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Poem | Poet | Order by Most Viewed | Order by Most Commented | Created | Last Comment |
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the artistour tale begins midwinter in austere and ancient rooms.. where landlords sold satanic ales to drink away life's glooms a tortured artist drinks a... | walRU | 366 | 4 | Jun 2019 | Jul 2019 yaspark |
the lawyer and the fishermanlawyer I met on account of a bet which was owed yet un-honoured to me I took her for chips in a forest of ships she chose a symphony no... | walRU | 261 | 0 | Jul 2019 | |
ragnarok"father's fly me strength of two all wars are old yet I am new" the trees will bud bodies without any eyes as the calm before battle sleeps in t... | walRU | 360 | 5 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 Nuwahri61 |
"another"a town called Another a town like the others where people dug coal mines drank with their brothers I met her in winter when cold slept in s... | walRU | 367 | 4 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 Abby1963 |
silent highwayI see missed steps along the silent highway.. forgotten by the sound of endless cars.. how can a soul of your enduring conscience.. compete with all t... | walRU | 416 | 8 | Apr 2019 | Jun 2019 walRU |
Leslie Annwell you walk with a swagger that's unearned but it always fits you well and you speak in a way the warms the places where them wildflowers d... | walRU | 362 | 2 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 salamuna |
that girlI met me a girl called Deja Vu her folks seemed to know me and her dog did too she told me my future as we lied in bed she seemed to know th... | walRU | 399 | 7 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 walRU |
"triangle"spiraling debauchery the pit in which I fell tis fiendishly amoral the tale of which I'll tell I dreamt of tax accountancy but my parents had... | walRU | 388 | 7 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 walRU |
the bookstoretommy was the skipper on the tugboat 'whiskey smoke`.. he lived for his two husky dogs and loved his rum and coke.. twenty one and crazy.. I was r... | walRU | 416 | 10 | May 2019 | Jun 2019 walRU |
the girl in the waveon a spring time morn was wonder born a strange fluke cut the sky from eddied hair a magic stare told me that truth can't lie a girl who... | walRU | 405 | 10 | May 2019 | May 2019 walRU |
on strawberry hillFor Vanessa... | walRU | 349 | 2 | Apr 2019 | May 2019 walRU |
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 |
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 |
cautionary taleto a five penny piece I shrunk to the size as life made me hard in the head and the eyes so press ganged was I on a leathery ship that liv... | walRU | 392 | 16 | May 2019 | May 2019 walRU |
wandering angerI met her in the winter.. in a bar upon the hill.. when the dark was carved from starlight.. and the moon had paid the bill I came in from the wil... | walRU | 453 | 8 | Mar 2019 | May 2019 salamuna |
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 |
on a train to CornwallI sit transfixed as thought it flies to see warmth twice inside her eyes reflected in the glassy pane two pupils flower past disdain a... | walRU | 287 | 9 | Apr 2019 | May 2019 walRU |
Dante: nature is the art of God(or the unwitting brilliance of someone who didn't know it) you never walked.. 'twas more the curve of the earth.. found a mooring.. in the shape o... | walRU | 483 | 8 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 walRU |
ballad of a backwards playing jukeboxI'm going down to the record station.. I'm gonna buy me a backwards jukebox.. I'm going to play all my favourite songs wearing nothing.. but my hat an... | walRU | 454 | 14 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 walRU |
notes on a womanyou know the summer's fading.. and the night is getting cold.. there's an east wind in the harbour.. and lord knows I'm getting old.. and my work it t... | walRU | 458 | 8 | Mar 2019 | Apr 2019 walRU |
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 seabe it in the tumble aft the winch or out the bow in winter's pinch my heart oft seeks the raven tide in floating cabin I reside bearded,... | walRU | 650 | 5 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 lovecanbereal |
couragewhen the clinker fails in the boards of your heart when the gunnells dip and you lose your chart when you sail alone through the seas of ste... | walRU | 481 | 4 | Mar 2019 | Apr 2019 yaspark |
Leap to Freedom (The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog)At yelping speed she travelled across an emerald lawn, pursued by gnarling nightmares as the darkness nipped the dawn. Her ears, amber triangles... | GingerGee | 317 | 2 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 GingerGee |
uptown girlyou and me in a little car shop buying dreams with the money we got but dreams are free at the break of dawn one by one we let them go n... | walRU | 315 | 2 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 walRU |
Sirens Song and Odysseus - take twomay the fizz be with you... | Opt_In | 250 | 0 | Feb 2019 | |
RisottoI wasn’t sure if I should post this in poetry or recipes. In the end I decided against recipes just in case anyone should be foolish enough to try an... | Unknown | 1,295 | 16 | Dec 2018 | Jan 2019 Happychatty1 |
A Christmas SparrowWriting on the many happy little birds strolling through the park one winter day at Christmas.... | Yankee4you | 1,006 | 4 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 godsprincess |
TrulyThere are foolish words, attitudes without value, irreproachable needs, guilt that does not need an owner, unnecessary cries that evoke the most intri... | Amed32 | 264 | 0 | Nov 2018 | |
UnmatchedToday I do not find an adequate start to dedicate some lines that make you blush, I seek in my conscience pieces of your personality that bring my mus... | Amed32 | 303 | 0 | Nov 2018 | |
POWER OF GODHumanbeings are ALTERNATIVE NATURE...one who is not alternative can manifest anything N everything in reality, Thats the POWER of EIGHT..POWER of... | runningshiva | 374 | 0 | Oct 2018 | |
Water Without JudgementThe title ‘Water Without Judgement’ popped into my head and it stuck. Huh? What could that mean? Wrote this about 30 years ago and I still wonder. Thi... | guitarpoet99 | 308 | 1 | Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 daniela777 |
Totally in loveIt's about unconditional love showing it by your actions... | seashanty | 346 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 Yankee4you |
The show must go onCome to me all you insulting people. Come and unleash your vitriol I must possess something that fires up your hate And my presence hypes up you... | lindsyjones | 778 | 4 | Nov 2017 | Aug 2018 lindsyjones |
Chloe’s SightingOur dog is always on guard... | Yankee4you | 956 | 3 | Apr 2011 | Jul 2018 Happychatty1 |
Ode To NoahMy first poem. I was 13yrs old. I hadn't had a Christian experience yet, but our Mother taught us Bible stories. One night she told the story of Noah... | BobbyC1348 | 497 | 1 | May 2018 | May 2018 mcradloff |
What is old?I wrote this a few years ago... | chattcatt616 | 431 | 1 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2018 mcradloff |
Spirited and FreeI wrote this for a wild but a lovely lady. I find it natural that being wild is a part of who we are.... | lindsyjones | 1,386 | 6 | Feb 2018 | Mar 2018 lindsyjones |
World OF DreamsThe lyrics on my new song to be heard on broadcast yourself...enjoy I am not a good singer...but someone has to do it.... | bookofdays | 424 | 3 | Jan 2018 | Feb 2018 Happychatty1 |
Symphony of TearsA txt I wrote in 1989 and wrote the arrangement also, I remastered it in november 2017 to a rock / pop ballad I did a complete new vocal on it, littl... | bookofdays | 377 | 0 | Jan 2018 | |
For My Future LoverRoses are red violets are blue sugar is sweet and so are you!!... | Window1227 | 308 | 0 | Dec 2017 | |
Beauty !The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes that she wears, nor in her face or in the way of combing her hair. The beauty of a woman lies in her eyes.... | YOV49 | 367 | 1 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2017 Happychatty1 |
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