Poems unread
Obscure poems that stay unread
Words that’re spun in a poet’s head
Never been seen floating away
Seeking poetic light of day.
Words akin to the tumbling rain
Surge in, reciting sweet refrain
Whence the night is dark and timeless
In an abiding quietness.
Poems no one has ever heard
The solitude of silent words
Whispers journeying off somewhere
Celestial as silent prayer.
As stars saturate...
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Categories:
poetry, silence, words,
Form: Rhyme
Fine Semantical LineAre you unwilling or are you lame?
I don't get hung up on a name.
I ask only "do or don't".
Screw the line 'tween "can't and won't".
The result comes out the same....
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Categories:
words,
Form: Rhyme
One Day At A TimeYou were always so good
At hiding yourself in the dark
I tried and I tried
To throw you out
Of the furthest
recesses of my mind
And somehow
you are still there
Embedded in
the deepest crevices
of my brain
Where I couldn't see you
Lurking there
in the blackness
For thirty years
Waiting ...
for one of those days
When I'm down and...
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Categories:
words, abuse, bullying, childhood, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Idyllic
Delight! nothing could be more idyllic
than when writers receive commendation
for work, non-synthetic, non- acryllic,
pieces with original foundation.
Stand and say without intimidation -
“I composed this from my own heart and mind.”
your own witness worth hearing, well-defined.
I’ve read A-I recyled in comments -
mere placebo, neither helpful nor kind,
so ostentatious, perceived as...
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Categories:
words, 11th grade, care, heart,
Form: Dizain
scrabble is my game of choicescrabble is my game of choice
carrace, lamesbe and myjoyce
seven letters I make into a word
the time I spend on this is so absurd
two to six hours a day
I make words in a clever way
scrabble forever appeals to me
putting words together, my happy glee...
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Categories:
words,
Form: Rhyme
Be
Categories:
words,
Form: Free verse
Rejigging dis-membered memories
can't re-assemble
what the forgotten has lost
for to re-member,
memories you must firstly
dis-member them carefully...
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Categories:
word play, words,
Form: Tanka
All WordsAll Words
All Words Mean More
Than What You Heard
Them Say, Or
What You Said
They Would, Or
What You Thought
They Did, Or
What You Meant
They Say…
They Could
EXPLODE!
But Don’t Be
Too Careful…
They Aren’t
All Yours.
-Gray Squirrel
07-25-2025
...
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Categories:
words, life,
Form: Free verse
Original Haiku 1 by Michael R BurchOriginal Haiku by Michael R. Burch
Keywords/Tags: winter, love, dream, kindness, sun, sea, leaf, leaves, autumn, spring, life, poets, words, stars, moon, war
Such a frigid winter day,
our words
also icy
—Michael R. Burch
Her love,
sheer and ***** as gossamer,
did not adhere...
—Michael R. Burch
I dream of love
as bankers dream
of repossessing Ferraris.
—Michael R. Burch
The hummingbird fans an iris:
myriad acts of kindness
go...
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Categories:
words, autumn, dream, love, poets,
Form: Haiku
Thought of the daythoughts are mere symbols, symbols illusion ~
why then do we languish in delusion...
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Categories:
allusion, introspection, words,
Form: Couplet
soiled wordsSoiled words, discarded thoughts
Literary leaves of autumn
Blowing aimlessly without direction
Caught in the fervor of a wind gust
Scorched by times fading flames
Shrieking in life’s mindless madness
Knowing that their moment, their season
Has escaped the grasp of Now’s passing
...
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Categories:
muse, poets, words,
Form: Free verse
Worth Framing Forever
If a picture is worth a thousand words
so is a sigh or a groan
A smile is worth framing forever
laughter to give it backbone
...
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Categories:
cry, smile, words,
Form: Epigram
Fools goldNo answers~
Answers claim to be
The gold being sought~
The answer's presence
in the field of separation
is fools gold
Unless gleaming as nothing~~...
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Categories:
beauty, words,
Form: Free verse
Words Not For The Faint Of HeartCommemoration for those gone before
Affectation of all you continue to adore
Altercation at the start of a burgeoning world war
Annihilation of the injured, innocent and poor
Commensurate collusion of the parliamentary debate
Irreverent confusion at the celebration of the state
Degenerate delusion as they refuse to integrate
Protectorate protrusion while the masses consecrate...
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Categories:
words, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Spitting Image
I wonder why my parent said
She’s the spitting image of grandma dead
For in death, grandma did not look her best ~
though she still aced the saliva test
...
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Categories:
humor, meaningful, words,
Form: Couplet
Specific Types of Words Poems
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