***My poem "I Have Seen" had 117 5 star reviews and was amoung the top 10 peoms of all time. Now it is Gone. Poetry.com has deleted it from my profile for some unknown... – by John Lowe | 14 Views added 6 years ago
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I have seen the sun set in the frozen valleys of Bosnia.
I have seen it rise in the burning dunes of Iraq.
I have held a new born child as it breaths its first breaths of life.
I have held a dying soldier as he breathed his last.
I have tried to... – by John Lowe | 180 Views added 6 years ago
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He sat stiffly at the end of the bar.
His face sagging and covered with scars.
He thought back on why he was at this place.
That fair young lady covered in satin and... – by John Lowe | 160 Views added 6 years ago
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Beginning the day, shaking off the cold.
Wishing dearly for someone to hold.
Letters she writes faithfully every day.
Always hoping, never forgetting to... – by John Lowe | 7 Views added 6 years ago
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He stands outside in the pouring rain.
His body trembling with all the pain.
With each drop, it lashes upon his skin.
It's as if the rain is falling just for... – by John Lowe | 64 Views added 7 years ago
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Wake up early with the bright rising sun.
Picking up and cleaning the well-worn gun.
The wounds are deep and cause much pain.
Stumbling along the road as it starts to... – by John Lowe | 5 Views added 8 years ago
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Scars inside hurt worse than those out.
Racing through his mind making him shout.
Constantly fighting the strong desire to end it all.
Taking the cheap way off a cliff with an easy... – by John Lowe | 13 Views added 8 years ago
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The gripping pain of the lost.
Finding it is part of the cost.
A great hero that was to be.
Helping those who could not... – by John Lowe | 5 Views added 8 years ago
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Poetry.com is broken what should I do.
I cannot submit or even review.
I hate this problem, what say... – by John Lowe | 5 Views added 9 years ago
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The little man in the wall asked me to fly.
Staring with a puzzled look, I asked why.
To find the truth of it you must go out.
I shook my head clearing it of all... – by John Lowe | 5 Views added 9 years ago
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Hot wind blows hard.
Burning their face like fire.
Getting there they have to do.
To find their heart's desire.
Blood pounding in veins.
Tight clenched fist waiting.
Watching them go... – by John Lowe | 5 Views added 10 years ago
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She was the sweetheart of the rodeo.
And boy could she ride and move just so.
I first saw her at the state fair in Tennessee.
Blue eyes just a shining and she waved to... – by John Lowe | 7 Views added 10 years ago
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Wind howling against his face.
Oh how he hates this place.
Full of thick and balmy air.
Wearing a cold blank stare.
Walking toward the fading sun.
The path he follows is the only one.
Sore shoulders start to sag.
Wipes his face with an old... – by John Lowe | 3 Views added 10 years ago
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Screaming pounding in my ears.
Eyes stinging pouring tears.
Why I had to I just don't know.
My past actions bother me... – by John Lowe | 9 Views added 10 years ago
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Love is an unknown thing.
It doesn't have to have a ring.
It causes the heart to flutter.
It causes the body to shudder.
Love can make you fly.
Then drop you out of the sky.
But when you hit the ground.
You just go for another... – by John Lowe | 22 Views added 10 years ago
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I lay on the ground and cried.
Why, oh why, did I have to die?
I saw it happen before me.
It was the only thing I could... – by John Lowe | 7 Views added 10 years ago
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Outside I heard quite a lot of sound.
There was a group of folks on the ground.
They were all looking up in the sky.
I could not help but wonder... – by John Lowe | 9 Views added 10 years ago
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The mind is a mirror of the soul.
The soul is a mirror of the mind.
The reflection in the mirror we see.
Is not ourselves but who we want to... – by John Lowe | 9 Views added 10 years ago
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White lines pass by as he drives.
Going to a place where he thrives.
He has to get to the Rodeo.
Going to do his part in the... – by John Lowe | 30 Views added 10 years ago
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Love is an unknown thing.
It doesn't have to have a ring.
It causes the heart to flutter.
It causes the body to shudder.
Love can make you fly.
Then drop you out of the sky.
But when you hit the ground.
You just go for another... – by John Lowe | 2 Views added 10 years ago
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He could smell that old familiar smell as soon as he stepped out of
his old truck. It was a smell like no other. It was the smell of the
rodeo.
The smell brought back memories of his first ride and then his last.
The sweet smell of victory and the... – by John Lowe | 10 Views added 10 years ago
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Death calls to me from deep inside.
Come, go with me on a magic carpet ride.
I will show you many ways to be set free.
Only fools will get down on bended... – by John Lowe | 7 Views added 10 years ago
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The anger strains to be released.
It never wants to have peace.
It needs to hurt and destroy.
To steal the world of all its... – by John Lowe | 20 Views added 10 years ago
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She was the sweetheart of the rodeo.
And boy could she ride and move just so.
I first saw her at the State Fair in Tennessee.
Blue eyes just a shining and she waved to... – by John Lowe | 5 Views added 10 years ago
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Deaths a burning thing
Turns my soul into ashes
Laughing at my... – by John Lowe | 6 Views added 10 years ago
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Tic tock, tic tock
I have writers block.
Every time a write a poem.
All the them are so... – by John Lowe | 11 Views added 10 years ago
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25000 points I went over today.
Yippy, ho-rah, and hooray.
Now I will get my poetry pin.
But what will I do with it... – by John Lowe | 4 Views added 10 years ago
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Sleep sneaks up on me while I am awake.
All of my energy it tries hard to take.
It grabs at me morning and evening.
It even bothers me while I am... – by John Lowe | 10 Views added 10 years ago
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I have a burning fire in my soul.
In its embers I am not whole.
The fire wants to live and breathe.
My anger inside sits and... – by John Lowe | 28 Views added 10 years ago
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He laid broken in the hospital bed.
Remembering the words his friend has said.
Pull up on your rope. Get your spurs in his hide.
Hold on for dear life, that bull is hard to ride.
Out the gate he went spinning so fast.
Finally the loud buzzer sounds... – by John Lowe | 7 Views added 10 years ago
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My Love for you will never end.
It sores through the sky on the heels of a endless wind.
Minor troubles will always come. Causing our hearts to ache.
But they can never shatter the glorious future that we will make.
For it is in my love that you... – by John Lowe | 10 Views added 10 years ago
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I awake each morning wondering if it is my time.
There is death always death floating through my mind.
Watching others die has filled me with remorse.
I often wonder why it was them and not me who had to follow that course.
I know my time will... – by John Lowe | 5 Views added 10 years ago
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Why he rides I just do not know.
Always chasing that dam ole rodeo.
Every time he falls I feel his pain.
Lord let him quit before I go... – by John Lowe | 10 Views added 10 years ago
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I received your letter in the mail.
After reading it I began to wail.
For so long you inspired me.
Making me better than I ought to be.
But now you tell me I am not the one.
What happened? We had so much... – by John Lowe | 8 Views added 10 years ago
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I write these notes for you to people read.
Review, review, review I plead.
To all the world I bare my soul.
But really there is just one... – by John Lowe | 5 Views added 10 years ago
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In the morning I am finally leaving.
I have had too much of my heart bleeding.
Everything you have done is wrong.
It reminds me of a sad, sad... – by John Lowe | 5 Views added 10 years ago
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Ten years have passed and look at where we are.
Three kids, a few houses and a new car.
Our paths stay aligned even though others have split.
It must be my good looks or maybe my charming... – by John Lowe | 3 Views added 10 years ago
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I can not stand it when we are apart.
The empty feeling I have in my heart.
And when I hear someone mention your name.
Sometimes I think I will go insane.
Being away from you causes me much pain.
I miss you like the desert does the rain.
But I know... – by John Lowe | 9 Views added 10 years ago
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They watched him fall and hit the ground hard.
Get up cowboy, don't let them see you hurt and tired.
For in the rodeo arena you never feel pain.
You cannot show it in your quest for fortune and... – by John Lowe | 14 Views added 10 years ago
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The vows we made that day.
Said together we would always stay.
Off to our honeymoon in the sky.
Oh, how fast did time then go... – by John Lowe | 3 Views added 10 years ago
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Suddenly I was falling.
I did not know how or where
It was as if I had a strange calling.
A calling that sent me falling.
As I fell I began to yell.
When I stopped it was hard to... – by John Lowe | 8 Views added 12 years ago
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As I watch the rise of the morning sun.
I sit here and think, am I the only one.
That awaits each day with loathing fear.
So surprised I have made it through another year.
The happiness has all turned to sad.
Oh how has it gotten so, so... – by John Lowe | 8 Views added 12 years ago
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On bended knee I stop and pray.
I hope the lord can forgive me today.
For the sins I commented are not for me.
I did them so everyone can be... – by John Lowe | 12 Views added 12 years ago
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The rifles fire over my head.
Not sure why I am not dead.
Surrounded by the stink of fear.
I've watched my friends die... – by John Lowe | 7 Views added 12 years ago
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Once we were together.
I thought it would be forever.
But you surprised me and went too far.
Opening my soul and leaving an ugly scar.
Like a grape that falls off the vine.
I am moving along, leaving you... – by John Lowe | 10 Views added 12 years ago
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