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Burnham Beeches with Anna, 1985
Burnham Beeches with Anna, 1985
The greatest poem ever known
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Empty Cities
Empty Cities
Love we left behind
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Withered Hydrangeas
Withered Hydrangeas
On losing a loved one and survivor’s guilt — a free verse poem
Mad Midori
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Chores on Repeat: A Playful Rhyme
Chores on Repeat: A Playful Rhyme
The fridge door opens with a lazy yawn
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Dolorous days
Dolorous days
In whispers soft, shadows creep, Dolorous days, the depths of sleep, Mythic tales of derring-do Seize the day, no foreboding thrall, For…
John E Marks
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The Gift of Silence
The Gift of Silence
I found it running
Natalie Gasper
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The Raven’s Ball
The Raven’s Ball
a short magical poem
Pernoste & Dahl
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BEAUTIFUL SKELETON
BEAUTIFUL SKELETON
Gavin Clark (25 January 1969–16 February 2015) was an English singer-songwriter and musician.
John E Marks
Sep 25
Bruised Poetry
Bruised Poetry
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Connie Song
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The resurrection of the dead
The resurrection of the dead
for whom the bell tolls
John E Marks
Sep 18
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces
Prose poem
Vic Spandrio
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Beyond the Visible
Beyond the Visible
All the beauty lost, and sometimes found again
Paul Mulliner
Sep 18
daddy
daddy
A Free Verse Poem
Sally A Mortemore
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Rubble & Ruminations
Rubble & Ruminations
Entanglements enchant me towards inaction
BJ Dawson
Sep 18
Stormy autumn comes
Stormy autumn comes
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” [The Autumnal] ― John Donne
John E Marks
Sep 18
Bird Observations
Bird Observations
A moment of study in Hummingbird behavior — micro poetry
Buffy Stachel
Sep 18
When the Leaf Falls in Autumn
When the Leaf Falls in Autumn
A Reflection on Nature’s Cycles of Life and Rebirth
Somsubhra Banerjee
Sep 18
Back to High School: But Only for a Day
Back to High School: But Only for a Day
Teenage tribulations, adult realizations
CosmicDancer
Sep 18
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