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Interpretations of Silence

July 12, 2017 R J Schwartz 2205 Views 5 Comments meditation, quiet, silence

Twilight’s colorful hues posturing across the sky Calming reflections of the final rays of sunshine Our reminder that we’ve reached

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Windows of Rainbows

July 11, 2017 John Hansen 3814 Views 12 Comments destruction, homelessness, rainbows, windows

Windows of Rainbows The Inspiration for This Poem I had just listened to the “The Stranger Song” by Leonard Cohen.

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Alone in equine darkness

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 EdF 1801 Views 4 Comments alone, become one, darkness, equine, horse & rider, trail

The dew of hours after the dusk cools at my boots as I walk slowly out of the pen to

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Don’t Put Me Out

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Shannon Henry 1957 Views 7 Comments beacon, fire, flame, inferno, lighthouse

Don’t Put Me Out Don’t put me out, don’t extinguish my flame It burns bright and hot like a raging

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Watch Me Go!

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Shannon Henry 2598 Views 14 Comments cameo pin, God above, heart open, I am, inside, poems

You have no right to tell me who I am inside Especially if you are looking at me through your

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Lost in a Cruel Reality

July 9, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1930 Views 4 Comments abuse, cruel, pain, poem, reality, trapped

In the quietness of night, in the stillness of thought, she wondered how reality and happiness had parted ways so

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Night Falls in THE CAPTURE

July 9, 2017 R J Schwartz 2961 Views 3 Comments apocalypse, dystopian, future

The Capture “The Capture” is a futuristic place in a world where technology has somehow been partially lost, society has

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Poet’s Dream Catcher – Weave a Dream With Words

July 9, 2017July 9, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 5728 Views 8 Comments aspire, dream catcher, inspire, poet, Robert Burns, weave dream

Poet’s Dream Catcher The poet’s dream catcher hung on the wall Of his mind, always there reminding him He

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The Observer

July 8, 2017July 8, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2378 Views 6 Comments compassion, epistle, love, non-judgment, observer, truth

I did not want to write this piece this morning, I was leaning toward a descriptive nature work, but my

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Overnight Girl

July 7, 2017 R J Schwartz 1962 Views 6 Comments forever shadow, prostitute, reputation

Overnight girl… If her mood and the price is right Revolving doors at the seedy hotel Or run down apartments

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Twilight Descending and the Finality of Night

July 5, 2017 R J Schwartz 2381 Views 3 Comments night sky, nightfall, twilight

Twilight descending… Sunlight, The remains of another day Once golden, but now changing, Yellow fading to orange and then pink,

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World You Make Me Smile

July 5, 2017July 5, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2618 Views 6 Comments poems, poetry, smile, world

World you make me smile, as I look all around, a baby’s chubby face, a friendly glance. watching playful

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Steamboats on the Mississippi

July 3, 2017 Rasma Raisters 3843 Views 8 Comments poems, poetry, steamboats, the mississippi

Oh to experience the thrill of steamboats, on the mighty Mississippi.. They came one by one chugging down the river

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I will hear your voice

July 2, 2017August 5, 2017 EdF 1974 Views 6 Comments actress, life, love, memories, music, poetry, your voice

Your slim articulating fingers draw across strings of gold and a melody draws me near and nearer yet I came

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Day by Day in Paradise

June 27, 2017June 28, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2146 Views 4 Comments friends, holidays, homeless, paradise, poems, poetry, streets

No matter, what troubles we may face, you and I – we’re living in paradise. Take a look about you,

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City Nights

June 25, 2017June 29, 2017 Rasma Raisters 6523 Views 8 Comments city nights, neon lights, nights, poems, poetry

City Nights When the purple twilight came, windows like strings of golden pearls would light, then the magical city night

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Bridge Spanning My Mind

June 21, 2017April 13, 2018 Rasma Raisters 2597 Views 8 Comments bridges, memories, poems, poetry, rainbows

Bridge Spanning My Mind There’s a bridge spanning my mind, it leads me to you, whenever special memories, come flooding

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The Shifty Accountant

June 20, 2017 R J Schwartz 2287 Views 5 Comments accountant, accounting, taxes

April 15th, Worn calculator keys Their designations long since gone Painted numbers flaked away Only by memory are their functions

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Seeking Connection

June 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2059 Views 6 Comments connection, learning, life, poem, sharing, wisdom

Connection… Perhaps an inclusion, that would make my day, seen to be witty or intelligent, just a nod of acceptance,

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Love’s Great Mystery – Spiritual Connections

June 17, 2017June 23, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1755 Views 5 Comments deepest love, great mystery, hard body, hosed off, spiritual connections, whole being

Love’s Great Mystery Moon beams shone upon her bed like shards of silver, Awakening her from a dream of him,

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All at Once

June 16, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2293 Views 10 Comments betrayal, hearts, love, poems, poetry, promises

Twenty years of her life, she had devoted to one love. Their love like the rising sun, had happened all

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Transhumanity – Stepping Through A Closed Door

June 15, 2017 R J Schwartz 2042 Views 6 Comments evolution, transhuman, Transhumanity

Transforming the human condition Technologically Permanently Without fear of retribution Their superlative solution The futurists goal A quest for mechanized

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An Unconscionable Impasse

June 14, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1796 Views 2 Comments blame, evil, impasse, poem, truth, unconscionable

It’s all I can say, to placate the nature of those who are afraid of truth, choose not to blame