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The Darkest RoseSuch is an emptiness now found in the New England woods this time of year. Visting the grave of my mother, this sonnet is very darkly reflective of my...

Yankee4you92317Nov 2012Jul 2019
southmiami4321
City Reality Poem

City RealityBusy day in a busy city and it just came to me....

AnnyBee13753Jul 2019Jul 2019
AnnyBee1
the fall from grace Poem

the fall from graceWhen CS becomes too real...

Unknown5146Jun 2019Jul 2019
mcradloff

The Smell of DeathThe smell of the lake in late fall.....when the waters turn cold...is very putrid.....as many organisms die....and decay before the ice comes......

Yankee4you8898Oct 2011Jun 2019
madtat29
The Last Call Poem

The Last CallBehind the black curtain She sits in a chair Waiting for her name to be called As she sits and waits night time falls the halls have been cle...

Abby196371623Apr 2019Jun 2019
Abby1963
Mirage Poem

MirageIt happened to me few days ago while keeping in hand a frosty glass of wine...a real feeling my father was near me.......................................

salamuna58813May 2019Jun 2019
salamuna
Transitions Poem

TransitionsMy father died on May 30th, 1990 while I was still in my teens yet I wrote this in 2004 or 2005 when I worked on Cruise ships and inspired to write....

wrenaud4192May 2018May 2019
Happychatty1
SITTING IN MY DECKCHAIR 2 Poem

SITTING IN MY DECKCHAIR (2)I viewed the world's life With my own, with untold strife Full of joys and pain both We are in unison, betrothed Neither could put wron...

EXRED3862May 2019May 2019
EXRED
Kiwi Loss Poem

Kiwi LossWritten in sympathy for the 50 who were mercilessly gunned down and for their friends, families and fellow New Zealanders who suffer these overwhelmin...

gnj4u52911Mar 2019May 2019
gnj4u
HAUNTING SEARCH Poem

HAUNTING SEARCHDifferent to the types of subjects I normally write about. Up late one night ......

Unknown3740Apr 2019
My Dog Poem

My DogI made order in the attic and found my dog's collar. It still has her smell...i started to cry realising how much i was missing her....so that poem...

salamuna83523Nov 2018Mar 2019
salamuna
PRAYER TO THE GRAVE Poem

PRAYER TO THE GRAVEI wrote this after my girlfriend died some years ago. i went through a bad stage in my life after it for a while. steve...

TASAL9136Jul 2010Mar 2019
Happychatty1
THE FIELD Poem

THE FIELDThis was ghost written one night ,I've never been in a war but whoever wrote this through me has . I awoke and was compelled to write it which took 5...

007Loverman3160Feb 2019
Lost souls Poem

Lost soulsIn body and soul You where here Taken from us Now your gone Are tears flowed Hearts broken I carried your box to heavens gate The doors o...

wayne344951Dec 2018Dec 2018
godsprincess
humanity were losing it Poem

humanity, we're losing ita poem I just thought of, amidst the heinous acts committed in Paris Thanks all for your read....

lindsyjones1,86617Nov 2015Oct 2018
lindsyjones
Do Not Weep Poem

Do Not WeepBugger!! I have gone!...

trurorob2,59850Jun 2011Sep 2018
trurorob
Goodbye to Aida Poem

Goodbye to AidaA good friend of a very dear person to me passed yesterday. She was only 50. May she Rest In Peace....

virgosign4390Aug 2018
ALL DIE YOUNG Poem

ALL DIE YOUNGKing Solomon had everything a person could desire, including wisdom. He declared all to be, "...vanity, a grasping for the wind." So live your life in...

BobbyC13484821Jul 2018Jul 2018
BobbyC1348

Just ThinkingPure and natural food for thought...

Yankee4you70210Oct 2011Jul 2018
Elfustacio

LossWritten in surreal remembrance to my late mother on a cold and wet April morning in the New England countryside....

Yankee4you90512Apr 2012May 2018
Happychatty1
MOM Poem

MOMWritten months after her passing and the loss will always linger! 2009 Tweaked and added 2 lines on 9/17/17 and (Mother's Day) 5/13/18 redo 3/30...

lookn2share1,06314Jul 2012May 2018
lookn2share
Our daughters wedding day Poem

Our daughters wedding dayI sit here as the tears stream down my face In two weeks our baby girl will take on a husband You won’t be here I know you will be watching with...

Abby196376614Mar 2018Apr 2018
Abby1963
Hill of stones Poem

Hill of stonesWritten as a woman who has lost her male lover - I wondered if I could write a sad poem, hmmm handkerchief please, never again!...

Oceanzest1,2157Feb 2018Feb 2018
lovecanbereal
On Reflection Poem

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...

chrissy2u4693Jan 2018Jan 2018
chrissy2u
The Day of Infamy Poem

The Day of InfamyLest we forget this day of infamy...

irisheyes16861Oct 2011Jan 2018
lindsyjones
Undying love Poem

Undying loveKnow who you love and who you love..let them know!...

itchywitch1,0257May 2014Dec 2017
Hashy420
58 danube 3135 Poem

58 danube 3135one of 1000 faces, of reality...

danube31354120Nov 2017
Schizophrenia Owed To Tom Poem

Schizophrenia. ( Owed To Tom.)A good friend's life. lost, to a world of Schizophrenia....

2725dl5764Jan 2013Nov 2017
Happychatty1
A wonderful walk with Cafe Poem

A wonderful walk with CafeOur beautiful friend. He and others know. xx...

sophiasummer5253Nov 2017Nov 2017
lindsyjones
The Divine Miss Amphlett Poem

The Divine Miss AmphlettJust like to pay tribute to Chrissie Amphlett who passed away the other day .........She shone a light in my life .......and brought a lot of joy to l...

Nuwahri6172410Apr 2013Nov 2017
lovecanbereal
Walking Shadow Poem

Walking ShadowTo quote the Bard: "Life is a walking shadow." Recent events have inspired me on this one....

Macduff55235Oct 2017Nov 2017
Macduff5
RIP To Caftwo2010 with Love Poem

RIP: To Cafétwo2010 with LoveThough I only come here now and then and have lost touch with many of you for the years I have been away;times like this brings us together!. I just...

orientalkoru71512Oct 2017Oct 2017
candykid
Ships in the Night To Cafe Poem

Ships in the Night (To Cafe)For the years that I've been on here, I have crossed swords with some and had agreeable chats with others. Jim was certainly of the latter. He wrote f...

Macduff562813Oct 2017Oct 2017
candykid
SINGLE Poem

SINGLESINGLE… Single to hold single to write single to live ,single to type single to eat to sleep to bear to wake up alone with whom to share? Single...

Petros20173101Oct 2017Oct 2017
godsprincess
Regrets and Gratitude Poem

Regrets and GratitudeWent on a poetry- writing hiatus for over 2 years so feeling like a stranger to both poetry writing and the poets in the corner now. I hope there ar...

orientalkoru1,21711Jul 2017Oct 2017
orientalkoru
No More Poem

No More..........For my old mate " Buck " a beautiful big boof headed red English Staffy .............

Nuwahri614926Sep 2017Oct 2017
Nuwahri61
Farewell Cafe Poem

'Farewell Cafe'Thought I'd throw in one with a twist.....

cafetwo20101,13027Oct 2011Oct 2017
lindsyjones
Miss you Poem

Miss youI woke up in tears Theres no way your gonna walk down those stairs Doesn't matter how many prayers I pray Your're in a place where there's no...

Abby19631,20612Apr 2015Oct 2017
Abby1963
What is our hope Poem

What is our hope?What is the hope of man if his years be only 100 Why does he dance with cymbol and tamberine for a life that will fade like the grass He opens h...

cafetwo20105725Sep 2011Oct 2017
marikia

Save Your Last Tear For MeI can't share why I wrote this. Very personal....

Yankee4you95212Sep 2011Sep 2017
Happychatty1
In the name of Poem

In the name ofI have changed the title as I felt it did not suit the poem and also the last 3 lines,, it fits much better now!...

rapturecapture7429Sep 2017Sep 2017
rapturecapture
ce Poem

cecreate poem I'm always up for that what may I lie to? what may I speak in a no one she can not speak so forever more I write what may I speak to...

eeejay4970Sep 2017

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