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Below are the all-time best Wilma Neels poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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'water'

Water gushed over parched land
fractures are slowly filled left by drought 

terrain humidified by cold water 
pouring down replacing warmth
everything ice-covered

Water 
set in ice form
fluffy and breathtaking 
an impish sting to its beauty
arctic

my clothes are drenched 
twirl around with outstretched arms
tears are forgotten

By: Wilma Neels

Contest Name: Nature, Four In One
1st Place

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'my Field of Dreams'

In my field of dreams I see you 
Walking towards me 
With that smile on your face 
With promise and hope in your eyes

Somehow your reflection has gone dim
My hope at times too 

But 
Then I remember the life you lived 
 It was all about hope 
All about not giving up 
Never forgetting to smile 

That will always remain –
A bittersweet memory 

Times like tonight you are so close by 
Not physically 
But I can feel your breathe against my skin
I can feel the warmth of your touch 

It’s not in the things you said, 
It’s in the way you did them 

Even when I miss you 
The most 
Still, I am thankful 
I was blessed with you
Even if just for a little while


27/11/2012

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'resilience'

Like a knockout blow 
In the final round

The challenges comes 
All at once 
How you cope will depend on how you see them 
It's not always black and white
Pastel shades 
Are all abound

You can get through this 
Even if you have to tick 
Them off one by one
Not everything 
Needs to be resolved today 
Deal with what you can 

Lighter they will become 
They say "Rome wasn't build in a day" 
Neither was your character
It might look flawed to you 
But in you might be 
That single trait your foe wish they had 

Test your resilience 
And surprise yourself 
You might see what I see 
One day, hopefully some day

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'sea Breeze'

All I see is water 
As far as my eyes will allow me

Almost forgot
What brought me here

It was the memories of you

The warmth of the sand
 In between my toes
A gentle reminder of what it felt like
Having you next to me

Holding my hand as we took
Our walks along the shore
We didn't have to say a word
Just allow the gentle sea breeze
To mask our footprints as we went

Could have been a similar day,
Could have been a similar time

But today -

It’s just me and the gentle sea breeze

To remind me of you
Not saying a word
And yet I can feel you
With every step I take


©151014062013

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'a Thousand Steps'

A thousand steps in between 
who I was and who I am now 
do I wonder about the detours? 
do I wish I took the dirt road instead? 

Would my path have been smoother if I said no instead of yes? 
Would the worries have been less then what they are today? 

I guess I’ll never know, 
unless I go back in time 
choose a different path 
choose the least attractive offer and run with it

pipe dreams that is all my journey back in time would be 
‘cause I would not have met you 
and you would not be reading these words.... 

Everything in life boils down to an immaculate plan, 
it may not be my ideal plan or yours 
but in the end the voyage continues 
whether we want to or not…

‘Cause it is all part of the bigger picture 
and 
in that image is your life and mine... 

We just got to embrace the journey 
no matter how uncertain it might be...


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Contest: Anything Goes
7th Place

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'comforter'

We get these hard hitting reminders
Of whom you are
In times of sadness
In times of powerlessness
In times when we are left with so many questions 

A memory
A few words 
Lyrics of a song

You coerce us into knowing 
That in all these things
In life and death
You are there

At times silent
At times encouraging 
But always there 
The comforter
We never know we really need you
Until it is the only thing we feel close to

*Inspired by the sudden death of a friend on 25/08/2013*

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'sober Thoughts'

You know how I sometimes wish life would be easier
then I realize with easy comes self reliance 
and we can’t depend on ourselves

the air that we breathe comes from somewhere
-	a higher power
that power decides whether we stop breathing
or continue living

so if your days feel like it’s getting tougher
if you feel all your strength has deserted you
it has not; you still have the ability to think
you can still embrace what life offers you 
even if its heartache, tough times, difficult people
somewhere out there someone 

would take all your difficult moments
just to experience life in all its facets

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'can I Hold Your Hand'

Can I hold your hand?
Just until your smile returns?
Promise not to hold too tight
In case you feel smothered 

A hint of the tears you shed
Still visible – a testimony of your pain 

Your wall went up again
I can feel it; you pushing at it 
Pushing every one away 

I will not feel wounded 
I will not force you to talk

I know you need your space

Can I hold your hand?
Until your smile returns

©155527062013

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'that Familiar Smile'

There I was standing, deep in thought  
You never crossed my mind,
Until you appeared out of nowhere

No warning,
just with that familiar smile,
Like you've been there all along
Waiting for me to look up

I was taken by surprise
The impact you had,
The impact you still have

On my mood,
My emotions

Thought I was immune to your powers
Guess that was only just a dream

You are back and so is that smile
The one thing I spend many nights trying
To forget,

Just like that, it is all back
To mess with my pretty little head

©132525062013

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'the Beating of Hearts'

We could pretend it’s the end, 
start loving each other all over again

I know you want to, 
you still look at me in that way 
as if to say, "I want to make you mine"

I knew that day I've lost it, 
could not control the beating of my heart 
they say a woman's heart beats faster than a man's 

that first night I couldn't tell the difference
it was like your heart knew mine needed yours
the music it made, had me floating 

all I could think of was how handsome you looked 
still don’t fathom, you thinking I had this to die for smile 

I just knew you held me captive, 
chemistry never played a part 
we were just two parts of a puzzle 
connecting, completing 
in the end answering all the questions my 
heart once asked 
now here we are, it's been a while 
yet it still feels like it’s that first time

when I realized without question, 
you are the beating of my heart

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