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Poem | Poet | Order by Most Viewed | Order by Most Commented | Created | Last Comment |
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Broken Lanterns in the Moonlight.A random thought while walking through the woods one night...put it on the shelf and perhaps oneday more will come of it.... | Unknown | 485 | 4 | Jun 2009 | Oct 2009 jazzy75 |
Death of my FianceThe pendulum swings....... both ways....equally as far. And so the heights my heart once knew, now too, must know it’s sorrows. An... | Kinderling | 485 | 2 | Jan 2010 | Jan 2010 jazzy75 |
Death ' 101 'I have read this poem many times since putting it to paper. Each time it brings me peace.... | Unknown | 485 | 6 | Nov 2012 | Nov 2012 Unknown |
broken down yet travellingsaw a man wizened gray hairs askew skinny clothes leather jacket and skin carrying his most prized possession a carton of cigarettes sometimes lif... | Dawn7z | 484 | 1 | Nov 2009 | Nov 2009 jazzy75 |
Hear the Rain Slant?I am amongst the woods. Naked. The trees sway somberly in the moonlight as night unfurls. The crisp air fingers my vertebrae like a harp - arpegg... | Unknown | 483 | 2 | Oct 2010 | Oct 2010 Unknown |
Piece Of MindIt was 12-4-92 when I wrote this. Being towards very much more songwriter than poet, I started out loosely with this and it all took form. Odd as it s... | DiggableHippy49 | 483 | 3 | Sep 2021 | Apr 2023 LADYCOUNTESSA |
more of "free cee's" insightmost of u lackHE ONCE GAVE MY YOUNG SON A PUPPET SHOW WITH ONE RAW CHICKEN ON EACH HAND, THAT WAS ALAN, AND ALAN WAS, FOR SURE, ALAN.... | Unknown | 482 | 0 | Feb 2011 | |
Cry Me A RiverNot really a poem, actually lyrics to a song i wrote but thought i'd share them. Not about any particular event, just about sorrow and loss albeit tho... | Unknown | 480 | 5 | May 2010 | May 2010 jazzy75 |
Loosing my JesseI lost the love of my life two years ago come august 30th, I have not been able to get my barrings since I lost him and it's been very hard for me.I a... | Unknown | 479 | 4 | Jul 2009 | Jul 2009 Unknown |
which path will i takeInto these poems I put my thoughts My feelings The why life has led me on Should I go this way or the other path way Which is best the left o... | wayne34 | 478 | 4 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2012 niah9 |
loss/deathlife is a winding path to trace years filling memory's with peoples face see where they have fallen in places by the wish to linger in loves grace... | elo69 | 478 | 3 | Jul 2014 | Jul 2014 Girlygirl196349 |
Mankind's Folly'sthe dark side of humans... | shadow1950 | 477 | 10 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2013 shadow1950 |
grannies warGiant hearts Pull on strings Movement Gained Small steps Balance on tip toes She strides with unsteady feet Aged old granny sleeps Tommor... | wayne34 | 476 | 1 | Jul 2014 | Jul 2014 Unknown |
If I couldNever take things for granted.... | jaypo77 | 476 | 4 | May 2015 | Jun 2015 jaypo77 |
crossed roadsi don't know if this is done in other countries or continents, but it always touches me here in America.... | agoodguy2have | 476 | 4 | Feb 2010 | Mar 2010 Happygolucky4u |
Different eyes tell Different lies35 years of a Guerrilla war ended three months ago. Millions of people died.. and it was sheer horror growing up with a death threat lurking in every... | Unknown | 475 | 0 | Aug 2009 | |
On ReflectionI wrote this poem in a particularly painful period in my life. I hadn't paid much attention to myself for many years and one day I just looked in the... | chrissy2u | 474 | 3 | Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 chrissy2u |
TILL WE MEET AGAINYou were there when my first tear fell You held me and I knew you’d always be there When I took my first step You caught me I said my first... | Unknown | 474 | 0 | Aug 2016 | |
A Sonnet to a young wife laid to rest.More than fifty years ago, whilst visiting the Louvre in Paris, I was emotional attracted to a painting of a young man laying his young wife in her gr... | reguiny2006 | 474 | 8 | Jul 2013 | Jul 2013 reguiny2006 |
HeavenMy cousin just lost her husband cos of cancer after they live together for 15 year. And I wrote this for her (my cousin)... | Unknown | 473 | 9 | Nov 2013 | Nov 2013 Unknown |
A poem for Robin WilliamsA Poem for Robin Williams Robin you always made me Laugh and cry at the same time I laughed so hard sometimes my sides ached and tears ran You ga... | Soloartist | 472 | 3 | Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 godsprincess |
Goodbye my friendThis poem is dedicated to dear friends who have pasted away. We shared collecting North American Native fishes Focused on our first experiences coll... | Fiznh13 | 471 | 5 | Nov 2013 | Dec 2013 Fiznh13 |
BlindfoldJust what I am feeling tonight...... | Spartacus2012 | 471 | 18 | May 2013 | May 2013 Spartacus2012 |
"...AND AS I LAY DYING" 5/17/2014This song is on the album i call "DARK INTIMACY" another one of my epic concept album about Dark Desires & Dark Passions.... for abstract s*xual ap... | sexxmagick74 | 471 | 2 | Oct 2014 | Oct 2014 hotmamma069 |
WHY AM I HERE?They say that time heals all wombs, but I dont really think so. Because it has been years since I lost my mommy and my only child, my son, and the pai... | Unknown | 469 | 7 | Aug 2014 | Aug 2014 Unknown |
never dieDo I want to live for ever Never to grow old To stay young and slim Never to be old Days will be endless What would I do Get married as you... | wayne34 | 468 | 7 | Mar 2014 | Mar 2014 wayne34 |
das boatOn the ocean the preditor waits Her iron skined hull Waiting for her pray Eight or more fish waiting for her tubes Her torpedoos active and wa... | wayne34 | 468 | 1 | May 2013 | May 2013 wayne34 |
SwimA late night musing. That's become my new source.... | Unknown | 468 | 4 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2010 caroljoyce |
For What It's WorthChallenged to write a poem with that as a theme ...For What It's Worth... | steve1223 | 468 | 4 | Sep 2012 | Sep 2012 steve1223 |
Fish out of WaterYou went and left with another guy, glitter and fade into a starless sky. I spend my days with just your ghost, a parasite for which I’m... | Unknown | 467 | 3 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 Unknown |
No Matter WhenMy father died when I was an infant and as an adult I have only allowed myself to think about the loss once a year on the anniversary of his death. Th... | Unknown | 466 | 12 | Sep 2009 | Sep 2009 Unknown |
BeautyMy grandmother died my sophmore year in high school. I wrote this poem very shortly after passed.... | ShyGuy1984 | 466 | 7 | Feb 2014 | Feb 2014 ShyGuy1984 |
Old River Ran RedFort Pillow Massacre © Copyright, bigcadillac... | Unknown | 465 | 2 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2011 HotrodLarrys |
ILLUMINATINGSoul Bleed another past spell... | Victorsfmallare | 465 | 0 | Sep 2011 | |
Cardinal SacrificeI was trying to see these events with his eyes, Icarus, the son of Daedalus. His father seemed supremely arrogant to me and strangely careless of his... | Skybow | 464 | 5 | Sep 2009 | Sep 2009 Skybow |
CAUGHT BETWEEN A KNOCK AND A HARD FACE by ~free!~ACTUALLY I BEGAN ASKING THAT LAST QUESTION FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS...THE WAY I ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHAT A PERSON WHO WAS BORN BLIND DREAMS ABOUT?... | Unknown | 464 | 4 | Feb 2011 | Feb 2011 gnj4u |
Something Stirring (villanelle)As night descends, casting darkness all is silent and so very still waiting, listening, and breathless Into the dark of nights coldness do you f... | shadow1950 | 464 | 13 | May 2013 | Jul 2013 shadow1950 |
Somewhere after the war in SyriaYou were feeling a little tiresome that Saturday afternoon, you're husband suggested a lie down would do you good, joining you with the papers he... | Spinoza66 | 464 | 3 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2015 Unknown |
The inky greyslice of life... | Oceanzest | 463 | 3 | Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 EXRED3 |
So SadAnother war on news Death stalking from the sky Oblivious bombs go buzzing bye Another lost soul A mother must console Her son was not to keep... | Unknown | 462 | 0 | Feb 2012 | |
The pastWhen we look to the past we say To all my enemies, you will pay When we look to the past we feel Never ending rotation, An infinate wheel A li... | Unknown | 461 | 5 | Jun 2011 | Jun 2011 boyshchrm6 |
A Birthday WishI wrote this for my sons birthday, he was killed in a car accident 7yrs ago... | tipmeup | 460 | 19 | Apr 2011 | May 2011 DANXBGT |
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