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I still wait for thee — Rabana Akhtar	It's easy for you To move on fast And leave behind The precious memories That we both shared But you never cared You moved on thinking I was a...	41 views Rate it
Ancient Lace — Robin Loving	I watched her Fragile Spirit tear, like ancient, sun-scorched lace I remember tracing the battle-scars, across her weathered face They reminded me of...	1,273 views Rate it
Soldier — Steve Dupere	Redemption comes and goes for the broken, A life we lived of wounds unspoken. We’ve spilled our blood for another man’s glory. Now we live to tell our...	479 views Rate it
Sleep — John W. May	A thousand angels watched him sleep, His slumbers, oh, so ever deep ... And she, with gazing eyes as they, Approaching softly where he lay, Did ever...	340 views Rate it
Peace — Maxwell Sebastian Burchett	Peace by Maxwell "Max" Sebastian Burchett Wars and rumors of war it is said will be forevermore. If that is the fate of mankind, what are we to...	1,653 views Rate it
In Your Garden” — Susan Mayer Brumel	“In Your Garden” I planted my heart in your garden and looked on as young leaves grew At their bend and by their pardon, fragrant flowers...	391 views Rate it
Grief — Theresa Reinle	In a box In the attic of my brain Lain amongst the others Covered, now, in dust and cobwebs And where I go to find you is not inside of there The...	265 views Rate it
Number 7 — Robert T. Davenport	Number 7 By Robert T. Davenport In the realm of numbers, a symbol stands tall, A powerful digit, revered by all, Number 7, a mystical guide, With...	224 views Rate it
Muse — Joe Strickland	She was a mess of tangled hair, a pack of cigarettes, and a bottle of gin. She could drink like a fish, and fuck like a dream, but her eyes were...	206 views Rate it
Never Came Home — Nathaniel Hackey	Raise your right hand And swear in an alliance Sign your life away To fight evil And everyone who dares to be defiant For from boys to men ...	58 views Rate it
Warfare Source: Distempers of the Human Mind — Karl Constantine FOLKES	PROLOGUE: Behold, how war and peace are so aligned. Haply appearing sometimes as comedy. At other times to sadly all remind; there’s sometimes joy...	1,970 views Rate it
Choked Truth — Ludy Bührs	With shrines merely built as a camouflage for not revealing the causing acts, the past masks in sanity misfits, and future hardships lie...	668 views Rate it
Losing My Son — Kristy Evans	A nightmare that I can’t wake from. Grief is ugly, earth-shattering, and heartbreaking. It is a tear-stained face. Grief is eyes full of tears and...	357 views Rate it
Voice Of The Wind — John M. Broadhead	Young Timothy Dellman was cut at the neck As the pirates with cutlasses boarded the deck. The battle went poorly for HMS Fraught For her sails were...	261 views Rate it
I See You Smiling — Dr Zik	My pangs are although gigantic I see you smiling Sun shining, the moon reflecting Your blessings, my...	177 views Rate it
The Maternal Bond of Nature — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The maternal bond is unlike any other; ‘tween mother and child. So umbilically tied; and can never be severed. Nature upholds, with numerous...	107 views Rate it
In the end — Imama Khawaja	The world and its loud Ambulance sirens won't stop; hearts they carry...	61 views Rate it
Caged Femininity — Rabana Akhtar	I want to touch the sun But its a long long run The shackles in my feet While people find it elite Restricts me from flying Since childhood I'm...	46 views Rate it
Still Broken — Stephen Puls	I see the edge of this bed It’s where you used to be When I had things in my head And you were there for me I look there now…you’re gone I can still...	957 views Rate it
For Lindsay — Paul E Wells	If tears could heal a broken heart, I’d weep all night for you. If dreams could bring you back again, I’d sleep my whole life through. If memories...	542 views Rate it
Triad of Troubles — Maxwell Sebastian Burchett	Maxwell Sebastian Burchett Some say, and believe, bad luck lurks in threes. That a triplet of troubles and woes, even doom, Can be expected to...	524 views Rate it
Overcome — Barry W Smith	I sit through the storm With coffee in hand Thinking of life And all I had planned Long were the hours I worked this farm hard Now counting the...	373 views Rate it
Parting...A Tribute — Charmane Joy S Belleza	One evening On the month of bloom I met a problem on “losing face”; Right into my awakening Blatant attacks Reached consciousness Piercing my ego ...	345 views Rate it
Merging Rusted Greenery — Elizabeth Butler	Barbed wire fence Metal baracade Rusted over ageing iron Sharp points like the tip of a knife Stabbing into the nature...	318 views Rate it
Where The Ocean Meets The Sky — Beatrice Hayward	I wrote a thousand poems to you Rolled them up, tucked them safe in glass I carried them to the sea at sunrise And waited for low tide to pass I...	175 views Rate it