lovecanbereal Most Viewed Poems

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Poem for Megan For seven years I've longed for your love, That's deep and blue as the ocean's bliss - As winged she flies - a lonely dove - Through the storm's ey...	1,689	13	1	Dec 2015	Jan 2020	9 hrs ago
A Woman's Beauty A woman's beauty may well surpass her soul - A woman's beauty won't be revealed to all. A woman's beauty - for the man who sees it not; - That man...	1,597	19	0	Mar 2016	Jun 2021	Apr 17
To the CS lady poets For the CS lady poets......	1,593	34	0	Sep 2016	Feb 2023	Apr 12
The Succubus Originally published as: "The Succubus (She Devil)"...	1,470	5	0	May 2016	Jun 2019	12 hrs ago
Lyn (the kindness of strangers). * Australian saying meaning rough, unrefined. ** Rhyming slang i.e f*cking nuts....	1,459	13	2	Jan 2017	Jan 2017	20 hrs ago
One Friday night at the trots (old Harold Park) Rapt in attention As the pace car quickens Horses score up behind Like a phalanx Seven off the front And five behind Makes a full field of twelv...	1,450	8	0	Jan 2016	Jul 2020	Apr 19
Sydney Sales Yard A bonny mare if 'ere there was one Stood tall in the Sydney Sales Yard. The odds, the ring, the sales yard;- And soon they beat her down. The bi...	1,328	0	1	Dec 2015		Apr 22
Epona Redemptive form: Power through narrative, Power through Nature. Epona my redeemer, Epona my sunshine, Epona my lifeline, Epona my success,...	1,299	0	0	Apr 2016	Jul 2016	Apr 24

A Lover's Prayer In a strange and far off land Two lovers met in a small world He took her heart and she his hand Somethings were meant to stay untold. The secr...	1,231	9	0	Apr 2016	Jun 2016	Apr 13
Pania * Sydney suburbs...	1,216	0	0	Dec 2015		Apr 20
A Bag of Monkeys Please note: (*) A "monkey" is racetrack/racing slang for $500= so obviously these are not "actual" monkeys - merely metaphorical...	1,211	6	0	Jan 2016	Aug 2016	Apr 11
Sweet Release Cadenced footsteps quicken A jangle of keys Now freedom and release. © lovecanbereal All rights reserved...	1,184	9	0	Jan 2016	Mar 2022	Apr 18
Lucy * Names Changed A doomed relationship * "Johnny" rot in Hell ** "Lucy" Rest in Peace *** S*xual abuse of children, and...	1,172	4	0	Jan 2016	Sep 2017	Apr 18
Dedication: For My Horse Rebel An honest poem about an honest horse. "No hour spent in the saddle is ever wasted" - Winston Churchill....	1,164	2	0	Apr 2016	Apr 2016	Apr 17
Melissa (the honey girl) * Name Changed: Some "poetic licence" may have been taken....	1,149	0	0	Mar 2016		Apr 19
The TV Weather Girl * Just a generic poem about a TV weather girl (That's Television, you understand)....	1,144	6	0	Jul 2017	Apr 2019	22 hrs ago
Of Poetry in the "First Person". "I" hope the "fun police" never confiscate my "poetic license!"...	1,138	3	0	Apr 2016	Apr 2016	Apr 18
Storm A short poem about a riding school horse...	1,105	11	0	May 2016	Nov 2016	Apr 16
Why I Love Girls First blossom and first love are beautiful To see affection in my girlfriend's eyes Like flowers on a bush are plentiful Although - amidst - a few...	1,090	21	0	May 2016	Jun 2020	Apr 21
Welcome to New Online Poets Write as much as you can In every style that you can To find your true voice; Then pan the gold from the dross - To publish only your best. ©...	1,087	0	0	Apr 2016		Apr 24
A Lucid Dream I can't wake up! These succubi They haunt me- Another broken love - Or a forgotten dream? Trapped in this Kaleidoscopic maze Old movie visi...	1,075	4	0	Jan 2016	Sep 2017	Apr 23

Our life's Infinity Where does our 'light' come from? - and where does it go?...	1,067	5	0	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	22 hrs ago
Faded Angel Lying on the grass in Newtown Cemetary To see the setting Sun in his hot ire Drown in a riot of colour - soon sparkling sky - As Titan sinks now in...	1,065	2	0	Mar 2016	Dec 2018	5 hrs ago
Robyn (one night stand) * Rockdale (inner) southwest suburb of Sydney ** Engadine southern suburb of Sydney....	1,043	7	0	May 2016	Oct 2019	Apr 24
To a Miser All your life - you've heaped up all your gold; - You think you've got some substance in this world? Though surely - you must know - that its a...	1,042	1	0	May 2016	Aug 2016	13 hrs ago
Blue Mountains The famous Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, about 60 km west of Sydney. The "Blue" colour is caused by the refraction of sunlight through a very fi...	1,039	9	0	Apr 2016	Dec 2021	Apr 22
Almost Drowning *Narrabeen - A Sydney beach The true story of how I almost drowned on Christmas Day, when I was nine years old, and how my father rescued me - saving...	1,021	15	0	May 2016	Jun 2020	Apr 16
Virtual Love Don't mean to be overly morbid; this is just the flip side of our world today....	1,007	9	0	May 2016	Aug 2016	Apr 19
In your flat Here I have tried to capture something of the nature of the existential loneliness which can occur between man and woman....	1,002	0	0	Dec 2015		Apr 10
My Online Girl Are you online girl? I've waited for so long (And I couldn't sleep in the small hours). I want you girl - and I know right from wrong - To write t...	984	11	0	Jun 2016	Jun 2016	19 hrs ago
Danielle * I have quoted a line from an Ed Kuepper song here.........	973	0	0	Mar 2016		Apr 19

Isolation (a sonnet) Now touching on this isolation writing I touch it now I am the daylight fighting. This winter's day of clouds grey overcast To wait a week or two...	961	7	0	Jun 2016	Mar 26	Apr 24
Australia: Race Relations * The main deity in Aboriginal mythology 21st Prime Minister of Australia (1972 - 1975) * A symbolic gesture giving the Aboriginal people "b...	958	14	0	Aug 2016	Nov 2017	19 hrs ago
A Gem (sonnet) A gem's a stone that's rare, but cold inside; - A true gem's in the heart the other hides. When we find that rare one who understands, Then we ar...	955	2	0	Jan 2017	Jan 2017	Apr 19
City Reflections (For Megan) When we were young and reckless Our hearts tripped Across broken midnight And stolen gold. Walking in the city Late one night I saw traffic li...	955	2	0	May 2016	May 2016	13 hrs ago
Young Lovers Two lovers came upon a woody brake And entered there within - their leave to take Across their heads a bow of leafy briar Which interlaced below a...	934	7	0	May 2016	May 2016	Apr 19
Swimming Out to Wedding Cake and Back. Coogee - a Sydney beach. Wedding Cake Island - a small rocky atoll, about 1 km from shore, and about 6 to 8 feet above sea level. I did this when I...	923	3	0	Jun 2016	Jul 2016	16 hrs ago
Life (time) Look at our birth - does it ever seem a curse? Or a miracle that happens - nothing more? Does our time go on endlessly - or worse? Or does full lif...	912	0	0	Mar 2016		Apr 11
Stood Up (apology accepted) We made a date - I couldn't wait to see her (And there is no love the cynics say). Well, maybe I'm just a hopeless dreamer - With nothing new to sh...	911	4	0	Jun 2016	Mar 2017	Apr 19
Banksia (one night stand) * "on the piss" = Australian colloquialism for drinking. ** Banksia = inner South West suburb of Sydney. (Be honest - we've nearly all been there)...	906	9	0	May 2016	May 2016	Apr 23

lovecanbereal Most Viewed Poems (146)