Tag: poetry
group name: poetrybyus
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June 28, 2008 08:43 PM EDT --
"Parting"
How striking our ties,
our quickened senses;
our broken hearts,
our recompenses.
We'll add to the waters
a floodgate . . . more
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May 06, 2008 10:33 PM EDT --
La'Tuin
The La'Tuin, a poetic form created by Laura Lamarca, consists . . . more
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June 19, 2007 04:46 PM EDT --
(I wrote this during a group writing exercise where we submitted secrets and then chose one that was not ours. The secret I chose was this: I am not sure who the father of my baby is, and I'm afraid . . . more
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April 19, 2008 07:48 PM EDT --
Gossip
Round and round it goes;
Where it stops, nobody knows.
Rampant, vile, vicious lies,
Roll around tongues, pretentious in guise.
Circulate within a domain . . . more
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March 22, 2008 06:29 PM EDT --
If I could ,
I'd like to lay out my memories for you, on a vast table,
And sort through them, like pictures.
I would choose the ones I loved,
And discard . . . more
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January 18, 2007 11:23 AM EST --
Exuberant rays
Sun, coddle me in your warmth
Target my cold heart
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August 09, 2007 01:44 PM EDT --
Her encompassing eyes spoke
her cheeks called to be kissed.
Those smiling pouty lips
keeps me desiring like this.
As if to say you must love me
you must lust for these thighs.
And while visiting euphoria . . . more
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May 27, 2008 10:08 PM EDT --
My thoughts
get frozen in the tundra
beneath the treeless plain;
between the ice cap
and timber line that separate . . . more
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February 18, 2007 12:53 AM EST --
I’d give my right arm
To be ambidextrous
I’d give lungs or gills
To be amphibious
I’d give all my mobility
To be ambulatory
I’d give and take
To avoid ambiguity
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July 11, 2008 05:55 PM EDT --
The sprout emerges
roots drawing in nourishment
from the forest floor
nearby flora competing
struggling to feed and to thrive.
(This is an entry written for the Gather . . . more
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May 21, 2008 09:06 PM EDT --
"WAR IS SELDOM WITHOUT LOSS"
S oldiers
of daring boldness, intrepid . . . more
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January 29, 2007 10:45 PM EST --
True love is divine
something that few ever find
I'm glad I found mine
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March 21, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
This is a repost. I have since joined a few poetry groups and thought I would post my first piece of poetry there.
PLEASE CRITIQUE that I may learn. I wrote this poem about . . . more
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November 22, 2007 03:38 PM EST --
I saw fire blaze in his eyes.
I put out the fire.
Holy book in my hands.
* Disclaimer: My son has been fighting religion for a long time. I just want it to be known that I never laid a hand on him. . . . more
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April 03, 2007 09:44 PM EDT --
Tightly closed, and closely guarded,
Being filled with hurt, and deceitfulness,
that only true love for another could possibly bring.
You entered into a private place,
A place where no other . . . more
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January 31, 2007 06:20 PM EST --
snow and sleet mixing
to make a wintery mix
it is really cold
the snow is sticking
first we have had this winter
a fireplace would rock
heads up mouths open . . . more
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June 04, 2007 01:27 PM EDT --
You draw me in close
then shove me far away
leaving my heart dangling
begging for a better day.
These games you play
are only getting worse
making me ill inside
a sort of lover's curse.
I've . . . more
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February 01, 2007 08:29 PM EST --
Deeper and deeper
The snow continues to pile
This is a rare thing
I know some of you get plenty of snow so it is no big deal, but this is a rarity here for us. We had snow on . . . more
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April 03, 2007 07:06 PM EDT --
Never would of imagined,
with just a touch of your hand, one glance into my eyes,
you awakened in me the romanticism, the affection and the desire
to always be by your side.
You unexpectantly appeared . . . more
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April 29, 2008 09:15 PM EDT --
"Beached"
What possess one with your capacity to become beached;
Allowing your life to suffocate by choosing to be leached?
Is life . . . more
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