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Contemporary/Alternative Poetry Poetry

Soft Shock of Apples Falling

April 22, 2024 Jamie Lee Hamann 809 Views 2 Comments death, loss, love, Recovery

Soft Shock of Apples Falling A. Spring flowers are babbling flying embers taking chase one puts their hands up to

Poetry Rhyming Verse

…this day…

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 Paul Neglia 671 Views 3 Comments coping, funeral, loss, pain, sadness

I cannot sleep, for sleep is the sibling of death A young Queensbridge poet stated Just the facts, when the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Tides of Despair

January 13, 2023January 14, 2023 Paul Neglia 1220 Views 7 Comments despair, Loneliness, loss, recluse, sadness

The Tides of Despair … Rough shards of tossed paper intrude in this halcyon dark Down a dingy path upon

Creative Writing Essay

Loss of Children and False Flag Theory

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1737 Views 6 Comments active shooter, children die, loss, mass shootings, PhyllisDoyleBurns, political gains

Loss of Children and False Flag Theory … Has the loss of children become a reason to put fear into

Poetry Rhyming Verse

All the Things We Didn’t Get To Do

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 Kurt James 2385 Views 6 Comments beauty and death, Colorado Storyteller, kurt james, losing someone, loss, memories

All the Things We Didn’t Get To Do In death, I see you, I feel you, your spirit always near,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Going Across

March 24, 2019March 25, 2019 Nathan Bernardo 1861 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

Creative Writing Short Story

Tears Across the Waves

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 John Hansen 2577 Views 12 Comments loss, sea, tears, waves

Tears Across the Waves I stand in the shallow water, gentle waves lapping at my ankles, the rising sun creating

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Forgiveness, Despite the Pain

August 25, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1973 Views 4 Comments bitter contention, family, forgiveness, lies and betrayal, loss, poem

Were it not for an artful forgiveness, a knowing that drove a necessity home, circumstances would have glued, and contention

Creative Writing Short Story

Dreamscape of brother angel

August 6, 2018August 7, 2018 EdF 1983 Views 3 Comments Angels, brothers, death, dreamscape, loss, nightmares

Dreamscape of brother angel … I slept fitfully at first and yet in the deep throws of night a dream

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

The Paths of Despair

March 22, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2548 Views 2 Comments balance, despair, epistle, loss, mourning, paths

Despair tinges life like a slow rotting fruit, each day a deeper collapse of flesh, an insidious spread of death

Free Verse Poetry

A Hole Within, To Be Healed

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1824 Views 4 Comments friendship, Greed, hole, loss, love, poem

I keep the hole within clean and dust free, as if in resolution I want it to be accommodating, yet

Poetry Rhyming Verse

So Sad the Loss, Just Not to Be

October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1683 Views 4 Comments loss, new life, poem, sadness, trap, womb

Such loss…. An incompatible womb, a darkness consumed, and in time no knell abides to resound the light outside, in

Books

‘Reflections…words of the heart’ my book of love poems

August 13, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1939 Views 2 Comments broken hearts, loss, love poetry, Poetry book, reflections, Reflections...words of the heart

Love poetry… This is my sixth published work of poetry and the first in a series of three. This one

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

When We Were Young

June 18, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1642 Views 2 Comments angst, loss, love, perspective, poem, young

Blue days red with angst, sun the warmth of hearts in question, and moods sway like willow fronds, amid the

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

But I dare you forget me

May 7, 2017May 7, 2017 EdF 2380 Views 1 Comment child loss, losing a child, loss, tragedy, traumatic loss

It might have been my eye’s of blue as blue as a gentle june morning Or as if my brown hair

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Love’s Struggle to Freedom Find Eternity

April 21, 2017April 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1861 Views 5 Comments eternity, fall, fear, loss, love, poem

It is you who haunt my darkest recesses, a resounding that in familiarity wakes my soul, that sweet countenance, as

Epistle Poetry

The Greater Loss of Temptation’s Embrace

March 30, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1669 Views 4 Comments betrayal, epistle, failure, loss, selfishness, temptation

The sting of loss… Man plays a poignant game with temptation, the recompense never quite acknowledged, the circumstances not advantaged,

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Five Stages of Grief – Stage Three – Bargaining

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 R J Schwartz 2476 Views 2 Comments 5 stages of grief, bargaining, loss, memories, sadness

Bargaining They say its comprehension An understanding or perception Strike a deal with someone Anyone, or possibly no one What

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Five Stages of Grief – Stage Two – Anger

March 29, 2017October 2, 2020 R J Schwartz 2938 Views 1 Comment 5 stages of grief, anger, loss, pain, suffering

Anger Deep seeded rage Surrounded by my enemies Taxing me mentally Questioning my identity No solutions or remedies Everyone talking

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Five Stages of Grief – Stage One – Denial

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 R J Schwartz 7003 Views 5 Comments 5 stages of grief, denial, loss, sadness

Denial It can happen to anyone Refusing to believe That which is there in front of me I’m choosing not

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Pain is Temporary, the Soul Infinite

March 27, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1603 Views 4 Comments loss, love, pain, poem, suffering, temporary

Truth is all that pain deserves to tell its story completely, for muddied waters cloud circumstance, and blame rarely a

Free Verse Poetry

Neglect Leads to Loss

January 19, 2017January 19, 2017 R J Schwartz 2634 Views 4 Comments break-up, loss, lost love, neglect, relationships

Time for me has come to an abrupt and chilling standstill My body wracked with an uncomfortable and nagging stiffness A

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Thoughts of You…a vacant space in a new day

January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2244 Views 4 Comments loss, love, passion, poem, thoughts, you memories

When thoughts like clouds on a dawning day, shards in radiant display all splayed on sky, my heart recounts those

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