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Poem | Poet | Order by Most Viewed | Order by Most Commented | Created | Last Comment |
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the cowboy and the mermaidthere's a golden sun on a spinning wheel there's a yellow fleck in a pan full of steel there's the fire I spat and the breath I once drew... | walRU | 352 | 6 | Mar 2019 | Apr 2019 yaspark |
the girl after.. the girl after youold boats they can charm any ocean fibreglass lord knows runs afoul and for every newsflashy gimmick there's a hundred year handcrafted d... | walRU | 351 | 1 | Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 godsprincess |
"Bluebell"she was crying in the sea unloved and worn she spoke to me her heart and boards were long ripped out her diesel engine left in doubt ye... | walRU | 350 | 4 | Jul 2019 | Jul 2019 madtat29 |
her own wayshe was tough (as they come) in a coat of pain she was harder than diamonds left out in the rain and she smiled qualified at how life s... | yachtsman_7 | 350 | 5 | Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 Mizzy4 |
on strawberry hillFor Vanessa... | walRU | 349 | 2 | Apr 2019 | May 2019 walRU |
One DayThoughts about a mythical person, past, present or future in my life.... | ron398 | 348 | 4 | Feb 2012 | Feb 2012 ron398 |
GrievingGrieving from the Grave by Criostior.... | livelife1234 | 347 | 3 | Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 SeeMelodies |
MagmaSilent whispers of gas Rises from caverns deep Hints of smoke and steam Ground pushed gravity rise from ash - heat and smoke flames from Within... | wayne34 | 346 | 3 | Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 EXRED3 |
Totally in loveIt's about unconditional love showing it by your actions... | seashanty | 346 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 Yankee4you |
EvermoreOur favourite season, or it was... just not the same, since my husband passed.. God, I miss him!... | QuietStormF | 345 | 5 | Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 QuietStormF |
the swan at portI see you every day it's not important you see me I'm the man who moors his boat near your house beside the quay your son is older than me lear... | walRU | 343 | 6 | May 2019 | May 2019 walRU |
My lovely lady whereever you are?!She walks like an angel Through my broken dreams Carrying hope like mail To repair loves lost seams She is not the end all and be all but the o... | plentyofheart | 343 | 3 | Nov 2014 | Nov 2014 plentyofheart |
My Sunshine....for you liam xxx... | Unknown | 342 | 3 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2013 shadow1950 |
tales of the everydayFor John Prine... | yachtsman_7 | 342 | 5 | Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 candykid |
Vanessa, explainedIf I could hold the quill of truth over the page of unfolding story and hold it still and let the page itself write the words of your defini... | yachtsman_7 | 341 | 2 | May 2020 | May 2020 salamuna |
The Death Of Old McGeeJust some old-fashioned rhyming.... | gsmonks | 341 | 2 | Jul 2011 | Jul 2011 jazzy75 |
Lies of the heartThis short poem it's about a married man who sleeps around.... | Unknown | 340 | 0 | Aug 2014 | |
For thee and thine.A moment alone,with thoughts losely flowing...... | Unknown | 339 | 1 | Oct 2009 | Oct 2009 Unknown |
iron barsI came from the sea.. I came from the sea.. is that woman still there.. does she still wait on me..? I took a life.. I took a life.. as a life tri... | walRU | 338 | 2 | May 2019 | May 2019 walRU |
ships (1847)your giant ships sailed out the tide to block my village far and wide to plunder food from famine soil to thieve our hope with our own toi... | walRU | 337 | 0 | Aug 2019 | |
the pub on poet's cornerI was mending a hull 'neath the crying gull when the call came down the line my dad had gone.. his time had come and a world of hurt was mine le... | walRU | 337 | 1 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2019 godsprincess |
the unasked questionbaby, hills run dry beneath your velvet sky outside i queue for gas in the rain baby, I don't know how the tale of us will go don't walk aw... | yachtsman_7 | 336 | 2 | Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 godsprincess |
covid 19there was a girl in china but the radio signal died I told her we were hundred to keep her spirit but I lied people started dropping in the spr... | yachtsman_7 | 336 | 4 | Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 godsprincess |
After turbulenceSome trials on my way, have been tough, may I say. Still the outcome was worth the struggle. You by my side, and happiness is double. You light... | Unknown | 336 | 0 | May 2011 | |
Just a thoughtAs I listen to the rain drops,,falling on my roof, lost in contemplation, not being aloof, just thinking about existance, how they reflect it all,, th... | optimisticme | 334 | 3 | Dec 2021 | Jan 2022 optimisticme |
thoughtthought... | optimisticme | 333 | 1 | Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 salamuna |
A Word To The WiseI wrote this 3-7-2022. A Word To The Wise is the title I've been working on for over a month or so by different forms of writing it. The song is about... | DiggableHippy49 | 333 | 0 | Mar 2022 | |
?????????So we walk in different fields, don't know how it feels, for me to be you, or you to be me, we just cant see, and our blindness creates that void, w... | optimisticme | 332 | 2 | Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 Abby1963 |
Able Sable DunmoreHaving known her but a short time this poem is for Odetta 57. I am aware of her tenacity ofof life. Regardless of age she jumps ino life&&love... | ladygwen123 | 331 | 1 | Aug 2014 | Aug 2014 Unknown |
Maybe a purpose ?Human Reason, A bit of Life... | StarMap | 329 | 0 | Sep 2013 | |
Suicidal GamesI wrote this 4-20-2011. This was written within the same time frame of when I wrote What I've Done and Rock n Roll Star, within hours I mean. This is... | DiggableHippy49 | 329 | 0 | Apr 2022 | |
Colours!Colours……………., colours mean so much don’t they? They can define your day, blue or grey, Or soothing and colourful, feel the hint of spring On it’... | optimisticme | 329 | 3 | Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 Didi7 |
kissyou and me sitting on the edge of memory the radio sings about the things we want to do your kisses bring a rising spring of honeydew i... | yachtsman_7 | 329 | 3 | Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 gnj4u |
shelter from the dormtwas a time of fresh worn innocence, eighteen years of age, and the writ of my experience fell short upon the page, ragged as a student who had never... | walRU | 329 | 1 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2019 salamuna |
A poem with no rhyme!If you get too lost in your own sense of importance You will lose it all, you WILL cease to exist like us all, And then it’s over, and all of your... | optimisticme | 325 | 4 | Jun 2022 | Jul 2022 Unknown |
love...Love Is A Candle Friendship Is A Star A candle can go out, So... That a star ... always shine... | YOV49 | 322 | 1 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2017 godsprincess |
The RainI wrote this 11-10-1997. This song is about the change of seasons. The Rain tells a small example of a story of it, I suppose in a psychedelic sense!... | DiggableHippy49 | 322 | 0 | Mar 2022 | |
ana mariayou can ride of the zest of a smile, girl if you want to you can walk on the side of the earth, girl like I do like a bird who can sing... | yachtsman_7 | 322 | 2 | Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 salamuna |
Be you always!The guarantee of non existance when it hits you between the eyes, makes you realise, that the games we play in our so called lives, well, it's all j... | optimisticme | 321 | 1 | Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 Abby1963 |
THE WORLDThe idea hit me one day to write a song about a husband, his wife, and the aftermath of a car accident. This is the end result.... | Unknown | 321 | 4 | Nov 2009 | Feb 2010 QuietStormF |
the "Raven"the 'Raven' is a diner that lapps the sea foreshore it haunts my mangled memory as it raps upon my door apple tart and finest cheesecake when I... | walRU | 319 | 4 | May 2019 | May 2019 walRU |
The truth will prevail!The lies of today will fall on the shoulders of the young tomorrow, look back in sorrow, record for posterity, the truth, the reality of how this cam... | optimisticme | 319 | 1 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 Yankee4you |
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