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May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by RaaChenn
The Zombies of Austin Indiana In Austin there are zombies Who roam the streets at night They eat up big salamis And shoot up out of sight In the park there they got needles That somebody used before With microscopic evils That you don't see anymore...
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Poets' Corner
May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by fjwilhelm
Senryu 1 early morning shave: that face in the mirror is father staring back
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Poets' Corner
May 22, 2018May 2018

Posted by Faithless1
It's not by me, and it's long, but I love it. Is there another group just for posting poems that you love, or should I start one? Pain for a Daughter Anne Sexton Blind with love, my daughter has cried nightly for horses, those long-necked marchers ...
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May 22, 2018May 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33
Beard I am still swimming in dreamland. Over, under, down through this little wave and that, the clear and the murk, the dark and the light. Twenty years ago I had my powers (ha!) as I do again now. I have been my own Delilah, purposely shearing, ...
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May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by KrisSmith1
Extrovert versus introvert On poetical levels see what the intro's worth Within the game of maintaining the flame prior to intro work Production through conduction of tests to see if the intro hurts Now who want their potential jerked Through ...
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May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by moNOtheist
Things go better with Koch We are hollow men, Sounding brass of loud conceit - Engorged on ruin Vacant-eyed we gaze, vulpine, Wasting all before.
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May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by moNOtheist
Darkness at the Break of Noon The devil rides out, Centerless, things fall apart, Storm clouds mass unseen, What once was white now is black, And love lies bleeding.
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May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by Petter
This is a mono-rhyme (Every line ends with the same rhyming sound) which I wrote nearly 5 years ago. Gobbledegook. When is a door not a door? This concept gnaws! "If doors aren't doors Pray give me pause For thought." Because, By nature's ...
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Poets' Corner
May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by azzow2
Barrings: Nude and bare sitting here, naked chained to a chair. No burdens to bare. I could swear I saw a bear. Nine o'clock where's my socks? Darn, I swear there is a bear everywhere. Under their beware snare the bear. Unaware in ...
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May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by azzow2
Not sure if I posted this before or not. One day I was telling my son to learn from your mistakes. Later on that day he was repeating what I had said, because of his speech delay it sounded like warm summer shakes instead of learn from your mistakes....
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Poets' Corner
May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Kymmacg
Rapture ethereal reality gilt edged edged in guilt. Defined without objectivity yours or mine hers or his Created within ardor unbeknownst chance moments moments chanced Enhanced by inescapable fates met in love claimed in love ...
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May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33
New Boy in the Factory Dim haze in the long gray building; smoke of molten metal, faint and acrid. Banging, burning, hissing sounds emerge from every torch bright niche. The sun struggles through the thick and cracked two layered windows, to light ...
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May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Petter
A Tale About Nothing On an Indian package holiday Went Mr and Mrs Slim And, being "the trip of a lifetime", Took their 8 year old boy, young Tim. They were on a Jumbo safari When two steeds decided on fun. Tim saw the massive organ And, ...
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May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Faithless1
And here's another I was actually asked to write, to go with a pencil drawing of our sweet little local native rat. The Bush Rat Absent all philosophy, little Rattus fuscipes simply studies me for my next move; through mild eyes, beneath charming ...
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May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Faithless1
We have an annual "Scarecrow Festival" in my home town. All very twee and touristy. A poetry competition (scarecrow theme) is part of the deal and last year I entered. Didn't win. I still like my poem, though. Sympathy for the Scarecrow For more ...
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May 19, 2018May 2018

Posted by TrevorDawson
I’m pretty good at putting to paper what I feel for a person. Not so great at making that all flowery and attractive. I’m an acquired taste, like shin splints: too much, too soon.
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May 19, 2018May 2018

Posted by rcandlish
She is an occasional companion of mine -- a strange but welcome companion. If only I knew her name, I would call out to her and she might hear, and she might choose to visit me for an hour or two. That old name the ancients gave her is not her ...
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May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by anti-augustine49
Aphrodite: Goddess of love, Beguiler of humanity, Your creature comforts, Your uncomfortable creature, If I am not your slave, what am I? Beach born love, crest borne love, Of waves in sprays of foam; An oyster sans pearl, now only pearls satisfy, ...
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May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by michaelj
Standing before the mirrors three, three graces turned away from me . Past her shoulder a sigh of serenity , and only meant for me . I only saw her stand just there, bright blue eyes and flaxen hair. A nude descending a wobbly stair, and only meant ...
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May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by anti-augustine49
I went to the pond To try to touch the lily But it was not there.
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Poets' Corner
May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by Unconventional
It was only a passing moment As quick as the wink of an eye Two hearts were bared A love was shared An echo throughout history and time
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Poets' Corner
May 17, 2018May 2018

Posted by KrisSmith1
Commit reservations with you, I'm more than able Rumors that your flow was never meant for me, ignore the fable Gotta stand together while we're making sure the floor is stable Through our connection of affection while we restore the cable Manifesto...
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Poets' Corner
May 17, 2018May 2018

Posted by Faithless1
A child's confused and literal interpretation of God. Doctrinal Failure Your Father, he assured me, – this earnest evangelical, one day, after school – is not the one on earth you love, but God in Heaven: He above. I was maybe rising seven; ...
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Poets' Corner
May 17, 2018May 2018

Posted by LenHazell53
Wilful Gyp By Len Hazell Pirouette and reeling in the expanding whorl The sheepdog does not take heed of his shepherd; Gears strip and crumble; the drive ceases labour; Meagre chaos is unleashed unto the globe, A pale sanguine ocean washes every ...
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May 17, 2018May 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33
Not a poem, but appropriate for the group.
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Posted by BohoHeathenThis is just a poem of past experiences.

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Posted by Stargazer13And this is what you mean to me… That I see beauty and feel lovely in a dark, broken and rusted world Because you love me, I’ve been brave And opened into full bloom beneath the gaze of ...

Posted by Stargazer13Dog days are over Picking every four leaf clover Gonna break out of every box they put me in This soul is hungry and divine sugar my sin Personal evolution Fated love the revolution Raw ...

Posted by Stargazer13I've heard the stories of your empty world Devoid of soft touches And the rare souls that cross lifetimes, to see again through eyes captured in silent and consummate knowing I've listened to ...
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