Bright Light Cafe - Poetry

A Drink By Any Other Name by Stephen Pray

Two entwined souls, hearts full of love.
She has no eggs and he no seed,
they have such a gift of life.
They fill their home with adopted children,
and bestow them with the desire
to consume all challenges.
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A Friday Always After Five by Stephen Pray

Five Easy Pieces, a movie watched so long ago,
then four hours of sitting through
your families back-yard barbeque.
Wonder why I went
through so many changes
over you.
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A Look At The Endless Sea by Reginald Talauh

A look at the endless sea
And what do I see
I see eternity
I see creation
I see from the far end
The meeting of the clouds
And the blue reflection of the waters
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A Quilted Song In Patchwork Harmony by Denise Marshall

Back and forth, there sit I, rocking,
my chair (so comfy) in front of the fire,
with love and care I inspect my work,
patchwork quilt for a friend I fondly admire.
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A Song for Sandy by Stephen Pray

Rumbling roars roll on through the valley trees and woods,
skyline flashes compete with her lonely train whistle.
Inside the walls dance with shadows of candles that tango and two step,
vision of Appaloosa and Red Roans galloping through.
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A Stranger That I Know by Paul Curtis

I approached a stranger, a woman
Though not a stranger, some how familiar
In some way, In her pale eyes I saw what?
Recognition? There was something but what
We held each other’s gaze and then she stood
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A Woman's Beauty by Shanu Goyal

Your beauty ...
like serenity of nature.
Your simplicity ...
Like the blueness of lake.
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Adebimpe, My African Queen by Dan Akinlolu

Princely pride that stride with pace of worthiness
Adebimpe, breathing river who raises the torrent of men’s heart with unquestionable speed
The enigma with possession of secret charms
Guide your heart jealously Adebimpe is coming
She will steal your mind and give you sleepless night
Even in dream,
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Always by Stephen Pray x2

You’re always there for me,
even when you’re feeling down.
You’ve been my friend, my love
so many years, it seems like always.
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Away From the Crowds by Tony Williams

I could have lost myself
in the human comfort
of marketplace, café,
pub and shopping mall,
but on this quiet
and grassy bank,
by the flowing river,
I feel your touch as if
a ghost of you
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Baby Something by Mark O'Hara

There’s a lot of commotion around you
A lot of love too
You’ve created grand parents, uncles, aunties and cousins
Me and your mum created you
I get asked about how I feel
Put in scenarios to see what I’d do
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Be My Valentine by Geoff Weilert

I’d give you my heart,
But I’d like to impart,
Having difficulty? I guess I’d say sorta.
Finding the card was a snap,
I got really cute wrap,
But I made a mess when I cut the aorta.
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Beauty Everywhere by Erik Estabrook

Do you see the tangerine colors of my mind?
bursting out with a hint of lime
in this creation, I see everything
everything indeed
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Bright Island by Stephen Pray

You are my bright island
in a dark sea.
My Sapphire waters wash
upon your toes.
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Butterfly Smiles by Simone Busch

A small hand holding mine
An angels-breath voice asks why?
Jumping in the puddles, umbrellas in the rain.
A cardboard box castle is the pride of your kingdom.
Clomp, clomp, clomping in Mummy’s shoes.
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Coffee's Cold by Stephen Pray

Cold coffee in my cup,
high heel shoes with gold lame’ straps
left at the end of my couch.
Faint hint of Halston tickles the nose,
light lavender blouse lay folded on the chair.
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Color My World by Wilfredo Ropelos Bongcaron

Color my world with your song ...
let the hummingbirds kiss
love's sweet melodies.
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Corinia by Stephen Pray

Sad deep eyes ride upon a pale palomino,
burnoosed auburn hair hidden as is her smile.
Horse and lady fly beneath a hunter’s moon,
thundered hooves echo on behind.
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Cupids Beau by Paul Curtis

It took only seconds, after he saw her
For him to adore her
And In a week of having rated her
He went on and dated her
When he said good night after kissing her
Straight away he was missing her
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Dance by Stephen Pray

I wanted to dance,
So I took a chance,
And asked her out on the floor.
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Enraptured by Malcolm Carvalho

Her lips speak in a mesmeric tongue
Words wrapped in chocolate
Flow on, getting me allured.
Eyes bathed in a sensuous mist
Tease me in. The sheer magnetic pull
Of this maiden, I can’t resist.
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Every Corner Of The World by Paul Curtis

I have stood in view of the far pavilions
I have stood upon the great lakes shore
I have stood in the heat of the hottest desert
I have stood at Niagara and looked in awe
I have seen many things in my long life
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Finger Chips for the Lonely Soul by Nisheeth Srivastava

"Do you know
Why God has given you
Gaps between fingers?"
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For Michael by Margaret Dakin

If you will be my fortress;
I will be the moat;
There to keep you safely,
From the tyrant’s yoke.
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Four Flights from 'Frisco by Stephen Pray

I remember the sultry days of years long gone,
when all we had was suitcase, duffel and a coat.
We lived on love, sandwiches, soup and hope,
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Friend by Jenny Morgan

Forever companion in the dark
Risking it all to protect your heart,
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From the Hypnotist: Pawn for a Queen by Oritsegbemi Jakpa

For her earrings
he cranes his hand
like a feather, conscious,
over her nape.
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Gold Rush by Stephen Pray

Fields of gold flash by my window and in my mirror,
But I am only rich in memory and life.
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Golden Memories by Kay F. Ruane

In contemplating the passing years
I wonder where they went
Remembering all the happy times
Recalling how they were spent
Is it almost fifty years
Since I became your wife?
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Golden Years by Paul Curtis

Oh to feel loves exquisite ache
That desperate longing
That naked want
Feeling so alive in the torment
While craving the fix
Of that heady foaming brew
To quench the thirst of desire
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Growing Closer by Stephen Pray

Are we growing closer
As we go on our way?
Are we any nearer to our destiny?
How will we know when it happens?
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Her Candle by Carl Palmer

I’ve got so many candles that I’ve never burned ...
a marriage candle,
a first communion candle from one of the kids,
a bicentennial candle,
a millennium candle.
So many candles that I’ve never burned.
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Her Fella by Carl Palmer

she rubs my head
runs her fingers across my face
and she cries
she holds me tight
her head next to mine
and she cries
I tell her that nothing has changed
I try to explain
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Her New Room by Carl Palmer

The house was small
where she raised her five children,
but not as small as her new room.
She lived in her house fifty-two years,
but only for a couple of months now
in her new room.
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Here to Heaven by Dion Crowe

Fly the clouds in the night sky.
Feel the rain falling to a thousand tiny homes.
The light beams from heaven to my lover’s heart.
And I breathe my last breath.
And I feel the last kiss.
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Hot Cocoa with Marshmallow by Stephen Pray

She’s a cocoa-mocha,
cappuccino soaker.
I love her dreadlocks
that I can pick,
to get inside her head.
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How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height ...
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I Can't Do Much by Mark O'Hara

I can’t sing fancy lines
I can’t hit fancy notes
But, I’ll make up for my lack of vocals
With a heartfelt poem I wrote
You won’t see me dancing or moving to a beat
But, these words I write are just for you
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I Knew You Were Waiting by Stephen Pray

I knew you were waiting,
When I unlocked and opened the front door,
I smelled your faint fragrance.
Then I saw your keys and change on the counter top,
Your shoes discarded carelessly underneath a stool.
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I Want You to Know by Stephen Pray

I’ve got a little time on my shoulders,
You’ve got to know that I’ve grown a little bolder.
There’s a lot that you can be.
All I want is for you to see.
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I Will Be by Kathyleen Rivera

Whenever you are lonely, I’ll sing you a song
Whenever you are crying, I’ll be there when you call
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I Wish That I Could Catch Your Laugh by Narissa Doumani

I wish that I could catch your laugh,
I’d keep it in a box
that’s lined with plush, red velvet,
and bejewelled with sparkling rocks.
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If I by Paul Curtis

If I were inside your head
What would I see?
Through your blue grey eyes
How would I view me?
If I were in your heart
What would I feel?
Would it beat a little faster?
When I see me?
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If Not For ... by Paul Curtis

If not for sweet birdsong in tree and bush
How plain the spring seasons headlong rush
If not for the daffodils trumpets of gold
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In the Dark by Larrisa Davisson Farrell

He sat back in the chair
watching her sleep
She slept like an olympic athlete
focused on the task at hand.
She always laughed that sleep was her religion
And watching her, the devotion was absolute.
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Indian Bride by Shanu Goyal

Dressed in crimson red
She looks graceful
Ornaments shimmering
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Inn at the End by Stephen Pray

Dancing as far as the sea,
the pier above us, the sand
under our feet softly gritty.
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Is It You? by Paul Curtis

Is it you?
Are you the one?
Are you my missing puzzle piece?
That will make me whole
And complete the unfinished picture
Or will you be another square peg
In my round hole
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Island Pearl by Stephen Pray

Island girl
brown eyed pearl
sun warmed
luminescent
enfold my soul
intertwine it with yours
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Jane by Paul Curtis

Slenderly petite in stature
Adorned in shades of pastel nature
Hair the hue of copper red
Held with ribbon atop her head
Beneath her crimson fringe she views
Through shining eyes of brightest blue
With smiling confidence she speaks
Though with a blush upon her cheeks
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Just Say by Paul Curtis

You can write it in a letter
In flowery words
On sweetly perfumed paper
And seal it with a loving kiss
You can write it in smoke
Across the clear blue sky
You can use dots and dashes
Like the old Morse code
Just say you love me
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Kiss by Paul Curtis

I meet her gaze I help her stand
I hold my breath and kiss her hand
I see her blush her cheeks red now
I smell her hair and kiss her brow
It brings me joy to hear her speak
I take her hand and kiss her cheek
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Love at First Sight by Paul Curtis

I was drawn to her
Like a moth to a flame
My eyes were drawn to her
Slender frame
Her hypnotic green eyes
Deep and intense like precious emeralds
Held me entranced,
Paralysed like a serpents prey
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Love By All Means by Du Phong Nguyen

You turn my pupil heart into the dawn break,
Cast the sunlight into my house,
I feel the magic of your smiles.
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Love of My Life by Gary Mercer

To the love of my life,
Loving you was the best thing that ever happened to me.
You made me believe in life,
in myself,
and, most importantly, in us.
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Love's Exquisite Ache by Paul Curtis

Oh to feel loves exquisite ache
That desperate longing
That naked want
Feeling so alive in the torment
While craving the fix
Of that heady foaming brew
To quench the thirst of desire
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Love's Philosophy by Percy Shelley

The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean, ...
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Love’s Sonnet by Diana Isham

Oh refreshing, delicious love
Thine embrace cloaks me
In everlasting, reverberating poignant sonnet
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Magnetism of Love by Shanu Goyal

Exchange of hot words
heart cut with swords
glib lies
false pride ...
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Me ... You ... Timelessness by Shanu Goyal

When there’s nothing between you and me
Complete vacuum, timelessness you see
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Moonbeam Love by Stephen Pray

Strawberries, blueberries, bright.
Savor the flavor, in pale moonlight.
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Mother and Child by Meenu Mehrotra

She caresses him
With her warm eyes
Relishing the softness
Of his tender skin
She drinks the very sight
Of his slender, infant body
She holds him close
To her breasts
Enveloping him with
All the snugness she can exude
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My Ailing Mother by Meenu Mehrotra

The waves of life
quiver and shiver
Like someone walking on burning embers
The farthest I can see
The closest I want to hold her
Hope and fear - both are endless
But life prays for life
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My Old Friend by Janette Pieloor

Beside the glass door she calls to me, my old cat.
An old man growing blind I go to her. Out of habit,
out of love, for my old friend, I slide open the door.
She waits there till I come, as she will, for the new owners.
She’ll call them and they, too, will slide open the door.
(She goes with the house, I told them.)
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Mystical Kiss by Shanu Goyal

Fire within heart
brings love up to the brim
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No More Monochrome by Paul Curtis

Color lives where once was only monochrome
A symphony resounding instead of monotone
Tranquility resides where once the tempest raged
A life both rich and warm like a fine wine aged
A light illuminating what was darkly shrouded
Blue skies prevail when once they were clouded
A world with no more madness as I return to sanity
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On The Farm by Kay F. Ruane

We’d only been wed for a couple of years
When hub came home and said,
“Pack our belongings, we are moving, my dear.”
So I packed, even the old brass bed.
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Optimus' Ode by Stephen Pray

It was an accident that intertwined our fates,
whether fair or foul that meeting at the gates.
The journeys path upon which we tread leads on,
shadows cast by a future sun look dark at the dawn.
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Overwhelmed by Sheryl Llorente

I lie awake
solitary
in this quiet room
wistfully
contemplating
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Paint Her in Words by Stephen Pray

I paint her with words,
Rather than brushes,
My fingers will not easily hold.
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Purely Platonic by Paul Curtis

I loved Sally a lot though just platonic
You might even say we were symbiotic
Friendship stemming from times historic
Always together like something comic
Our thoughts and desires were esoteric
Finding partners was the normal topic
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Queen Of The Forest by Theresa Newbill

I paint her with words,
Rather than brushes,
My fingers will not easily hold.
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Rain-Rain, Drop-Drop by Du Phong Nguyen

Rain-rain, drop-drop
Pop on your lips.
Sweet-sweet, dream-dream
Kiss me good night.
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Red Ribbons by Alison Pearce

Red ribbons in your hair
Edged with gold lace trim
Trailed behind you on the summer breeze
As I watched you dance across the fields
Amongst the wildflowers, your feet flowed
In rhythm with the music of the wind
The vision of your red dress twirling
A picture of loveliness, on my mind imprinted
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Senior Moment by Carl Palmer

I just had a senior moment.
I didn’t forget something
I remembered something.
I just remembered how my mom
would see or hear something
that would remind her
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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day by William Shakespeare

Thou art more lovely and more temperate
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May ...
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She is a Smile by Reginald Taluah

She wears a smile
Always
She wears a smile
Countenance so lovely
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Shining For You by Alison Pearce

The moon is shining
Only for you, my love
Since the dawn of time
The birth of the stars above
Come dance with me
In the pure moonlight
Underneath the trees
And all through the night
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Solitary Sonnet by Margaret Dakin

I quit my bed and pace the lonely shore.
Just three-toed stalk of ibis marks the sand.
I call to mind those halcyon days before,
While slowly dawn re-claims the sleeping land.
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Somebody by Conny Karlsson

I am dreaming of somebody
I can write to
I can speak to
about my dreams.
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Song in the Key of You by Stephen Pray

I sing with my heart as my voice has no tune,
The melody of my soul is playing the symphony,
you are the rhythms and the notes, the beat
of your heart is the beat of the music.
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Spring's Winter Love by Stephen Pray

His hands were rough, but his heart was kind,
His face was worn, but with wrinkles of laughter.
Her heart was cold, haughty her face,
her hands with fingers like needles.
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Stare Into Deep by Erik Estabrook

I just want to stare deep into your eyes
watch as elation climbs
I just want to stare back into your smile
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Sweet Sound of Laughter In Your Smile by Denise Marshall

I will do any and all the things you ask of me,
within human limits, there's nothing i will not do.
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Thank You Skinhead Girl by Sharon Woodward

Dandy Livingstone on my MP3 player, sing out to me "a message to you"
Once a bus journey obsessing of a Crombie coat, now concerned of a presentation
DM boots replaced with a set of heels, a businesswoman in a business suit
Thank you Skinhead Girl, you were such a pearl amongst a row of many
Looking after me in my dark teen years, supporting me through my many fears
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That First Time by Paul Curtis

That first time
Long ago
When your hand
Slipped into mine
I felt instantly at peace
And when I looked down
At our interlocking hands
I was unable to detect a join
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The Bloom of a Single Rose by Denise Marshall

On the sheet music we left atop the baby grand,
sat a leaden crystal vase with a single white rose,
losing its fragrantly luscious full bloom.
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The Desired One by Abraham Kodiyan

Though your distance from me is many a mile,
I can still distinctly see your lovely smile.
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The First Time by Paul Curtis

The first time I took her hand
It trembled faintly
Yet noticeably
Like a wild birds fluttering heart
In the hand of its captor
The first time I kissed her
Her heart raced
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The Pub by B. A. Llewellyn

My wife was my life,” He cried in his beer.
A terrible sound like crunching a gear.
He moaned and he groaned never bought the next round.
Couldn’t reach for his pocket with “Her” underground.
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The Room by Margaret Dakin

The sunlight strikes the ruby glass and jug,
It stains the lacy folds with crimson light,
And settles there upon the woven rug.
The room is shaded, musty, cool as night.
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The Truth by Sheree Ward

I am confused with this… my own feelings,
and think that I need to let them air.
Trying to figure them out by myself
is only creating more despair.
I really do like you, intensely;
Admitting this is not my forte,
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Time in New England by Stephen Pray

Found time in New England
along the Maine coast.
Salt watered rocks braking waves,
seagulls diving for shrimp off the shore.
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To My Daughter by Gary Beck

Star child
dreamful daughter,
uncrowned princess
of my regal thoughts,
you are the succession
to my highest aspirations,
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Tonic by Sheree Ward

Self diagnosed as
an emotional aphonic;
only curable when given
a healing tonic.
The said tonic is rare,
and unknown to most.
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Two by Larrisa Davisson Farrell

In a world of crash and burn,
I have my bookends.
Two.
Mirror images who stuck,
and stayed.
Constant as the evening star
bound
by rings of gold
and love that defies the national average.
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When a handkerchief cries by Nisheeth Srivastava

Verily am I
Your umbrella, my queen
To be called upon
When the storm-clouds break.
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Winter's Summer Romance by Stephen Pray

Her fire-warmed, maple syrup eyes,
born in winters first snow.
her heart white, pure and cold.
Balsam, blue spruce, scotch,
great gray owl, chickadee.
Skiing, snowboarding skating,
These are what she was.
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Without A Word by Conny Karlsson

I asked you to share the joy with me
you are sharing my sorrows and
when I am crying you are holding me
without a word
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Words by Paul Curtis

I have tried to find the words
To tell you how I feel
The words that will convince you
That what I feel is real
I know that you've been hurt by love
And I've been wounded too
But together we can heal the scars
Of loves which made us blue
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Words of a Friend by Stephen Pray

A friendly whisper falls
between a moment of laughter
and the discovery of a dream.
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You're Never Alone by Shelisa Thomas

Even though you may not see me there,
I'm in the presence; I'm in the air.
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