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Another Winter to Shovel Snow

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 2568 Views 3 Comments family, giant banks, memory, shoveling snow, snow shovels, winter

Another Winter to Shovel Snow I When young would shovel snow every season before the plow would drive down our

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Time Flies

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Rasma Raisters 19528 Views 6 Comments love words, never forget, poems, soul mate, time flies, treasure moments

Time flies, so ever quickly, days melt into weeks and weeks into months. Time and time again, we think, perhaps

Poetry Political Poetry

Whitewash of Justice

March 27, 2019 R J Schwartz 2550 Views 4 Comments Chicago Police, hate crime, hoax, Jussie Smollett, justice, Whitewash of justice

Create a hoax to scare some folks Business as usual in the Windy City Stage a beating, complete with bleeding

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Thunder Storm to Woodland Nook

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1946 Views 4 Comments joyful bliss, lovers, Phyllis Doyle, pulsing crescendo, thunder storm, woodland nook

Thunder Storm to Woodland Nook … Softly he whispered her name, a thunder storm was building in the distance, she

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Upon an April

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 Rasma Raisters 1934 Views 8 Comments april, friend, loving, poems, poetry, upon April

Many Aprils have come and gone, but they’ve all been a lot of fun, you and I, my friend –

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Going Across

March 24, 2019March 25, 2019 Nathan Bernardo 2077 Views 5 Comments desparate shadow, going across, loss, mortal, Nathan Bernardo

Going Across … What are you going to do with this loss? What are you going to do when it’s

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Reflections: An Elegy??

March 24, 2019March 25, 2019 Paul Neglia 2283 Views 10 Comments elegy, good or evil, me, my truth, reflections

Reflections: my own Elegy… Should I compose words about my failures? Will listening crowds enjoy this type of passion? Can

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Flying Hero Class

March 23, 2019March 24, 2019 John Hansen 1772 Views 8 Comments couch potato, flying, Motivation, muse, procrastinating, writing

Flying Hero Class I am a couch potato Watching sport and munching snacks, Oblivious to household chores, Sometimes it seems

Haiku Poetry

Composition in the Key of G

March 23, 2019March 24, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 2792 Views 5 Comments Composition, harp, Orchestra, Sax, Trumpet, Woodwinds

Composition in the Key of G 1.) A Tender Composition From a violin a sound when the bow is moved

Poetry Rhyming Verse

A Collection of Wind Chimes

March 23, 2019March 24, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 7262 Views 7 Comments bells express, breezy rhymes, collection, different tones, remembrance, Wind Chimes

A Collection of Wind Chimes I. I own these randomly crafted wind chimes to try and collect the wind where

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Poetic Inspiration

March 20, 2019March 25, 2019 Rasma Raisters 2047 Views 6 Comments centuries, dreams, heart, poetic inspiration, soul, the muses

They say that poets, have a treasure trove of words, stored deep in their hearts and muses hold the key

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Days Grew Colder

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2432 Views 11 Comments days, Drama, grew colder, icy winds, Phyllis Doyle, you left

Days Grew Colder … The days grew colder when you left icy winds froze my empty heart, sun does not

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This Fire

March 19, 2019March 22, 2019 Tony DeLorger 2299 Views 11 Comments connection, expression, human, perfection, poetry, this fire

Poetic expression knows no bounds and in the pursuit of perfection, the poet reaches into every corner, under every stone,

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The Night Ten Thousand Churches Burned

March 19, 2019 R J Schwartz 6476 Views 4 Comments burning church, churches burning, dystopian poetry, RJ Schwartz

The night ten thousand churches burned Darkness came and how the blood did run Confusion reigned while chaos stormed The

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Hope Aglow

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Yasmin Khan 2219 Views 11 Comments dancing light, firefly, hope aglow, melancholy, mysteries, nocturnal creatures

Hope Aglow Another sultry day to its end creeps, the air is lulled, silence grows deep, the horizon is painted

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Somewhere

March 17, 2019March 18, 2019 Rasma Raisters 2127 Views 8 Comments lost heart, lost words, loving words, poems, poetry, somewhere

Somewhere I lost the words – to tell you how I feel. Somewhere they drifted away, on the wind blowing

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To My Native Lands

March 17, 2019March 18, 2019 Yasmin Khan 1838 Views 7 Comments Countryside, mighty peaks, native lands, rippling waves, The Indus, traquil

To My Native Lands Ah! To mighty peaks towering high, Where gentle breezes most softly sigh, And banks are caressed

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An Angel Fallen

March 17, 2019March 18, 2019 Paul Neglia 2570 Views 10 Comments affected by prison, demons, despair, sadness, Wrongfully accused

An Angel Fallen… ~written from the perspective of an inmate wrongfully accused and awaiting the death penalty… Too many

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Nothing Like A Family Road Trip

March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 3744 Views 8 Comments family, Family Vacation, road trip, Summer Vacation

Nothing Like A Family Road Trip A Long Road Nothing like a family road trip. My children start out with

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As Time Hurries On

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 Rasma Raisters 1981 Views 6 Comments life, love, memories, time, time hurries

The rain went away and the sun came out to stay. The winds died down and it became a lovely

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Stewards of the Land – A Poem of Hope for Planet Earth

March 12, 2019 R J Schwartz 4209 Views 2 Comments environmentalism, poetry, RJ Schwartz, save the planet, stewards of the land

Begat in the times of the great unknown; came a fertile and glorious planet Trees, flowers, foodstuffs, and animals were

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You Caused This Suffering

March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 Paul Neglia 2143 Views 4 Comments addiction, death and suffering, evil, Pills, sadness

You Caused this Suffering … In the clear parallel of unburdening one’s self, In myriad wealths of truth foretelling of

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Whispers from Antiquity

March 10, 2019March 13, 2019 Yasmin Khan 2129 Views 16 Comments depths heart, dwelling, feelings, random musings, Yasmin Kahn, yonder woods

Whispers From Antiquity … Whispers from Antiquity Oft I breathe in the times bygone, my dwelling is in some yonder