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Free Verse Poetry

Mighty Subway Dragon

June 10, 2016 Rasma Raisters 2149 Views 10 Comments new york city, poems, poetry, subway, subway stops

The day so sunny and mild, as I walked down, into the belly of the beast. Stopping on the stairs,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Poems Based on the Morals of Aesop

June 10, 2016September 15, 2016 John Hansen 10678 Views 16 Comments Aesop, fables, morals, slave, wisdom

Morals of Aesop Aesop, the famous Greek philosopher and sage (620 B.C. – 560 B.C.) is most well known for

Poetry Satire

Dripping Words and Faded Lights

June 9, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2009 Views 2 Comments consume, creative, dripping, lack-luster, life, light, meaningless, muttering, outpouring, prey, purpose, robots, satire, shallow, tedious, wooden, words

Words drip from open mouths without purpose,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Echoes

June 9, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2540 Views 4 Comments acceptance, clean, dreams, Echoes, failed, forgiveness, future, haunted, letting go, life, lingering, mistakes, move on, not tethered, pain, past, poem

Echoes … Echoes can be heard in dreams

Epistle

11 Statements that transformed my Life

June 9, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1735 Views 4 Comments acceptance, belief, epistle, expectations, experiences, focus, learning, life, love, realizations, remember, statements, transformed, understanding, wisdom

In life all we can do is our

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Sorrows of the Past

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2795 Views 4 Comments

Sorrows of the past keep coming back From the attic of my wounded mind. To torture and test me, just

Epistle Poetry

Old Dayton’s Memories

June 9, 2016June 12, 2016 EdF 2035 Views 5 Comments dreams, memories, memory, old man, rewards

I’d asked him about the war. He sat quietly sipping black coffee as his eye’s took on a distant look.

Epistle

Eternal Questions

June 8, 2016September 18, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1998 Views 4 Comments adult, beginnings, child, curious, eternity, God

Eternal questions … As a child I used to lay

Free Verse Poetry

Acceptance

June 8, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1830 Views 6 Comments acceptance, belief and expectation, expectations, ideals, journey, mind, opposition, paths, physical, poem, process, spiritual, steps, thoughts, tools, woes

What so freely flows through the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Sadness for a Future

June 8, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1978 Views 4 Comments abyss, anguish, death, disease, disrespect, dissidents, future, ideals, narcissists, poem, possibilities, primordial urges, righteous, sadness, tainted

The sadness wells up like a dark specter, infusing body and mind, like ripples from a blood moon tide it

Poetry Rhyming Verse

I Cast My Vote

June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 Melissa Hougard 3464 Views 10 Comments America, Corruption, Divide, Greed, politics, Voting

There is no rhyme to this lack of reason… this political treason America…’land of the free’. I

Free Verse Poetry

Wine is Fine but Liquor is Quicker

June 8, 2016February 24, 2017 R J Schwartz 2084 Views 4 Comments booze, cocktails, drinks, liquor

A Tribute to Liquor….the day after Summoning energy seems so complicated The dust and grime of a thousand deserts My

Free Verse

Safety of Solitude

June 8, 2016June 12, 2016 EdF 2755 Views 6 Comments alone, safety, signs, solitude, trace, unheard

With out a word a misty rain, almost unseen drifts. without falling between green bows, in a morning alone.

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Spiritual Thought

June 8, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2421 Views 2 Comments acceptance, balance, darkness, learning, righteous, spiritual

Spiritual Thought The ways of a spiritual mind,

Poetry Satire

Oh Mercy, Politics

June 7, 2016November 17, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2503 Views 10 Comments agendas, campaigns, deciet, horror, lies, poem

Saccharine words … Saccharine words drip from thin hard lips, the supercilious grin that writhes beneath a glint in the

Free Verse Poetry

A Woman’s Power

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 Rasma Raisters 5564 Views 14 Comments poems, poetry, woman's power, women

The power of a woman – is universal. She has the energy to do it all and then to

Poetry

River’s Flow

June 6, 2016November 16, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2244 Views 6 Comments battered, calm, knowing, learning, life, metaphor, poem, rapids, river, tides, within

And still the river flows, And still the

Free Verse Poetry

Should We Learn…

June 6, 2016November 16, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2525 Views 2 Comments acceptance, choices, circumstance, learning, life, pain

Should We Learn In the wake of pain, ingrained

Free Verse Poetry

Live your life -Break Down the Walls

June 5, 2016November 15, 2016 Nithya Venkat 2851 Views 9 Comments free verse, inspirational poetry, life, living life, poems, poetry

Walls can imprison you. Walls are mere illusions that you can break

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Mother’s Endless Rhyme

June 5, 2016June 6, 2016 Tony DeLorger 3257 Views 2 Comments beauty, demands, dreams, grace, harmony, heart

Delicate, the countenance

Poetry

The Dragonfly

June 5, 2016September 30, 2016 Tony DeLorger 4603 Views 2 Comments beauty, dragonfly, intent, poem, purpose, questioning, sublime, thoughts, wonder

Dragonfly Diaphanous wings, like prism facets refract light in vivid rainbow arcs, and as you hover to ponder a

Free Verse Poetry

The Poet Understands

June 5, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2277 Views 4 Comments artist, commitment, pain, penniless, poem, poet, stuggle

Inoperable, this tumor, this seed of doubt that

Haiku Poetry

Disco Dancing

June 5, 2016September 22, 2018 Ruby Fuller 4252 Views 6 Comments disco dancing, fever craze, haiku poetry, jukebox blaring, lights flashing, Saturday night

Disco Dancing Disco Dancing Disco night dancing Lights flashing across floor Revolving record ********************** Maurice, Barry, Robin Oh how I