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Crying to the Heavens

June 15, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2409 Views 2 Comments accepting, dissatisfied, learning, overwhelmed, poem, responsibility

Crying to the Heavens Dust cries to the heavens, in saving

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At The Dinner Table

June 15, 2016September 12, 2016 Jamie Lee Hamann 2125 Views 13 Comments brilliantly lit, family, our home, our nights, poem, soft glow

The Dinner table, brilliantly lit landscape… A contact light from electric soft glow, incandescent over our home, our nights. Moonlight

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Our Memories of Small, Yet Tall, Delights

June 15, 2016November 15, 2016 Jamie Lee Hamann 2073 Views 4 Comments delights, love, mountain sights, our memories, poem, relationships

Our memories of the small, yet tall delights,

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That’s what we do at TCE

June 15, 2016January 23, 2017 Tarun Chhauda 3512 Views 14 Comments camaraderie, creativity, learning, understanding

We spark what they call creativity. We are not yet another hub Nor just a place for the community

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Call To Splendor

June 15, 2016January 23, 2017 Jerry Corstens 2454 Views 18 Comments beauty, good of heart, inspirational poetry, intention, self-reflection, wisdom

CALL TO SPLENDOR When the good of heart don’t recognize their beauty, In a world that finds applause for what

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Days Come, Days Go

June 15, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2352 Views 2 Comments cycles, days, poem, seasons, weary, work

Days Come, Days Go As night recounts the

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Beyond Love

June 14, 2016April 21, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2604 Views 4 Comments anticipation, beyond, blessing, blind, crushed, dreams

Beyond Love Of all our yearning thoughts, our

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Struggles Bane

June 14, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2427 Views 2 Comments beauty, conscience, debt, expectations, function, heart

Struggles Bane When world closes in, and the ‘Man’ beckons pay, none too softly, while the river beds run

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Love Given With the Rose

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 8464 Views 9 Comments expectations or conditions, lasting love, lost love, love given, red rose, remains forever true

Love given with the rose remains forever true. It will not wilt nor ever lose the petals of her heart.

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A Moment Please…

June 13, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1688 Views 2 Comments blessing, hearts, luscious fruit, moment, nectar, orange

Sun seems to sway across the blue, as if

Poetry Romantic Poetry

My Heart Flies

June 13, 2016November 16, 2016 Rasma Raisters 7111 Views 10 Comments clouds, hearts, love, poems, poetry, skies

My Heart Flies My world is plain and ordinary – nothing special

Free Verse Poetry

You Can’t Start A Fire In The Rain

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 Ruby Fuller 3975 Views 12 Comments aching heart, campfire, fire, fire in rain, fire twigs

Her lip’s trembling, wishing for that lingering kiss You can’t start a fire in the rain The wispy smoke ring

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Venezia

June 12, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2839 Views 6 Comments bridges, cafes, canals, history, life, Venezia

Venezia Where canals carry life in earnest states, their arteries the lifeblood of the city, I long to be, and

Free Verse Poetry

Should Be Paradise

June 12, 2016November 16, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2209 Views 4 Comments accomplishments, adversity, beliefs, choices, fallen, paradise

Should Be Paradise The quest has fallen on blood-soaked, rocky grounds, that struggle for survival returned to millennia past, and

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Wake for Humanity

June 12, 2016June 12, 2016 Melissa Hougard 3318 Views 18 Comments humanity, sad, shootings, society, violence, wake

Humanity look what we have become… lost in our screens devoid of life’s gentler dreams. “Active shooters” “Fluid scenes”

Free Verse Poetry

Endless

June 11, 2016November 16, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2939 Views 9 Comments birds, blue, consolation, cosmos, endless, eternity

Endless As sun sears sky, and clouds cringe in distant hollows, birds soar high, their lonely cries like pained

Epistle Poetry

Where Beauty and Darkness Abide

June 11, 2016June 11, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1674 Views 0 Comments beauty, burden perfection, choices, cosmos, darkness, flesh, glory, jewels, journey, light, maudlin, oblivion, poem, read, recognition, steps, strength

I dwell not on my peevish reticence, my

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Beneath, Betrayal

June 11, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2158 Views 2 Comments beneath, betrayal, Bitter, deceit, emotions, ending

Beneath, Betrayal From dry lips words crack under pressure, eloquent thoughts

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Anxiety Whispers

June 11, 2016September 22, 2018 Melissa Hougard 3043 Views 11 Comments anxiety, criticizing, depression, self-esteem, self-ridicule, voices

Anxiety Whispers Shapeless whispers heckling anxiety’s intrusion… the unwelcome spider crawling behind.

Romantic Poetry

In the Craving

June 11, 2016November 16, 2016 Tony DeLorger 3485 Views 6 Comments affection, attention, beauty, bliss, change, craving, elegance, grace, love, openness, passion, peace, poem, poise, transformation, without fear, woman

In the Craving What affection do I crave,

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Oblivious

June 10, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2748 Views 6 Comments attention, blind, comfort, deluded, delusion, distracted

Oblivious I see them

Free Verse Poetry

Oceans in Your Eyes

June 10, 2016November 22, 2016 R J Schwartz 6958 Views 6 Comments beauty, blue eyes, color, love, oceans

Oceans in Your Eyes My love, hold for but a juncture Your time I so humbly request

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Quiet Conversations

June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 Melissa Hougard 3220 Views 14 Comments communication, conversations, love, quiet, relationships, technology

The silence grew between us… heads bowed in screens and hybrid magazines. Conversations on the edge of things