Tag: people
group name: thepoetryreview
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July 16, 2007 04:55 PM EDT --
I went down to the water
The moon my only companion
There to guide me, easily
My only thoughts were of you
Time, moments, feelings
Things we . . . more
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January 30, 2008 04:30 PM EST --
When my time on earth is past and my
Ashes have been scattered to the wind,
Will you recall the sound of my voice and
Hear it echo somewhere in the distance?
Will your arms . . . more
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October 23, 2007 08:00 PM EDT --
Who invited this clown?
I don't recall sending an invitation
Yet here he is
Pain in the rearend
Someone escort him out
And tell him to take his vile friends with him
To include chemo, . . . more
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July 20, 2007 07:55 PM EDT --
I walk with you, watching the flowers break free from the hard ground
The wind blows across my cheek, gently caressing trees into awakening
Azure blue floats above us, swirling white . . . more
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January 02, 2008 06:41 AM EST --
I once looked at the moon and thought it was made of cheese.
My friends laughed at me. I never mentioned it again
I wanted to close my eyes and see only darkness there. rather than the swirling . . . more
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January 12, 2007 11:32 AM EST --
In my desperation Lord I cried out to you
Will you hear me or turn me away
With a heart so heavy and full of pain
I have often wondered what you could possibly see in me
All my life I’ve been . . . more
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August 09, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
Let's make a list. Name a person who changed your life outside of your family with the exception of a religious figure:
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February 27, 2007 03:49 PM EST --
It is a cold and lonely day
Nothing seems to go my way
Snow, please melt quick
I don't want it to stick
The family car is buried deep
My mother is starting to weep
My ears are cold, my lips are . . . more
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April 23, 2007 08:57 PM EDT --
I feel the ache
It surrounds my every bone
I can see the scars on my flesh
I remember each cut
Suddenly I'm drained.
I've never felt this cold.
My soul gasps:
What . . . more
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January 13, 2007 09:46 PM EST --
Sweet
Breeze on my face, after
The summer snow
The hibiscus flower
Blooms
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January 14, 2007 09:19 PM EST --
Amorous rose
In my kikuyu lawn, this
Colorful morn
The frangipani in her
Summer best
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July 17, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
I saw us once in my mind
So happy and carefree
I loved you at first sight
A cloud of happiness descended
Over us like a blanket
I never knew such bliss . . . more
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July 18, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
Soaring weightless above the water
Watching the gleam of dreams flow out of my reach
The wind releases my soul into infinity
Drawing my being into the abyss of death
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August 03, 2007 11:15 PM EDT --
The following is a song/poem I wrote for/about a friend who just could not seem to let his destructive relationship with his lady go. The lady in his life caused him great misery, she would leave often, . . . more
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July 17, 2007 11:11 AM EDT --
I remember you...
Your smell, your touch
The way you looked at me
I didn't know what fate had in store
How could I know
We were so young
I broke . . . more
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March 08, 2007 07:18 PM EST --
(This is another poem I wrote when I was a teenager)
To be a friend or not to be
That's the question you ask me
You want me to do something that's wrong
I didn't know confusion . . . more
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June 15, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
He reached down from on high and took hold of me: He drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foe who was too strong for me. Psalms 18:16-17
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February 26, 2007 05:14 AM EST --
The luscious
Frangipani blooms in earnest;
Oozing desire
I watch the star of the summer
Garden with lustful eyes
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June 24, 2007 11:54 AM EDT --
My Bubbe, grandmother, saved my soul when I was growing up. My family of origin was somewhat dysfunctional, shall we say, but Bubbe was a source of unconditional love. I was the oldest grandchild, and . . . more
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September 09, 2007 10:52 PM EDT --
What I mean when I say I love you
(another poem)
a beautiful-
cool blue
lovelycanary yellow
hot red-filling, beauty-filled-
wonderful
wonder-filled happening
happening upon we…. . . . more
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