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The Terrorist’s Blade

August 10, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1882 Views 6 Comments blade, death, justify, life, poem, terrorist

When that blade cuts through flesh like butter, and a human head is severed clean, sawn through vessels, muscle and

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Mrs. Wrong…where’s my angel?

August 10, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2367 Views 13 Comments angel, lies, love, Mrs. Wrong, plea, poem

Where art thou, angel? In the keep of angels, perhaps this heart would yield itself true, for all human trials

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On Rippled Pond

August 5, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2060 Views 4 Comments joy, light, morning, poem, pond, rippled

Light dances on the rippled pond, glimmering diamond flashing beads of morning, gold and new in day’s dawning, shards so

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Hen House Fox and Toby on Alert

August 5, 2016January 22, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2836 Views 10 Comments Chickens, country nights, hen house, poem, red fox, woods

Hen house Fox … The hen house was always a target For the ol’ red fox from nearby woods. Toby

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The Political Mayhem of Truths Forsaken

August 5, 2016 Melissa Hougard 2126 Views 11 Comments Corruption, Greed, politicians, politics, reform, truth

Political Mayhem… It’s 1:00 AM, my eyes are full… political mayhem, truths forsaken. It’s time for meaningful reform.

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Tender the Ties…heart and life

August 4, 2016August 5, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2564 Views 4 Comments life, loss, love, poem, tender, ties

Heart Love and Loss Extremes… Tender the ties that bind a heart to life, the love that makes the pain

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The Burden of Secrets

August 4, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1874 Views 4 Comments burden, pay, poem, secrets, self-deceit, shame

The Burden of Secrets… And who will know, these secrets you hold, these whispers to self in a silent room,

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Bare Witness

August 4, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2180 Views 6 Comments culpable, delusions, destruction, goals, poem, witness

Witness the Unraveling of Humanity… Bare witness to the travesty, the unfolding nightmare, and know that you and I, far

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The Window Pane…a scary tale

August 3, 2016September 12, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2540 Views 10 Comments branch, demon, knock, poem, scared, window

Facing the Demon… Upon my frosted window a knock came loud and sharp, jolting me from dozing, in my chair

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A Vengeful Father

August 3, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2364 Views 4 Comments bullet, Daughter, father, love, poem, vengeful

The Vengeful Father…a tale He strode on cobblestone streets, long legged strides of imperatives to meet, and his top-hat all

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The Cold

August 1, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2690 Views 7 Comments cold, fire, mistress, numb, poem, winter

The Cold … winter’s affray She is the mistress… Wind swell, blustered skies, streaking cloud on high, sighing, like

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Each Breath…Meditation

August 1, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2322 Views 2 Comments being, breath, expectation, meditation, poem, purpose

The secret breath of meditation… Precious air, invisible life, each breath the simplicity of being, that rise and fall so

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Shadow in Old Barain

August 1, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2639 Views 4 Comments night, poem, rain, shadow, strange, water

Water please? Who calls at my door, this dark and rainy night too bleak for passage, and yet a figure

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Appreciation – The Joy Of Expressing Love And Gratitude

July 29, 2016December 20, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2926 Views 10 Comments appreciation, authors, friends, gratitude, poem, warmly befriended

Love and Gratitude … When we express appreciation, It lifts the spirits of intended, Within a group and all

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Unexpected Day…a Winter’s Grace

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2084 Views 4 Comments day, grace, poem, unexpected, warmth, winter

The Grace of Reprieve… Sun nods to a vast open sky, free from cloud and blight, as slowly it stands

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Serendipitous

July 27, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2504 Views 9 Comments beauty, love, miracle, poem, re-found, serendipitous

Serendipitous this tryst, this bumping into bliss, perchance upon a street, to meet that one soul that eludes even dreams.

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Kindness, an Unforeseen Distraction

July 27, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1703 Views 2 Comments harm, justify, kindness, morality, narcissist, poem

Without reservation, without remorse, many plunder life and its course, to furnish needs and wants, despite the damage they create

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No Slumber Tonight…my CPAPs gone!

July 27, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 3326 Views 10 Comments broken, CPAP, deprived, dog, no slumber, poem

No Slumber Tonight…my CPAPs gone! Sweet blissful sleep, I know not thee, the dog did munch my CPAP machine, and

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I Wait for Love

July 27, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2346 Views 2 Comments lost, love, poem, pretense, trapped, wait

I wait for love … Through traps and stolen hearts…. So prone to the words espoused to entreat the

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Rose…the name of love

July 26, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2733 Views 4 Comments beauty, love, name, poem, red, Rose

Vibrant Bloom, Rose…the name of love Blood red, velvet layered plumes, curled in symmetry’s loving loom, enticing petals, opened to

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As Light Dictates

July 25, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2398 Views 6 Comments dictates, freedom, light, not evil, poem, shadow

Light dictates … Attune to light, as its very nature to shed truth upon life is without degree, an enlightening

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Winds of Love

July 25, 2016August 30, 2016 EdF 2150 Views 6 Comments abiding love, invisible love, poem, unending love, winds

Winds of love … I will always wonder at the winds for are they not the cleanser of the soul

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Looking for a Soul

July 24, 2016January 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1788 Views 8 Comments head, heart, hiding, just me, poem, soul

Looking for a Soul Where sits the soul, amid this blood and bone, this precarious flesh so prone, to harm