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I am 47 years old and live in NE. I have a son and daughter and a husband of 14 yrs. I have been writing poetry since I was young but just recently started getting serious about it! I love nature and that’s what most of my poetry is about.

  February 2024     16 hours ago

Submitted Poems 24 total

Oh Little Dragonfly

Oh tiny, little dragonfly
I must persist you tell me why

Why is dragon in thou name
Your traits are clearly not the same

No magic power you acquire
Or guard a princess in a tower

You hoard no treasure in a cave
No precious gold which to...

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Dandelion

Hey there little dandelion
Your golden mane is quite divine
Your sun kissed petals make me smile
I really do adore your style

I watch you slowly start to grow
As the king of your own show
Your beauty blossoms everyday
But destined not to...

– by Courtnie Mckern

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added 5 months ago
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The Poet and the Painter

The poet starts out with a blank sheet of paper,
The painter a canvas as white as snow.
Each striving for a form of perfection,
That only a true artist would know.

The poet’s weapon of choice is a pen,
The painter a magical brush.
Each...

– by Courtnie Mckern

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added 10 months ago
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The Thistle

Lost in a moment in time
I sit transfixed in an abandoned pasture
Not too far off the beaten path
Visions of magenta consume my aura
Unforgiving pricklets glare angrily back at me
Like a guard dog protecting it’s master
Faint echos of “long...

– by Courtnie McKern

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added 1 month ago
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Cosmic Moon

Glittering moonbeams caress
Lighted stars on sable skies
Where star crossed lovers dare to meet
A secret kiss and hidden guise

Connect the dots, one by one
As constellations start to form
Stellar showers intertwined
To halt a blighted...

– by Courtnie McKern

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added 2 months ago
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I love how you told a story and then had a twist at the end! Nicely written

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Very insightful!! I love the use of imagery to make your point

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thank you!!

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thank you so much

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thank you!

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Very beautiful! I love the line
Like silken threads, weaving love divine

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thank u very much

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Wow very beautiful!!

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Very deep!! I love the line… love fragments dance, a ghostly scroll

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thank u so much!!

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yep!!

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Very beautiful

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