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Premium Member Unkept keepsakes
The t.v. series, A Little Princess, reminds me of my dad's gift of a dark-haired porcelain doll... ...I gave away to compensate for feeling spoiled --that I begged for her at all Being a generous gift-giver was one of my dad's main languages of love I hope even though I've hardly kept any of his gifts he still cares-- up above...

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Categories: unkept, father daughter, giving, heaven,
Form: Ode
Premium Member The Unkept Grave
At the edge of the old cemetery, I found an unkept grave. It was though the person interned there, Had a soul no one could save. Her tombstone contained two dates That showed the term of her long life. But few remember what she was like Before she passed on to the afterlife. Rumors among the city old folk...

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Categories: unkept, death, extended metaphor, mystery,
Form: Narrative



New Year, Same Me
No matter what I do I am the same I am the same little girl all those years ago No matter what I do the world is still as grey as all those years ago New year, new me the same insecure teenager crying over her stale hair Resolutions becoming unkept promises school feeling like a second home gone before dawn back after...

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Categories: unkept, 8th grade, childhood, new
Form: Free verse
Unkept Place
In an unkept place beyond anyone's watchful care lay vessels which carried the powerful blood of a forgotten people. So strong and powerful, their very presence brought fear and panic to an entire race of people who believe dominance is theirs. Underneath the 'ole' shade tree lay weather beaten slats of wood proof of a cultures existence. A...

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Categories: unkept, truth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Her Premise Unkept
America 2020, yet another Hell on Earth Her premise sadly unkept The world-at-large simply shrugged ~ Fools and Poets wept...

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Categories: unkept, america, cry, obituary, poets,
Form: Epigram



Premium Member Promise Unkept
P eople hurt others with their unkept promises. R ain of tears from the hurt. O ver and over you say the same thing. M e and you never again. I have forgiven many times. S ee it all starts again. E nough is enough of unkept promises. Date Written: 6/2/2020 3 Place The Promise Contest Judged:6/6/2020 Sponsored by: Silent One...

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Categories: unkept, forgiveness, hurt, me, people,
Form: Acrostic
Lovers Leave With Unkept Promises
Like a dream dreamt on a clear morning As vivid as a vision Your face was so alive and gloriously kissable You radiated beauty Your eyes never flinched, when fixed on the sun The sun’s fire never seemed...

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Categories: unkept, dream, gender, heartbroken, lost
Form: Free verse
Secrets Unkept
I told secrets, Not to be revealed To my grief, I felt a breeze Around my world it wheeled Like flaming fire in the forest My secrets you never sealed I heard what mouths spat, That my injuries never healed For salt to be rubbed upon, For my weaknesses to be peeled!...

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Categories: unkept, betrayal,
Form: Bio
Promise Unkept
why didnt he keep his promise to me? i thought for sure he would not lie how patient do i have to be? when weeks with no word from him keeps passing me by how can in one night he confess his love? told me in my arms he felt like he had come home i,ve never felt like this before but...

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Categories: unkept, sad love,
Form: ABC
Unkept
Opposite directions at full speed and there's no need So why am I concerned with how everything could be like it should be text messages and voicemails full of request and regret cause me to remember but how could I forget still I cant seem to let go of the single life, I know what to expect what should be shared it's been so long since I've...

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Categories: unkept, angst
Form: Free verse
Marital Regrets Best Left Unkept
Through thick and thin those rules of a vow bent It pricks within a bond never heaven sent Numerous signs shown to eyes so love blind A devious design should have been left behind Boundaries we both set grossly overstepped Promises meant to be kept now mostly regrets Prayed for a family but deviated from folded hands Heart slayed a tragedy then...

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Categories: unkept, husband, wife,
Form: Free verse
Unkept Secrets
i....gave my own soul fallowed by my hart.... stretched so long... it continued i a lender giving my hand... reached out taking your troubles away... in return.... a secret to be kept. you... i my self trusted not knowing what i sincerely troubled... fear im laid.... about to become.... a night mare so to be.. opened to me foreshadow don't... hide anymore... worn me forevermore... i.... to...

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Categories: unkept, teen
Form: Free verse
Unkept Secrets
i....gave my own soul fallowed by my hart.... stretched so long... it continued i a lender giving my hand... reached out taking your troubles away... in return.... a secret to be kept. you... i my self trusted not knowing what i sincerely troubled... fear im laid.... about to become.... a night mare so to be.. opened to me foreshadow don't... hide anymore... worn me forevermore... i.... to...

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Categories: unkept, teen
Form: Free verse
Unkept Secrets
If fate's when first impressions love Then regret's yearning what never was ...

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Categories: unkept, music, people, philosophy, social,
Form: Narrative

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