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The Beach

The beach -
shadows, elastic, stretching,

by Bad Bill 34 lines, 2 comments, 8 hours ago. In Nature, Thoughts, Contest
Dull Star

I'd love to pen a poem of brilliance,
but lesser luminosity will have to suffice.

by Bad Bill 2 lines, 4 comments, 1 day ago. In Contest
Yet Another Survey? Oh Well...

by Bad Bill 112 lines, 1 day ago. In Contest, Survey
My People...

by Bad Bill 18 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 2 2:54 AM. In Society, Thoughts, Contest
Holding the Mirror

Tragedy's too grand a concept
to bestow on my small-scale sins.

by Bad Bill 26 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 30 2:56 PM. In Life, Thoughts, Contest
If You Love Me

by Bad Bill 17 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 29 1:34 PM. In Love, Adult
The Girl who was Called Out (translation)

I'll never forget her:
her shocked expression

by Bad Bill 16 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 28 4:27 AM. In Translation, Contest

Love Triumphant

Each day my world creates itself anew
in shades of feeling, subtleties of tone;

by Bad Bill 10 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 27 2:02 PM. In Love
basically speaking

by Bad Bill 44 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 26 4:00 AM. In Life, Thoughts, Bukowski, Contest, Adult
Love's Sweet Bloom

by Bad Bill 19 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 24 9:36 AM. In Love, Adult
Love was Blind

And here we are, Martha,
ten years older and the roses long faded,

by Bad Bill 8 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 24 3:46 AM. In Contest
All I Know

Why do I write, the poet asks?
May as well ask the wind

by Bad Bill 24 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 23 9:59 AM. In Personal, Contest
Cleansing Fire

Soon it will happen again:
the slow stirring in the blood,

by Bad Bill 24 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 22 4:11 PM. In Dark, Contest
Slug-a-bed

Early morning, damp and chill,
snow lies on my window sill.

by Bad Bill 16 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 22 11:41 AM. In Humor, Contest

rain falling softly

rain falling softly
on a pagoda roof

by Bad Bill 4 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 21 6:10 PM. In Nature, Haiku
Inner Sanctum

The listening room's a secret place
for quiet thoughts to grow;

by Bad Bill 20 lines, 13 comments, on Nov 19 4:28 AM. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Contest
Winter Man

Snow lies everywhere,
winter's white hair.

by Bad Bill 31 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 18 4:47 AM. In Nature
Moment of Truth

The billowing furls of the Big Tent,
the braided ropes, the spangles;

by Bad Bill 27 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 17 2:02 PM. In Personal, Weird, Contest
Young Eric

A young Viking god,
sea-frosted eyes gazing

by Bad Bill 52 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 15 12:15 PM. In Other, Contest
Pragmatist

1. Do you believe something is going to happen in or around
2012?

by Bad Bill 51 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 14 8:40 AM. In Contest, survey
You are Mine

I am your nicotine fix,
your tube of pleasure,

by Bad Bill 33 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 13 10:43 AM. In Contest

Thank You, Charles

If we are born like this,
then no amount

by Bad Bill 22 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 12 5:50 AM
Love Masks

Love - small word, huge effect.
What else can swallow stars,

by Bad Bill 29 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 12 4:26 AM. In Love, Thoughts
An Island Poet - in memoriam George MacKay Brown

An islandman, a man of bleak
Northern spaces, the cold sea-spray

by Bad Bill 24 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 9 11:09 AM. In Tribute
In the Emperor's Palace

In the Emperor's palace
there are many rooms:

by Bad Bill 42 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 9 4:20 AM. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Contest
A Muse I Need

A muse I need, to pen a word or two;
a moonlight ode, a tribute to your charm.

by Bad Bill 17 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 8 1:31 PM. In Contest, Echo Sonnet
Yet Still We Try

Each night I search inside my dreams for you,
and wander mental corridors in vain;

by Bad Bill 17 lines, 12 comments, on Nov 7 3:58 AM. In Love, Sonnet
Sometimes I Think

Sometimes I think there is a plan
ordained by God for mouse and man,

by Bad Bill 17 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 4 4:06 PM. In Thoughts, Contest
Natural Lot

There is sorrow
and there are degrees

by Bad Bill 41 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 4 3:09 AM. In Pain, Thoughts, Contest
Beyond Definition

A poem is
a new-born child,

by Bad Bill 40 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 3 10:08 AM. In Contest
If You Would Dream

If you would dream of me tonight,
you'd drown my heart in wild delight.

by Bad Bill 17 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 2 9:07 AM. In Contest
Morning Calisthenics

summer morning rain
washes the upturned faces

by Bad Bill 11 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 1 5:44 PM. In Haiku, Contest
City of God?

The neighbourhood is burning,
but not with fire. No, it is

by Bad Bill 32 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 31 9:46 AM. In Society, Pain, Thoughts
From the Margins

My flimsy heart is buffeted
by every wind that blows;

by Bad Bill 13 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 31 4:55 AM. In Thoughts, Contest
Iconic Image

Your Ophelia, my dear Millais,
will forever be the iconic image

by Bad Bill 14 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 29 2:55 PM. In Art, Literature, Contest

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