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Poetry and Prose
Poems are full of feelings, characters, tributes and ideas sprung from my imagination.
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Poetry is an emotional well where our souls discover feelings we didn't even know we had.
If you dare to let the writing free, you will find your authentic self. Let my poetry touch you: It might come up as love, anger, pain or recollections from a time in your life. Let me know or better yet, write a poem and share it.
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Swans Dive with Care  [E]   1.6 KB
A love begins with innocence, breaks and mends as age brings clarity.

Gently Sew a Broken Heart  [E]   1.2 KB
a relationship fails yet again, finding a way to survive

She Walks with Angels   [E]   1.3 KB
the gentle letting go of a dying child

Body Music  [13+]   0.8 KB
A poem uses the language of music to describe love between two people.

Ghosts of Old Fears  [E]   1.4 KB
One life of hard work and blessings; a past that lives on with ghosts.

A Real Prostitute or Broken Princess?  [18+]   1.8 KB
He paid for a woman but wanted to rescue the good girl inside.

My Safe Harbor  [13+]   1.0 KB
A poem about love; a gentle rain on a tranquil sea.

 Footprints of Life   [13+]   2.6 KB
To put sixty years of life into a poem. Is it too late to do more?

Our Petals Fall Gently  [E]   0.8 KB
Life comes from the earth. We are loved and gently return.

Workin' the Soles off my Shoes  [E]   0.7 KB
My grandparents sharecropped. There are some frightening similarities to today.

Dreamin' of the Ole South  [E]   1.1 KB
Days of slavery, glory and riches became long nights of war and the horror of death.

Poetic License in Plantation Life  [E]   0.9 KB
Along the Mississippi River are ruins of homes inhabited by ghosts.

Love to Cherish and Release  [13+]   1.2 KB
After I lost my first husband, I had to work on finding closure

He Would do Anything for Her  [18+]   1.2 KB
He is so in love he risks his life to get the money for a dowry.

Broken Clock, Crushed Heart  [13+]   0.7 KB
The pain of loss told in a poem.

My Grandma's Stove, Heart of the Home  [E]   1.6 KB
My Grandmother's stove, heart of the home, always baking goodies and memories.

 A Cluttered Shattered Mind  [13+]   1.8 KB
A poem about my mother and the human brain as Alzheimer's takes over.

Daddy Long Legs  [GC]   1.5 KB
A child describes her experience of secret "love" that should never be.

A Lullaby of the Old South  [E]   1.2 KB
my love of the Old South is evident in this haunting poem

Passages  [E]   1.0 KB
a poem written as my husband was dying

Goin' Home  [E]   1.7 KB
She had worked hard, given children to the Earth, was ready to go home.

War in Our Backyard  [13+]   1.4 KB
a chapter in our lives that woke us up and carries on

Our Last Home on Earth  [E]   2.2 KB
Putting our parents into those long term care homes-it hurts.

The Glass Mountain  [13+]   1.0 KB
A Goddess comes to ruin our world in this poem of changed lives.

A Poem for Two plus One  [13+]   0.8 KB
the bliss of two lovers finding each other and creating life

A Tango with Sea Glass  [13+]   1.2 KB
A woman has numerous failed romances, should she try again?

 Old at Twenty-four  [18+]   1.1 KB
An addict descends from fantasyland to AIDS and possibly taking her life.

Love's Superior Sequel  [13+]   1.1 KB
a young relationship breaks up, will lost years, vibrant sexuality change them?

"When Life Isn't Life"  [18+]   0.7 KB
Birth of a female in Afghanistan can mean rejection even abuse.

A Matter of Trust  [13+]   31.9 KB
A poem about finding abundant hope after being in a state of despair.

A Ghost of Marriage Past  [13+]   1.6 KB
A demise of marriage from lack of attention over the years.

As My Love Dies  [13+]   1.0 KB
A poem written when my first husband died in 2003.

Softly Crying, No One Hears  [13+]   1.1 KB
She is lost as the calendar pages turn, trying to find the answer to her life.

A Chinese Factory Life  [E]   0.8 KB
A young female factory worker in China hears of Western ways and wants out.

To Dance, To Live  [13+]   1.0 KB
She was a dancer years before, now the man she danced for is back in her life.

We Believe, Words Arrive  [E]   1.1 KB
Writers must have a sense of magic, of make believe to tap into.

A Proud Panther or A Loyal Labrador  [13+]   1.2 KB
She is a fortunate woman, to have a choice between two magnificent men.

Beauty is Found in the Heart  [ASR]   2.9 KB
Dystonia, like Parkinson's, causes my neck, head, upper body to pull and shake with pain.

The Promised Land  [E]   1.1 KB
A former slave walks out of his shoes to see the land left to him.

Feel the Wonder  [E]   1.0 KB
All of us have our burdens to bear and we show others how we find strength.

So Close yet so Far Away  [18+]   1.4 KB
A poet is in love with his muse but she has other passions.

Kat's Spring Poem  [E]   0.8 KB
Short fun poem about emotional changes with weather rebirths.

Reach out, Embrace Bliss  [13+]   1.3 KB
When I saw him first, he was with another. Then our eyes met and I trembled.

Her Voice Torches my Soul  [ASR]   1.3 KB
Being female, I thought I would write a love poem as a male.

America; Land of Hope?  [13+]   0.9 KB
Is there a way to explain why we want to kill each other in wars?

The Mighty Huntress  [13+]   1.7 KB
A young slave girl calls upon the mighty strength of nature to escape her tortured life.

The Price We Pay  [18+]   1.1 KB
I made a promise to help a friend when she chose an abortion.

 A World without Sight  [E]   1.6 KB
A man without sight believes it is a challenge not a terrible disability.

Black Lung  [E]   0.7 KB
Working for a living should not take your life.

A Hopeless Heart  [18+]   2.4 KB
This person has never felt loved so he would rather be in jail where he feels at home.

An Amazing Birdcage  [E]   2.0 KB
We put our elders away in homes and miss learning who they and we really are.

Revolving Doors  [E]   1.1 KB
A women is losing her husband and tells him if he walks, there is no coming back.

Tears Fall into a Mystical Lake  [E]   2.4 KB
When her husband dies, a wife has to learn to let him go.

Each Birth is Celestial  [E]   0.8 KB
a poem celebrating the wonder of women, pregnancy and birth.

Voices are Thunderbolts  [13+]   1.8 KB
A child and mother trust and then are abused by a cruel man.

A Beloved Shattered Mind  [E]   1.5 KB
A poem written trying to find meaning after Mom was diagnosed with Alzheimers.

Language flows in Rivers of Emotion  [E]   1.7 KB
An artist with writer's block struggles to reclaim the art.

Worlds Come to Life on Pages  [E]   1.1 KB
a poem about the joy of writing, oh what lands and beings you'll meet

Love in Nature's Aura  [13+]   0.9 KB
The precious feelings of being in Love can illuminate your aura

What is Love Dancing on Glass?  [E]   1.5 KB
She is a train wreck when it comes to relationships. Why should anyone want her?

A Love Song to a Soldier  [E]   1.0 KB
A lover tells her man her deep feelings if he shouldn't come home.

Cradled by Waves, I Sleep  [E]   0.7 KB
A metaphor for safety in love, this lover has found a foundation.

A Cry from the Trash  [13+]   0.7 KB
I hear something through stench, perhaps a kitten dumped, no it is a miracle

Raining Sandcastles   [E]   1.4 KB
Comparing love to the reckless sea

Empty Hangers  [E]   1.4 KB
The end of a marriage that has been dying for years.

Our Children Teach Us  [E]   1.1 KB
If we looked through a child's eyes, would we be at war? People starving?

Shadow Master  [E]   1.1 KB
A poem about finding my true self, is that even possible, for any of us?

Where have all the Flowers Gone?  [E]   1.5 KB
My two Army sons have lost fellow soldiers. One's wife was pregnant. This is for her.

Escaping the Cage  [13+]   1.3 KB
A desperate woman exchanges drugs for money to feed her children, it backfires.

A Wish of Rest for Virginia Woolfe  [13+]   0.9 KB
A wonderful author was plagued with mental illness for many years. She ended her life.

Trust the Rolllercoaster  [E]   0.9 KB
In carnival terms we look at life, deciding what choices we dare to make or leave behind

An Angel with a Hammer  [E]   1.6 KB
Losing my Dad in his sixties was devastating but he left me lessons in love.

Fragile Lace, Tiny Hands  [E]   1.1 KB
Parents of a tiny stillborn baby make her memorial a positve experience

A Wounded Bunny  [13+]   0.9 KB
A lovely child is the victim of child abuse. A advocate that has been there tries to help.

The Old and New, Life's a Circle  [E]   1.3 KB
This poem reflects my philosophy of life.

"My Soul Soars"  [13+]   0.7 KB
A man and woman meet and become everything to each other

 "I am a Collage of Many People "  [E]   1.2 KB
All of us are pieces of our past; the people and experiences

"Take me to Heaven in New Orleans"  [E]   0.9 KB
a poem that captures the mysterious city of the night

A Kaleidoscope of Life  [E]   1.4 KB
A palette of colors can describe our life on Earth, from conception to dearh.

Amusing the Moon  [E]   2.0 KB
a poem of love for all

Lost Boys and Miracles  [E]   1.3 KB
when your child is terminally ill, a magic place sounds like a miracle

Love's Eternal Bloom  [E]   1.8 KB
We all know the day will come, we hope it will be gentle and quick.

Blues Power  [18+]   1.5 KB
a poem about the power of the blues, where it came from and it's spell

Irish Dancing Eyes  [E]   1.3 KB
This is a poem based on facts about my Great Grandmother I would have loved to know.

A Grand Lady  [E]   1.2 KB
The Civil War is rich with history, the cruelty of slavery and then a ugly horrific war.

Lambs Sold to Wolves  [13+]   1.0 KB
War and it's violence has touched many lives with sorrow and poverty.

The Only Photo of my Sister  [E]   1.2 KB
A woman tries to uncover a family secret, the photo of a sister she never knew.

I Meet with a Deadly Audience  [13+]   0.7 KB
poetry can be condemning by people that don't understand, I found a perfect audience

Baby Steps  [E]   1.4 KB
She has been hurt by men and in turn has hurt herself. Should she try again?

God Loans us Children  [E]   0.8 KB
This is the way I see my son's love relationship and the wonder of our family to carry on.

Spilling of Life  [13+]   0.7 KB
a poem that describes the realities of war