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A Metaphoric Blue
...Amid the where’s and when’s and whys The can’ts and won’ts and whiney sighs Sit they with pencils as they paint In words of metaphoric blue In vain attempt to tightly grasp The moment as it flas......
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John Lawless
Categories:
vain attempt,
poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Rhyme
A Vain Attempt
...Do not knock on the door of my heart if you don't know how to love......
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Mesut Goktas
Categories:
vain attempt,
absence, life,
Form:
Monoku
Cosmic Siren
...* A collaboration with the wonderful poetess Subhadra Naryann. Please check out her heartfelt poems here on PS. In transcendental dreams a lover's voice seduces from beyond a distant star. Encha......
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Tom Woody
Categories:
vain attempt,
desire, longing,
Form:
Sonnet
The Curse of the Faceless Woman
...The Curse of the Faceless Woman Lost in time, this story is told, about a woman, dark and bold. She walks the streets on a foggy night, with a hood on her head to hide from sight. Her......
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Josehf Murchison
Categories:
vain attempt,
allegory, dark, grief, horror,
Form:
Narrative
A Perfect Woman
...How many times have I tried in failed effort to deny the love I live in you How many times have I in desperate resolve tried to walk away from this love which was born at the foundation of time ? ......
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Darrell Rose
Categories:
vain attempt,
longing, love, passion,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Crumpled Musings
...Methinks it is a hidden curse This vain attempt to write in witty verse To take the words and put them in reverse Turn them to sardonic lines quite terse Yet I pamper them as bedside nurse With ......
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John Lawless
Categories:
vain attempt,
humor, poets, writing,
Form:
Monorhyme
Day of Three Showers
...The first - a vain attempt to cleanse the soul. The second - a customary rinse of sweat from a run. The third - necessary defense against the itchy consequences of visiting a barber. It's no......
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J. I. Thomas F.
Categories:
vain attempt,
meaningful,
Form:
Free verse
When Isn'T the Question To Ask
...WHEN ISN'T THE QUESTION TO ASK When isn't the question to ask. You will find no answer to satisfy The curious mind or anxious heart, You can look all you want into the middle distance But yo......
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Bill Drayton
Categories:
vain attempt,
boat, confidence, dark, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
Some Dreams Must Be Forgotten
...Unpurged sad memories invade my dreams. How fragile man is despite vain attempt! Could be the waning moon with dreadful beams? Useless to look back on sins in contempt. Wake up my love, Wake......
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Victor Buhagiar
Categories:
vain attempt,
dream, memory,
Form:
Quatrain
Shakespeare Be Damned
...I’m sick of wanderin’ o’er the page In search of distant, mystic sage muttered manta that confuse stupefy my stoic muse torment the silence of the keys while in the distance Shakespeare flee......
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John Lawless
Categories:
vain attempt,
humor, poetry, writing,
Form:
Couplet
Tumbleweeds
...Another reminiscence of West Texas. There have been many times in my life when I have felt very much like... Tumbleweeds, Lonely searching souls Adrift on ever-shifting sandy seas, Roll blindly......
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Jim Slaughter
Categories:
vain attempt,
lonely, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Walking On Air
...Walking on air now Floating on a cloud, That’s how I feel For I’ve taken time, To reside inside me To meditate and set My still mind free, Letting all the stress go Letting go......
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Fauxcroft Wade
Categories:
vain attempt,
deep, emotions, encouraging, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Don'T Blame the Pilgrims
...The crowd shuffles hands raised in vain attempt to catch a windblown lottery ticket If you spend 25 bucks (not counting the price of the turkey) You can get the turkey for 89 cents a pound I......
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John Lawless
Categories:
vain attempt,
food, humor, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Other
A Ship of Fools
...We sailed upon a ship of fools no sails and rudder bent lost sight of land and pondered “I wonder where it went” As we chased the rising sun we begged it: “please slow down’ for we hadn’t figur......
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John Lawless
Categories:
vain attempt,
humor, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Vietnam Sniper
...VietNam Sniper It seems that the night lingers then departs clawing for one more minute, but in a vain attempt to defeat the sun. The encumbered fog groans and gently rises from The ground......
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Patrick Kelly
Categories:
vain attempt,
military, war,
Form:
Prose
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