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Having to Face Reality

April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 Rasma Raisters 89 Views 2 Comments life, poems, poetry, reality, the world

Face Reality … Reality can strike, sometimes much too close. You can be feeling, as if you’re living in a

Free Verse Poetry

The Colors of My World

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 Rasma Raisters 87 Views 6 Comments colors, dreams, poems, poetry, rainbows, silver linings

Towards a new beginning … White was the color of my world, when I first saw it, clean and pure

Free Verse Poetry

Night Stars

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 Rasma Raisters 82 Views 4 Comments night stars, poems, poetry, the city, the country, the moon

Night Stars The night like a curtain, closes on the day. The night stars, come twinkling over the city. They

Free Verse Poetry

My Friend Autumn

April 8, 2018April 8, 2018 Rasma Raisters 84 Views 6 Comments autumn, poems, poetry, pumpkins, seasons, summer

My Friend Autumn … Last night I shivered, as the cold winds blew. It seemed that summer, was coming to

Acrostic Poetry

April Poetry Month – an Acrostic Poem

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 John Hansen 60 Views 8 Comments acrostic, free verse, National Poetry month, poems, poetry, rhyme

April Poetry Month April was chosen as the month Poetry would be declared Readable and enjoyable, Instead of ignored or

Free Verse Poetry

Moonlight and Roses

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Rasma Raisters 87 Views 4 Comments cemetery, moonlight, poems, poetry, roses, sweet music

Moonlight and Roses … The rusting churchyard gate creaked open, as shadows played with moon rays, somewhere from years ago,

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Love Like a Rose

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 Rasma Raisters 101 Views 6 Comments hearts, love, poems, poetry

Sweet perfume, like a summer breeze … The rose, the queen of flowers, has thorns that sharply prick. Love though

Free Verse Poetry

Losing You

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 Rasma Raisters 103 Views 6 Comments losing love, my dream, poems, poetry, promises, rasma raisters

Losing Love … You were my only dream, the only truth my eyes could see. No matter where I looked,

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Learning to Love Again

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 Rasma Raisters 123 Views 4 Comments kisses, love, memories, poems, poetry

Learn to Love Again … Here I stand with a heart full of love, there you sit denying me. Sure

Free Verse

Images in My Mind

March 24, 2018 Rasma Raisters 127 Views 7 Comments Childhood, friends, images, memories, poems, poetry, summertime

Images so many, flashing through my memory, rainbow colors – things that used to be. Looking through the images, now

Free Verse Poetry

Life Leads Us On

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Rasma Raisters 123 Views 8 Comments Childhood, colors, life, nature, poems, poetry

Life Leads Us On … Days drift on and on, always something pushing them along, life like an express train

Free Verse Poetry

Icy Pond

March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 Rasma Raisters 163 Views 4 Comments farm animals, farmyards, icy ponds, poems, poetry

Icy Pond … The ducks played in the pond, all summer long. In the barnyard, the other animals, the sheep,

Free Verse Poetry

Play Me She Said

March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 Rasma Raisters 132 Views 6 Comments love, musical instruments, poems, poetry

Play Me She Said … She always felt, like a fine-tuned instrument, as they playfully, came together – melting into

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Following Our Dreams

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 Rasma Raisters 131 Views 4 Comments dreams, kisses, love, poems, poetry

Following dreams … Let’s let our dreams, take us on a journey – to where we can be together, fulfilling

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Going Down Life’s Road

March 9, 2018March 11, 2018 Rasma Raisters 130 Views 2 Comments dreams, life, poems, poetry, prayers

Going down life’s road … Days like so many colorful butterflies. come and go flittering along life’s road , there

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Candle Light Flickers Deep in the Night

March 9, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 138 Views 6 Comments candle light, Eternal love, memories, next life, Phyllis Doyle, poetry

Candle light Flickers … Candle light flickers deep in the dark night, Illuminating sorrow on her face, Skin like translucent

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Kindred Soul

March 8, 2018March 9, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 104 Views 2 Comments bright flame, kindred soul, Phyllis Doyle, poetry, soul family, spiritual

Kindred Soul … Know I love you kindred soul of mine, Forever a bright flame within my heart, I walk

Ode Poetry

Baby Boomer Profile

March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 Donald Loudon 79 Views 0 Comments baby boomer, ode, poetry, profile, segregation, society

Baby Boomer Profile … Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Q Baby Boomer Virgin on the cusp of tomorrow Mid

Free Verse Poetry

Shadows

March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 Rasma Raisters 231 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

Free Verse Poetry

The Whistling Wind

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 Rasma Raisters 201 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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To Be a Wave upon the Ocean or Sea

February 25, 2018February 25, 2018 Rasma Raisters 157 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 243 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,

Free Verse Poetry

A Poet and a Painter

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 Rasma Raisters 194 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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