This will be a collection of pieces I believe that every poet should read...
The pieces that Ive selected for this list will have in some way touched my heart as I am sure they will for you as well...
Peace and Love
Asdzaa
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behind the lines of a poets mind
the secrets lurk within it's time -
I’m named most holy, your mother / In the garden of Three Trees / I have been dining, none other / At the table of Three Queens / I’ve rais
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behind the lines of a poets mind
the secrets lurk within it's time -
by M. Dianne Berry 9 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 11 10:16 AM 2007
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like a phantom of the forest leaving my mind to question what my eyes alleged
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Why?
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They had the kind of love everyone dreams of
Sixty years ago when they both were young.by Mark Rickerby 96 lines, 43 comments, on Sep 13 12:48 AM 2007
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vaulting the melody of my lilting chords to the skies,
to be chased by black clouds
carrying your voice; -
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great poetry, meaningful poetry, evolves from the workmanship of the soul,by JohnnyD 51 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 26 8:23 AM 2007. In My own style, Dedication, Friendship, Inspirational, Spiritual
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Rose bouquet
~ Merlot divineby Knight70 8 lines, 57 comments, on Oct 28 1:34 AM 2007. In Contest, Quickie in 10 words, Romance, Lost in thought -
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Ancient at 24 Here I sit, on the eve of my great war
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Falling snow still paints my luminescent smile,
floating past horizons lost for a blind while, -
As some of you may know, I recently got hitched.by Mark Rickerby 71 lines, 36 comments, on Nov 12 3:59 PM 2007
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Golden Brown her eyes reflect Lips so round I could but slip
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adoration is a funny business,
as it never, ever comes free of charge,by JohnnyD 37 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 11 6:01 PM 2007. In My own style, Lost in thought, Pain, Hope, Angst -
I know your touch,
I know your smile.by These tears I cry 34 lines, 23 comments, on Nov 15 3:03 PM 2007 -
Porcelain ice covers the frosted lake,
shadowed by mountains and yet untouchedby apoeticinjustice 38 lines, 29 comments, on Nov 14 8:59 PM 2007. In Nature, Life, Spiritual, Personal -
Once upon a dazzling flash
vision in shimmer and shine -
Whispering winds soar through
As my broken heartstrings cry. -
It’s in the details.
The thin strand of hair: -
Acrostic Sonnet with internal Etheree
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In this world of democracies,sociologies, and diverse economies once lived a princess and the saint.by ears2hearyou 106 lines, 20 comments, on Dec 13 5:47 PM 2007. In Life, Hope, Contemporary, Contest, Spiritual, Thoughts, Inspirational, Humanit
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I hath found traces of
solace, encrusted in coral -
if the moon was caught
with grasping fingers, -
I.
Lingering thoughts submerged upon this ink spilledby B Chandler 52 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 26 12:21 PM 2007. In Contemporary -
Book release: Intro by Zayra Yves
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Largo
My life is slow music nowby Swan song 367 lines, 18 comments, on Jan 6 1:51 AM -
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Trapped within shimmering temptation,
solemn echoes reverberate to the casual tick
[and clumsy tock]by She Has My Heart 53 lines, 62 comments, on Feb 25 1:07 PM -
How could I know of bubbles bursting wet embrace,
this November cry,by kaibab 79 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 11 6:28 PM
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They were the unwanted children who grew up to be unwanted adults. They were the outcasts; the embryos that were not allowed to be aborted.
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Do I think of her?
Truth is; “do I ever not??”by JohnnyD 38 lines, 17 comments, on Feb 22 8:23 PM. In My own style, Lost in thought, My life, Friendship, Longing
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by Ephiphany 70 lines, 32 comments, on Mar 21 1:33 PM. In My own style, Lost in thought, Message, Angst, Personal, Freewrite
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As the moonlight races to chaseaway the dark places.
The wind blows through my long brown hair. -
If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote it
Remember only the verse that now answers to your mind -
A broken tree that’s hanging low across the windless shore,
But a fraction of the once-proud trunk, that dwelt here before,by She Has My Heart 25 lines, 25 comments, on Jan 23 12:42 PM -
Dreams hyphonate what still may come with what stays still, forever dumb, retain the reins of destiny
so reign’s refrain’s sustained, stayby Jonathan ROBIN 84 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 6 11:57 AM. In Other. Reward -
The moon glows in the dark sky
The pain in her heart growsby lovelight05 21 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 9 5:15 AM. In Thoughts -
For my Yuna only. No one can use it without her permission.by Rose Dark Thorn 13 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 3 9:51 AM. In Border, Background, Nature, Dedication, Friendship
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And I grow weary, I grow stale, My hand it falters as it moves,
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Hurled into the corner
like a rag doll,by sanity 31 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 27 5:26 AM -
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IAMBIC PENTAMETER - abab cdcd rhyme-scheme
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I used to paiby JohnnyD 72 lines, 18 comments, on May 6 8:01 PM. In My own style, Lost in thought, Friendship, Life, Nature
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by ian sawicki 26 lines, 105 comments, on Sep 9 3:22 PM
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I remember watching Dorothy as she closed her eyes andby Swan song 37 lines, 5 comments, on May 10 7:26 PM
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Winged desperation-
Life all befluttered-by JohnnyD 20 lines, 6 comments, on May 10 8:23 PM. In My own style, Dedication, Lost in thought, Friendship, Spiritual, Nature -
it's a hard head on soft pillows, good friend and a glass of wine
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I give you mind, / light as bright / in white to burst with every color, / meadow's grass to glimmer green, / in dancing waves / of spillin
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Three times the knell did chime
It reverberated within her -
I walk the path
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We are both in one another’s blood,
One more than the otherby JohnnyD 66 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 5 6:55 PM. In My own style, Lost in thought, Friendship, Thoughts, Life, Personal
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