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  December 2022     1 month ago

Submitted Poems 8 total

Numbers

Oh, the numbers of months when we're in the womb,
Till the date our life takes on this earth to assume,
Oh, the numbers we learn on our fingers and toes,
And we try to make music wherever we go.

The number of sheep before sleep in our beds,
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– by Beverly George

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Rainbow

The rainbow, seven celestial expressions shine
Cool misty droplets displaying

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
My eyes land on that prism in the sky.

I drink in deep hues side by side, bending together contrasting
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– by Beverly J George

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added 10 months ago
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My Clock

I placed my clock of Tiffany
Blue stained glass on my vanity.
It's exquisite artistry
Each day delighted me.

A tiny bulb in the case shone
Aqua shades I'd never known
Where I'd gaze into tomorrow
Burning time not mine to...

– by Beverly George

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added 11 months ago
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Come Home

"Come back South," my mother said on the phone,
"to your people, come back home."
They are my people,
Like rivers moving through continents,
They are my heritage, inheritance,

But I'd been raised up North with judgmental ways
Under scrutiny...

– by Beverly George

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added 1 year ago
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Dream Poems

Submerged in slumber
Lying in my room,

Words interact
Ideas zoom,
Constantly shifting
Mercurial moods.

Fresh combinations
Avoiding mundane.
Hot nights of jazz
Cool horns swing with ease,

Prisms of dreams
Dazzle my mind,
Unlikely...

– by Beverly George

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added 1 year ago
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I am greatly inspired by your work.

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Thank you for your comments and your best wishes worked as I came in as one of the runners up. Thanks again!!

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Thank you for your comment!!

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Thank you so much!

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Your boss was really keeping track of weekends but who's counting?

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I am voting for this poem because of the repetition of the phrases and the use of imagery. I think it achieves its goal of Rooftop Lullaby.

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On the voting page I read all the entries and was only credited with reading 17 out of 150. How will this effect my chances in the contest?. B. George

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Form, meter and sentiment effectively written.

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Beautiful rhythm and meaning.

11 months ago

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Dear Robert,
Thank you so much for your comment.
Beverly George

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I love this. Thank you for your talent and sentiment.

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great exercise. thanks

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Thank you!!

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Please send me the link when voting starts.

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Very lyrical and touching. I was moved by it. I read it several times and even though I had several poems that I thought were top contenders this is the one that won my heart.

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