages, perhaps even longer.
My pals and I back...

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© Peter Dome  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: twinkling, history, longing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Day On the Farm
"You really wanna know? Cause I'll tell ya if you really wanna know. You'll be thinkin' I'm crazy before I'm done, but I'll tell ya... ifn' you really wanna know."

The day started like any other,...

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Categories: twinkling, farm, myth,
Form: Prose
Fading Away the Mark of Misery
I must admit
You left me broken…
I am shattered shards,
Spread out on your hands…
Your sweaty palms of uncertainty at hand
But, we will land in a land of I-understand…

Make a stand and things won’t get out of...

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Categories: twinkling, angst, emotions, endurance, hope, strength, sympathy, wisdom,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Living With Uncertainty, Chaos and Corruption
The world is constantly changing 
People are steadily rearranging 
Life seems to be a gigantic nightmare 
Keep moving, but never getting there 

This country was built on the backs of slaves 
Our ancestors buried in...

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© Floyd Neal  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: twinkling, confusion, corruption, spoken word,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Couples Counseling
My early 20s Eldest Black Lives Matter Son
wears his disabling ADHD label uncomfortably,
impatiently,
like a possibly self-redeeming crown
but with unfortunate MessiahComplex thorns
as the Great WhiteMan's sacrificial lamb.

His First, and hopefully last, Girl
is an ADHD Latina,
with sparkling...

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Categories: twinkling, earth, games, health, humor, integrity, mental illness,
Form: Political Verse
CECYL, SON OF OUR SOIL : CONSUMMATE REVOLUTIONARY
{Poet’s Note : I wrote this poem for the passing of my very dear friend & comrade, Cecyl Esau, Umkhonto we Sizwe Commander in 2021, as a contribution to his memorial service. Cecyl was given...

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Categories: twinkling, africa, allegory, character, death of a friend,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Saul Grills Marilyn At a Seedy New Orleans Jazz Dive
Saul’s twinkling eyes took it all in – the platinum hair framing a first-class face, the silvery sheath dress wrapped around a figure that was out of sight, but in plain view. She was definitely...

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Categories: twinkling, humor, murder, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Kidnapped By Aliens
They had kept me imprisoned there for three full days,
In that sparse, solitary room, of scarce sunshine rays.

Having good food to eat, had never been a problem; 
They brought hot meals, but the problem was...

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Categories: twinkling, adventure, earth, fantasy, imagery, space, stars,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Jean-Louis Barrault As I Lay Dying
Heavy storm was sweeping dark Paris streets
Lit with dim lights that dreary November night 
With ghostly shadows lurking in the corners
Cold wind dancing with dirty wet leaves fallen 
In the water pools in the middle...

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Categories: twinkling, allusion, art, death, french, imagery, life, philosophy,
Form: Ballad
Old Glory Has Something to Say
Old Glory has Something He Wants to Say  
By – Roger White
The dawn’s first sunlight crests over the eastern horizon.  A midnight dark sky leisurely changes tinctures: blue becomes purple, bright azure and...

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Categories: twinkling, 12th grade, discrimination, freedom, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Brother--Nelson Mandela, Umtata, South Africa--Tribute Poem
Nelson Mandela, crossed my spirited mind today, a visionary legend of peace, love, equality, and unity of all people.

As a prevailer of great affliction, he was like a Greek God fighting for the—"Common man!”

I had...

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Categories: twinkling, brother, confidence, dedication, discrimination, inspiration, motivation, strength,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member In the Islands Far, Far Away
Mission Control, this is Flight Z924693744, do you read?
We're having some technical trouble. How should we proceed?

We have spotted a planet, that appears to be suitable to abort;
But, to return to earth, we will need...

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Categories: twinkling, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, planet, space, stars,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A Place Not Meant To Be: Part I
A Place Not Meant To Be
           
PART: I            (810 of 1487 words)

#1: A Day...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: twinkling, analogy,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Inspirational Blessings and Greetings For the New Year
Greetings to each of you my dearly beloved brothers and sisters. Please read these seventeen blessings rendered for you in God's grace:

I. May God’s love for the new year grant you joy and inspiration overcoming...

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Categories: twinkling, bible, blessing, devotion, inspirational, jesus, love, wisdom,
Form: Pastoral
Premium Member Desert Rose
I was driving to Utah, because I had gotten a promotion;
And chose the scenic route, so as to put things in motion.

I had been traveling from Los Angeles, to Salt Lake City;
And the scenery along...

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Categories: twinkling, beauty, faith, fantasy, inspiration, lost, purple, rose,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Grandma's Gifts
When Grandma died, I found some things

                         Gifts midst tears that...

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Categories: twinkling, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Calming of Her Storm
"The Calming of Her Storm"



My mother gave me solace
I fell into her deep hollows
to kiss the wisdom of her 
breath chanting quietly 
I still hear her 
nightingale birdsong caressing 
the soft fluttering 
of her tireless...

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Categories: twinkling, love, mirror, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Three Tribute Poems, Composed By Me, For Longfellow Blog
Three Tribute poems--  composed by me,

For Longfellow blog….

(1.)

Glory Of Faith's Triumphant Golden Crowns



The rays of morn took their first golden breath

Dispersing powers of night's darkling mists

First gleams romancing sweet the earthen shores

Beating back dark...

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Categories: twinkling, art, creation, dedication, deep, humanity, life, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What Is Christmas


What is Christmas?          
Written: By Tom Wright
1999

A time of many sights to see, 
Of tinsel, garland and wreath's so fair.
Of hundreds of bulbs upon a tree,
With...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: twinkling, christmas, god, how i feel, jesus,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Lord of Long Shadows, Master Poe and I
Lord Of Long Shadows, Master Poe And I 

Lord of long shadows had invaded hearth and home
sauntered in amidst cracklings of hot fireplace flames
Saying, " I like this sad place, may I freely roam
you know...

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Categories: twinkling, art, fantasy, imagination, judgement, surreal, symbolism, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Dear Sweet Lost Child Daughter of My Wasted Youth a Confession
My Dear, Sweet, lost Child ?
Daughter of my wasted youth !
A confession

I am truly sorry Gail, for all that I was  
- that selfish, inconsiderate, thoughtless man -
I am truly sorry Gail, for all...

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Categories: twinkling, daughter, planet,
Form: Free verse
Nervana - You Got the Nerve
*warning: sexual theme*

My mind and heart of gold...
Never once...growing mold as we both grow old 
Nervana sells out
I'm without a doubt
That I will love you till I die
That I will love you as long as...

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Categories: twinkling, deep, drug,
Form: Free verse
When It Struck 12
It will be wintertime very soon
Here comes the evening moon
Gradually, we'll be shining like the sun
Eventually, you and I will be made as one

Tick Tock Tick Tock
The clock is taunting me...
Tock tick tock tick
The time...

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Categories: twinkling, angst, confusion, emotions, time, winter, word play,
Form: Free verse

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