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Spring Besotted

September 4, 2016January 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1957 Views 4 Comments besotted, poem, season's change, spring, vigor, warmth

Besotted…light revived Sunlight drips from a lone tap, like time beating, and then that surge of water rush, frantic gushing

Poetry Sonnet

Just Beyond the Unseen Veil

September 4, 2016September 5, 2016 Shalini Kagal 2998 Views 15 Comments haunting call, mystery, restless soul, sonnets, the unknown, unseen veil

Just Beyond … So often when I feel its presence there There’s nothing I can do but turn and

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Reasonable Expectations

September 3, 2016January 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1430 Views 3 Comments acceptance, expectations, life, poem, reasonable, world

What expectations I hold, for those of this world, and what disappointment I end up accepting, and who’s to say

Poetry Rhyming Verse

My Resurrection

September 3, 2016January 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1927 Views 0 Comments hibernating, patience, poem, resurrection, spring, sun

An imperative, perhaps, to remedy this lingering malaise, this dark mental trap, yet weather still dulls my intent, so could

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Reflections…the poet’s words

September 3, 2016January 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2138 Views 2 Comments collation, poem, poet, reflections, revelations, words

The mind seeks the solace of words, rich in abundance, and like ingredients they fall into place, finding strength within

Poetry Song Lyrics

Fractured Pictures In My Mind

September 3, 2016September 22, 2018 Shalini Kagal 3338 Views 12 Comments fractured pictures, muddled mind, music, tortured words

Fractured Pictures Fractured pictures, tortured words Constant jumble, that’s my mind Screeching backchat, might-have-beens Go fast-forward, then rewind Fix

Free Verse Poetry

Only Poetic Words

September 3, 2016 Rasma Raisters 2528 Views 4 Comments muses, poems, poetic words, poetry

Only poetic words to express, what we truly feel, what we see and how we think. Poetic words upon a

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Love’s Sweet Countenance

September 3, 2016September 3, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1873 Views 4 Comments beyond, countenance, life, love, pain, poem

How shall I love but with all I am, beyond the stars shall my love resound, deeper than those wounds

Free Verse Poetry

The Consumer’s Lament

September 3, 2016September 3, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2026 Views 2 Comments consumer, freedom, lament, life, poem, system

I breath, I suck the life from the atmosphere, and eat both plant and animal, life devoured by life, to

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Moment in Time – Love in This Life

September 2, 2016January 20, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1851 Views 6 Comments Door, love, moment, poetry, spirit, time

Moment in time … In this moment in time I open the door to love. In this moment in

Epistle

Tolerance…chosen

September 2, 2016September 2, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1411 Views 2 Comments choice, life, path, poem, solitude, tolerance

The older I get, the less I will tolerate negativity, and the more I recede from those of ill-intent, resounding

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Accepting Love

September 1, 2016January 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2297 Views 6 Comments accepting, beauty, life, love, poem, spiritual

The sweet scent of jasmine may endow the day with a warm regret, so many days lost, flavourless, overwhelmed by

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Burden of Doubt

September 1, 2016January 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2309 Views 2 Comments burden, doubt, down, life, poem, struggle

My Burden Doubt… Overcoming the Doubt… I feel that foot upon my back keeping me down, its weight my underpinning

Free Verse Poetry

Knowing Answers

September 1, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1866 Views 2 Comments answers, inner voices, poem, purpose, questions, quiet

In the solitude of my muttering, my solicitous bleating of questions, I, in the echo of this my own inner

Free Verse Poetry

Acknowledging Love

August 31, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2647 Views 4 Comments acknowledging, learning, love, pain, poem, soul

The more I live, the less living in this world of illusion matters in itself, and the more I know

Poetry Romantic Poetry

One Day Together

August 31, 2016September 3, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2537 Views 3 Comments one day, parted, poem, sorrow, soul mate, together

I am haunted by the one, who remains far from me in life, yet I feel her presence, her soft

Free Verse Poetry

Knowing What We Are

August 31, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1491 Views 2 Comments knowing, learning, life, poem, shell, soul

Am I but a shell, a worn crust of weathered life, a dishevelled clothing of sorts, within which lives an

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Wander Dream in Spirit

August 31, 2016January 20, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3225 Views 7 Comments dream, love, past life, poetry, spirit, twin souls

Wander Dream … In a wander dream I

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Dead Letter Office

August 31, 2016April 4, 2020 John Hansen 3310 Views 10 Comments communication, dead letter office, email, letters, mail

Dead Letter Office … I often pause to contemplate Life the way it was. It seems a different place

Epistle

9/11, a Travesty

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1752 Views 5 Comments 9/11, deceit, deliberate, lies, poem, travesty

Incomprehensible, the circumstance, the evil that minds contrived, for the sake of money, personal profit, despite collateral damage in overdrive.

Free Verse Poetry

Forever

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 Rasma Raisters 2546 Views 8 Comments life, poems, poetry, reality, smiles, tears

Forever … Do you ever feel – that you could live forever? Do you ever feel – that you

Epistle Poetry

The Lie…a pleasured sin

August 30, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2369 Views 4 Comments acceptable, lie, life, Sin, tint, truth

The Lie… Lies afford circumstance… Lies believed are the forked paths of reality’s dream, alternate paths of truth it seems,

Epistle Poetry

A Simple Leaf…a paradigm of life

August 29, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1865 Views 2 Comments leaf, life, micro-world, mirror, paradigm, poem

Each leaf a city, suburbs all demarcated and tributaries that cause through the landscape, feeding this world with nutrient green,