Tag: Poetry
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Life is a gift. Use it or lose it …
So, I’m a little late on the the whole “look back/look ahead” post that comes at the end of the year, but I was too busy celebrating the holidays to take the time to sit down and think about it! So, better late than never, right? Last year I wrote about some thoughts on 2008,…
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What better way to celebrate love …
than with poetry? I bring you love poems written by the very talented writers on poetryassignment.com. Some poems are romantic, some are sad, some know just how to drive that knife in a little deeper – but they are all from the heart, and worth checking out this Valentine’s Day! Here’s an idea – write…
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The music plays, just for us
Time stands still as I feel your hand on the small of my back smile up at you as butterflies whisper at me to take a chance I’m having a hard time deciphering which part of this is dream but as I look in your eyes I decide dreams can be reality. And the drum…
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Tipping point found in bubble bath
He promised her his world but reserved the right to change his fickle mind but she dared him to stand beside his lies make them truths, make things right. Eyes unfocused he saw two realities she knew she couldn’t fix this man So she uses the only trick she has left Waits naked for him, bathing…
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Why exes can’t be friends
You may have noticed the links to poetryassignment.com at the bottom of many of my poems lately. If you haven’t checked out the site yet, you really should! Still in the beginning stages but we have so many great poets on there already. Not a great poet? It’s ok – come anyway! It’s amazing what…
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Why exes can’t be friends
You may have noticed the links to poetryassignment.com at the bottom of many of my poems lately. If you haven’t checked out the site yet, you really should! Still in the beginning stages but we have so many great poets on there already. Not a great poet? It’s ok – come anyway! It’s amazing what…
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Sparkle eyes and sharp edges
Metallic talk burns in mouths hot with anger and his words sting so she fights back with hers both knowing things that are said can’t be erased neither caring as passion and possession are clear victors in this broken and torn battle. He challenges her to make the first move but she sees it as his turn;…
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Sparkle eyes and sharp edges
Metallic talk burns in mouths hot with anger and his words sting so she fights back with hers both knowing things that are said can’t be erased neither caring as passion and possession are clear victors in this broken and torn battle. He challenges her to make the first move but she sees it as his turn;…
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Please, enlighten me
Don’t force it, you say, Just let it come to you You tell me you can’t do this Tell me you won’t do this Tears streaming down my face You don’t feel them You can’t see them. You bring mystery to this moment, to this twinkle of light. We seek a higher ground dream of…
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Decorating during a breakup
He asked her for help deciding what color to paint his front door She looked at him in silence, pondering – Does she take her stand now, leaving him to choose without her, showing him she’s the strong one? Or does she pick – making him think her name every day, each time he sees…
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A lifetime declaration
She always felt there should be more art in their world. So they go to a place where dreams become a permanent record Gets his name tattooed right beside her heart Thinking that will fix everything. Afterword he hugs her tightly forgetting how much it will hurt. ———– I’m also publishing this poem at the…
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One weekend, a lifetime ago
One night in a crowded bar and she was hooked. She couldn’t tell him how ready she was to love so she instead chose to pretend, as he had, that this sort of thing happened all the time. Then she spent the next years searching for him. Of course, she had to know it was futile. After…
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(Free) pre-marital counseling at the Cathedral
They made out with boys in the Fellowship Hall after youth church while waiting for rides passed the time with a game of truth or dare this wasn’t heaven, but it did last 7 minutes. Jane pulled her very best friend Mary aside, and in a very serious tone, broached the very necessary question: “Do…
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Take me dancing before I die
She wondered briefly if the smell of roses when there were none to be found might be evidence of brain trauma Brushed it off and convinced him salsa dancing was the way to fix this focused on their connection as they glided across the dance floor. They were lithe and surreal and all the things…
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Learning baseball from an experienced player
It was off season for the home team but we parked your car in the back of the empty visitor’s practice lot began rounding the bases anyway No hot dogs for sale this winter day but a look in your eye and time on our side, you pulled me in close. I said, “Honey, let’s…
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Learning baseball from an experienced player
It was off season for the home team but we parked your car in the back of the empty visitor’s practice lot began rounding the bases anyway No hot dogs for sale this winter day but a look in your eye and time on our side, you pulled me in close. I said, “Honey, let’s…
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Proposition in the backseat of a taxi
“But if I sleep with you I will fall in love with you,” she said with eyes lowered and husky voice her red lips so close to his that one false move meant they’d be in over their heads. They breathed into each other and this decided everything. “I have already fallen in love with…
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Proposition in the backseat of a taxi
“But if I sleep with you I will fall in love with you,” she said with eyes lowered and husky voice her red lips so close to his that one false move meant they’d be in over their heads. They breathed into each other and this decided everything. “I have already fallen in love with…
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When fire illuminates, not smoulders – what next?
She poured gasoline all over their memories after a very frank conversation in which she asked who he wanted to share his heart with and he said “I could be happy either way.” She knew he was lying and she told him as much but he was driven to take the easy route and she…
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The day her sister stole her love
Never did ice on her window Remind her so much of her lover But this morning She awoke in a dream of he With another How could her sister … It’s April outside should not be Drowning in hail showers But she is alone Has no one to hold She’ll stay under covers For just…
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Politics 101: Learning from example
You sent Jennifer to make danishes after you smoked a blunt so when you wrapped your arms around me she wouldn’t know. Everyone experiments in high school, right? She put the icing on your treats before baking and scorched the danishes to the cookie sheet. She had the munchies. Doesn’t everyone get…
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My own bucket list
My friend Beth wrote recently about creating a bucket list. She has inspired me to think about my own. What is it that I want to accomplish in my lifetime? 1. Write a novel. 2. Live in New York City. 3. Travel to all of the continents (this is Jeff’s idea actually, but I am on…
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Double bulls with the first throw
Eyes like darts, your target was my heart I thought you meant to hold it, not puncture but I was never very sure of this game. I seem to throw best when blinded and you – always with a plan didn’t see this one coming You tell me to go for the bulls eye “I’ll get the rest,” you…