Tag: poem
group name: writerscafe
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October 10, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
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Resurrection , by Amy George
I don't remember
when you grew wings...
when they flared out
from your back
above the stab wounds
now only scars.
I just remember your . . . more
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April 22, 2008 05:34 PM EDT --
What Would You Do With $100
Hello all members of A BETTER WORLD and anyone who should happen on this essay.
"When I give, I give myself." . . . more
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August 09, 2007 11:40 PM EDT --
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
- Robert Byrne
ABC's of Sue
A... is for Andrew, my beloved twenty-something son.
B... is for Bellevue, home . . . more
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May 19, 2007 09:10 PM EDT --
To put behind our differences and get on with the business of our marriage;
Was it when the cat died and we reft into two, the summer you left for the mountains to a cabin by yourself, in search of something . . . more
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November 15, 2007 01:28 PM EST --
Welcome Poetry Play on Words members and anyone who should happen on this poem.
"It doesn't . . . more
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August 28, 2007 09:55 PM EDT --
In tribute to my sister who is 39 today!
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
- Maya Angelou
Ode to My Sister
Sweet sister, you . . . more
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August 15, 2007 05:23 PM EDT --
We are very pleased to announce that the winner in the Gather.com “Express Yourself” Poetry Contest is Arlene H., for her poem “The Lagoon.” She has won $100 from Gather, and of . . . more
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December 08, 2007 02:02 PM EST --
I will stay by your side on the darkest day
when your best intentions are not enough
lost in shadows I'll help you find your way
I'll stay by your side when it don't . . . more
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November 18, 2007 03:38 PM EST --
Close your eyes
rest your head
close off the world
nothing to be said
lean into me
just for tonight
catch your breath
give up the fight
. . . more
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April 03, 2008 08:25 PM EST --
Welcome Poetry Play on Words members and anyone who should happen on this poem.
"It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are . . . more
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October 05, 2008 09:15 AM EDT --
Mother
Yeah you know I'm talking to you
You who fell for the troubadour in sly cat clothes
Did you forget your angels?
You know the ones that you thought fell from the sky
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May 17, 2007 10:13 AM EDT --
Zephyr washing over me, eyes wide shut to keep out light from streetlamps below. White shadows project tall onto my ceiling above, shadows bent from wall and ceiling; ladder truck's siren blares . . . more
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May 18, 2007 12:34 AM EDT --
Mary rolls her trash down the driveway alone now that Nolo has died; decades of Saturday night dancing, summer swims and afternoon tennis are behind her; these days, ladies come to lunch or she flies to . . . more
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June 30, 2007 11:00 PM EDT --
Fecundity passes; I watch rosy youth bust out, looking for sensual healing; youths laugh, lean into one another and tilt their heads, just so - they hold hands, they're in their salad days, callow, . . . more
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December 29, 2007 07:42 PM EST --
Sometimes, when I least expect it,
I think about you, and it makes me smile.
I remember how we use to laugh,
the way you would touch my hair,
the way you would say my name.
Sometimes, when . . . more
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June 02, 2008 09:41 AM EDT --
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Every month I'm featuring the winning entry from poem's submitted to me directly as per the guidelines in the Poem of the Month Competition (read rules by clicking here ). Contrary to some . . . more
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August 31, 2007 09:38 PM EDT --
I slept alone
with you beside me
quietly mourned
my loss
I talked to myself
with you on the line
desperately withheld
my grief
I danced alone
with you in my arms
cautiously expressed . . . more
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March 13, 2008 07:56 PM EST --
She lays a hand on my
shoulder. "Ain't the sky beautiful tonight?"
I don't respond. Sure, the pink
and blue, almost melancholy sunset
is indeed beautiful. But
I shrug . . . more
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February 14, 2007 04:41 PM EST --
"This we know -- all things are connected like the blood which unites one family."
Chief Seattle
He Loves Me (free verse)
He loves me,
he loves me not
eliminated from the equation . . . more
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October 25, 2007 01:40 PM EDT --
Welcome Poetry Play on Words members and anyone who should happen on this poem.
" One of . . . more
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