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Shadows

March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 Rasma Raisters 2901 Views 4 Comments life, love, poems, poetry, shadows

I see my shadow stretching into eternity. Shadows follow us our whole lives through, shadows of you and me. When

The Whistling Wind

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 Rasma Raisters 3706 Views 6 Comments melodies, memories, poems, poetry, rivers, the wind, tunes

Whistling Wind … Sweet whistling, like the sound, when an organ plays, games with the whistling wind, on windy days.

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Crying In The Rain

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 Donald Loudon 3849 Views 2 Comments drenched, evaporating, passive, possessing, searing, wrenching

Crying in the Rain … On rain drenched streets where strikes of lightning come to play shadows wrestle in the

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A Final Song

February 25, 2018February 25, 2018 Nathan Bernardo 1742 Views 3 Comments death, embark, freedom, nothing more, song, soul

A Final Song I embark like I have so many times before. I spark the brain cell but there’s only

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To Be a Wave upon the Ocean or Sea

February 25, 2018February 25, 2018 Rasma Raisters 2724 Views 6 Comments poems, poetry, the ocean, the sea, time, waves

To be a Wave … To be a wave upon the ocean or sea, part of the eternal scheme of

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Heart So Fragile

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 Rasma Raisters 3946 Views 6 Comments fragile hearts, love, poems, poetry

Heart so Fragile … Her heart was so fragile, put together – time and time again. It was so fragile,

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A Poet and a Painter

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 Rasma Raisters 2488 Views 4 Comments friendship, painters, poems, poetry, poets

The painter painted … As a poet walked along the seashore, he admired the rolling waves and how the sun

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Time Has Her Own Way

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Rasma Raisters 1692 Views 8 Comments love, poems, poetry, time

She is always running along … She was a beauty, at certain times of the day, in the early morning,

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Coffee House of Dreams

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1832 Views 2 Comments Base Camp, coffee house, dreams, lifestyle, regulars, sharing

Coffee is just a catalyst to conversation, and

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Flawed

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Anjana 2547 Views 9 Comments failure, flawed, humane, imperfection, opportunity

Flawed… Flawed, will be the inevitable verdict if I am held before my own heart’s stringent council, always falling short

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Love’s Wilted Rose

February 12, 2018February 23, 2018 Anjana 3557 Views 6 Comments ache, blossom, heart, love, Rose, vacuum, wilted rose

Love’s wilted rose Love’s Wilted Rose… How precious was the beguiling rose bud that once bloomed in our love’s enchanted

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Voices From Afar

February 12, 2018 Rasma Raisters 1567 Views 6 Comments poems, poetry, poets, voices

A man who was a poet, sat on the bank of a river and thought how he was an outcast.

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Brain Tease – Brain Freeze

February 11, 2018 R J Schwartz 2148 Views 1 Comment brain freeze, Brain teasers, magic, RJ Schwartz

Brain Tease Riddles, Cyphers Cryptograms Trick Box Paradox Padlock Optical Illusions Magic Acts River Crossings Arithmetic Matchsticks Letter jumbles Crossword

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A Note of Your Flute

February 9, 2018February 23, 2018 Anjana 2143 Views 14 Comments agony, krishna, love, Mirabai, poem, separation, verses, waves

( Inspired by the love and devotion of princess Mirabai to Lord Krishna) A NOTE OF YOUR FLUTE…. A vicious

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A Temple Pond

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 Anjana 2497 Views 6 Comments banyan tree, enlightenment, pond, sacred, solace, temple, wisdom

A TEMPLE POND… A long flight of cracked stone steps partly covered with a thin layer of moss, leads to

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A Love Poem: The Wraith and the Carefree Woman

February 8, 2018February 23, 2018 Chris Mills 2280 Views 8 Comments love, poem, poetry, valentines

Sand squeezes up between my toes and washes away In the foam of a retreating wave. Wet stones glisten in

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The Old Vegetable Seller

February 6, 2018February 10, 2018 Anjana 3450 Views 8 Comments determination, faded clothes, old lady, survival, tribute, vegetable seller, village, woman

THE OLD VEGETABLE SELLER.. Nowadays, she is a rarely seen village sight this old lady who sells vegetables door

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Eternal Love Takes You Home

February 5, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2405 Views 10 Comments bliss, core of life, divine plan, ecstasy, Eternal love, your center

Eternal Love Takes You Home … When love has blessed your heart, hold it dear, E’en though the one loved

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For You Dear Daughter….

February 4, 2018February 5, 2018 Anjana 2258 Views 12 Comments birthday, Daughter, heart, innocence, love, mother

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Dance On

February 3, 2018February 3, 2018 Rasma Raisters 2244 Views 4 Comments dance, flowers, poems, poetry, spring, winter

Dance On For It Is Springtime … No matter what life throws at you, dance on for it is the

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Sweetness of Melancholy

January 31, 2018February 18, 2018 Anjana 2526 Views 10 Comments agony, devotion, heart, krishna, love, separation, soul

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Silence is Golden

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 Rasma Raisters 4932 Views 8 Comments love, poems, poetry, silence

Silence is Golden … Silence is golden, then words like knives don’t cut, words can be sharp and hurtful –

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A Morning’s Sweet Bliss

January 30, 2018January 31, 2018 Anjana 1730 Views 8 Comments birds, blooms, DEWDROPS, gift, Golden, morning, sunlight, wind

(Fond memories of the beauty of early mornings back home in India) A MORNING’S SWEET BLISS… The first streak