Tag: poetry
group name: soulfood
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April 16, 2007 09:01 AM EDT --
There’s a star in the sky
I believe its an angel
As it sparkles a plentiful shine
I feel her light touch my eyes
From the flame in the night sky
Its nearly blinds me, its splendour
In this world . . . more
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January 12, 2007 04:33 PM 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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June 24, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
I've written this to the tune of 'Across The Universe Of Time'- a song by Hayley Westenra - my inspiration.
I rest my head, with sleep in my eyes
The night grows old and my dreams . . . more
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April 30, 2008 09:10 AM EDT --
© David Wainland 2008
You tell me to sit still when I cannot and sneer
at the noise my movements create.
Then you try to quiet me
because you think you . . . more
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May 23, 2008 01:25 AM EDT --
Demeaning words, Uttered first, disparagingly
Under his breath. Became louder; More certain
More insulting when uncontested.
Demeaning acts, Portrayed first-as little, simple disrespects . . . more
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October 15, 2007 10:23 PM EDT --
In the late summer each year
From the back of a battered blue pickup
He brought a harvest to be canned.
His wife stood and stirred the big bubbling pots
Bent over them with tendrils . . . more
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May 18, 2008 06:15 AM EDT --
Watch the sea, full of emotion,
Cruel, yet caressing.
The ever-pounding demon,
like purple velvet,
with a succession of recurring folds.
Massive forces that embrace,
Pounding surf that . . . more
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April 25, 2007 07:36 PM EDT --
A simple thing.
Soap bubble launched from a wand
Only somewhat magical.
Pursing your lips to blow
Just enough but not too much
To bend the liquid rainbow
Into an arc
And then a sphere. . . . more
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July 24, 2008 07:44 PM EDT --
Anna Swir (1908 to 1984) was one of Poland's most distinguished poets. She lived through the Nazi occupation of Poland, serving in the Resistance movement and as a military nurse in a makeshift . . . more
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August 27, 2008 01:58 PM EDT --
Behind a Name not Yours
(c) 2008 Rose Traver
Have you ever wondered how it would be, should you have lived your name NOT as free?
With freedom . . . more
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April 21, 2008 08:26 PM EDT --
Treali Storm, during interrogation, suddenly burst into verse-in trochaic pentameter, angry and offended by Robert Edwards, Deputy Director of the FBI. Interpret it as you wish.
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September 09, 2007 07:35 PM EDT --
The Catalog Queen
How many trees have fallen,
sacrificed
to commercialize
Public Radio
Boston Museum of Art
The North Country
Heart Songs
National Wildlife
all present unusual offerings
to satisfy a . . . more
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May 31, 2007 12:00 AM EDT --
Angels are writing through me
from highest thought
words and feelings rushing out
in a hurry to be expressed
continuously being released
from my flowing heart.
One after another a collection of poetry . . . more
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May 27, 2007 02:03 AM EDT --
Remembering the Others
Rows of white crosses
on lush fields of green
with small waving flags
to decorate the scene
To remember our soldiers
and remember them well
for their blood paid . . . more
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March 21, 2008 07:22 AM EDT --
Time will not stop for place
Though I wish it desperately.
A baby turns to toddler
then feet surer
begins to run.
I grasp at the moments as they fly past
Feeling them accelerate . . . more
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January 04, 2007 07:35 PM EST --
As many of you know, I am unemployed and struggling right now to find a job and pay my bills, like many of us on gather. I had opted not to buy or receive gifts because frankly I just . . . more
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May 08, 2008 05:00 AM EDT --
As time passes or will it gain even more
Concern for the environment and rapport with woman
Valuing privacy and self-respect ......
Impetus in the coming days ?!
I add the 'Indian . . . more
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May 19, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
Jewish victims of Nazi blight.
Gases still burning them in memories chamber.
Living witnesses a dying breed.
--Daniel I. Tucker
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June 05, 2008 08:22 PM EDT --
Dedicated to all going through dark and testing times within and without. You are pure love, pure light, fragrant as a rose in your inward being. Love is eternal. Believe.
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May 12, 2008 12:28 PM EDT --
The fly weeps upon the wall
He dose not hear the call
He mourns the loss of his buddy
they fly cries "Oh Fuddy"
Eternity waits for no man
If man just sits and waits for eternity . . . more
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