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10773
SaraTeasdale
ByTheSea
sea
Beside an ebbing northern sea While stars awaken one by one, We walk together, I and he. He woos me with an easy grace That proves him only half sincere; A light smile flickers on his face. To him love-making is an art, And as a flutist plays a flute, So does he play upon his heart A music varied to his whim. ...
sea
4617
RejectedSuicide
MyFuture
future
today i cry myself to sleep tomorrow i still just weep next week, my spiral still goes down feeling like a big clown not knowing where i'll end up... i panic, trying to save money but, losing it to too many bills next month, will i be over the hill? or living in my car? or working at the Nevada bar? it scares...
future
13559
SaraTeasdale
DuskInWarTime
war
A half-hour more and you will lean To gather me close in the old sweet way-- But oh, to the woman over the sea Who will come at the close of day? A half-hour more and I will hear The key in the latch and the strong quick tread-- But oh, the woman over the sea Waiting at dusk for one who is dead!
war
12440
RishaAhmed12yrs
045SunMoonRiver
sun
Look at the moon Shining so bright Look at the sun It’s such a sight Look at the river Flowing so fast I wonder, how long These three will last
sun
8300
GangadharannairPulingat
MurderADeplorableCrime
murder
Murder the great sin That commits only by humans For petty reasons, and quarrels Murder highly deplorable always. Murder a horrendous crime The tough criminals indulge Where law of the land trials And punish the guilty, law insists. Designed murders on vengeance Extremely cruel always Where man changes himsel...
murder
11903
PeterSQuinn
SorrowAndPainFromRhythmicon50LeadSheetsWithPoems
sorrow
There's sorrow and pain Wherever we want to go, We search thoroughly in vain To prosper and grow; What will become of this For nothing is too far fetched, Onward thought a mere wish Bleaked out and stretched. Gray clouds in much rain The days too lost to know, A turning wheel ah here again Something that's a...
sorrow
6136
nimaldunuhinga
IWatchedASadHuntingOnTheCeiling
hunting
A dragonfly rescued from the gossamer and flew away......................... Then a small insect entangled and struggled? All of a sudden Spider grabbed and I was helpless? ['While stubbornness shelters one from reality, open-mindedness reveals all of life's truths.']-Unknown nimal dunuhinga
hunting
2951
touyang
Depression
depression
Depression is the sorrow in your heart… Depression is the feeling of being alone… Depression is knowing your best isn’t enough… Depression is knowing no one cares if your dead or alive… Depression is the hate and anger you get when life is too hard… Depression is when you feel like the worlds on your shoulders… D...
depression
6813
AadilMalik
JusticeIsJustThis
justice
What is justice? This unapparent fairness Supposed to combine rather than divide Just a word that likes to hide This unapparent fairness What is justice? Justice, is between you and if you are righteous And you might just be righteous, But you don’t have the intelligence of the truths of real justice. Justice,...
justice
6324
GajananMishra
IdentityWhereIsIt
identity
Identity Where is my identity That I can show you I am that, I am this, And how can I show you That I am Yours. I am covered with falsehood I am Truth and Truth has No identity as You know, No identity, no affinity, And here I am in distress, And here I am in dark . O my dear, enlightened me With knowledge...
identity
4097
MaryWadzinski
FreedomFlight
freedom
Wrapped inside a little womb, Struggling to be free, The butterfly soon left its cage. Nevermore a worm to be. Born anew to be a sign Of beauty, grace and life. A light among a gloomy world And hope in the midst of strife. Oh, butterfly, with wings outspread, Glistening in the light. Show us how to fly with e...
freedom
6387
MariaRose
GrowthInnocenceAdulthood
innocence
Fuelled by my innocence I was on my way to the adulthood. I had my own pace I never hurried and I never wanted to. Some people around me seemed to have found that I was too slow and decided to speed me up. It was an unexpected night. (Otherwise I would have fled) I know, a rough footstep, the stench of whisk...
innocence
8058
JuliusBabarinsa
WhatIsTheValueOfMoney
money
Money we all know is a medium of exchange Buyers and sellers relate to each other through money The question here is – what is the value of money? Few say money is the root of all evil Many say money is the root of prosperity And how valuable is money Almost everything is measured by money People go to work ever...
money
6289
AldoKraas
IdentityCrisis
identity
There are so many People that are going Through that Identity crisis Right now
identity
5927
suchulJin
Hope
hope
Keep hope in your heart, Keep it there till there's more. More of what many should have, but are just to afraid to hold. Hope is like a crystal, rare precious & bold. Hope is what makes us humans, hope is whats in our souls. Each day that comes & goes. Each night that passes by is just another step for our hopes ...
hope
3133
AnuradhaDatta
DistortedDestiny
destiny
The emotions deep inside me begin to whirl up within As the images of the past sweep by my mind Shadows of deadly betrayal imprison my brain And impressions of shattered faith is left behind With memories of the past surrounding me I lost myself once more in thoughts of thee I know not when I lost my conviction ...
destiny
10268
MatthewHolloway
AWinterRomance
romance
The air cold, crisp to the lung Breath circles skyward bound Days fall short, shadowed by the night Nature climbing into hibernation Trees standing bare, flowers wilt away A world still beautiful to the eye Yet emptied of all its colour Still my heart it does rejoice Warmed by another’s kind grace A muse of su...
romance
9284
MichaelShepherd
GertrudeSteinIsInterviewedOnAmericanPoetry
poetry
and there was the knocking on the door that we were expecting and it was the man that we were expecting with the questions we were expecting to which answers were expected by those who expect answers as if life were like that which for writers it is not yes, tea was drunk and after tea the tape recorder set u...
poetry
4493
TerenceGeorgeCraddockSpectralImagesandImagesOfLight
ExposingMyFunnySide
funny
sometimes busy is good usually I have very busy been recently busy exposing my funny side as I get older my funny side becomes more obvious irretrievably Copyright © Terence George Craddock
funny
7479
ShashiDharKumar
ForMyLoveMyLoveLike
love
My love is like an ocean It goes down so deep My love is like a rose Whose beauty you want to keep. My love is like a river That will never end My love is like a dove With a beautiful message to send. My love is like a song That goes on and on forever My love is like a prisoner It’s to you that I surrender.
love
3787
DylanThomas
ARefusalToMournTheDeathByFireOfAChildInLondon
fire
Never until the mankind making Bird beast and flower Fathering and all humbling darkness Tells with silence the last light breaking And the still hour Is come of the sea tumbling in harness And I must enter again the round Zion of the water bead And the synagogue of the ear of corn Shall I let pray the shadow ...
fire
12204
anushmadhuSannaRatnavelPBharathi
SuccessOfHeart
success
Why the heart beats..? , Because It tries to escape From man, a sinner, And would achieve one day; That is the day..! The man would be also Relieved from sinful Thoughts, And ends Committing immoral, And reaches ‘haven or hell’, Who knows? .., And he does not know When the heart wins; But the clans know ...
success
7231
MarkRSlaughter
LonelyYouLonelyI
lonely
You say you are lonely. Are you? Come see MY solitary world. I am lonely: Not the ‘generally feeling lonely’ feeling – You know, the ‘I need a cuddle 'cos I’m feeling a bit lonely today’ feeling; Or the ‘I’m on my own today so I think I need to call up a friend’ feeling. No, I mean the terror and depression of co...
lonely
7161
AnneBront├л
ViewsOfLife
life
When sinks my heart in hopeless gloom, And life can shew no joy for me; And I behold a yawning tomb, Where bowers and palaces should be; In vain you talk of morbid dreams; In vain you gaily smiling say, That what to me so dreary seems, The healthy mind deems bright and gay. I too have smiled, and thought like y...
life
13398
VictorOsorio
TrustMe
trust
I knew the truth about me Without any facts I knew things would turn Bad luck always comes back I fell for the lies Thinking someone could care about me Still I didn't feel right Until things become clear Before you, I was sad and dejected With you, I almost started to smile Because of you, broken by picture ...
trust
4077
AsifAndalib
YouTreatMeLikeAFootball
football
I can’t forget those days baby No I can't forget at all When you used to love me madly When I was only your doll! You have loose character I have known it later It has driven me crazy Baby I feel so lonely! Baby I am not bad at all But you treat me like a football That’s why now I curse you But I pray for yo...
football
8485
RaviSathasivam
GodsGiftNature
nature
When the beautiful morning comes The rays of rising sun kiss her When the garden of nature open its heart The garden of flowers hugs her to welcome When the trees dance to tune of wind The birds singing to the nature's choir When the gentleness of nature is filled pleasure Then the earth get wet with weather Wh...
nature
7235
RabindranathTagore
LoversGiftsLviTheEveningWasLonely
lonely
The evening was lonely for me, and I was reading a book till my heart became dry, and it seemed to me that beauty was a thing fashioned by the traders in words. Tired I shut the book and snuffed the candle. In a moment the room was flooded with moonlight. Spirit of Beauty, how could you, whose radiance overbrims t...
lonely
10853
RandallJarrell
ASickChild
sick
The postman comes when I am still in bed. "Postman, what do you have for me today?" I say to him. (But really I'm in bed.) Then he says - what shall I have him say? "This letter says that you are president Of - this word here; it's a republic." Tell them I can't answer right away. "It's your duty." No, I'd rathe...
sick
11432
MasaokaShiki
TheSnakeGourdBlossoms
snake
The snake gourd blossoms. My throat blocked with phlegm, I am already a Buddha.
snake
5126
MichaelShepherd
GreenThoughtsFromAKyotoGardenInSpringAfterClosingTime
green
what would earth be without rain? where would rain go without earth?
green
14197
CretanMaineiac
WaterLilyIMetAtWork
work
No thorns, limbs sashay longly, cheetah walk toward no prey, footloose, her dark blond hair streaming, no intrusion. (Beer) 'Could I've one? ' No harm. 'Lotsa' people hang out here.' No blame. (Smoke) 'Peace, ' she said, in Chrystal clear Downeast, an aroma eluding words, & a smile that lights a soggy joi...
work
9322
MAHTABBANGALEE
PoetryIsPoetry
poetry
I thought poetry is -nubile beauty where lustfulness decorate unstable life -nude bathing of a juvenile girl in the raining pond -wrestle mania game of beauty queen Charlotte Flair -heartthrob sex game of porn actress Angela White I thought poetry is -late reaching ship of Apollo Temple and more philosophic discu...
poetry
6571
MelvinaGermain
728ChristmasJoy
joy
Snowflakes fall elegantly, Ice glints glow for all to see. Lights of red, yellow, blue and green, are all a part of the Christmas scene. Clap your hands sing out loud, Rejoice in the name of Jesus. Tis his birth we celebrate, knowing he’ll never leave us. Gather round one and all, It’s time to create a memory....
joy
991
JuliusBabarinsa
WhatDoYouReallyBelieve
believe
It is a natural fact of life that we human beings believe in one thing or another – either tangible or intangible The belief system of individual is sometimes determined by parental heritage, place of birth, religion and societal values We all grow up believing in many things our parents believe in By the time we ...
believe
7225
SandraOsborne
Lonely
lonely
Lonely. How to describe it? Maybe a leaf on a snow covered field, Maybe a log in the middle of a lake, Maybe a snow flake in the middle of June, Maybe a tree in a crater on the moon, Maybe a canoe in the middle of a forest, Maybe a star in the middle of the day, Or maybe me, in the middle of you.
lonely
9471
WilliamFDougherty
CandlePower
power
The unction cools my brow; the candle shines and braids a line of sacramental brede; the priest half-chants the text, and makes the signs, jogging my mind with the redemptive creed I learned to lisp in church. A night-shift nurse shows up with rosary beads and borrowed shawl: I squeeze my morphine pump; the pain ...
power
8007
ElizabethPadilloOlesen
MoneyMoney
money
Money, Money, give me some more And the thirst for money never ends Money, Money, give me some more And the drive to get more money Deprives the needy from the use of money.
money
10990
JessicaLeonard
SilverKey
silver
I closed the door to my heart threw the silver little key into the great big rapied waves of the pacific ocean i went on my way out in the world of unknown never going to have the same heart again He walked though the hot sand leaveing foot prints for the world to see swam out in the rapied waves of the ocean ...
silver
4714
DeepaThomas
GirlInCemetry
girl
Alone in that desolate cemetery Not a single soul around Near the grave with a marble angel Laden with a bunch of roses Whose tombstone proclaimed “He was a loving son and brother, Now, up in Heaven to spread joy” In the golden letters on white marble She sat, head bend in silence A single tear in her eyes Gl...
girl
3719
MistyIacobucci
FearOfLove
fear
Fear of Love Have you ever loved someone so much that fear takes control of every emotions. Fear of loving. Fear of losing that felling of floating on air. Fear of one day hearing the words…goodbye… How can love & fear be twisted in one so that you can't even tell them apart. Maybe, loving means risking everythin...
fear
8762
RobinBennett
AParisStateOfMind
paris
It was the Paris feeling of it all assaulting my senses as I slumbered and dreamed on imagined European time White noise buzzed with sophisticated speak clicking on cobblestone to Chanel boutique snobbery As the Eiffel Tower loomed large drenching the city in warmed light my dreams paused, to images of home ...
paris
10278
saadattahir
ByTheLakeSideRomanceOnAnIceBlock
romance
As we stood by the lake side An expanse so wide For us to see Then you and me Our reflection in autumn tones Bemoans Belies The placid waters hidden lies The first chill of an errant breeze I looked to the side rather than say please As the sculpted flakes saunter down Rest arrogantly on the parting geese's ...
romance
9686
IgweKalu
IiATraversalOfTheGreatRainMaker
rain
The children of men have come to me, They say to me 'Give us our word for the rain, And so to the rain.' The rain maker stands, betwixt The faces of men and their retinue of wealth, And the liberty at the heart of the rain. But the great man of thought… '-The rain sleeps, when it wills Let it be, lest Its res...
rain
10833
DerekWalcott
TheSeaIsHistory
sea
Where are your monuments, your battles, martyrs? Where is your tribal memory? Sirs, in that gray vault. The sea. The sea has locked them up. The sea is History. First, there was the heaving oil, heavy as chaos; then, likea light at the end of a tunnel, the lantern of a caravel, and that was Genesis. Then there...
sea
13396
KatMercado
TrustMeAndIPromise
trust
Trust me with your pain I promise I'll take nothing in vien Trust me with you heart I promise I'll never part Trust me with your soul I promise I'll never let you go Trust me enough to let your guard down i promise it'll only make me love you more Trust me and I promise
trust
12189
DrACelestineRajManoharMD
SonnetSuccessWillCome
success
Don't lose your heart if failures come with ease; Build up courage and try again-succeed; Let failures not disturb your mental peace; Delayed if mirth is sure to well exceed. Rewards may come to some in ways unknown; Rewards may miss the truly talented; Rewards may make a person sometimes clown; All flowers aren...
success
342
SallyPlumbPlumb
Anger
anger
Anger threatens and bursts throught fast. The swelling breast stretches the sinews of all being. With strife the builds of some betrayel clings to mind, a length of memory springs bringing into combat all focuses of strength. Restrained the sighing heart descends the peak, resting uneasily and declaring w...
anger
13416
VictoriaSypniewski
Trust
trust
Take a look inside my heart Look deep The truth will be clear I'm terrified of you My trust has been broken before I couldn't shield myself from the pain But, are you different Will you be the one to make it alright Please forgive me for this I can't trust you Even if I wanted to Prove to me you're real Sho...
trust
8891
eewilholt
PassionPlay
passion
** The play of passion in her eyes is not lost on him Looking to see what is not there and wonders who is she Searching through each other and find nothing yet taste every feeling Seeing into each other and suddenly need to turn away Soft kiss touches on his cheek and he knows nothing is lost, Never to ...
passion
10136
MOHAMMADSKATI
SelfRespect
respect
Respect defines itself By itself for itself anytime, but Self-respect is another world of respect Simply because it means that someone Respects himself and by doing this ...
respect
3355
KranthiPothineni
KillTheEvil
evil
It’s a beautiful land It’s a home for many Many lived with peace Lived with unity and love With smiles on each face Children play with its mud Farms dance with its soil Rivers flow on its bed Flowers glow all around Nature loves that land Life is very simple there Children go to school Men and Women work O...
evil
97
RaviSathasivam
WhenIAmAlone
alone
When I am alone, I think about you I think how much we are close to each other even we are far distance I think our love is in our hearts I think the good time we've shared together I think how important you are I think to share my ideas with you I think my last dance with you I think of my last kiss to you I ...
alone
10350
nimaldunuhinga
TranceOfRomance
romance
A sapling in a severe drought what she needs is moisture to survive? The Ogre shows a goodwill and who crawls to the scenario for the redress. But she cannot uproot and how can she abandon her kith and kin? She has already mesmerized by his laudable dialects and does she obey to this Monster? . She dreams of th...
romance
3579
MoniqueGaitan
dearFamilyAndFriends
family
To all my family and friends, I'm happy to say, this is the end. I've been contemplating death for a while. Stressed out, as all these problems pile. I need more help than I can get. A year in therapy, no improvement yet. Scarred for life and full of pain. Unable to clean this everlasting stain. No one but me k...
family
445
MubeenSadhika
ChimeraOfAnAnimal
animal
pressed against the glass reflection from down on the smooth surface sitting like a cat transparency turns the animal into a small beautiful pet opening the mouth for a miaow no sound just a gesture all perceptions have one meaning without audible silent motion expanding skin on the lucent wall expressing th...
animal
11381
GajananMishra
LogicOfTheSnakeAndTheMouse
snake
What is that? That is a snake and That is a mouse Both are caught in a basket. The mouse is the food For the snake And both would not be Able to get out. The snake made a truce With the mouse And the mouse made a hole To get out. Snake thought to eat the mouse Soon after it made the hole. What happened ne...
snake
9259
BillKnott
poemChicagoTheWereAge
poem
'My age, my beast!' - Osip Mandelstam On the lips a taste of tolling we are blind The light drifts like dust over faces We wear masks on our genitals You've heard of lighting cigarettes with banknotes we used to light ours with Jews History is made of bricks you can't go through it And bricks are made of bones an...
poem
610
MichaelPruchnicki
APloverOnTheBeach
beach
I don't know if Poetry Lover (hereafter called plover, a shore bird with short tail) aspires to become a poet or is your run-of-the-mill poetaster (google it) A bird that runs and hides when it doesn't comprehend a simple poem like a haiku and pipes deleted words like someone demented come out, plover!
beach
2077
DesireeBradford
ModernCinderella
cinderella
I'm a modern Cinderella. I wish I was more like Twighlight's Bella. But i'm locked away. It's like that everyday. I'm the modern Cinderella. I wish I was the Enchanted Ella. My family wants to get rid of me. This no one really sees. I'm the Modern Cinderella. Never mind Bella. I'm meeting you for the very fir...
cinderella
5393
ArfaKarim
HappyBirthdayDad
happy
Every day the whole year through, I feel grateful you are my father. Some fathers dont have time for their kids, But for you I am never a bother. You always make the effort to listen and share; You are always there when you are needed. It warms me to know how much you care, And with that knowledge my worries are...
happy
531
LovinaSylviaChidi
BabyNewborn
baby
Out come two tiny feet Mum wails The head follows to complete Mums face pales And baby newborn is born! Tiny hands and tiny feet Innocent look of sweet A mild scent Of sweet present And baby newborn is born! Is it a he? Is it a she? I knew mum and dad were on a mission All the Os and As were mums screaming...
baby
5731
TimMeister
MyHero
hero
My Hero can't leap tall buildings with a single bound. He doesn't wear a black costume with a cape and pointy ears. He hasn't scored the winning touchdown or shot a three - pointer at the buzzer to win the championship. My Hero isn't any of those things. My Hero has scarred and callused hands from years of hard w...
hero
10693
JaneTomlin
LeavingSchool
school
It's the final day as we all take photographs and say goodbye; a thought goes through my mind. I may never see any of you again. I don't want to let go of the many memories we have made. Yet I know that will not happen as the memories we have created have been engraved on my heart and left a deep impression in my min...
school
6018
GerardManleyHopkins
TheHalfWayHouse
house
Love I was shewn upon the mountain-side And bid to catch Him ere the dropp of day. See, Love, I creep and Thou on wings dost ride: Love it is evening now and Thou away; Love, it grows darker here and Thou art above; Love, come down to me if Thy name be Love. My national old Egyptian reed gave way; I took of vine...
house
2781
jackfrost
WhatIsADaughter
daughter
She’s a joy she’s an angel’ well that’s what she thinks She clings on to your heart like a plug to a sink She drives you all crazy with make believe games She’ll have you believe that fairies fly planes She often comes in with imaginary friends And can draw on their dads with permanent pens She has pretty parties...
daughter
6100
ivororivorehogg
HouseHuntingForMLadyAnnBeard
hunting
Some houses seem to welcome you. You feel at ease immediately. It is if the walls recall What happened here and store it all. The triumphs and the tragedies Firm memories of past events Have been recorded faithfully Each and every incident. If you are at all sensitive You tune into the ambience, the positive ...
hunting
8499
DrGeetaRadhakrishnaMenon
Nature2TheMarvelsAndMysteriesOfNature
nature
Open your eyes to the mysteries of nature, Open your mind to the marvels of plants and animals! They thrive everywhere! They adapt themselves To the climatic changes, Whether in land or in water, Whether drought or flood, Whether scorching heat or freezing cold! There is no higher authority that they can compla...
nature
13610
NateSnowball
WarAndPeace
war
War is Peace Peace is War War unites against One common enemy Peace tears apart A dream-like society The fear during War Gives control to the government The calmness of Peace Lets your guard down with sentiment War causes death Physically, Statistically Peace ends life Emotionally, Personally War is Peace...
war
556
IsabellaValancyCrawford
HisWifeAndBaby
baby
In the lone place of the leaves, Where they touch the hanging eaves, There sprang a spray of joyous song that sounded sweet and sturdy; And the baby in the bed Raised the shining of his head, And pulled the mother's lids apart to wake and watch the birdie. She kissed lip-dimples sweet, The red soles of his feet,...
baby
7873
TiffanyGreen
BrokenMirror
mirror
My reflection stares back from the broken mirror Distorted pieces staring from shards of broken mirror Wondering where these false images come from I’ve lost myself deeply inside this broken mirror Disillusioned with myself, finally seeing the truth That hides within shattered images of broken mirror One thousand...
mirror
2750
PabloNeruda
SonnetXxxivYouAreTheDaughterOfTheSea
daughter
You are the daughter of the sea, oregano's first cousin. Swimmer, your body is pure as the water; cook, your blood is quick as the soil. Everything you do is full of flowers, rich with the earth. Your eyes go out toward the water, and the waves rise; your hands go out to the earth and the seeds swell; you know th...
daughter
780
MathildeBlind
TheBeautifulBeeshareenBoy
beautiful
Beautiful, black-eyed boy, O lithe-limbed Beeshareen! Face that finds no maid coy, Page for some peerless queen: Some Orient queen of old, Sumptuous in woven gold, Close-clinging fold on fold, Lightning, with gems between. Bred in the desert, where Only to breathe and be Alive in living air Is finest ecstasy...
beautiful
13276
johntiongchunghoo
TravelHaikuHondurasBananaShapedRoatanIsland
travel
Roatan going bananas on banana island roatan island my cigarrette smoke trails over the dolphin jumps roatan island they told me to enjoy doing nothing roatan island his strokes on the canvas more breathtaking than waves Honduras January 6,2007: Roatán, a 40-mile-long banana-shaped island off the Honduran ...
travel