Outlined Poems | Examples


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Chalk outlined love

As I turn away, no tears left to cry
We should’ve talked—I tried before goodbye
The love we laid to rest, now marked in chalk
Not all your fault, not mine—we both did our best
I keep what’s left locked deep inside
A place in me where you still hide

Premium Member PETALS outlined

OUTLINED COLLAGE

A
random
gathering
      of petals

  floating
  novel
new

Premium Member Outlined, At Twilight

Against sheer lace that filters in,
pink halos traced with white, 
she leans against the window's frame,
enveloped by the light

The pregnant pause, as twilight crowns
accentuates her form.
The beauty of her shape is drowned,
in mother-love transformed


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For Nette's Contest "Let Me Feel Your Lines"
Visual #4
4/1/15


Outlined Presents

You won't mistake me for the girl on t.v.
Or after "hello" remember meeting me
 
You won't try to know who I really am
Or think for a moment that I'm worth a damn
 
You won't remember if I was alone or not
Or know your not thinking that helpless thought
 
I'm no on to remember; I'm no one different
I'm no one to know; I'm no one important
To you, I'm not even there.

.a Heart Outlined In Steel.

A heart outlined in steel.
Designed just so i'll never feel.
It's way too late to get off this ride. 
There's no one in which I can confide.
Falling down.
The screams like thunder.
Into lost dreams and lies I plunder.

Premium Member Monoku-Contours Outlined

a picture of humanity -
                        life tinged with sadness

inspired by  painting style of Jawalensky


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