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Reopened Poems - Poems about Reopened

Premium MemberOnce upon perdition :now a dedication:

...This POTD is dedicated to Di11y Da11y 
who spoke the truth and paid the price! 

to the unheard poet 
you weren’t driven away 
you moved beyond them 
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Once upon perdit...
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Categories: reopened, life, metaphor, perspective,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberErsatz Docent in the I Am Museum

...
Welcome.
I'm the one they left behind.
An alter ego of sorts—
just the keeper, the inventory clerk,
interim ghost.

New items arrive every day—
spat out from my boss's pockets,
sometimes st...
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Categories: reopened, metaphor, self,
Form: Free verse



You Can’t Take What You Can’t Give

...I’ll handle the rejection as a merit in my spirit, as I did once when I was a kid. 
The townspeople will turn all of the sprinklers on when spring has made its arrival apparent on April Fools. 
The...
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Categories: reopened, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Hildegard von Bingen in English translations by Michael R Burch

...Hildegard of Bingen, aka the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German christian mystic who had visions of the Love of God beginning at age three. 

“Cry out, therefore, and compose!”—Hildegard von Bingen, ...
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Categories: reopened, birth, creation, god, innocence,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberImprov

...Poetic reveal,
the future of open mic;
No dress rehearsal,
it will once again express
the art and soul of this town.

Graveyard fantasy,
the zombies woke up on fire;
Full of pent up rage
ach...
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Categories: reopened, angst, art, emotions, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Certification of Departure

...I wish these pills prescribed could give me a hug
I wish they could turn into someone who’s gone that I loved Instead they’re a thin throw, blanketing the pain I keep of you from dropping to negativ...
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Categories: reopened, deep, grief, hope, loss,
Form: Rhyme

Masqueraders

...Masqueraders
The YTC & Praise

Disguised in their ways
They came gnawing
At the peace of my heart
Leaving nothing
But a charade of turmoil... 

Imposters to my mind
Masked in garbs of shame...
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Categories: reopened, betrayal, break up,
Form: Free verse

The Change We Need

...I need something to believe in
Can this world just start again
With no hatred anywhere
Replaced by love, kindness and care
Being sweet and neighborly
Everybody needs to see
We can all change th...
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Categories: reopened, change, emotions, growth, hate,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberNovember Moon

...November moon,
dangling pearl 
trailing the face of dusk
like a brooding tear.

Morpheus leads our way
through luminous sleep,
through stained glass shards of
our multiverse.

November moon...
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Categories: reopened, dream, imagery, introspection, moon,
Form: Free verse

Premium Memberencouraging a child

...she took a child
who had been shut down by negativity
and reopened her dendrite highway
encouraging her to remember life
when she thought joy was a possibility
the child who had been afraid to t...
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Categories: reopened, teacher,
Form: Free verse

Beyond the mask she wore

..."Tell Romeo i love him and goodbye "
The words echo in my mind like a haunting whisper
A lingering shadow that refuses to fade
Questions makrs landed upon me,
Crushing my mind like chewed gum,sti...
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Categories: reopened, anger, conflict, confusion, cry,
Form: Free verse

AI - Amy Ingram

...Amy Ingram, who lives next door,
like nobody, you've met before,
always talks with a whirring sound,
and walks an inch above the ground,
all mechanical that's for sure.

She reopened the hardwa...
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Categories: reopened, anger, discrimination, future, people,
Form: Rondeau

Her lover's tune

...As she sat on the old rickety chair by the fireplace 
With an orange cat by her feet and a knitting yarn in her hands,
An old music box played a rhythmic pattern on repeat. 
As the notes flew into...
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Categories: reopened, cute love, first love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSURREALITY

...SURREALITY
the secret
            dread..
reopened
a
chance
      happening..

  the discovery
        alienates,
the spell
         persists
after
      it had dispersed..
reality rema...
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Categories: reopened, surreal, word play,
Form: Other

Premium MemberMoulin Rouge

...Moulin Rouge

The greens and pinks magnetize to my eye
Like flowers abloom in a field espied,
Overwhelming creation’s invention
With beauty of grandiose dimension,
Shifting to the wind’s...
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Categories: reopened, art, dance, french, history,
Form: Verse

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