2017 - Page 29 of 63 - The Creative Exiles

The Harp…in the loving hands of a mistress

July 26, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2395 Views 8 Comments grace, harp, mistress, music, passion, poem

Slender fingers perched set, acquiesce, each string a tone of melody, in wait, and when supple touch and tune ensues,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Set the Bird Free

July 25, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 7191 Views 12 Comments bird, free, free bird, letting go

Set the Bird Free It wasn’t as if you had no song to sing to me In fact, you sang

Free Verse Romantic Poetry

‘Daily Desire’

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 Rob Welsh 2854 Views 10 Comments desire, life, love, nature, NZ Poetry, Pearldiver, romance

Since the creation of time the human race have been fascinated by the forces of nature and how

Free Verse Poetry

‘Kind Freedom’

July 25, 2017July 27, 2017 Rob Welsh 2431 Views 16 Comments freedom, life, NZ Poetry, Pearldiver, Pets

Most take freedom for granted, usually without any thought of what loss of that freedom truly represents to any living

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Perseverance Serves Well

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1941 Views 6 Comments difficulty, insurmountable, perseverance, persevere, poetry, steadfast

Perseverance Serves Well Perseverance serves well At times when a goal is needed, And the task ahead seems Insurmountable,

Free Verse Poetry

Desertscape…a wonder

July 24, 2017July 25, 2017 Tony DeLorger 3440 Views 7 Comments cacti, desert, heat, poem, sand, wonder

A wonder… Colors smeared in vacillating, rising heat, red tinged and shimmering haze, earth cracking, the azure sky, endless, melds

Epistle Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Knowing Our Thoughts and Why…Pathways

July 24, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2107 Views 8 Comments epistle, learning, life, newness, pathways, thoughts

New pathways inspire… Propensity dictates the repetitive thoughts we espouse, learned and contrived to keep life in balance, as we

Free Verse Poetry Rhyming Verse

Love and a Cup of Coffee

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Clive Williams 1853 Views 6 Comments beautiful place, coffee, love, morning breeze, morning kiss, old love

It’s quite splendid to awake with things of Joy A face of beauty, with the fresh scent of coffee is

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Perfection Is Not An Option

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 2133 Views 2 Comments alone, option, perfection, responsibility

I’m not perfect and I’ll never be So please stop judging me I’ll gladly accept my responsibility If I’m alone

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Meaningless Tears – My Father’s Funeral

July 24, 2017 R J Schwartz 1976 Views 5 Comments death, father, funeral, tears

I cried… Tears visible on my cheeks Or so I imagined, afterwards My attention was focused Stiff upper lip, back

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Gertrude Stein and The Automobile

July 24, 2017June 17, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 3518 Views 4 Comments Automobile, Gertrude Stein, World War II

A TIME OF “REVOLUTION” Our country started to see a rise in Conservative policy after World War One. Many expatriates

Free Verse Poetry

That Magical Time

July 24, 2017August 4, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2146 Views 8 Comments flowers, magical time, memories, poems, poetry, rainbows, song birds

What do we really remember? What do we really know? Are the voices that call us really voices from the

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

And What of Aspirations

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1883 Views 6 Comments aspirations, future, Greed, happiness, love, poem

The world grinds to its future, sparks spray like orange comet tales, out into the dark void, and no-one sees

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Until Then I Will

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1971 Views 8 Comments age, decay, grateful, love, poem, will

As I decay, let flesh falter under sun, so blemished and vaguely open to life’s failing light, I tremble not

Free Verse Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Sigh

July 23, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 2951 Views 9 Comments cry, jump, laugh, laughter, shout, sigh

Sigh … Jump up and down Go ahead- scream and shout Or better yet- just laugh until you cry Until

Creative Writing Song Lyrics

Writers on the Web by John West

July 23, 2017August 5, 2017 John West 4066 Views 14 Comments brand, branding, cowboys, gear, John West, rustler

By John West Cowboys get your gear, branding time is near A cowboy’s life we learn, a branding iron to

Free Verse Poetry

Caught

July 23, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 2689 Views 8 Comments caught, escape, knots, spiderwebs, tangled net, trapped

Caught yet again in the trap of life Ensnared in a tangled net A tangled net I have woven for

Free Verse Poetry

Are You Happy Now?

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 Shannon Henry 2741 Views 9 Comments fall, happy now, leap, limb, risk

Are you happy now .. Well, are you happy now? You had me where you wanted Like a

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Resentment

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 Shannon Henry 2499 Views 4 Comments Resent, Resentful, Resentment, Up in Smoke

Resentment I am resentful sometimes, though I try not to be But what I resent is not you or what

Poetry Rhyming Verse

A Shattering Heart

July 22, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 1730 Views 6 Comments alone, broken heart, quietly heal, Shattering, tears

Shattering Heart There’s a need that is so profound To simply topple to the ground Finally alone at long

Poetry Rhyming Verse

This Grudge

July 22, 2017July 23, 2017 Shannon Henry 2901 Views 6 Comments arguments, grudge, Hurt feelings

Why do you choose to hold this grudge? What purpose does it even serve? Just to hurt me as it

Free Verse Poetry

The Shed…a Man’s Paradise Lost

July 22, 2017October 11, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1779 Views 2 Comments decay, lost, paradise, poem, shed, time

The Shed…a Man’s Paradise Lost A Man’s Paradise Lost… Nothing sadder that an old shed, a man’s private sanctum lost

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Spirit Play

July 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2262 Views 2 Comments fear, man, painting, play, poem, spirit

The picture haunts, a tree back-lit, its leaves a flutter, winds driving clouds to streaks, a mesh to hold the