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General Poetry

<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty six"> Night Magic </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty seven"> wishful thinking </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty eight"> …untethered.. </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty nine"> taking chances </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... thirty">[b] ..a storm.. [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#thirty one"> grandmothers quilts </a>

Haiku - Tanka - Renga - Senryu, etc.

<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#thirty two"> withdrawal </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#thirty three"> moonlight magic </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#thirty four"> morning senryu </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#thirty five"> ..secrets..</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#thirty six"> morning harvest </a>

Humorous Poetry

<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#thirty seven"> plastic and silver paint </a>

Senior Moments Poetry

<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#thirty eight"> everflowing </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#thirty nine"> jellybean </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #forty">[b] the sea whispers [/b]</a>

Challenge Entries

<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=15#forty one"> september challenge </a>

Archived Poetry

<a href="#one"> Dance of Life </a>
<a href="#two"> The Final Gasp </a>
<a href="#three"> words, unforgotten </a>
<a href="#four"> one perfect snowflake </a>
<a href="#five"> a simple smile </a>
<a href="#six"> night </a>
<a href="#seven"> once again </a>
<a href="#eight"> the greatest man </a>
<a href="#nine"> disconnected </a>
<a href="#ten"> shattered-revised version </a>
<a href="#eleven"> nothing to say </a>
<a href="#twelve"> shattered ...final edited revised version..yay!! </a>
<a href="#thirteen"> moms just wanna have fun! </a>
<a href="#fourteen"> ..words.. </a>
<a href="#fifteen"> magic wings </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ixteen">[b] memory book [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... enteen">[b] unanswered [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ghteen">[b] makeover magic [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... neteen">[b] which way is out? [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... twenty">[b] the search is on! [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty one"> Coming Home </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty two"> the first tear </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty three"> the ballet shoes </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty four"> Beside the Sea </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty five"> silent message </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=15#forty two"> me and the sea </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=15#forty three"> a crying heart </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=15#forty four"> ladybug </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=15#forty five"> i wish </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=15#forty six"> pink and white </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=15#forty seven"> word journey </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=15#forty eight"> first day back to school </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty nine"> Being Free </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #fifty">[b] what did you say? [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#fifty one"> seashell songs </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#fifty two"> dancing in the sunlight </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#fifty three"> has anybody got a pencil? </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#fifty four"> one tiny snowflake </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#fifty five"> daughters and sons </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#fifty six"> turn the page </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#fifty seven"> amusing musings </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#fifty eight"> high and dry </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#fifty nine"> going..going...gone </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #sixty">[b] standing here [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#sixty one"> night train </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#sixty two"> my mothers hands </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#sixty three"> flight of the night fairy </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#sixty four"> writing the words </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#sixty five"> overload </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#sixty six"> time will tell </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#sixty seven"> Transformation </a>
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<a name="#one"> Dance of Life </a>

Life is a dance
on a magic stage.
We choose the steps
and how the music plays.
Sometimes we dance too fast
so we miss the beat.
Other times so slow that
life goes by while we sleep.
The stage is always changing,
but the dance goes ever on,
A magical timeless circle...
Lifes ageless dance marathon.

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<a name="#two"> The Final Gasp </a>

Wounded,but still walking,
heart broken, bleeding,
but still beating.
Eyes dry on the outside,
on the inside, flooding,
but still seeing.
Soul dying..cold, numb,
becoming frozen,
but still breathing.
Life ending,fading,
without you, dead,
but still feeling..

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<a name="#three"> words, unforgotten </a>

The words were
like arrows,
pointed and sharp.
They pierced deep and
became forever embedded
in my heart.
Never to be forgotten
or removed,
but just living there,
as if they somehow knew,
that time
was on their side.

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<a name="#four"> one perfect snowflake </a>

One perfect snowflake
alighted on my window,
icy wintery masterpiece,
exquisite in its beauty.

It stayed for
only a moment,
frozen upon the glass,
then it was just a memory,
fading with a gentle splash.

Faded but not forgotten,
its perfection etched
in time-
recorded in my brain
forever-eternally a
freeze-frame in my mind.

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<a name="#five"> a simple smile </a>

The music is playing,
They look at each other
from across the room.
They smile their special smile,
their eyes are wordlessly
saying it all-that yes,
dancing the dance has been worthwhile.

She wonders as she smiles at him
if he already knows
that even now,after all these years,
he's still her true, real-life hero.
As he gazes back and winks at her,
another of their special signs,
he wishes they could be alone and
he plays the scene in his mind.

They've faced the music together
in lifes eternal dance,
bending its notes into harmonius sounds,
sometimes gliding, sometimes falling,
sometimes just dancing round and round.
Their eyes now meeting, saying again
that yes its all been worthwhile,
all mutually conveyed to each other
in a simple single smile.

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<a name="#six"> night </a>

ahh the night,
lit by the moon,
scented by the
roses' sweet perfume.
kissed by the breeze,
adored by lovers,poets,
and dreamers like me.

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<a name="#seven"> once again </a>

rain falls
cold grey
night comes
ending day
all alone
yet again
loves gone
life ends
sun rises
day begins
hope returns
earth spins
love lives-
once again.

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<a name="#eight"> the greatest man </a>

He makes coffee for her every morning,
He calls to say 'i love you' every day.
He cooks gourmet' breakfasts on the weekends,
He always finds the right words to say.

He brings her flowers just because,
He helps with the housework whenever he can.
He watches the kids so she can shop alone.
He even loves that her skin is pale, not tan.

He buys her little presents because he
just wants to.
He makes love to her body as if
he really worships her.
He remembers their anniversary every year,
He just smiles at her rage
when she loses her temper.

He taught her to cook and how to catch a fish,
He takes care of the cars,gardens and the yard.
He makes her laugh when she REALLY doesn't want to
He thinks she can do anything-even if its too hard

He is so much more than can ever be said
by the mere words of this simple poem.
He is truly the greatest man she has ever known.
and she?
Over the years shes been continually reborn.
Like a seedling flower, she has
thrived, blossomed, and grown.

this poem is dedicated to my husband..he is truly the greatest man i've ever known...

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<a name="#nine"> disconnected </a>

what hurts the most
is not the fact
that you lied

and its not
this lonliness
that has settled
here inside

its what i dont see
when i look
in your eyes

its the place in me
where you
used to be

its the part of me
that doesnt know
what to do

its what
i cant find
when i look
for me, in you...

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<a name="#ten"> shattered-revised version </a>

she stands looking into eyes
as cold as stone,
eyes reflecting the pain
living in her own-
eyes unforgiving and
hard - like glass...

remembering the battles
in the past,
she cries-knowing she
can never win-
forgiveness is just
too much to ask...

she feels her heart break
as the battle begins,
she winces from the look
in her enemys eyes,
she feels herself
split apart within...

as guilt, doubts, old
memories and sin distort
the only truth
that really matters,
she keeps breaking
apart - then just like the
glass that gets in the way-
she shatters...

accusations and blame
hurl through mid-air,
but still she stands,
she fights face to face,
as this sequel plays out
in her living nightmare...

when the tears are spent,
and all thats left is
more pain and torment,
then this battle of
the war thats been
fought before, ends...

turning her eyes now
towards the broken shards
of splintered glass,
she looks for the place
where her enemy
had been...

and,once again, all she sees
as she looks
at the fragments
of shattered glass,
is her own
shattered reflection-
still looking back...

the above is the revised version

anymouse..i got to thinking about what you said and you are totally right..i think it does need to flow more smoothly, so i've revised it a little, but im still not happy with it..what do ya'll think it needs..or doesnt need? tell me what you think..i thank you in advance for any help..and thanks anymouse for your insightful advice...

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<a name="#eleven"> nothing to say </a>

seems like we
have nothing to say-
who knew that
there would come
such a day-
nothing to say...
no points to make
no guilt to explain
no more vows to forsake
no more lies hiding the pain..
the love is already dead
and those words already
have all been said,
and said..and said...
so now, seems like
we have nothing-
just..nothing..
to say...

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<a name="#twelve"> shattered ...final edited revised version..yay!! </a>

thanks to all of you who responded with advice and/or suggestions..i truly appreciate all of ya'lls comments and help.. here is the revised edited version..

shattered

she stands looking into eyes
as cold as stone,
eyes reflecting the pain
that lives in her own-
eyes unforgiving and
hard, like glass...

remembering the battles
in the past, she cries,
knowing she can never win-
forgiveness is just
too much to ask...

feeling her heart break
as the battle begins,
and wincing from the look
in those enemy eyes,
she feels herself start
to split apart within...

old memories, doubts
guilt, and sin
distort the only truth
that really matters,then,
like the glass that
gets in the way,
she shatters...

accusations and blame
hurl through mid-air,
but still she stands-
trapped, lingering there
fighting face to face
with her living nightmare...

when the tears are spent
and all thats left is even
more pain and torment,
then this battle of the war
thats been fought before,
ends...

turning her eyes now
towards the broken shards
of splintered glass,
she looks for the place
where her enemy
had been last...

and again,
all she sees
as she looks at
the fragments of
shattered glass,
is her own
shattered reflection..
still looking back....

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<a name="#thirteen"> moms just wanna have fun! </a>

the tv is silent
my radio is off
the kids are in bed
the house...its so quiet!

then the box beckons..
get on..come and play!!
so now.. here i sit
captured, clicking away!

logging in,logging out
accessing and connecting,
albeit with guilt..because
i should be resting!

but, moms need to play too!
so tonight i surf the
webs world..one on one,
hey...sleep can wait..
im having FUN!

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<a name="#fourteen"> ..words.. </a>

this is a spin-off of something i posted in the community forum..it seemed like it didnt want to die so i kept fooling around with it...i like playing around with words..anyway, this is the result..tell me what ya'll think..

..words..
powerful, strong
changing minds
righting wrongs
moving hearts
causing smiles
removing doubts
making peace
bridging miles
bittersweet
everlasting
producing prose
writing rhyme
imparting hope
spanning time
composing song
soothing balm
..words..
powerful,and
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