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Micro-Poem Collection

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 John Hansen 2567 Views 8 Comments funny, humour, micro poems, nonsense verse, surprise endings

Micro-Poem Collection … *This collection of micro-poems was originally published separately on HubPages but due to their short length

Free Verse Poetry

Frozen Winter World

November 17, 2019November 18, 2019 Rasma Raisters 3125 Views 8 Comments frozen, frozen nature, poems, rasma raisters, winter world

Frozen Winter World … The winter snow and ice, has frozen nature in place. Everywhere silvery-white gleams, under a sky

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Heading to Denver

November 17, 2019November 22, 2019 Kurt James 2304 Views 8 Comments Colorado, Colorado Storyteller, Denver, kurt james, Mile High City, Roadtrip, Traveling

“No place like home” or so the saying goes. When you leave home for an extended period of time

Haiku Poetry

Autumn Haiku

November 16, 2019November 17, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 19058 Views 4 Comments autumn, Barren Trees, change of seasons, Piles of Leaves

Autumn Haiku 1.) In Autumn A cool Autumn breeze fallen Autumn leaves find path or randomly pile.

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Broken Dreams Aren’t Always What They Seem – A Miner’s Tale

November 15, 2019 R J Schwartz 1382 Views 3 Comments California Gold Rush, Gold Miner, Old West poetry, RJ Schwartz

Broken dreams aren’t what they seem A directional shift, some call a hidden gift When what you thought, isn’t what

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Penurious Patron

November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 Paul Neglia 2476 Views 8 Comments addiction help, helping, homeless, life lost

Penurious Patron … Midnights when birds take flight, inhales feel deep like, When words bear breadth, sometimes I don’t

Poetry Rhyming Verse

I Have a Question?!?

November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 Paul Neglia 1289 Views 4 Comments Devil, evil, God, question, religion

I Have a Question … Humble is the silence that understands the mess The crafting of disaster in lines I

Humor Poetry Rhyming Verse Seasonal

We Gather Around the Turkey: Light Verse for Thanksgiving

November 9, 2019November 11, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 1780 Views 6 Comments family, Happy Holidays, Thanksgiving, Turkey

We Gather Around the Turkey Light Verse to Celebrate Thanksgiving The first of the holiday trio is over and

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Into the Night

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 Kurt James 2279 Views 6 Comments clarity, Colorado Storyteller, Into the Night, kurt james, moon, whirlpool of emotions

We all in our own way seek the answers to all that bother us. It is built within us

Free Verse Poetry

Wood Nymph

November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 Rasma Raisters 2897 Views 11 Comments Moonbeams, nightingales, owls, poems, the woods, wood nymph

Wood Nymph … I was surely born, a wood nymph, for it is not the noise, of the teeming city

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Wildfire

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Kurt James 1865 Views 8 Comments Colorado Storyteller, kurt james, lost, lost my way, out of control, Wildfire

Wildfire Wildfire Like a wildfire I let my emotions run out of control, Oh, the feelings deeply burn all

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

Beautiful Ludicrous Events

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 Tony DeLorger 1775 Views 6 Comments beginning, fear, gloaming, ludicrous events, poet, release

The poets loom in textural weave transcends both place and time, as words become esoteric, stories sublime and fantasy a

Free Verse Inspirational Poetry

The Collective Energies of the Realm

November 3, 2019December 27, 2023 R J Schwartz 1663 Views 3 Comments collective energies, collective energy, inspirational poetry, spiritual healing

Collective Energies… What does it mean? To gather, collect Sort or correlate How does it work? And who’s in charge?

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Hell Wolves

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Kurt James 2749 Views 4 Comments Colorado, Colorado Storyteller, Hell Wolves, Hounds of hell, kurt james, Myths and Legends, Wolves

Myths and legends and the haunting beauty of the Colorado Rockies have always held my fascination. Maybe that little boy

Humor Poetry Rhyming Verse

Stock the Shelves a Mile High: Random Limericks

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 1676 Views 3 Comments Funny Limericks, poetry, random musings

Stock the Shelves … Stock the Shelves a Mile High Some Random Limericks To Start the Day. 1 A gross

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Riding Against the Wind

October 27, 2019October 30, 2019 Kurt James 2005 Views 4 Comments clearing your mind, Colorado Storyteller, kurt james, Mountain clarity, riding against the wind, Rocky Mountains

Being human and living life can cause emotional upswings or downswings in all of us. If you are lucky as

Free Verse Poetry

The World Keeps Spinning Round

October 26, 2019October 30, 2019 Rasma Raisters 2327 Views 6 Comments keeps spinning, poems, rasma raisters, spinning round, world

The World Keeps Spinning Round … Clouds are clouds, they drift through the sky, some are silver-lined, they’re there to

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

Silken / Eyes Closed, Elated

October 25, 2019October 29, 2019 Tony DeLorger 1660 Views 4 Comments elated, expression, eyes closed, feelings, silken, thoughts

An expression is a wondrous thing and comes from all manner of stimuli. With writing poetry, each day furnishes a

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

The Terror of Blindness

October 25, 2019 R J Schwartz 1731 Views 3 Comments blindness, poetry about life, RJ Schwartz, second sight

My eyes cry out in mortal anguish Sight has seemingly abandoned me Perhaps too many visions; Too many captured horrors

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Falling into the Abyss

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 Kurt James 2618 Views 6 Comments abyss, Alzheimer's Disease, Colorado Storyteller, dementia, kurt james, Mom

This photograph of my mom with her brother and cousin is how I like to think of her today

Free Verse Poetry

In The Darkest Hours

October 20, 2019October 21, 2019 Rasma Raisters 3887 Views 4 Comments darkest hours, memories, poems, rasma raisters, sorrow, yesterdays

In the darkest hours, when my heart is full of sorrow, I know that I’ll feel different tomorrow, but for

Free Verse Poetry

A Blatant Truth

October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 Tony DeLorger 1721 Views 8 Comments blatant truth, control, Corruption, lies, philosophies, religions

Here I walk on tender grounds, contesting the beliefs of so many devotees of religions and philosophies, yet nefarious deceptions

Haiku Poetry

John Muir Haiku

October 19, 2019October 20, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 4039 Views 5 Comments Conservation, John Muir, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Yosemite National Park

John Muir Haiku Introduction John Muir, the Great Defender of Wild Places, in 1868 started his long saunter into the