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Poetic Licence

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 John Hansen 4332 Views 15 Comments poetic licence, poetry, poets, Shakespeare, writing

Poetic Licence Poetic Licence Poets are a unique bunch With rules unto themselves. Throw grammar laws out of the door,

Untouched Softness, Winter’s First Snowfall

July 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3212 Views 6 Comments first snowfall, jingling bells, snowflakes, untouched softness, winter

Untouched Softness Untouched softness of winter’s first snowfall, I love to watch as it slowly sails down, More pure

Free Verse Poetry

The Days I Found You

July 29, 2017September 13, 2018 Nathan Bernardo 2382 Views 5 Comments booth, found you, Nathan Bernardo, see you, where

The booth, the bar stool … I didn’t expect to miss you when I got there. That place we used

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Upon the Beds of Lesser Men

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1668 Views 4 Comments lesser, men, no love, poem, shallow, using

Upon the beds of lesser men, the stain of use and measure tend to be dismissed, a kiss no deeper

Free Verse Poetry

Flawless…

July 29, 2017August 2, 2017 Tony DeLorger 3204 Views 8 Comments desire, ecstasy, elegance, flawless, passion, poem

Flawless, pristine soft flesh, bronze undulations, and valleys edged in foliage, silken shadows etched; and each surface a redolent gift,

Free Verse Inspirational Poetry Poetry

‘Your Life Spark’

July 29, 2017July 30, 2017 Rob Welsh 3343 Views 14 Comments depression, Pearldiver, positive thought, soul searching, understanding, wish

Your life spark is best described as being that very thing that motivates and drives your will to function and

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Tongue

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1887 Views 10 Comments darkness, pain, poem, sex, tirade, Tongue

An acid tongue… Her sour green expectancy, writhes in acrid struggle, and maligned in fate, her will abates, momentary, her

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Priceless Treasures

July 28, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 3026 Views 4 Comments friends, priceless, stars, treasures

Priceless Treasures Some people turn their backs every time there is a spat And some will back away when

Free Verse Poetry

The Colors of My Soul

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2668 Views 6 Comments colors, colors of my soul, poems, poetry

Sends my thoughts dancing … The colors of my soul, set my mood and send my thoughts dancing. When

Free Verse Poetry Romantic Poetry

Etched in Mind, My First Love

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2259 Views 6 Comments etched, first love, memory, poem, remembering, sadness for loss

Etched in mind those moments that seal memories, preserve them whole and resound with a perpetual knell of those defining

Poetry Rhyming Verse

A Clear Prairie Night

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 Wayne Brown 3585 Views 4 Comments campsite, cowboy's lot, heavenly sight, prairie night, stars, Wayne Brown

A campsite under the stars; a clear prairie night Stars twinkle overhead creating a heavenly sight A campfire is

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Sodbuster’s Creed

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 Wayne Brown 2320 Views 5 Comments crops, folks, hard-scrabble, ol'farm, thank God, Wayne Brown

Folks like us … This hard-scrabble ground has remained the same Ain’t changed one damn iota from

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Where Tulips Grow

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 Wayne Brown 2587 Views 5 Comments creek waters, old farmer, special place, time comes, tulips grow, Wayne Brown

There’s a place up the valley where the tulips grow The long grass is green and the creek

Free Verse Poetry

On a Wire…swaying

July 28, 2017July 27, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2578 Views 6 Comments flight, freedom, pigeons, poem, swaying, thinking

Twenty five pigeons, sitting on a wire, plump feathered balls, swaying, tails dipping in contiguous balance, like erratic oars, paddling

Free Verse Poetry

Bent…what better description

July 28, 2017July 27, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1891 Views 9 Comments bent, devious, egocentric, harmful, opportunists, poem

Bent… What heed do I pay, to the gormless mutterings of ego bent opportunists, when guile is spread like honey,

Free Verse Poetry

Life Hiatus, Rush

July 27, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2467 Views 4 Comments experience, extremes, hiatus, life, poem, rush

Hiatus from the storm… Woven into the rhythm, the explicit, hip writhing sway, the rise and fall of hearts, arts,

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Round and Round

July 27, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 2524 Views 4 Comments confused, dizzy, joy, poem, round, spinning

Funny how the world goes spinning ’round ‘Round and ’round until we all fall down Dizzy, dazed, and confused But

Free Verse Poetry

Soul For Sale

July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 Clive Williams 2357 Views 6 Comments bid, Devil, Hell, sell soul, soul, wretched soul

This wretched soul … Come one, come all Place your bids for this wretched soul It will be yours to

Free Verse Poetry

‘The True Value of Empty Words’

July 27, 2017August 2, 2017 Rob Welsh 2338 Views 8 Comments failed relationships, life, nature walk, NZ Poetry, Pearldiver, relationships

Empty Words are often all one can offer another when ending a relationship. If ever you are on the receiving

Free Verse Poetry

‘Leave Me to My Denial’

July 27, 2017August 2, 2017 Rob Welsh 2057 Views 13 Comments life changing, life. acceptance, love, NZ Poetry, Pearldiver

Leave me to my denial provides an insight into one act of courtship often misinterpreted. This piece is written from

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Watching the Cycles, the Never-Ending Lives Reborn

July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2030 Views 6 Comments cycles, lessons, life, pain, poem, watching

So hard to watch, the folly and sway of thoughts that lead a soul to finite ends, the pain of

Epistle Poetry

Holding Love Near and Dear

July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1895 Views 7 Comments blessing, dear, eternal, holding love, near

Holding Love Near and Dear Letter to a young friend ~ I know your love is sincere, So hold

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Twas in the Heath

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2050 Views 4 Comments death, denied, heath, heaven's gate, poem, two lovers

Twas in the heath, the dreary scrub atop an escarpment breach, where two lovers lie, entwined their souls and bodies