2017 - Page 49 of 63 - The Creative Exiles

Inconsequential…my being the blame

April 2, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1775 Views 2 Comments blame, hatred, love, poem, reality, ridicule

Would I, if known, those shadows of a love so prone to self-destruction; could I remove the love and relent

The Heartbeat of the Night

April 2, 2017April 2, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2203 Views 4 Comments abandon, anonymity, heartbeat, night, poem, responsibility

Sun relinquishes day as if in the grace of acceptance, and fading embers glow like fireflies replaced in slow transition

Free Verse Poetry

Measurement, More Than Just Physicality

April 2, 2017 R J Schwartz 2408 Views 4 Comments comparisons, math poetry, Measurement

Physical quantities, defined magnitudinally Assigning status conventionally Plus numerically, and making Observations that determine comparisons While discovering you’ll soon be

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

My Penny Spent So Wrong

April 1, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2484 Views 6 Comments fleeing, new shore, Penny, poem, same shore, tillerman

A penny for the tillerman and through mists across the waters we glide, the water lapping loud against the hull,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Distant Land of the Faerie World Beyond the Veil

April 1, 2017April 1, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2493 Views 11 Comments believe, beyond veil, distant land, faerie, poetry, the fae

Distant Land Beyond the Veil There is a distant land far beyond the veil, It is the land of the

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

The Rise, a Beauteous Transformation

April 1, 2017April 1, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1871 Views 4 Comments beauty, life, poem, sunrise, transformation, wakening

Morning transformation… Silence pervades with deafening anticipation, and sun, still stuck behind a jagged horizon struggles to climb the beginning

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Questioning and Finding Balance

April 1, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2119 Views 2 Comments balance, epistle, learning, life, observance, questioning

I question so many things, it occurred to me I may be missing those things unfurling, and instead of questioning

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Ghost Train

April 1, 2017June 19, 2018 Kurt James 6685 Views 14 Comments Ghost train, Haunting, Rocky Mountains, rollins pass, skeleton key

Ghost train – Living my life in and around the Rocky Mountains all my life I have learned even in

Poetry Rhyming Verse

My Creation Process – The Birth of a Poem

April 1, 2017April 1, 2017 R J Schwartz 1941 Views 3 Comments creation, creativity, poem, writing

On the outskirts of the edge An elevated ledge The stage where everything Can become anything Safe corner of my

Acrostic Poetry

April, National Poetry Month

April 1, 2017 John Hansen 4111 Views 12 Comments National Poetry month, poems, poetry, poets, Verse

National Poetry Month April is National Poetry Month in the USA but it is a good opportunity (and excuse) for

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

You Saved Me, and Save Me Still

April 1, 2017April 1, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2534 Views 3 Comments eternal, life, love, poem, saved, struggle

My first born child was lost at four months, a beautiful baby we named Kim. A random act of nature

Poetry Romantic Poetry

The Wonder of April Love

March 31, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2004 Views 6 Comments april, april love, love, memories, poems, poetry, smiles

They say that April love, has a special feel, like no other. They say that April love, comes but once

Epistle Poetry

The Greater Loss of Temptation’s Embrace

March 30, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1860 Views 4 Comments betrayal, epistle, failure, loss, selfishness, temptation

The sting of loss… Man plays a poignant game with temptation, the recompense never quite acknowledged, the circumstances not advantaged,

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

The Virtue of Patience

March 30, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2020 Views 2 Comments cycles, expectations, patience, poem, reward, torturous

Patience is a valued commodity when time plunders expectation, waiting, a torturous and invasive hindrance, as slow the steps to

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Autumn’s Introduction, a Morning Affront

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1827 Views 4 Comments autumn, chill, introduction, poem, shock, transformation

The Autumn chill now displaces Summer’s fading grace, as clouds all grey attest the change, and T-shirts, shorts and bare

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Five Stages of Grief – Stage Five – Acceptance

March 29, 2017 R J Schwartz 3725 Views 3 Comments 5 stages of grief, acceptance, healing, hope, renewal

Acceptance A strange finality The pieces fitting, although tenuously Looking back courageously Episodic moments occasionally Nothing like the used to

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Five Stages of Grief – Stage Four – Depression

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 R J Schwartz 2475 Views 1 Comment 5 stages of greif, depression, sadness, self-doubt

Depression The false hope of bargaining Selective targeting Made up marketing Anything Something to confound my wounded soul I’m in

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Five Stages of Grief – Stage Three – Bargaining

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 R J Schwartz 2953 Views 2 Comments 5 stages of grief, bargaining, loss, memories, sadness

Bargaining They say its comprehension An understanding or perception Strike a deal with someone Anyone, or possibly no one What

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Five Stages of Grief – Stage Two – Anger

March 29, 2017October 2, 2020 R J Schwartz 3228 Views 1 Comment 5 stages of grief, anger, loss, pain, suffering

Anger Deep seeded rage Surrounded by my enemies Taxing me mentally Questioning my identity No solutions or remedies Everyone talking

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Five Stages of Grief – Stage One – Denial

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 R J Schwartz 8210 Views 5 Comments 5 stages of grief, denial, loss, sadness

Denial It can happen to anyone Refusing to believe That which is there in front of me I’m choosing not

Epistle Poetry

Walls and Human Propensity

March 29, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2312 Views 4 Comments delusion, epistle, fear, reality, vulnerability, walls

What walls break, before delusion sets in, will be the salvation of a thirsty mind, one that voluntarily opens to

Epistle Poetry

That Knock on the Door

March 29, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1638 Views 2 Comments belief, irony, knock, poem, reward, selling religion

Absolved of sins, of everything, pious minds inflict their will and belief on any breathing target, and in truth they

Epistle Poetry

That Can Only Be Right

March 29, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1583 Views 2 Comments acceptable, choice, compromise, poem, right, values

As the outside infringes upon one’s personal sanctum, the more one sees the detriment of lives forsaken in conduct, lost