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What's It About — Ludy Bührs	me, please don’t read this to pieces don’t even try to analyze just try to sympathize it isn’t angling for fame just a pleasant wording...	123 views Rate it
Written without Redemption — Ludy Bührs	Building me requires strength I have to get and still I wait. Empty words get loads and strains to make me stand up...	115 views Rate it
Royalty vs the poet's realms — S.Zaynab.Kamoonpury	Of splendid thrones of gold or treasures manifold Of jewelled caskets or lavish banquets Of Emirs and rajahs Of Sultan and Shahs...	74 views Rate it
The Poem (from the Soul) — anonymous3142	it come from the soul, did it shine though the dark, did it open a world and a great truth impart? then you have succeeded though in heaven,...	52 views Rate it
"New Poems" Spam — anonymous3142	you're writing a book all on the same page is it any wonder that people get phased? their euesight goes bluriy they dont know what to dou ...	35 views Rate it
It Was Amazing / Poetry — anonymous3142	was amazing that so much Could always be said with so little that we got used to talking in similtudes And words combined with heart and soul was...	33 views Rate it
Go Rest — anonymous3142	Go rest from your writings go blessed that you thought them You wrote them down and you know for sure of their 'truth' go find your life a -...	25 views Rate it
The Peaceful Poet — Zachary Mistry	A desk that’s covered in papers and ink, You can tell that this is a place to think. If you feel around on the chair, You can tell someone’s been...	24 views Rate it
Words not Thought, but Felt — Gisela Vigil	As a retired teacher I think back to the many times I was asked why I write poetry but don’t teach it. My response, “I don’t know how to”. Truth...	19 views Rate it
Uniqueness — Ludy Bührs	Artists and poets of our time, they paint, they draw, they rhyme. It has been done for thousands of years, expressions of love and deepest...	18 views Rate it
My life is a poem — LillianP	life is a poem, seeing things through similes, juxtaposition, and metaphors. They say that "comparison is the thief of joy, but what if it's a...	14 views Rate it
Collections — anonymous3142	are for keeping for days when brain feels like reading what's...	13 views Rate it
44's — William A Kofoed	On a hot summers day sunlight beating down black asphalt radiates the sun’s burning...	8 views Rate it
Getting my words back — Porgy	Getting my words back, Like sucking on dry meat with toothless teeth And biting on bone with arm clenched gums. If I could just suck the taste of...	7 views Rate it
Not Much — Soul_00	It is not much it is not alot it is just that. but sometimes it's more, sometimes it reaches sometimes the whole wide vista opens up ...	5 views Rate it
LOST IN THOUGHTS — Brown Sketchys	I waited for that person, Who'll wipe off my pains and sorrows, Someone to give me a lively hug, When I had no hope left within. Someone who will...	5 views Rate it
Colours of poetry — GIDRAF MWANGI	Dress emotions most truly human In bold italicized silk And that’s poetry Color a scene collage or mosaic In shimmering liquid letters And that’s...	5 views Rate it
A través de mis ojos — J.L. Diazgranados	En un pasado ya muy lejano, en un tiempo ya transcurrido, donde quizás mis memorias, recuerdos y entendimiento eran escasos, nulos. Dónde el alma yace...	4 views Rate it
dolphin people — Pablo enrique	words poem words poem words poem words poem words poem words poem words poem words poem words poem words poem words poem words poem...	4 views Rate it
New To Poetry — Caleb Apollis	Is poetry about rhyme Or having the right form Poetry and pottery Are two art forms I searched the web To find poets Who walked on...	4 views Rate it
Four Word Rhyme — Jase Lucero Pinski	Please do not say That every single day Is all a waste It's just a taste Of more to come Cue to the drum As if a song But not as long Plus without a beat...	4 views Rate it
Floating off God's mercy — Solacethepoet	Floating off God's mercy, I shared bread with the devil, sins were pardoned, I met death and she acknowledged what I could be in the...	3 views Rate it
Playing Masterfully on Words; I Beat to My Own Drum, Come Join Me — Renee Drummond-Brown	I’m an ocean that waves. I’m a kite that gets high. I’m fire where there’s smoke. I’m a spirit that’s free. I’m security that guards. I’m a guitar...	2 views Rate it
Anxiety — Purplesan	Anxiety is not a joke From inside i’m totally broke. Shivering and panicking everytime It feels like i’m committing a crime No one understand...	1 view Rate it
A poem from the void — Pratikhya Panda	Sometimes a good poem Is a voice that soothes, A thought that has been yours, For years now. Sometimes a good poem Is the one you can’t write, Is...	1 view Rate it

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