January 29, 2020
by HemmingPlay

I have chosen to seek
each day the path of courage
and passion.
I fail, often.
I don’t
say this with bravado,
because I do not feel brave.
If I could choose something
easier, I would.
It never gets easier.
But to make the choice each day,
Each minute, to turn and
face the sadness and suffering,
of the world; the pain and joy,
each on it’s own terms
and not be defeated by it—
that is something that
must be chosen again,
and again, and again.
It is the job of poetry.
No compromises.
It is not a choice of pleasant fictions,
a diversion of entertaining nothingness;
nor like the fog of opium that
leaves us still breathing,
but dead.
Each night, darkness does not fall.
That is the wrong image.
Rather, when the earth spins away
from the sun, it rises up from the deep places
of the earth and the oceans, from
the caverns and the bottom of rivers and lakes and seas.
A deep exhalation.
A time for alternatives.
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December 12, 2018
by pranabaxom
First published on my blog http://www.fleetingmuse.wordpress.com on Dec 10, 2018.
Was it that long ago, by
The south seas
Warm waves crashing,
Bursting bubbles caressing
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October 29, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
A Tender Moment Passes
In The Wee Hours Of The Night
With A Glimmering Hope Of Passion
And A Spark That Might Ignite
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October 29, 2018
by Megha's World

Between the thumb and the forefinger
where I’m counting and mapping your freckles
as my fingers slide
over your curves
and etches
a map of my universe
where
my soul
my love
my passion
finds solace,
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October 7, 2018
by Megha's World

Our love is an illusion
a mirage,
like the sun setting in the sea
the light has traveled
from the past
to reach you and me;
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October 7, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
In The Backside Of The Night
I Sit In Silence
In Flickering Candlelight
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September 27, 2018
by Megha's World
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September 26, 2018
by Megha's World
“Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Winter

That insatiable thirst
which rises from the depth of my soul
and devours me like a wildfire
this incessant need
to be wrapped around your soul
like an unstoppable contagion
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June 27, 2018
by Bhavya Prabhakar, India

The sun comes everyday
To lighten the world
From the darkness of night
To bring new hopes and vibes
To melt in the love of shine.
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May 28, 2018
by Jem Croucher
I have lost count the number
of poems I have written
about the sea in Sussex
as really, I am smitten
So, if I only wrote of water
would you think less of me?
for really, if the truth be told
it’s best beside the sea
I can sit here hour on hour
beside the soothing waves
and gaze out at its fathoms
on sultry summer days
For me it’s inspiration
of it I’ll never tire
It prompts my words and writing
and builds in me a fire
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May 17, 2018
by Bhavya Prabhakar, India

Inject and infect
The love in my veins
To surrender the pain
To be lost in your aim.
The infection is not in the blood
It’s in the mainstream of the love
The soul wants the cure
In the form of art of love.
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May 10, 2018
by Megha's World
“With a tide rising in your heart
and a gale rushing in mine,
we brewed a
perfect storm together”
–Megha Sood

Our wild emotions were brewing
slowly and surely
simmering and rising to the surface
ready to be spilled
poured out of our hearts
where it was becoming
a fruitless task
to keep us apart
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May 5, 2018
by Linda Lee Lyberg
A mockingbird crooned his melody
as I sat under a blooming Lilac tree
I closed my eyes and soon drifted away
lulled by soft buzzing of the honeybees.
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May 2, 2018
by Megha's World

I have read the fairy tales and
stories of love
for time eternal
they are as true as they come
if I could only believe
the prince charming for real
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April 23, 2018
by Megha's World
Those fleeting glances
those eye contact
never bothered me
there were many
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April 13, 2018
by Megha's World
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
― Oscar Wilde
Oh! how fleeting it was
how softly it made me blush
left my heart
feeling so sanguine
a feathered touch
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April 10, 2018
by Megha's World
As I dance till my feet bleed
the sweat pour out of my body
as tears of my soul
I dance till I drop dead
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March 31, 2018
by Megha's World
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March 26, 2018
by Megha's World
I fail miserably to guard my self
my heart
my emotions
my eyes
which gives away
every single feeling
every moment
I spent;
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March 16, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I Looked Deeply
Into Her Eyes,
How Could I Not?
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March 12, 2018
by Megha's World
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February 14, 2018
by Megha's World

Speak with the language of love.
–Rumi
The language of love
needs no words, no script
it flows from my heart to yours
with no gates or doors;
I can feel the vibe in the air
I can feel the love
in my veins
as it flows;
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January 24, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Time Has Removed
Any Doubt,
About What It Was
We Shared Together
With A Soft Blur Of Years
And Faded Memories
Of The Ecstasy
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January 23, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Poetry =
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January 14, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I need more
than just words,
more than just
I Love You!
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January 12, 2018
by Megha's World

Dance of the emotions
Catching of the gaze
Passing glimpse of the face
Fleeting touch of your hands
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December 21, 2017
by K. T. Dibert
Please, feel free to help an aspiring artist, writer, poet, and musician achieve his lifelong destiny for success. Thanks in advance. Kyle T. Dibert’s Book of Poetry
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December 10, 2017
by Jem Croucher

Celebrating nature over
seven vibrant days
Her hand of wonder covered
in seven different ways
And what better way to finish
than upon a note of passion
Passiflora with its Latin name
for horticultural fashion
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