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ABANDONEDThat autumn morning, when I first saw you
Tall and handsome, draped in a suit,
I felt life, throbbing within
Never to leave me.
Shorn of love and feeling for days
Burnt screams of emptiness
Had resonated in my heart’s crevices....
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Categories:
silence,
Form: Free verse
Stop thought ego begotHow may we stop movement of thought,
borne of deep desires our heart brought?
Desires diminish zest of soul,
that here and now feels not quite whole.
Let us then examine the cause,
to put our restlessness on pause,
for which...
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Categories:
silence, spiritual,
Form: Lay
Beautiful LieI am sacred
that my heart will once again be teared,
teared into pieces that cannot be repaired ,
because living feels like a dare,
and my life, like a burden that i cannot bear,
time flies away, but everything...
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Categories:
silence, 12th grade, beautiful, dark,
Form: Free verse
SanctuaryI was a stylish, assertive travel agent, arranging getaways for busy people;
Like sudden getaways of jewel, shooting stars, on ebony nights of upheaval.
I planned calm, exotic, trip itineraries, for all tired of city hustle and...
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Categories:
silence, beach, beauty, fantasy, nature,
Form: Couplet
A Similar Moonlight SparklesNaked bodies tucked against one another,
feeling burning passion, enjoying intimacy
that's holy to God; we hear
warm and steady heartbeats,
and smelling the lilacs' scent so strongly,
we taste honey-dipped lips
that have been faithful in ages!
A similar moonlight sparkles...
despite...
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Categories:
silence, desire, faith, flower, god,
Form: Rhyme
Zen modeentering silence in stillness
with silence having no attribute
the hum of our presence self-aware
echoed in the surreal vibrant void
so thus subjective awareness
resplendent in its bliss vibrations
playfully embodied in form ensouled
the cosmic rhythm all pervading
mirrored in...
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Categories:
silence, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
The direct pathIgnorance is the cause of sin
In silence then, God-search begin
What is religion but a cult
Why not instead let heart exult
Bliss borne rapture felt deep within...
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Categories:
silence, spiritual,
Form: Quintilla
Thought of the day
Categories:
silence,
Form: Couplet
Power of silenceExamine any thought and then plot its course,
as it conjures images our heart so seeks
and so it is apparent where lies the source,
gripping us in trance, causing energy leaks.
To find out who we are, all...
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Categories:
silence, spiritual,
Form: Rispetto
SilenceReward silence with gifts of the like for
attention is precious
& know tunnel vision can be a blessing for your
focused expression
This method is a form of madness showing your
commitment to sanity
so be blind to all distractions...
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Categories:
silence, inspiration, introspection, perspective, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Threadbare“Emptiness is an abyss in the light of possibility”_by poet
She sinks into her threadbare cushion
on the age-old rocker she huddles in daily
placing her thin-skinned arms
cold to the touch upon the arm rail
darkened from the...
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Categories:
silence, emotions, fate, identity, life,
Form: Free verse
Silhouette Of Silence
The contorted cloud of the fleeting cotton clumps,
weary of seeing the contours of the changing shapes,
wishes the wind to stop wafting across the satin sky,
their face embroidered with the lattice of golden...
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Categories:
loneliness, silence,
Form: Free verse
SilenceSomehow, silence speaks more than words.
Sometimes it's peaceful, sometimes it's not.
Sometimes, it's the calm before the storm.
And sometimes, it is the answer to the war.
But silence- it speaks the heaviest words of them all....
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Categories:
beauty, deep, peace, silence,
Form: Free verse
Silently
Categories:
silence,
Form: Haiku
Thought of the day
Categories:
peace, silence,
Form: Couplet
Specific Types of Silence Poems
Definition | What is Silence in Poetry?