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Greatest Loves in History – Poetry

April 21, 2017April 22, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2105 Views 2 Comments epistle, eternal, greatest loves, lovers, Phyllis Doyle, soul

Greatest Loves in History The greatest loves in history Lasted for life of the lovers, Because they had faith and

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Love’s Struggle to Freedom Find Eternity

April 21, 2017April 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2129 Views 5 Comments eternity, fall, fear, loss, love, poem

It is you who haunt my darkest recesses, a resounding that in familiarity wakes my soul, that sweet countenance, as

Poetry Rhyming Verse

No Help in the Garden

April 20, 2017April 21, 2017 John West 2631 Views 3 Comments garden, helping, mowing, poetry, raking, trimming

Doing all this man stuff takes up all my hours. My wife complained I was not helping in the

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

That Breath Before a Button Pushed

April 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1849 Views 4 Comments button, common sense, hopes, pause, poem, war

One Button Pushed… Albeit the lull before the storm, the pause between intent and action is an baleful void in

Free Verse Poetry

Reflection

April 20, 2017January 1, 2019 Abhimanyu Gaur 2480 Views 8 Comments free verse, mirror, poetry, reflection

Dark Twin … The mirror is a liar because it only reveals the face. What about the marks on her

Free Verse Poetry

My Happy Place Amid the Storm

April 20, 2017August 7, 2019 Tony DeLorger 1717 Views 2 Comments dull weather, happy, place, poem, sunless, writing

My Happy Place … Happy Place … A blanket, a dim grey brooding cover, drawn across my hopes of blue,

Free Verse Poetry

Da Vinci’s Pencil

April 19, 2017 R J Schwartz 2599 Views 4 Comments DaVinci, Leonardo da Vinci, masterpiece, Mona Lisa

Universal genius Gifted thinker Cartographer… With an unquenchable thirst For knowledge… And it’s application Scientifically merging Art and natural philosophy

Free Verse Poetry

Dream World – My In Between Realm

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2395 Views 4 Comments dream world, dreams, great novels, great poets, influence, realm

Dream World Dream world is a place I go to When the conscious mind is at rest, It is an

Haiku Poetry

Sunshine Meadow – Haiku

April 19, 2017 R J Schwartz 5346 Views 5 Comments happiness, meadow, sunshine

The simplistic feeling of total immersion into the bounty of nature can have a profound impact on our lives. The

Free Verse Poetry

The Art of the Generals – éktaktos strategos

April 19, 2017 R J Schwartz 1963 Views 1 Comment Generals, military, strategy, tactics

This piece is not a celebration nor declaration of support for war, combat, or military action. It is a tribute

Poetry Rhyming Verse

To Push On Through the Weeds

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Jamie Lee Hamann 2508 Views 2 Comments Ecosystems, Insects, lawn, new growth, push, weeds

Push on through the weeds … “Be careful son don’t let ladybug slip.” On Through the Weeds To push on

Poetry Rhyming Verse

But a Number

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Paul Neglia 2542 Views 4 Comments age, complex, number, superiority, wisdom

But a Number You of endangered castes Wandering days of the past The sum of your age matters not

Acrostic Poetry

Respect: Don’t Lecture Me Please

April 19, 2017 John Hansen 4991 Views 13 Comments differences, expectations, patience, respect, tolerance, understanding

Respect: Don’t Lecture Me Please Respect for others is an important attribute to have. Everyone is different and you need

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Laundry at the “Jelly Donut” (2017)

April 18, 2017April 19, 2017 Jamie Lee Hamann 2589 Views 4 Comments community, Domestic Chores, jelly donut, laundry

“Jelly Donut and Your Laundry Cleaned” With stumble carry laundry up the hill just blocks from where I live near

Haiku Poetry

Summer Promises – Heavenly Glorious Sunshine

April 18, 2017August 22, 2018 Nithya Venkat 4229 Views 7 Comments flowers, haiku poetry, poems, promises, summer, sun, sunshine

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Imperfect Perhaps, Yet Striving

April 17, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1768 Views 2 Comments imperfection, learning, perspective, poem, sharing, striving

Striving for betterment… And who in perfection’s grace can deny the wisdom of words espoused, to better understanding, and further

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

As Confrontation Looms

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1649 Views 3 Comments confrontation, demarcation, egos, peace, poem, war

And as the pendulum swings, the realizations cluster like cancer cells, destruction the only knell, the only consequence, when puffed

Free Verse Poetry

The Image In The Shattered Mirror

April 17, 2017February 22, 2024 R J Schwartz 2807 Views 4 Comments broken mirror, lost, reflection, regret

Losing myself in these slower motions Where my third person only observes My first person simmers in conflict And my

Free Verse Poetry

The boy and his funeral

April 17, 2017April 18, 2017 EdF 2380 Views 3 Comments a boy, consolaion, death, family, sorrow, Young funeral

The day was longer than any I’d ever known the first scent of strange smells forever remembered I stood close

Free Verse Poetry

The patriots watch and wait

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 EdF 2312 Views 5 Comments campus, carnage, chaos, judgement, marching, protest

The patriots watch and wait We see all that you have done and know you have nothing else to do

Free Verse Poetry

Love Seeks Not Imprisonment

April 16, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2194 Views 4 Comments balance, eternity, freedom, harmony, love seeks, truth

Love Seeks Not Imprisonment Love seeks not imprisonment, Nor does it wish to enslave Mind, body, heart and soul, Tis

Free Verse Poetry

Sand Dunes of Yesterday

April 15, 2017April 17, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3682 Views 8 Comments life, love, love faded, our haven, sand dunes, yesterday

Sand Dunes of Yesterday It seems not so long ago when we stood Upon the sand dunes of yesterday, And

Poetry Rhyming Verse

I’ll never tire of the tides

April 15, 2017April 15, 2017 EdF 2008 Views 4 Comments Eternal love, eternities, flow, foamy seas, loves, oceans, silken sands, tides

Like a day renews itself so then do the tides as day by day nothing changes in the flowing There