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Broken Mirror
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Brenda Chiri
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wavered, beauty, betrayal, conflict, courage,
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meet my Wife
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Arum Dusu
| I do not know? |
wavered, beautiful, best friend, cute
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From a Son's Heart
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DeOndra Chambers
| Rhyme |
wavered, black african american, mother,
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An Unexpected Visitor - The Narrative Style
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Dorian Petersen Potter
| Free verse |
wavered, beautiful, fairy, fantasy, love,
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The Mast
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Joseph Sergi
| Rhyme |
wavered, boat, encouraging, faith, fishing,
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AN ECSTASY BY JOHN LARS ZWERENZ
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John Lars Zwerenz
| Lyric |
wavered, beautiful, beauty, confidence, desire,
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Fragmented Cerebral Taunting Haunting Self
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Aaron Butcher
| Rhyme |
wavered, art, conflict,
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Immortal In Our 'Once Upon A Time'
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PJ Gongora
| Free verse |
wavered, character, death, first love,
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At Sunrise
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Jaclyn Reeves
| Free verse |
wavered, longing, love,
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A Coward's Death, Part II
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David Welch
| Cowboy |
wavered, courage, dark, death, introspection,
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Simple flowers
by Vijay Pandit
My heart keeps asking what you meant
When without much fanfare you said
You don't like the fancy bouquet
Born of our prosperous days,
For you still love those...
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wavered, flower, love,
Dear Husband
by Deneek Clennon
My love for you is unconditional,
It has not wavered.
My expectations of you are higher now,
Our situation has changed, haven't you observed?
Gone are the days where...
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wavered, character, devotion, husband,
ANZAC Girls
by R. e. taylor
ANZAC Girls
Nobody asked her to go
No one told her to go
She saw the suffering
Of thousands of young men
Australian and Kiwi
They fought together in the trenches
And...
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wavered, appreciation, devotion, hero, war,
Younger
by Clare Maceda
A window pane, framed, by your simple face.
Your day’d rush by with the green and red lights.
A down feather mountain defined your space.
Celluloid,...
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wavered, age, depression, how i
Forever
by Jayne Eggins
A beauteous fenestration
reflected the dawn,
a thousand shards of colour
held a moments awe
the stars danced
to a last riff
in heaven,
and the Great Orb
laid down to sleep,
yet none...
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wavered, death, family, tribute,
So Didn't Pedro Have a Brother
by Indiana Shaw
In continuation to the limerick "PEDRO THE PEDDLER" . . . : )
PEDRO’S BROTHER DIEGO . . .
So . . .
Didn’t Pedro have...
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wavered, brother, cousin, funny, satire,
Lost In My Head
by Dear Heart a.k.a. Broken Wings
I wandered lost on this road we call life . . .
It all started when I was a small girl,
watching in slow motion the accidental...
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wavered, lost,
The Psychedelic Worm
by Indiana Shaw
The Psychedelic Worm . . .
Right - who has nabbed my magic mushrooms that where growing in the grass
Low and behold soon as I...
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wavered, funny, humorous, silly,
Butterflies Flowing
by Moon Flower
Butterflies flowing
in your stomach, speckled
But feeling tickled
Faltered and yet faded
Oh, soul wavered yet has longed for
09.11.17
Third Place
"Poems that Paint a Picture "
Silent One's Poetry Contest...
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wavered, crush, lost love, metaphor,
commitments wavered
by shari thomas
commitments wavered
changed over time
promises not kept
guarantees not fulfilled
accounted for the breach
in the emotional contract...
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wavered,
Romantic Tangles
by Gerald Dillenbeck
They were loyal sisters.
The older
was also more fair,
prettier in an Original Barbie kind of way.
She had been sick
when her younger,
darker,
more tomboy sister
met and first desired
my...
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wavered, age, betrayal, death, family,
The Call of the East 1
by Michael Coy
I felt a bit like Humbert, or John Proctor,
an ageing vulture drawn to fresh young flesh.
She was a pretty, witty Turkish doctor
(so,...
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wavered, romantic,
The Night I Fell Like Rain
by Doug Vinson
You had that future retro look: two thousand seventeen,
There was a slow and sultry permanence, a little slouchy lean
As you eased out of the...
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wavered, destiny, water, , cute,
An Unexpected Visitor - The Narrative Style
by Dorian Petersen Potter
~Another Magical Fairyland Story - An Unexpected Visitor- Part 1
(Short Story or Narrative poem)
It was very early in the morning when I was just having...
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wavered, beautiful, fairy, fantasy, love,
Oblique
by Robert Railey
Oblique!
(The day the gray line Wavered)
It was hot again, for the third straight day, but it was the 3rd of July; the time...
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wavered, war,
A Lifetime Blessed
by Carol B.
A Lifetime Blessed
Winter fresh crystal clear
Lights adorn a home revered
Angels eternal essence glow
Mom and Dad your hearts pure gold
Love you always and forever more
Your...
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wavered, appreciation, love, parents,
Move
by Megan Long
Your story
I move forward,
But I left something behind
Did you take it?
Or did I give it to you?
It’s hard to say now
I hardly remember how it...
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I do not know? |
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wavered, anger, best friend, betrayal,
SO GOOD
by Judy Ball
You're such a good and loving God to take such care of me.
Though I don't deserve it, still Your love is free.
You came into a...
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Couplet |
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wavered, faith,
An Unexpected Visitor - The Narrative Style
by Dorian Petersen Potter
~Another Fairyland Story - An Unexpected Visitor- Part 1
(Short Story or Narrative poem)
It was very early in the morning when I was just having
What...
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wavered, beautiful, children, fairy, fantasy,
Queen Anne's Revenge
by Walter Alter
wishing he had sung his prayers last night
from both ends to the middle
fell to the ground in adoration
tore a wake through the ink stains
but not...
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Categories:
wavered, how i feel,