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  • I am as I was yesterday I know
    a vessel in a world of Earthly things
    29 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 10 9:41 AM 2007. In Love
  • Never felt as loved as I do today
    as I watch her turn and walk away
    39 lines, 18 comments, on Dec 21 7:21 PM 2006. In Love, Spiritual, Personal
  • 58 lines, 15 comments, on Dec 23 9:28 PM 2006. In Dark, Spiritual, Adult humor
  •                       Where sunshine meets the Earth
            &nb
    65 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 25 7:35 PM 2006. In Love
  • the silence which you are commanding
    is the sound that is made by the soul
    27 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 30 6:29 AM 2006. In Love, Spiritual, Personal
  • Down in the deepest darkest wood
    Are soulless things that are not good
    201 lines, 15 comments, on Jan 12 6:09 PM 2007. In Dark, Spiritual, Fantasy
  • A doe stood in my vision
    I stared into her eyes
    55 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 24 11:45 AM 2007. In Love, Nature, Personal, Spiritual, Humor
  • we live on borrowed love
    in moments of a dream
    22 lines, 15 comments, on Jan 25 5:47 PM 2007. In Spiritual
  • come
    here to me
    15 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 26 11:44 AM 2007
  • I once taled a toll I can sure you for tell
    Of a man come from girls for to torture young hell
    26 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 9 7:04 PM 2007. In Dark, Weird, Humor
  • as time has come and gone, I wish to know
    my abstract goals, what I want life to be
    30 lines, 56 comments, on Feb 16 4:12 PM 2007. In Love, Personal, Spiritual, Hope, Fantasy
  • deep within a humble, contrite mind
    are organic mirrors of thoughts
    9 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 19 1:00 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, Spiritual
  • Sitting down at my window to the world
    I know I’ll find him on the other side
    25 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 7 12:13 PM 2007
  • 17 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 8 11:33 AM 2007. In Adult, Erotica, Spiritual
  • I am as I was yesterday I know
    a vessel in a world of Earthly things
    29 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 10 9:41 AM 2007. In Love

  • 37 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 31 10:33 PM 2006. In Dark

  • 49 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 20 4:54 AM 2006. In Spiritual, Love
  • at nightfall under the proudest moon
    when sea anemones are in full bloom
    33 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 14 9:20 PM 2006. In Love

  • 16 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 16 6:44 PM 2006. In Hope
  • A song of life, the mournful sounds of wind, surf, and rain
    sings hauntingly of sailing ships and loneliness again
    38 lines, 15 comments, on Dec 4 7:51 PM 2006
  • Sherlock and I left the flat
    Searching for clues and scent
    100 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 5 9:41 PM 2006
  • The essence of life’s gift is love’s beauty
    Every off’ring sparks spiritual heat
    47 lines, 33 comments, on May 17 6:18 AM 2007. In Love, Personal, Sestina
  • The sun shined on the moon and said
    "Why, you are a beautiful sight!
    44 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 28 4:08 AM 2006. In Love
  • Sometimes when I’m walking and turn around quick,
    My head gets all queasy, my stomach feels sick.
    44 lines, 24 comments, on May 15 4:53 PM. In Personal
  • A fine nobleman prim and sincere
    Turned and asked his young lovely wife, “Dear,
    13 lines, 54 comments, on Apr 12 12:32 PM 2007. In Limerick, Humor
  • the song of love is heard without a sound
    ‘tis seen and felt from shine in true love’s eyes
    33 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 13 3:41 PM 2007. In Love, villanelle
  • My love for her will triumph in the end
    When all confusion claims the atmosphere
    30 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 14 6:09 PM 2007. In Humor, Hope, Love, PMS, Pantoum
  • when I think of what matters most
    and what brings the light to the self
    35 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 15 4:48 PM 2007. In Love, Synchronicity
  • I watched my love walk woefully to shore
    Tracing my name with fingers in the sand
    26 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 16 5:35 PM 2007. In Love, Personal, Ottava Rima
  • The knife has been wiped clean and put away
    No matter how I overanalyze
    36 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 17 6:05 PM 2007. In Hope, Love, Mirrored Refrain
  • A wizard found a living woman in a shallow grave.
    He dug her up and pulled her out her beauty for to save,
    74 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 20 4:26 AM 2007. In Dark, Fantasy, Love
  • 24 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 20 2:23 PM 2007. In Adult, Love, Personal, Etheree
  • Through bedroom window my love calls to me
    More than my troubled mind could realize
    23 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 22 2:19 PM 2007. In Love, Villannelle
  • I see the darkened mist closing around
    As thoughts of love complete begin to fade
    41 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 23 8:23 PM 2007
  • / / / time / goes by / and here I / find myself with / Chinese food take out / three quarts of Budweiser / a slice of Philly cheesecake
    24 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 24 11:08 PM 2007. In Life, Society, Etheree
  • / with tortures suffered in the heart each day / I battle with the monster that I see / if love be love, it will not pull away / the sm
    23 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 25 10:47 AM 2007. In Sad, Love
  • / There ne’er has been a better way to write / than paper with pencil’s caress. / Yes! It’s true I say. / That beautiful chaotic mess, / d
    29 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 27 10:10 PM 2007. In Weird, Other
  • / / / / I curse the prince who took you for that ride / and left you there, made no attempt to save / My heart beats on; but, you are n
    30 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 29 12:24 AM 2007
  • / There’s nothing in this world that’s any better / than sharing two fine women on a bed. / Especially, if they become much wetter / for a
    42 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 29 8:11 PM 2007
  • / He bucked a time or two in gate / A few jockeys were heard to say / He started out slow, came on late / And then he blew them all away /
    24 lines, 4 comments, on May 9 8:39 AM 2007. In Kyrielle
  • Life knows no greater joy than this / The sweetest light of God’s own kiss / To give us hope when e’er we call / Faith is the living gift t
    22 lines, 8 comments, on May 22 2:34 PM 2007. In Life, Spiritual
  • In forests of the dark enchanted realm / Live creatures that are elsewhere yet unknown / Hid in dark shadows cast by oak and elm / A place
    67 lines, 4 comments, on May 25 9:24 PM 2007
  • Part 2 / An elf with outward, inward beauty fair / Walked through a forest with a comely stride / Quite fearless in her wa
    73 lines, 1 comment, on May 26 12:34 PM 2007. In Fantasy
  • Part 3 / The princess stopped and turned her
    48 lines, 2 comments, on May 26 2:53 PM 2007. In Fantasy
  • Part 4 / The Dragon Princess came back to her glen / And no one knew where she had gone or why / But, everyone knew she was different when
    79 lines, 2 comments, on May 27 6:54 PM 2007. In Fantasy
  • Part 6 / The elf clan king o’er to the beast was led / Struck dumb with awe at what this
    38 lines, 2 comments, on May 29 2:34 PM 2007. In Fantasy
  • My girlfriend once said to me, "Dear / can you take a look at my rear?" / In her butt was a trout / and when I pulled it out / she blew off about half of my ear
    5 lines, 9 comments, on May 29 10:47 PM 2007. In Humor, Limerick
  • Meridiana / When Gerbert of Aurillac came of age / Loving the daughter of Provost of Rheims / Rejected he despaired and came to rage / Projected future ill
    55 lines, 30 comments, on May 31 5:47 PM 2007. In Dark, Ottiva Rima
  • Part 6 / For many days the elf and dragon flew / Practicing all the battle readiness for war / The str
    44 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 11 7:02 PM 2007. In Fantasy
  • the hourglass speaks to me again / of what's to come and what was then / time is more precious, suddenly / and she is loved, always will be
    22 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 15 5:09 AM 2007. In Love, Spiritual
  • a complete nincompooper named Dave / found the oddest of ways to behave / he jumpped into the sea / with his girlfriend Marie / just so she
    31 lines, 23 comments, on Jun 15 6:10 AM 2007. In Limerick, Humor
  • Supernova of poet
    26 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 20 3:53 PM 2007. In Love
  • My love is always so angry / I think that she wants to kill me / For she bristles at my humor / and acts like my brain's a tumor / I am alw
    20 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 26 5:41 AM 2007. In Love
  • I dreamed I saw a Penguin / Perched on a Fire hydrant / Trying to pick a Booger / Flippers don’t work I Guess / He’ll have to live with It / Everyone looks who
    46 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 26 9:26 AM 2007. In Personal, Humor
  • I’m glad I’m not a daffodil, or stale forgotten sleeping pill / Perhaps I’d like to be a frog that grew from a small pollywog
    25 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 28 10:42 PM 2007. In Contemporary
  • She gave me a / Sweet verse of love
    46 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 29 8:49 PM 2007. In Personal, Spiritual
  • I stood upon a mountaintop / Surveying all that I could see / Then like a fool I couldn't stop / Believing it belonged to me / Caught up in
    19 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 7 5:11 AM 2007. In Nature, Spiritual
  • The temptation is strong / And the consequence cruel / I don't want to be king / I just want to rule / I won't trade these moments / for an
    42 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 7 5:53 AM 2007. In Personal
  • When Angel is drinking the glasses are raised / The horns start resounding, the demons sing praise / There’s much apprehension and no one i
    34 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 15 8:05 PM 2007. In Humor
  • A / Rose means / Many things / A metaphor / For natures' beauty / A symbol of romance / A gift representing love / Or a request for forgive
    20 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 26 3:31 PM 2007. In Love, Humor
  • At MacDonalds my bladder was lush
    So into the bathroom I rush
    17 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 3 1:11 AM 2007. In Society, Humor
  • Souls are smiling in bold examination Sweet surrender, innocent adoration
    18 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 4 10:57 PM 2007. In Love, Spiritual
  • I'm captured by the power of the sea / By sunsets that explode across the sky
    17 lines, 22 comments, on Jul 25 10:21 PM 2007. In Love
  • 6 lines, on Aug 20 9:58 PM 2007. In Personal
  • Ring the bells and beat on the drums
    We celebrate a holi
    33 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 15 8:40 AM 2007. In Tribute
  • Want I can’t own, is all I want
    I am alone, my heart’s not free
    24 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 15 10:13 AM 2007. In Angst, Personal
  • Here within your soul lies the gift of life
    64 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 15 8:33 PM 2007. In Tribute
  • On bended knee I kiss a rose
    A gesture from my heart
    33 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 17 9:49 PM 2007
  • The Flight began before the passengers knew
    There was a destination and need to go
    23 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 26 3:48 PM 2007. In Love, Spiritual
  • The day was wonderful and fair And random love was in the air
    28 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 29 11:04 PM 2007. In Love
  • The Cardinal Points
    173 lines, 26 comments, on Aug 1 5:13 PM. In Love, Spiritual, Sonnets
  • Tet Zayin, Villanelle, Sonnet
    72 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 12 8:11 AM 2007. In Contest
  • I build two one-way bridges fromThe eyes that look and eyes that see
    33 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 19 9:23 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Love
  • 1 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 22 11:00 AM 2007. In Adult, Humor, Love
  • I love to play a violet ploy
    I now will ink I know I’ll win
    25 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 30 5:03 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Weird, Anagram
  • The bitter cold from past the East horizon
    Has brought a chilled wind filled with rain, sleet and snow
    28 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 31 6:09 AM 2007. In Contest, Dark
  • Upon my soul the kiss of light
    Reveals a horrid, putrid sight
    29 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 4 9:40 PM. In Fantasy, Dark
  • Starlight shines continuously
    On the serpent eating his tail
    28 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 11 9:25 PM. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Triolet
  • 23 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 15 9:49 PM. In Adult, Love
  • A maiden on an island in the sea Has lit my life only to break my heart
    39 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 17 7:14 PM. In Contest, Dark, Fantasy
  • The thing about rhyme that I find all the time
    Is it clears out the sinuses fast
    39 lines, 23 comments, on Jan 24 9:29 AM. In Humor, Contest
  • "You have me for 24 hours - How would you spend the time showing me who you are and what your life is all about?"
    26 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 5 8:03 AM
  • I truly love the deep blue sea
    except when it brings him to me
    42 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 15 10:26 AM
  • The gryllidae’s a gawmy chum
    A cunnin’ critter he
    72 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 6 10:03 AM. In Humor
  • On paths of fallen water dust
    Walk ones that do not understand
    53 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 8 7:12 PM. In Dark, Love, Spiritual
  • To tell me that you truly care,
    yet, when I need you’re never there.
    48 lines, 21 comments, on Mar 11 8:40 AM. In Love, Personal
  • Sounds of sin from maddest of minds
    Trials of torture amidst sobs of sorrow
    31 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 13 9:55 AM. In Society, Dark, Abuse
  • The knife cuts into bone as demon cries
    His bitter failure certain to him now
    24 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 17 5:38 PM. In Society, Dark
  • Two round pegs on a square-peg world
    Went sailing on the sea
    60 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 25 9:00 AM. In Fantasy, Spiritual, Love
  • The ceiling fan made the crisp pages of the book flutter
    in perfect rhythm to the drip, drip of the kitchen faucet.
    15 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 27 10:55 AM. In Contest
  • The catbird sings
    bold echoings
    38 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 29 8:16 AM. In Personal, Love
  • Divine thought came to Earth and saw
    A great potential waiting there
    184 lines, 8 comments, on May 7 10:11 PM. In Fantasy, Spiritual
  • on wings of love &n
    46 lines, 6 comments, on May 15 10:47 PM. In Love
  • The Perfect woman doesn't need control
    Her love, like lightning, shines across the sky
    19 lines, 9 comments, on May 23 10:05 AM. In Spiritual, Tribute
  • I only have to wear this dour face,
    Until the ghastly funeral is done,
    19 lines, 9 comments, on May 27 8:09 PM. In Dark, Humor, Contest
  • A battle rages in my furrowed brow,
    Engaging enemies not faced before,
    30 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 1 8:28 AM. In Fantasy, Dark
  • Off Gotland’s shores lay the Baltic Sea.
    The pride of Gutar, throughout history,
    117 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 20 11:34 AM. In Love, Fantasy, History
  • Love’s more than the sum total of our hearts
    Imbuing us with great resiliency
    29 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 25 7:10 AM. In Love, pantoum
  • One Balmy day in old Worcestershire
    An English waistcoat thrown in the waste bin
    47 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 27 10:44 AM. In Love
  • 31 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 30 12:28 PM. In Erotica, Love
  • O, sweet song of my soul
    softly sing to the wind
    8 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 2 8:18 AM. In Contest, Spiritual, Hemistich
  • Poor mastication Will cause agitation,
    15 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 3 7:08 AM. In Humor
  • Robert's bed leaned to the right
    His wife ignored him through the night.
    11 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 3 7:18 AM. In Humor
  • In breath love’s brought to bear
    Blessings are freely giv’n
    22 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 4 6:40 PM. In Love
  • My love drew a line in the sand
    And I was to stay on my side,
    22 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 5 7:32 AM. In Love, Sad, Contest
  • Passion's master spirit's slave
    Nails exhume a shallow grave
    20 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 8 5:44 PM. In Spiritual, Love
  • You never send me flowers anymore
    The wilted ones no longer in my vase
    19 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 9 1:00 PM. In Love
  • Across green fields of Elvin land,
    The mountain trolls had cast a pall.
    142 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 10 5:38 PM. In Fantasy
  • On paths of heart I travel truly blest,
    To make my way upon this living quest.
    17 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 13 6:38 PM. In Contest, Spiritual, Rondeau
  • Winds of word’s wanderings //
    Wafting o’er seamless skies //
    12 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 15 9:41 AM. In Thoughts
  • Upon desire’s wanton bedErupting from your weary head;
    75 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 18 8:26 AM. In Contest, Dark
  • Three hours forty-seven minutes long,
    The intimacy we shared yesterday,
    24 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 20 9:18 PM. In Love, Spiritual
  • Two hundred years ago upon this land,
    Built on the dream of sharing freedom’s will,
    45 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 22 7:38 PM. In Society, Other
  • 26 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 28 3:50 PM. In Adult, Erotica, Humor
  • Among the stars and moon I dream doing a headstand,
    I basked in sunlight’s liquid beam doing a headstand.
    20 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 31 2:45 PM. In Humor, Ghazal
  • I said, “I love you.” and she said, “Forever?
    I need to love a man that I can trust.”
    27 lines, 17 comments, on Aug 6 2:29 PM. In Humor, Love
  • As autumn’s winds bring on the kiss of death,
    The colored leaves blow all across the ground.
    24 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 6 6:53 PM. In Nature, Pantoum
  • The Kosher food was riding into the wagon
    To the very edge of the sea called “Red”
    44 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 21 9:01 PM. In Other, Sestina
  • my editor can take the day off
    I've been asked to be real
    95 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 22 7:42 AM. In Thoughts
  • A songbird with a broken wing
    So delicate and colorful
    24 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 22 9:06 PM. In Personal, Pantoum, Spiritual
  • Not Me speaks ardently
    Live water soothes the pain
    24 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 25 8:29 AM. In Spiritual

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