Bright Light Cafe - Poetry - Uplifting Poems

A - G

Little fingers and toes, to wriggle, to curl, to point.
Skin, so soft, supple and smooth.
He caught her smile that first time he saw her.
It stayed with him, a memory to cherish.
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A Bond of Friendship and Work by Stephen Pray

Aroma of fresh cut wood permeates the house,
as my friend and now employee
installs a Red Oak floor.
Already my hall and study are done.
and his hand-crafted bookshelves
line the now mint green walls.
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A Dream by Stephen Pray

How unfettered we fly in dreams
o’er fields of corn and mustard greens.
With our hands upon a throttle
we peer thru pale blue bottles.
Filled with scents of chamomile and rye,
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A Heaven of Sand and Stones by Rachelle Arlin Credo

Build me a heaven of sand and stones
A castle out of sprays of sand
Where I may rest at the close of the day
For refuge from a whole day's run
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A Look At The Endless Sea by Reginald Talauh

A look at the endless sea
And what do I see
I see eternity
I see creation
I see from the far end
The meeting of the clouds
And the blue reflection of the waters
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A Matter Of Life And Death by Paul Curtis

Wear your smile
Enjoy Life
If only for awhile
Enjoy the moment
It’s a special gift
That’s heaven sent
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A Peaceful Word by B. A. Llewellyn

It often takes a hero to speak a peaceful word.
It often takes no words at all to make your point be heard.
It often seems like there’s no hope, no point to all we do.
It often seems like love’s a dream that never will come true.
Yet every single light that shines brings wisdom to our time
And every single thought is heard – yours, and theirs, and mine.
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A Poem Of The Night by Michael Lee Johnson

a poem
is a thought
of flowers
near frost,
dangling stiff,
bitten by
the vampire of
late fall,
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A Rose from the Concrete by Stephen Pray x2

A rose from between the concrete
grows, stilted, scraggy, worn.
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A Successful Life by Della Steen

Once asked of me, ten years ago, when I was young and spry,
“Would you regard your life fulfilled if death was drawing nigh?”
The answer did not come with haste, so then I thought it through,
“What have you done with life so far? That which is best for you?”
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A Sunset Sheers by Stephen Pray

Sunset sheers the night from the day. It paints the sky purples, pinks and orange-red.
When night appears it becomes a negligee of beautiful sheer black, sprinkled with the glitter of stars.
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A Wind by Stephen Pray

Random winds
from the world blow.
Winds, the breath
that catches wing —
furling flags unfold,
fluttering, as leaves on trees
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Aim For The Stars by Mark O'Hara

I promise not to give up
I’ve come too far
All my goals in life
They are aimed toward the stars
If I fail
I won’t disappoint the crowds
The lowest I’ll land is on the clouds
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Adebimpe, My African Queen by Dan Akinlolu

Princely pride that stride with pace of worthiness
Adebimpe, breathing river who raises the torrent of men’s heart with unquestionable speed
The enigma with possession of secret charms
Guide your heart jealously Adebimpe is coming
She will steal your mind and give you sleepless night
Even in dream,
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After by Kay F. Ruane

The golden dreams
Of youth have past
The burning ambition
Is somewhat paled
The dreams I dreamed
Are mine, they last
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Amana Memories by Carl Palmer

She reads in midnight whispers
to my now calmed infant sister
mesmerized by mother’s voice.
Seated in the kitchen, silhouetted
in the glow of an open oven door
reflected in her face, she scoots
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An Early Spring by Bobbi Sinha-Morey

In the pale yellow
morning of an early
spring a stillness is
in the air. No sound
but jays and I'm as
calm as a butterfly
who has closed its
wings.
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An Illumination by Stephen Pray

Tired tracks of tripped and tricky years
have left the scars, scrapes, battered
bruises and mangled memories etched upon my body, my soul.
Sway bent back with
stooped shoulders;
a halting,
limping walk takes me
on my way to bed.
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An Indian Summer Night With Mother Nature by Denise Marshall

Lingering on the bridge of Atlanta's Chattahoochee
in the still peace of a clear Indian summer night;
I hesitate, mesmerized by the beautiful horizon
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Aurora by Rachelle Arlin Credo

another wink of day creases
from the lofty dappled spaces
glowing in twilight's splendor
through the slightly opened door
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Autumn for Yulya by Stephen Pray

Before prickly hoarfrost paints patterns
on window panes and duck ponds -
I hear, on those ice cold little waters,
the hubbub of geese gossiping
about their flight south.
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Autumn Is by Ray Malus

Autumn is the rekindled smoke of too-long-dormant hearths.
The thrilling shiver of the year’s first frost.
The shrouded velvet dusk of hasty sunsets,
and golden cider warmed and spiced with cloves.
Autumn is the waxy scent of freshly-opened crayons.
The gleam of newly polished schoolroom floors.
The smell of pristine notebooks, filled with promise.
The must of textbooks, rife with unlearned lore.
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Baby Steps by Stephen Pray

On little feet you wobble forward
Searching hands reach out to grab hold
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Baxter State Park, Maine by Stephen Pray

The foothills of the Appalachians
steeply rise in upper Maine.
Their beginnings climb quickly
to Mt. Katahdin and are columned
with Maple, Birch, and Oak.
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Better Days by Miaw Hui Ong

All that had been said
All that had been done
Some mishaps shot dead
By the trigger of my memory gun
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Beyond the Harvest by Stephen Pray

Like poppies and daffodils, the lobster buoys dot the bay
and, as the flowers sway in the breeze, the floats bob in the waves.
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Blue Rose by Alison Pearce

Emerging from a nest of green
A delicate bud unfurls
Silky petals, rare and divine
As cultured ebony pearls
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Bookmarks and Fingerprints by Denise Marshall

From my rocking chair seated at the window,
I recall a childhood memory of cloudless day,
a twinge of jealous emptiness now and then,
daydreaming and watching little egos at play.
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Books by Stephen Pray

Yellowed, dog eared pages,
filled with black letters
on velum aged in dignity.
Legends of heroes and heroines,
stories of kings and pharaohs.
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Buddy by Delia J. Fry

Barefoot, and with a determined look
Shrugging off every fear in his head
Running through green blades of grass
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Built Up From Past Success by Mark O'Hara

We start so fresh and full of life
As if we can’t be touched
But over time we get beaten down
The belief in ourselves gets crushed
Gravity pulls at our head
Until we are left gazing at our feet
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Butterfly Angels by Stephen Pray

A corner of a rainbow caught in my eye,
Small fragile butterfly wings broken, can’t fly.
Tears on the pavement, Gods way to cry,
Dampen the day when a butterfly dies.
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Butterfly Smiles by Simone Busch

A small hand holding mine
An angels-breath voice asks why?
Jumping in the puddles, umbrellas in the rain.
A cardboard box castle is the pride of your kingdom.
Clomp, clomp, clomping in Mummy’s shoes.
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By the Sea by Sheryl Llorente

The cool breeze blows softly
against the heat of the sun.
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Calico Sentinel by Carl Palmer

the seedless dandelion tuft
arriving on nonexistent breeze
settles softly upon fluffy feline tail
observed by the one male kitten
in the family of four
who quickly pounces upon his prey
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Cancer by Stephen Pray

Sterile white room, ringed curtains closed,
Harsh clean disinfected floors shine
So small and fragile my love sits staring,
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Captured Shell Cranium by Michael Lee Johnson

I capture my moss thoughts
inside this tight shell cranium.
Do poets expose their brains?
Do poets keep their thoughts
inside pressure steamed cooker?
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Celebrate My Life by Stephen Pray

I am on the brink,
standing at the edge of the precipice.
Staring down into the last six feet
I'll ever see.
All the shores,
of all the oceans shrink
into a single grain of sand,
time washed and tumbled;
as was my life.
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Centered by Shelly Wiseberg

Center Peace
Grounded in energy
Emotional release
Unbroken sleep
Sensitive soul
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Childhood Dreams by Asther Bascuña-Creo

Evening has come,
little girl.
Night's satin fabric falls
to blanket window panes
As crickets start
their evening serenade
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Church Sunday by Ray Malus

Sunday.
In the long morning shadows of the Church Patio,
You can feel the heat gathering strength,
Like an old fashioned fighter winding into a huge round-house uppercut.
In tiny cliques,
The children, of the children, of the children who came here long ago,
Stand and chat
about the fund drive for the new Church computer,
and the catering for the coming picnic.
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Clouds by Stephen Pray

Wind walker, sapphire sky blocker,
Oh hazed, crazed puff of water
Skewed in streams.
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Colors of Life by Shanu Goyal

Blueness of sky
Speaks of its infinite vastness
Gives us hope to spread wings
And touch its limitless boundaries
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Convictions by Sheryl Llorente

I long to wake to the brightest of sunshines
and to live in the finest moments of my life.
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Cultured Pearls by Denise Marshall x2 x2

note also that which is beautiful in the trappings of age;
the radiant glow of wisdom shines in vision-blurred eyes, ...
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Daughter of Life by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

Not because of our strength,
not because of our wit
but of love
we are given gifts, abilities
to shine,
to smile,
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Days Before Thanksgiving by Stephen Pray

The long gray cobwebs at the end of autumn,
Bare bleak branches with empty nests.
Small fast squirrels gathering the last of treasures,
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Defying Winter by Sue Hohman

A lone golden tree
Stands before the gray mountains
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Delight by Erik Estabrook

All the time
my mind wanders
finding such beautiful things
and on this Earth such things get redeemed
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Difference by Stephen Pray x2

A long time ago in a far, far away land,
Every thing was different, and I, a younger man.
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Discover The World by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

Discover what the World is
Discover for yourself all they are
A family will compete among itself
But unite against another
A tribe will compete among itself
But unite against another
A race will compete among itself
But unite against another
A creed will compete among itself
But unite against another
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Distant Memories by Stephen Pray

The slow ticking of the clock
Does not break the silence
In a dimly lit room. A shaft
Of sunlight creeps through the dancing
Dust motes.
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Don't Let Sorrow Wail Thee Down by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

Each day a reason to fly birds find,
They never untune their songs with pains of the mind.
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Dream by Rachelle Arlin Credo

There's a sudden strange silence
Amid the busy whirl around me
Disclosing the scars of my innocence
From a dreadful yesterday
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Dream Catcher by Shelly Wiseberg

Patches of light
mosaic of souvenirs
etched in memory
from long ago
never escaping
the dreams of the mind.
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Dreams ... Dreams by Shanu Goyal

Dreams never end
Wriggling like a serpent
All boundaries they transcend
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Dreams of Reality by Shelly Wiseberg

Hopeless dreams
can turn to bright
from inner fog
to clear skies
seeing the truth
in front of you
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Dusk by Alison Pearce

Blue skies turn to crimson and gold
Washing shadows with a pale rose
Enveloping the land below in its hold
The hour of beauty and mystical repose
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Early Morn by Stephen Pray

Each day I watch the sun come up
From o’er the clouded glen,
I listen to the world awake
And wonder where I’ve been.
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Eclipse of Thought by Michael Lee Johnson

Wing tipped
by the sun-
I see a different
version of the moon.
A movie not yet seen in darkness.
A story not yet told by prophets.
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Emily Bronte by B. A. Llewellyn

Emily Bronte is nothing but dust
And memories of passion and unanswered lust.
She wrote but one story and made it to last,
Immortalised there as the lead of the cast.
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Ethereal Beauty by Shanu Goyal

Holding hands of nature,
Lost amidst beauty
Walking on the wet sand,
Waves swirling & gripping me fast
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Father by Stephen Pray x2

I never knew my father the way I wanted to
I never knew his love as others say they do
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Fireflies by Stephen Pray

A digital dance in the dark
strobing, probing.
Are you searching for a mate?
or just sending miniscule cryptographic
messages.
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Fish Haiku/Senryu & Others by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

hard-tail mackerels
swim deep into the sea ...
the net is empty
red groupers
taste differently
on bamboo skewers
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Flight Of The Eagle by Michael Lee Johnson

From the dawn, dusty skies
comes the time when
the eagle flies-
without thought,
without aid of wind,
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Flood by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

floodwater
rushes down the road ...
a red slipper floats
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Freckles by Stephen Pray

Four legged fur ball
spotted black, brown, and white
soulful sad eyes full of liquid mischief.
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Friend by Jenny Morgan

Forever companion in the dark
Risking it all to protect your heart,
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Garden Talk Haiku by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

HEAVEN
I grow
heaven
in my garden.
MY NEST
I transplant black pines,
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H - M

Haiku Fragments by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

yellow fledglings
with their protective mother
paddle playfully
the rising heat
swiftly envelopes
the Bermuda grass
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Halloween 2008 by Susan Palmer

Halloween night it’s sure to rain,
Or snow.
Anyway, it will be dark and scary.
We hope.
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Hang On by Mark O'Hara

If we stand in the darkness
Afraid of our own light
After all of the effort we put in at night
When we’ve sat for hours
Trying to release our ideas
With our backs against the wall
Covered in tears
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Happiness by Jada (aged 7)

Happiness is gold
It tastes like ice cream
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Healing Touch by Shelly Wiseberg

Mystical moon shining through beaming hearts,
seeking light of inner glow.
All mediums of artistic expression,
of infinite soul connection.
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Here to Heaven by Dion Crowe

Fly the clouds in the night sky.
Feel the rain falling to a thousand tiny homes.
The light beams from heaven to my lover’s heart.
And I breathe my last breath.
And I feel the last kiss.
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Horsey Whickers by Susan Palmer

Summer:
The mares gambolled about,
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I am by Malcolm Carvalho

I am a gurgling stream
Slithering around mossy rocks
Meandering around boulders in between,
Making my way, breaking away.
Rushing downhill
Eager to meet myself
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I Will Be by Kathyleen Rivera

Whenever you are lonely, I’ll sing you a song
Whenever you are crying, I’ll be there when you call
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I Will Be There by Paul Curtis

Do not grieve for me
Do not mourn my passing
Remember me with a smile
Don’t think of me as gone
Remember what we had
Think of our life like a favourite book
Do not close it and put it on the shelf
Never to be read again
Just because you hate the ending
Start to write the next chapter
Enjoy it like all the others
And don’t be sad
I will be there with you always
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I Wonder, Laugh and Realize by Denise Marshall

I wonder why ...
when our plans come together perfectly,
over and done with relaxation time to spare;
a telephone ring is always Chaos calling,
or, Crazy’s at the door screaming "beware"!
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If I Act by Mark O'Hara

If action is the process of acting or doing
If the achievement of my ambition gets me out of these ruins
If it takes me out of this world of doubt
If it opens my life up to a whole new height
If its up to me to stir my ship
If I’m in control of it being a calculated risk
If not doing means risking more
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Imagined by Shelly Wiseberg

Shining star
Inner bloom
Water nymph
Under moon
Bathes in beauty
Spiritual flow
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Ingrate by Gary Beck

Praise to the love of woman
that I forget in careless days
spent in spasms of creation.
So women who have loved me,
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Inner Drive by Mark O'Hara

I’ll win this battle
I’m certain
I’ll come out on top
I’m determined
Even if I’m hurting
I can’t kick it into touch
I believe in what I’m doing
It means too much
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Inner Man by Stephen Pray

A man is only as tall as his deeds,
The essence of his soul, pure as his thoughts.
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Insight by Shelly Wiseberg

Spectacular view
third eye vision
mysterious secrets
kept in silence
mystical powers
heightened senses
cascades in strangeness
from a cosmic force
of intuition.
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Inspiration by Shelly Wiseberg

People inspiring people
sharing and learning from each other
insightful and questioning everything
seeking and exploring true meaning
on the path of love and light.
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Inspiration by Ray Malus

We sit in gloom and mortal misery,
imprisoned in the mire of mundane things,
while taunting sparks of immortality
flit through our darkened cells, where silence sings.
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Julie's Mum by B. A. Llewellyn

Julie’s Mum’s eyes were as blue as can be,
Like a bright summer sky, or a clean, endless sea.
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Just Another Day by Stephen Pray

Rainy day, back to school ,
grandson on the bus.
Noisy goodbye, slam of the door,
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Laughter is the Greatest Cure-All by Denise Marshall

Laughter's uplifting sound always works for me;
giggling children are a most refreshing sound;
rip-snorting, knee-slapping and guffawing adults,
gut-busting, side-splitters knocking you to the ground.
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Let Love Breathe by Shanu Goyal

Don't try to be possessive of those
whom you love
Let them be themselves
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Life 1 by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

Who says Life is short?
who says the age?
When we spent all day loitering
with the one we love:
a cup of coffee in a pub;
who say why not gulp it once?
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Life 11 by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

listen to the truth of the ancestral waters,
and falling rains,
the aged rocks in the forest
as the crickets sing in the woods.
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Lighthouse by Stephen Pray

Glowing eye cuts deep through,
the gathering gloom.
A pea soup fog with tendril fingers,
waiting to touch, to latch onto the unwary.
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Lightning by Stephen Pray

Lighting flash, an upside down tree,
brilliant in its glory and the red sunset,
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Lone Sunset by Stephen Pray

Wind seized stretch of sand at sunset,
slow susurration of waves that slither
over top of one another.
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Look Within by Shelly Wiseberg

Soul explore
inner core
look within
highest truth.
Inner voice
positive choice
gut instinct
intuitive introspection
self love connection
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Love is a Very Simple Word by Du Phong Nguyen

Love is a very simple word.
Yes, I am sure you can say it.
Love is a very pretty word as your thought.
Please show it to your family or friends
And everyone.
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Megan by B. A. Llewellyn

One more time I’d like to see her face,
To share a quick ‘Hi” and a moment of grace.
We’d talk like the years were all but a day.
We’d be like we were – like children at play.
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Memories of Youth by Stephen Pray

Blacktop roads that wind their way through colored hills
Song on the radio reminds me of my afternoons of adolescence.
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Michelangelo: Painter & Poet by Michael Lee Johnson

Michelangelo
with steel balls
& a wire brush
wishing he was
wearing motorcycle leathers,
going wild & crazy,
stares cross eyed at the
Sistine Chapel ceiling-
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Misty Morning by Alison Pearce

Tendrils of mist curling up from the sea
Gentle salt spray caressing my face
Island of solitude beckoning me
Through the mists of time, a peaceful place
Pale sun obscured by a wall of mist
Mournful singing below on the street
Silence palpable, only dreams exist
On the plane between time, we shall meet
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Mixed Haiku/Senryu by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

mouth waters...
a plump chicken sits
on an open fire
a long busy grind...
the rooster's loud shrill ends
the cold night's silence
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Moon Haiku and Others by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

OASIS
An oasis
drawn silently on canvas
comforts the mind.
MOON SNAPSHOTS
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Morning Glory by Rachelle Arlin Credo

The sun breaks through the eastern sky
Peeping through the soft fleecy clouds
It stifles a yawn and gently simpers
Then blows a kiss to the sleeping world
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Morning Rain by Jason Sturner

This morning there was much rain,
forcing the birds into trees,
the butterflies beneath leaves.
I stand at the open window,
listening for the cool silence
between raindrops.
I begin to wonder
about time machines,
about being fully absorbed into the future:
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My Ailing Mother by Meenu Mehrotra

The waves of life
quiver and shiver
Like someone walking on burning embers
The farthest I can see
The closest I want to hold her
Hope and fear - both are endless
But life prays for life
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My New Friend by Dorothy Bransgrove

I have a new companion
who walks along with me,
we stride along step by step
in perfect harmony.
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Mystic by Shelly Wiseberg

Mystic of knowledge
Seeking fortune from within
Guided towards personal reward
Shining through gates of opportunity
Searching from inside the soul
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N - S

Nature by Stephen Pray x2

A tiny webbed rainbow glistens
A sigh softly cried
Does any one hear, listen.
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Nature ... a Bliss by Shanu Goyal x2

... Its calmness communicates
Silence penetrates
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Nature's Haiku by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

NATURE'S WAY
Busy bees
help nature recuperate
from oblivion.
MORNING CALL
A thousand chirps
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Nearing Solstice by Stephen Pray

Days have grown shorter,
winter has wrapped its deep white coat
around the shoulders of the ground.
I have spotted the tracks of raccoon,
deer, and lots of birds have been by the berry bushes
to fill up on daytime snacks.
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No Bird Song by Agatha Lai

I switch off all lights,
sit, anticipating inspiration
from the darkness absorbing me.
Nothing :
No bird song reaches my ears
to break the silence;
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Not This October by Stephen Pray

Last October was mean,
spits of snow and ice
came out of nowhere to bite like
swarms of mosquitoes in the spring.
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Observatory by Gary Beck

My eyes wooed
the telescopic lens
licking the least particles
of finite observation.
Your white so pure,
pocked by long craters,
bound by soft shadows,
made me think
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Ode to Rose by Asther Bascuña-Creo

gathering many layered petticoats
you twirl and bob velvety head
to the wind’s whispered musical notes
keeping thorny feet on your leafy bed
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Of An Unknown God by Stephen Pray

Alabaster and ebony swirled
in the marbled polished carving.
An antiquity, worn with many hands,
made from some rare mineral
that came from the cosmic void.
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Ollie, Ollie by Carl Palmer

Giggling, she runs from the family room couch
where I sit and count, both hands over my eyes.
“1,2,3,4,5 and 5 is 10. Ready or not, here I come”
First, the kitchen, loudly opening and closing cabinet
drawers and doors, “No, not here. Not here, either.”
Into the dining room, lifting a corner of the tablecloth,
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On a Moonlit Night by Rachelle Arlin Credo

Peering through the window, water apple leaves
sway with the breeze; dancers of the night
with green veined fingers cast quirky shadows
against the cream-colored concrete walls.
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One Perfect Rose by Stephen Pray

She worked all her life to be able to retire
She kept a small garden where she could relax
There she would tend to her roses.
She watered and fed them
She trimmed them when needed
She kept cross-fertilizing in hope.
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Optimus' Ode by Stephen Pray

It was an accident that intertwined our fates,
whether fair or foul that meeting at the gates.
The journeys path upon which we tread leads on,
shadows cast by a future sun look dark at the dawn.
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Own Pace by Shelly Wiseberg

No matter the time
No matter the pace
Look into your own mirror
Seeing face to face
Live in the now
Let the past erase
The sorrow trace
That haunts your soul
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Palomino by Stephen Pray

Palomino sunrise
all blues, gold’s, and bronzes
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Path-Finding Action by Dr. Tholana Ashok Chakravarthy

Same, the very same illusions
The very same apprehensions
Distract the ever budding visions
Dampening my future aspirations.
As a child, life seemed more secure
But vanished as an illusory nightmare;
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Peace by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

Our hearts are framed in rude desire
To oppress, dominate, rule and acquire,
Yet we are not animals, but humans,
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Peaceful Warrior by Shelly Wiseberg

Peaceful warrior
fights for freedom
liberty and justice
communicating harmony
soul searches reaching others
resolving struggles
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Pegasus by Ray Malus

I’m far too lazy for therapy today.
For clutching the reins of my imagination
to hold its head pointing to the ground
and break its spirit.
No.
Instead, I think I’ll let the steed run free.
And jump up on its back.
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Pen to Paper by Miaw Hui Ong

The pen in hand
Signals from my brain they send
Those words all in my head
All strung together just like beads
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Picnic in San Fernando by Rachelle Arlin Credo

she lays the white cloth
on the ground of grass
and opens the cans of coke
with gentle flicks
on a little narra table
she sets the plates
each with three hanging rice
and a quarter of lechon
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Prayer To The Gods Of Writing by Kerry Lown Whalen

Let my words soar like planets
hurtling through a world of darkness
pierced by shards of light.
Let the power of my words touch and change the lives of others,
eclipsing what should be forgotten.
Allow me the charm of poetry and the harmony of music
to overcome discord in the world.
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Private Journey by Shelly Wiseberg

Private journey
Personal path
Gateway to knowledge
Spiritual road
Many directions
Choose your own way
To harmony
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Rain Storm by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

From the black skin sky,
Came flashes of broken chains,
Trembling, quaking, clanging,
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Reflection by Stephen Pray

Out in the desert where people are few
I saw a man that I once knew
A big man was he, strong and tall
I knew him well once, but now not at all
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Reminders by Stephen Pray

Multicolored pins haphazardly stuck
on a twelve by fifteen corkboard.
a collage of photographs and post it notes,
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Resolutions by Stephen Pray

Resolution, oh my soul,
look out mine eyes and truly see
what lay about in this reality.
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Retirement by Ray Malus

One fresh fall dawn, a sleeping leaf awoke.
A portent in the wind proclaimed a change.
Its lot was always spent bound to its branch
exchanging sun and air, for sustenance
with trunk and root and soil — its universe.
And nodding in the fickle winds of life,
unconscious of the world beyond its bower,
it served its time with stolid tolerance
and staid devotion, never seeking more.
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Risk Everything by Mark O'Hara

The bigger the risk the greater the reward
But the higher we climb the greater we fall
The unfortunate thing
A common flaw
Is the courage to even act at all
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Screwdriver Mathematics by Carl Palmer

Lying up under the car
on the floor of the garage
I saw his little feet arrive
the shadow of his head
bending down to ask
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Senior Moment by Carl Palmer

I just had a senior moment.
I didn’t forget something
I remembered something.
I just remembered how my mom
would see or hear something
that would remind her
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7 Haiku/Senryu by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

a school of koi...
even more color
to the pond
man-made lagoon...
my sense of belonging
awakens
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Sanctuary by Stephen Pray

This twelve by thirteen square inglenook
is my sanctum from the flutters.
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Seasonally Home by Jason Sturner

I pack away summer clothes
to a soundscape of Vivaldi.
The songs of summer birds
have settled like dust.
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Seasons of Laughter by Ray Malus

The winter icicles along the frozen eaves,
like wind-chimes, crack and tinkle in the falcon breeze.
And laughing children stand and fire snowballs up
to crash them to the earth like flashing meteors.
Then, squealing, bound into the drifts like playful pups
to seize their prey and suck the fresh and icy tang
of gleaming sunlight frozen in its crystal fire,
and savor winter’s flavor on their eager tongues.
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She by Michael Lee Johnson

Somewhere
she has lost
her shadow.
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Showers of Flowers by Emma Akuffo

I wish you joy
I wish you peace
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Sisters on the Shore by Stephen Pray

Sharing laughter, sunlight and sorting seashells,
Sisters in mind and spirit,
Sitting on warm golden sand,
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Smile by Emma Akuffo

Open the window, let light pour in
Quietly beautiful, unique and serene
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Snapshots (iv) by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

October fun
guffaws and jests blend
with mugs of beer
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Snow by Fide Erken

give me a small word,
inside which is a wonder's white touch
and sudden loss of time
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Soaring in Flight by Shelly Wiseberg

Windows to the soul
stained glass in beauty
reflected through eyes
shining brightly.
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Soft Ball Tournament by Carl Palmer

three different breakfasts for
the three grumpy grouches slowly
becoming two grandgirls and a papa
talking about the early game of
of the softball series forgetting to
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Somebody by Conny Karlsson

I am dreaming of somebody
I can write to
I can speak to
about my dreams.
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Sometimes ... by Stephen Pray

Sometimes I am the music of New Orleans
sassy, brassy, bold and full of life,
Sometimes I am a zephyr
barely holding a dandelion seed in a spring tanzanite sky.
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Song of Peace by Fide Erken

On the ground,
a man is walking,
a soldier driving his tank.
There are flowers
on both sides of the road
No one sees the flowers.
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Sorrow by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

Sorrow is in the eye magnified,
In heart consoled, in hope defied:
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Southern Fall by Stephen Pray

Sharp shadowed bird,
long legged, white of wing.
Bill full of fresh caught fish,
waters stillness tinged with the end of summer.
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Spring Song by Gary Beck

This day of joy,
my hot sun dreams,
many motions,
licking with yellowed fingers
the passing faces I hunger.
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Spring Summer Midnight Collage by Denise Marshall

Collage is my passion; all things piecemeal i do adore,
there's something about putting and fitting things together,
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Star Search by Stephen Pray

Galileo's critics are writhing,
good thing they're not surviving.
Turning over in their tombs,
the hypocrites assumed,
they were right and he was wrong.
Now we are finding with long
distant photos taken by the Hubble
there's more than just our bubble.
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Stay True by Shelly Wiseberg

Stay true to soul
Honor your own word
Be honest with yourself
Trust your judgments
Share feelings with loved ones
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Still Waters by Stephen Pray

I sit beside still waters; I sigh,
Deeply drinking in the calm.
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Summer Memories by Rachelle Arlin Credo

Restless winds blow tree leaves
Strewing them on the ground with wisps
The sweltering heat crawls all over
Like a plague of locusts in September
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Summer Storm by Paul Curtis

A white cloud
Appears on the once
Clear blue afternoon sky
Like a careless splodge of white
On the blue canvas of an artist
It bubbles up
Then races across the blue
Another appears bigger this time
Then another and another
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T - Z

Tension Unravelled by Dorothy Bransgrove

Have you ever knitted a quarrel,
Dropped a stitch as you chewed on a slight?
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The Bridge by Agatha Lai

Seeing the bridge
we became curious
and walked across the strand
when the tides ebbed.
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The Defiance of Prometheus by Nisheeth Srivastava

"I do not fear you, Zeus!"
Thus did chained Prometheus speak.
Glittering eye resolute as ever
Though all else be worn and weak.
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The Fountain by Delia J. Fry

The splash of the fountain
In a quite and windless night
Like the intermittent sounds
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The Heart Of July by Bobbi Sinha-Morey

Just before sleep I
lie awake imagining
the heart of July and
it feels like a dream
forever beginning.
A solar eclipse fleet-
ingly nods over the
earth whispering good-
night to the heavens;
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The Joys and Pains of Life by Dela Bobobee

When upon life’s molehills I see
lofty heights in the magic of life
the joy of living offers me a key
to open and shut doors of strife
so if summer’s prime of life glints
and dims in winter’s grim decay
I count my joys of pains as flints
that scratch on steel to spark a ray
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The Long Dance by Ray Malus

He bounces in his crib on rubber legs.
And, apple-fisted, holds himself erect
suspended from the bars. He reels and stomps
his pudgy feet and gurgles with delight
at hurdy-gurdy strains that fill the air
with flashing music only he can hear.
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The Nectar by Kay F. Ruane

One by one they were gone
heading for busy lives
Taking all the honey with them
Leaving an empty space
Where silence echoes
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The Pub by B. A. Llewellyn

My wife was my life,” He cried in his beer.
A terrible sound like crunching a gear.
He moaned and he groaned never bought the next round.
Couldn’t reach for his pocket with “Her” underground.
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The Ring by Emma Akuffo

It was early evening when the snow came.
Small shiny crystals at first,
then big, bold, boulders of ice.
Solemnly, it painted everything white.
Until outside was a frosty picture,
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The Room by Margaret Dakin

The sunlight strikes the ruby glass and jug,
It stains the lacy folds with crimson light,
And settles there upon the woven rug.
The room is shaded, musty, cool as night.
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The Setting Sun by Shanu Goyal

Beautiful setting sun
announces the completion of the day.
This orange ball of fire
ignites the passion, romance ...
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The Shape of Serenity by Bobbi Sinha-Morey

Moments before dawn
I open my eyes to see
the gift of a new day,
the crest of the rising
sun and it welcomes
me like a friend who
reminds me of what
I've become.
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The Storm by Stephen Pray

A summer storm rolls in
Like a young dark puppy,
Just out of the bath.
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The Storm of Love by Dr. Tholana Ashok Chakravarthy

Storms, whenever they erupt,
Ruin becomes their prime option,
Sparing neither the rich or poor,
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The Surging Thoughts by Dr. Tholana Ashok Chakravarthy

Some lyrical thoughts
Fill my heart of hearts,
But the emerging poem,
Though sad, is indeed a gem ...
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The Way of Purposeful Love by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

Blessed is he that love is his true aim,
That will crush rocks for his claim,
And will not doubt to trend the unknown,
Nor fear to take lot of his own;
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The Wind From Kinabalu by Agatha Lai

When wind from Kinabalu blows,
crouch rows and rows
of golden grains
across the plains.
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They Called Me To The Land Of Poetry by Fide Erken

Late,
One evening
They called me
To the Country of Poetry.
They said,
“Come quickly!
If not,
No tickets will remain.”
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Thinking by B. A. Llewellyn

I was thinking to myself
Of stars and moons and dreams.
I let my thoughts fly to the skies
And played with magic themes.
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Tide by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

The harmony of the tide, of sun's true mirror
Shivering, washing away lonely sand from the shore,
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Time, Eyelashes and Bitter Coffee by Denise Marshall

Time simply slips by like
a lone fallen eyelash
floating on air
and swept away;
or,
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Time is a Dancer by Alison Pearce

Time is a dancer
Along the journey we call life.
Each step more precious than the last.
We go on and on.
Do we notice the passage?
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To My Old Scars by Dela Bobobee

When I survey all these wizened scars
that now litter and speckle my body
like laurels on a war veteran’s battle dress
I shudder at those dangerous games
that childhood had played on me to romp
the jungle half naked and barefoot
the streams with deep swirling whorls
the tropical sun with its ultraviolent rays
the mosquito infested swamps I tramped
the careless trod on vipers with lethal fangs
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Tranquil Forest by Shelly Wiseberg

Mystical trees
Magical leaves
Embraces earth
Energy flows
Nature shows
Mother nature spirit
Nourishing soil
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Tranquil Star by Shelly Wiseberg

Floating stars luminous in brilliance
Magical essence of celestial lights
Meditating into the universe
Connected deeply to earth and sky
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Tricky Treats by Stephen Pray

An orange moon carves grim shadows
in the lantern light of festival.
A treat of netherworld hysteria
the costumed folk create.
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Two by Larrisa Davisson Farrell

In a world of crash and burn,
I have my bookends.
Two.
Mirror images who stuck,
and stayed.
Constant as the evening star
bound
by rings of gold
and love that defies the national average.
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Unbidden Paths by Stephen Pray

All the sighs I've ever uttered
while passing over trodden roads.
One has warranted another,
and the difference both have stood for
an unwanted noise in silent travels.
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Unicorn of Crystal Light by Shelly Wiseberg

Unicorn with crystal horn
water of diamond path
sparkling stars coloring sunset
towards sky of fulfillment.
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Vibrant Laughter by Shanu Goyal

It sets my heart throbbing
All troubles dropping
It’s so contagious Makes everyone around, vivacious
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Vineyards in White by Dorothy Bransgrove

Bleached straw paddocks
mingle with vineyards,
lush and green,
fruit ripening.
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Wake Up Call by Stephen Pray

Multi-stained coffee cup, empty,
but full of memorable mornings.
Days started with laughter,
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Walking on Sunshine by Emma Akuffo

Joy visits in fleeting moments.
If only Rachel could capture it, bottle it,
hold it in her hands forever
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We by Dr. Tholana Ashok Chakravarthy

Destruction and devastation,
Calamities and casualties.
Where is peace?
Where is solace?
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What A Rush by Delia J. Fry

Flow like a raging river
Soar like a fiery comet
Leave turbulent waves
Make streaming sparks
Leave footprints on life
Not a rut in the mind
Don't waste time, live
Excite, the dull senses
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What Life Is by Dr. Tholana Ashok Chakravarthy

Life …
Mysterious
Serious
Arduous
Tedious
And
Perilous.
At times …
Glamorous
Hilarious
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When I Am Not Writing by Agatha Lai

When I am not writing,
I cook fish and tomatoes,
add no salt or flavour
to enjoy true fishy
and vegetable taste...
when I am not writing
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Wide Views by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

vast grassy field...
a bed of yellow flowers
hides a fallen nut
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Winter Winds by Ray Malus

Summer runs, when Winter muscles in
And shoulders Autumn’s modesty aside,
To clothe the pavement with his pap’ry skin
Of frozen leaves and promise that has died.
Autumn cringes, craven, at the clutch
Of Winter’s blust’ry gales and icy blast.
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Wishes Granted by Shelly Wiseberg

Wishes granted through dreams inspired,
from believing in miracles of hope and faith.
A glowing candle burns within warming the heart,
of gratitude flowing from inside of your mind.
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Words of a Friend by Stephen Pray

A friendly whisper falls
between a moment of laughter
and the discovery of a dream.
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Worldly Success by Nicole West

I love the feelings evoked by the simple thought of Tuscany,
especially a Tuscan villa, a crumbling Tuscan villa,
covered in vines on top a hillside,
facing a medieval village in the hazy distance.
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Young and Restless by Miaw Hui Ong

We dress to kill
We muck around
The youth we feel
The boys surround
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You're Never Alone by Shelisa Thomas

Even though you may not see me there,
I'm in the presence; I'm in the air.
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