Tag: poetry
group name: rookies
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March 27, 2008 01:10 PM EDT --
by Dorothy Parker
A single flow'r he sent me, since we met.
All tenderly his messenger he chose;
Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet -
One perfect rose.
I knew the . . . more
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March 30, 2008 02:04 AM EDT --
Don't you just love it when you see an interesting title on a Gather article, then click the link only to find someone's bad poetry? This site needs to have some kind of notification for when . . . more
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March 31, 2008 11:22 AM EDT --
I love to learn new things. I love to see things I've already learned in new ways. One of the advantages of having a computer and an internet connection is the opportunity . . . more
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January 02, 2007 09:35 AM EST --
I wish I could take credit for this. It was found posted on the internet.
I lie belly-up
In the sunshine, happier than
You ever will be.
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April 07, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
Heavenly sunshine is missing from her sky today
Orange juice flows into her cup... liquid sunshine
She places the tablet on her tongue... pharmaceutical sunshine
Youngest still in his bed... . . . more
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April 22, 2008 09:56 PM EDT --
The cage door is open so briefly
Hearts awakening
Escape the prison of doubt
We think we are free
Freedom is a fantasy we dream from a cell
A child in . . . more
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April 15, 2008 03:08 PM EDT --
Regret
Silent scourge of
Breaking hearts yours and mine
Apologies insufficient
Love an offering... small but determined
Contrition has a champion
Absolution it's gift
Lifts the . . . more
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July 21, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
He looks right through me, never knowing how lost I am.
He is happy in the expanse of his life. A whole universe that I cannot travel across. It's too big for me. . . . more
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June 24, 2007 12:17 PM EDT --
I have a manuscript I have been working on for a year, but it isn't but halfway finished.
I am tossing around the idea of putting together a query letter with my poetry and instead of starting . . . more
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May 02, 2008 12:47 AM EDT --
The men are upstairs
all three
The chaos has begun
to erupt
Thumping and stomping from
up above
Yelling and screaming and showing
no love
Tired and broken
eternally . . . more
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February 03, 2007 12:02 PM EST --
This is my first attempt at writing a haiku. Please be gentle... ;-)
Hot, no cold, shaking
achy and dizzy, too tired
coming on so fast
Head . . . more
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March 03, 2007 01:50 PM EST --
Wrapped
inside your arms
and I'm
Flying
in a dream
Envisioning
misty blue clouds
Encapsulating us
taking me away
Encompassing me
with warmth
Opening my
eyes to old possibilites . . . more
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March 22, 2007 06:52 PM EDT --
Warning: Poetry writers beware of email scam
I recently received the email down below, supposedly promoting Poetry.com.
While there is a site -- www.poetry.com -- that does indeed . . . more
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March 30, 2008 02:02 PM EDT --
I was browsing through an antique store with a friend one Saturday afternoon 15 years ago and I found an old copy of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, I paid $10 for it. It is one of my favorite . . . more
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May 06, 2008 08:55 AM EDT --
I was roaming around in Gather at 5 am PST. Not quite awake yet... having my coffee and catching up on articles I have missed.
I always try to think of something intelligent . . . more
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July 23, 2007 02:59 AM EDT --
When did it start?
What were you thinking?
What did you feel?
Where did you go?
What did you want?
Why did you do it?
When did you need it?
What were you doing? . . . more
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June 23, 2008 02:14 AM EDT --
Hi Everyone
I had a question and not sure anyone can help. As some of you know, I have published quite a few of my poems on here and I think it would be giving up a goal . . . more
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August 07, 2008 09:42 AM EDT --
A ctress
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The clotheshorse, old and scruffy holds
the array of her dresses. She needs them.
She needs them even more than foods
to satisfy her half . . . more
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June 24, 2006 06:37 PM EDT --
I thought of this while I was taking pictures of cactus blooms in my front yard yesterday. A bee's sole task in life serving others......
A cactus flower
A bee buzzing bloom to bloom
A short life, . . . more
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March 12, 2007 12:26 AM EDT --
Walls of armor
fortressing your heart.
Afraid of letting go
of that shield of protection.
Cold and alone
in your dark
lonely refuge.
Safe,
So you think.
It's trapped you.
Isolated you from . . . more
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