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The Tongue

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1887 Views 10 Comments darkness, pain, poem, sex, tirade, Tongue

An acid tongue… Her sour green expectancy, writhes in acrid struggle, and maligned in fate, her will abates, momentary, her

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Priceless Treasures

July 28, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 3026 Views 4 Comments friends, priceless, stars, treasures

Priceless Treasures Some people turn their backs every time there is a spat And some will back away when

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A Clear Prairie Night

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 Wayne Brown 3585 Views 4 Comments campsite, cowboy's lot, heavenly sight, prairie night, stars, Wayne Brown

A campsite under the stars; a clear prairie night Stars twinkle overhead creating a heavenly sight A campfire is

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Sodbuster’s Creed

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 Wayne Brown 2320 Views 5 Comments crops, folks, hard-scrabble, ol'farm, thank God, Wayne Brown

Folks like us … This hard-scrabble ground has remained the same Ain’t changed one damn iota from

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Where Tulips Grow

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 Wayne Brown 2587 Views 5 Comments creek waters, old farmer, special place, time comes, tulips grow, Wayne Brown

There’s a place up the valley where the tulips grow The long grass is green and the creek

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Round and Round

July 27, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 2524 Views 4 Comments confused, dizzy, joy, poem, round, spinning

Funny how the world goes spinning ’round ‘Round and ’round until we all fall down Dizzy, dazed, and confused But

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Watching the Cycles, the Never-Ending Lives Reborn

July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2030 Views 6 Comments cycles, lessons, life, pain, poem, watching

So hard to watch, the folly and sway of thoughts that lead a soul to finite ends, the pain of

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Twas in the Heath

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2050 Views 4 Comments death, denied, heath, heaven's gate, poem, two lovers

Twas in the heath, the dreary scrub atop an escarpment breach, where two lovers lie, entwined their souls and bodies

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Set the Bird Free

July 25, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 7191 Views 12 Comments bird, free, free bird, letting go

Set the Bird Free It wasn’t as if you had no song to sing to me In fact, you sang

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Love and a Cup of Coffee

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Clive Williams 1853 Views 6 Comments beautiful place, coffee, love, morning breeze, morning kiss, old love

It’s quite splendid to awake with things of Joy A face of beauty, with the fresh scent of coffee is

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Perfection Is Not An Option

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 2133 Views 2 Comments alone, option, perfection, responsibility

I’m not perfect and I’ll never be So please stop judging me I’ll gladly accept my responsibility If I’m alone

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Gertrude Stein and The Automobile

July 24, 2017June 17, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 3518 Views 4 Comments Automobile, Gertrude Stein, World War II

A TIME OF “REVOLUTION” Our country started to see a rise in Conservative policy after World War One. Many expatriates

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Until Then I Will

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1971 Views 8 Comments age, decay, grateful, love, poem, will

As I decay, let flesh falter under sun, so blemished and vaguely open to life’s failing light, I tremble not

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Resentment

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 Shannon Henry 2499 Views 4 Comments Resent, Resentful, Resentment, Up in Smoke

Resentment I am resentful sometimes, though I try not to be But what I resent is not you or what

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A Shattering Heart

July 22, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 1730 Views 6 Comments alone, broken heart, quietly heal, Shattering, tears

Shattering Heart There’s a need that is so profound To simply topple to the ground Finally alone at long

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This Grudge

July 22, 2017July 23, 2017 Shannon Henry 2901 Views 6 Comments arguments, grudge, Hurt feelings

Why do you choose to hold this grudge? What purpose does it even serve? Just to hurt me as it

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Spirit Play

July 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2262 Views 2 Comments fear, man, painting, play, poem, spirit

The picture haunts, a tree back-lit, its leaves a flutter, winds driving clouds to streaks, a mesh to hold the

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For Beauty’s Sake, the Visions Make Us Whole

July 20, 2017July 21, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1844 Views 4 Comments beauty, darkness, love, poem, sake, visions

Beauty, stay with me through my darkest doubts, embrace this heart and never snuff that light out, for it holds

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Etched Within Time

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1969 Views 4 Comments being, etched, kindness, love, poem, time

So long this time, this heartbeat pounding mime of life, and from excruciating pain to mellow refrain, time does stab

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Watching the Darkness in Lives of Faded Light

July 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1781 Views 4 Comments balance, darkness, faded, pain, poem, sleepless

The night betrays the light in silent reproach, for the shroud is the shadow deeds of many, and the dreaming

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A Midnight Rendezvous – the 32nd Psalm

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 John Hansen 2099 Views 8 Comments 32nd Psalm, midnight, poe, rendezvous, the raven

A Midnight Rendezvous – The 32nd Psalm How to Classify This Poem? I’m not sure how to classify this poem.

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A Penny For Your Thoughts

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2573 Views 6 Comments lucky charm, Penny, poem, stories, survival, thought

Carried in a pocket, intrinsic value none, my better self sees not the point, my superstitious self absconds, hijacking reason

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Destined to Fall: Catharsis

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1813 Views 4 Comments betrayed, burden, catharsis, darkness, poem, words

How destined we are to fall, as light in darkness breach buries deep our frantic fears, and pain becomes one