List: Life

• One tough Mama.

  She sits on her porch, on the old swing,
  twiddling her thumbs, its not a pretty thing.

  12 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 21 4:53 AM 2007. In Contest, Hope, Life
• Posession is 9/10ths.

  We were out for dinner one night last week, she looked so good it made my knees weak.

  35 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 28 3:41 AM 2007. In Contest, Life, Society, Fantasy, Anger, Dark, Love
• Silently she sits, alone and afraid

  Silently she sits, alone and afraid,
  afraid of the world and all it entails.

  23 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 3 8:40 PM 2007. In Contest, Abuse, Dark, Hope, Life, Society, Spiritual
• Set me free.

  Used to fly free, now I'm shackled and chained,
  victim of circumstance, my mind is deranged.

  29 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 8 5:44 AM 2007. In Contest, Hope, Life, Pain, Personal, Society, Thoughts, Spiritual
• Father and Son

  You were so tiny when I first saw you, a little man, I knew what I had to do.

  20 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 14 2:30 PM 2007. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Thoughts, Message
• Second Job.

  She practices dancing with herself,the club is just to loud and noisy.
  Dancing for dollars is her passion, making the businessmen want her

  4 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 16 2:27 AM 2007. In Contest, Society, Thoughts, Life
• Ready for the Fall

  My heart teeters on the abyss, ready for the fall. The Man I had been, far outshadowing the Man I am now.

  28 lines, 18 comments, on Sep 24 5:32 PM 2007. In Contest, Love, Life, Spiritual, Sad, Thoughts
• The Answer

  Drifting along the stream of consciousness,
  malachite wings unfurled, looking for the answer.

  10 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 25 11:45 AM 2007. In 60 word Quickie, Hope, Spiritual, Thoughts, Personal, Life
• It's commonplace.

  Perfect pollution, pollinating cancer,

  9 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 5 8:28 PM 2007. In Contest, Quickie, Life, Sad, Society
• Fantasy can be reality

  Subconcious streams of thought, a fantasy, something to strive for.

  22 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 5 9:09 PM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts, Life
• My Freedom (at what cost)

  Bloodied hands, hollow heart,

  12 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 6 10:23 PM 2007. In Contest, Dark, Pain, Sad
• Just Listen.

  There is serenity in silence,
  thoughts turn inward,

  10 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 7 12:13 PM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts
• Confidence in oneself

  I didn't use to think I could do anything right and I couldn't. Then I gave it all over to God, suddenly my whole world changed.

  4 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 9 4:33 AM 2007. In Contest, Spiritual, Thoughts, Life
• I'll never know.

  Talk of suicide, I pulled her aside,
  chatted for hours, an emotional ride.

  13 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 9 4:45 AM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Love, Thoughts
• Waiting

  Some things in life are worth waiting years for, the rest I can wait forever.

  0 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 10 11:51 PM 2007. In Contest, Quote
• Preventable Death

  Children die every day,
  from preventable sickness,

  27 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 15 6:26 PM 2007. In Contest, Life, Pain, Sad, Society, Big Business
• Wasted

  Rotting fruit, like society.

  9 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 16 12:30 PM 2007. In Contest, Society, Sad, Thoughts
• The real you.

  The depth of your eyes speaks of worlds unexplored,
  a love unshared, a heart bound, a shackled soul.

  10 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 17 2:46 AM 2007. In Contest, Life, Thoughts, Abstract
• Earth Mother

  Her loving light watches over the land, healing natures hurts with a compassionate hand.

  7 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 18 3:37 PM 2007. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• This cat has claws.

  Walking to the parking lot,
  heard a strange noise.

  21 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 19 12:29 PM 2007. In Contest, Society, Dark, Life, Thoughts, Weird
• Reach for the Sky

  Bowed beauty, reaching for the sky, hit by lightning, carved with knives.

  9 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 24 12:36 AM 2007. In Contest, Spiritual, Thoughts, Life
• Spiderwebs and Society

  Sunlit dew glistens on a spiders web,
  the beauty, the majesty of it, of life.

  21 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 24 1:03 AM 2007. In Contest, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Society, Thoughts
• Circle of life.

  The land swollen,
  passion has led to fertility.

  9 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 24 4:19 PM 2007. In Contest, Nature, Life
• The AP peanut gallery.

  Back stabbing ruthlessness,
  twisted tortured minds.

  10 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 29 12:14 AM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Sad, Society, Thoughts, Life
• Our Time

  Fiery echoes of passions heat, sweet loving embraces, entwined hearts.

  17 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 30 8:30 PM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Love, Angst
• She smiles

  Another day of work is done, perched upon the wall.

  4 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 4 4:59 PM 2007. In Contest, Life
• Love of Life

  Fragile wings spread to the suns shining rays,
  collecting sun, like an empty heart collects love.

  10 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 4 5:37 PM 2007. In Contest, Life, Nature, Thoughts
• The call

  Flying to her lover on a wing and a prayer, passing moons, planets, like they weren't even there.

  20 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 5 12:57 AM 2007. In Contest, Fantasy, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts, Weird
• Real Love

  Full of candy coated lies, you kissed me with sugarless lips,

  24 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 5 4:21 AM 2007. In Contest, Love, Life, Thoughts, Pain, Sad
• Meteor

  Whelped in the inferno, thrown free to drift or be destroyed,
  traveling aimlessly, directionless, until gravity's hold

  12 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 8 3:06 AM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts, Weird, Abstract, Life
• Poetic thought VS. Reality

  A precious dove I spied today, freckles and a smile, I asked if she would sit with me, for a little while.

  16 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 10 3:38 AM 2007. In Contest, Society, Thoughts, Life
• Barbed wire & Buckshot

  Barbed wire and buckshot await over the rise,
  our hearts yearning for the free open skies.

  9 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 12 3:35 AM 2007. In Contest, Society, Life, Thoughts
• Just turn the page

  It stands in disrepair, the old grain mill,
  used to have wagons waiting, to get their fill.

  23 lines, 14 comments, on Nov 12 5:11 AM 2007. In Contest, Life, Society, Thoughts
• Little Angel

  Little Angel sitting on your pedestal.

  8 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 14 4:35 AM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts
• Phone Companies suck

  Phone companies have us by the balls
  charging out the wazoo to make our calls

  22 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 14 8:28 PM 2007. In Angst, Humor, Life, Sad, Society, Thoughts
• Blinded by life.

  Waves crash upon the shore, like the trials beating on our lives.

  12 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 16 3:16 PM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts, Society, Life
• Looking Ahead

  Serenity, so hard to find
  past actions bringing me down.

  10 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 17 12:48 AM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts, Life, Personal, Society, Message
• All about ass

  For many years while drinking I had to cover my ass, things always went wrong, lying to your face, I had balls of brass.

  16 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 24 1:45 AM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts, Society, Humor, Weird
• She's a player

  Appearing out of nowhere, beauty personified,
  mind, soul and heart, she will give you a ride.

  20 lines, 19 comments, on Dec 4 3:05 PM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts, Fantasy, Society
• It can only get better.

  So you had a bad day, nothing going your way.

  7 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 4 3:17 PM 2007. In Contest, Quickie, Society, Life
• The mask

  She dances to the music in her head,
  it is always playing to drown out the dread.

  5 lines, 1 comment, on May 5 10:56 PM. In Contest, Thoughts, Life
• Turn the page

  Back turned
  [walk away]

  16 lines, 6 comments, on May 12 9:42 PM. In Contest, Life, Thoughts
• You quit listening

  I speak... nothing is heard

  20 lines, 4 comments, on May 16 10:45 PM. In Contest, Life, Thoughts
• Serenity is my goal.

  I believe I write the echo of my soul,
  sometimes silly, sometimes sad,

  8 lines, 3 comments, on May 21 2:05 AM. In Contest, Life, Spiritual, Personal, Thoughts
• A lonely place to lay (Rondel)

  The cemetery is a lonely place to lay,
  buzzards and worms are no real fun.

  16 lines, 5 comments, on May 23 12:42 AM. In Contest, Picture Prompt, Rondel, Form poetry, Humor
• Follow your Heart

  Delineated by boundaries not of my making,
  fractured mirrored image, a bit out of skew.

  14 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 26 12:45 AM. In Contest, Life, Thoughts, Message

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by Griswold

Categories: Life, Personal, Inspirational poems

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