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How to Write a Love Poem

Giving your lover a poem can be one of those show-stopping, OMG moments under the right conditions. Conditions? Isn't love unconditional, you ask? Ha! What a sentimental dolt you are! Let me give you a hint: ...

29 comments    love how to relationships
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Pros and Cons of Being a Writer

So, bucko, you want to be a writer. Well, that might be good, or it might be not so good. Pros You can... Inflict your opinion on the world Create sexy characters and make them do anything you want ...

25 comments    advice humor poetry
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Snowshoe Sunrise

Slow motion explosion, sunrise, seeping Red into the deep blue of pre-dawn sky. Walk to the end of the platform, seeking Snow: there it is, and there, deeply, it lies. I strap on snowshoes, wade...

2 comments    poetry recreation poem
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Walk in the Woods

When my load seemed heavy and no one knew I sought the shelter of the trees, thoughtful Pensive shade dappled with sun drops as if Hints of happiness just out of my reach To sit among the young...

24 comments    poetry poem poet
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The First Snow - Brookline, Massachusetts, 2009

Sparkling at sunrise, diamond encrusted Trees stretch skyward, each sensual outline Highlighted white, each graceful limb trusted To model beauty bestowed by the sky. No art can make the footfall...

9 comments    life poetry beauty
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Surfacing

Surface. n. 1. Outer shell or area; the layer first encountered when touching a thing: "We stand on the surface of the Earth." "The log lay submerged beneath the surface of the lake." "Your surface is...

43 comments    poetry water poem
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Troubled One

Where did the wonder go, I wonder, how Did what they say become so powerful? Where did you learn you were not perfect? What stretch of the imagination makes You believe you are fat? What voices...

21 comments    family children poetry
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Loneliness at a Table

Loneliness wears a beard at our table, Computer monitor lighting his face ‘Til dawn. We make him leave at noon each day, Prohibiting his return until five. He wears this persecution like a badge...

6 comments    poetry poem poet
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A Friend to Find and Keep

Seeing the face, the facile mouth engage In conversation about maybe nothing Revealing something of a viewpoint, an age Some humor carefully put to reduce sting An opinion resonates with them or...

8 comments    poetry relationship poem
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The Joy of Coffee

Coffee in the morning starts my day right I reach for my coffee first thing morning light My coffee has such complex character My coffee has such perfect flavor Gets my heart to beat a little...

48 comments    love life poetry
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