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- The Mermaid's Tale at allpoetry
Across the sea I chase the mermaid's tale
when water's smooth or tossed by tempest's gale, - If Only... at allpoetry
If only...
- Neelakantha (the blue-necked one) at allpoetry
Samudra manthran, churning ocean waves
Of deep demonic writhing, desperate. - Medu Netcher at allpoetry
The ka of evil Pharaoh's I replace,
and all good souls shall move to Akhetaten, - Azure Braces at allpoetry
One day, my love, while you are hanging linnen
look over to the barn and see me there. - The Dare at allpoetry
Obsession is the roaring forge of fire
where smelted iron armors anxious hearts. - Clay Buddha at allpoetry
The Master gave the student a hunk of soft clay and said, "You have 12 hours to figure out what is the perfect shape to make with this clay. Once you have decided upon the perfect shape we will fire it in the kiln and you sha - Transgressor Confesser at allpoetry
Indulgence of my heart I beg forgive
my laggardness and deep unworthiness. - Sublime Karma at allpoetry
I want you to wake up tomorrow
the world will be better I say. - Sweet Redemption at allpoetry
Within my darkest hours I've always known
that love would not forsake me in the end. - Acrimony's Altar at allpoetry
In many a quivering hour lay
the broad expanse of yesterday. - Embarrassments of Riches at allpoetry
The spaces in my cupboards
have me painfully aware - Metamorposis of Tears at allpoetry
Hidden deep in the wellsprings of eternal knowledge and unconditional love lies a bitter truth so horrible, bizarre, shocking and brilliant that we spend a lifetime refusing to look at it, acknowledge it, or even admit it exi - Lost Light (Prose - Read it anyway) at allpoetry
The teapot, cups, saucers, spoons and a candle sat on the table. They had quite the wonderful time and spent many hours in conversation. One teacup got to become friends with the candle. I suppose this is not so outrageous, h - Measured Essence at allpoetry
The essence of bounty
can not be measured - Hands Should Love at allpoetry
Brothers, sisters
hear my plea, - Saihokushū Revisited at allpoetry
Wandering the garden
searching in silence - Galilleo Remington at allpoetry
Galilleo Remington
looked slightly out of place, - Mysterious Moon at allpoetry
What hides the moon
in darkness, - Sixty-One Minutes at allpoetry
The painful panorama
most monotonously mundane - Blue Note Symphony at allpoetry
Blue Note Symphony
- Castle of Dreams at allpoetry
On the picturesque inclines of Roidraai
at the entrance to Eden - Desert of Solace at allpoetry
The desert of solace
At consciousness’s edge, - Carousel at allpoetry
A melancholy princess sits
upon her rightful throne, - The Real McCoy at allpoetry
The beauty of a summer’s day
When each breath comes with ease, - Wheat and Chaff at allpoetry
When you are in your grave retired,
It will not be those you've stepped on - Burden of Intimacy at allpoetry
I sing a song of life and time,
I sing a song of will and mind, - I Need A Man! at allpoetry
I need a man
I need a man - Dovetail at allpoetry
Jut a random thought from an anagram. - Born to Suffer at allpoetry
There’s a mask someone put on my face
And the suffering is kept on the inside. - My Kiss at allpoetry
The spirit and the flesh are separate,
And yet they will combine to make us whole. - Autumnal Reverie at allpoetry
A maple seed upon a zephyr’s breath
Beside the bridge appears to race with me. - The Spook and the Pseudoskeptic (Happy Halloween!) at allpoetry
On Hallows eve James Randi’s shocked
For even though his doors are locked - Lilliputian Brilliance at allpoetry
The firefly took upon its wing,
Occulting, blinking, pondering, - Dead Karma at allpoetry
The lovers make the babies make the people make the rulers, so
The future of all humans is infected with what they know. - I am Expression at allpoetry
Am I the sail or the wind?
the voice or the song? - Persona non Grata at allpoetry
Persona non grata is my evil twin.
Don’t know where I end or where he may begin. - test for background at allpoetry
test - Infinity's End at allpoetry
A frost has come, descending on the rose.
And all the tears from friendly loving eyes - reserved - do your worst at allpoetry
grrrr - Snapping Turtle Lesson (Prose) at allpoetry
The master taught that greed was not caused by the want of things not held
But the lack of appreciation of things held. - Lone Rose at allpoetry
A garden is a beauty to behold.
Bright lovely blends in honor of the sun. - The Hoop at allpoetry
the crazy man skipped
through the meadows - Trading Ayes at allpoetry
the word erupts from deep within
and shines from my mouth like a beacon - A Purpose More at allpoetry
A PURPOSE MORE
- Why are We Here? (Lyrics) at allpoetry
Why are we here? Why are we here?
Is there a reason for this madness? - The Elephant's Toenail at allpoetry
The field mouse and the weasel
had a nasty argument, - Proprietary Hearts at allpoetry
Everyone's a seeker with their backs against the wall
so happy to have anybody care for them at all. - The Ultimate Choice at allpoetry
"For God knows that in the day you eat from the tree of forbidden fruit your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
- Easterly Winds at allpoetry
I push a pensive eye up to gray skies
And hear the East winds whisper in the trees, - aristocracy's funeral at allpoetry
the pededtrian beat itself
marched to the rhythm of - Self Improvements at allpoetry
I ignored
the crunch of roaches - Aneroidal Hornswaggle at allpoetry
My father told me once, "Allan, the hardest thing is being able to tell the difference between when someone is smarter than you and when they are speaking nonsense, because they both sound the same to you. I have always figur - The Curse of the Red Kerchief at allpoetry
Pristine was a beautiful young princess who had terrible anxiety. At first, she simply would not go outside the castle grounds. Over time, she became so anxious that she stayed in her room for all but mealtimes. Only family a - Self-Contained at allpoetry
We gain belief by others hand,
From fallacy that we receive, - True Identity at allpoetry
True Identity
Lawrence was the first chick in the nest to hatch. He was, therefore, always a little bigger than his brothers and sisters. At first, he got all the food mom brought to the nest, but once the other eggs hatched, - Godel Wins at allpoetry
With such self-referencing statements as: "This statement is a lie." We are faced with a dilemma; is it the statement or the logical system itself which fails? I say unequivocally, it is the logical system itself. For the uni - Beatus Lux Lucis ex Puga Pyga. at allpoetry
New light has come to save each wayward soul!
Oh, blessed is the light which warms us all. - Lost Bones of Know-It-Alls at allpoetry
only death can show you the tips of my burning fingers
as they snake between the fiery stars - Exult and Live at allpoetry
You cannot meet the smile upon my face
With feelings sympathetic to my will. - Epiphany at allpoetry
In shock the startled ego cannot cope
With unencumbered love given with grace - Column: Sapphic Verse Tutorial at allpoetry
Instructions on how to write original Sapphic verse easily and understand the true nature of it's beauty. - Call of the Mourning Dove at allpoetry
Dark is the soft call of the mourning dove
Upon hearts which have lost desire to trust. - The Life I Covet! at allpoetry
Just on the tip of your tongue… A name you cannot say, a face you cannot see… I am there… feeding, feeding, feeding… Your self-centeredness has your childish mindBelieving I am your own guilty con - Final Stand at allpoetry
My task is set
I shall not run. - Man of Science at allpoetry
The Man of Science turns his fettered mind
And strains his eyeballs left and right to find, - Quote the Mockingbird at allpoetry
Perhaps there is no meaning in the movement of the matter,
Perhaps there is no difference 'twixt the former and the latter, - Idling Porsche at allpoetry
The idling Porsche sits in the drive
Its gorgeous lines a work of art - Riptide at allpoetry
Walking on the beach
Within the riptide’s reach - Goodbye to Money at allpoetry
Upon this throne of dull despair
I sit alone and pull my hair - Column: 14 Letter Words at allpoetry
14 letter words for sonnet acrostics - Birthday Poem for Aneka at allpoetry
I heard your birthday's coming soon
so let's have pancakes on the moon! - One Day at Work at allpoetry
Twas springtime and a misty rain was falling.
I had just bought a Lincoln Continental. - Guidance at allpoetry
I struggle throughout this unsought endeavor;
Compelled by chance to ascertain my mission - I Shall... at allpoetry
Sing of my joyfulness living in light
Dance to life’s music in rhythms of grace - Oh Margaret! at allpoetry
Oh Margaret! Oh Margaret!
Look what I have done now; - Downeast Clambake at allpoetry
Give me your hand and let me take
You to a real Downeast Clambake - Midnight's Toll at allpoetry
Tis love beyond what you would ever know
A mortal’s mind is madness by compare. - Life Flows at allpoetry
Not Me speaks ardently
Live water soothes the pain - Blissfully Wrong at allpoetry
A clock that is stopped is right twice a day.
- Cyberstory at allpoetry
- Acrid Lessons at allpoetry
A songbird with a broken wing
So delicate and colorful - Bullhead Stew at allpoetry
I fished once with my brother Fred
A catfish surfaced and he said: - Northerly Breeze at allpoetry
The trip had progressed splendidly
As they traveled off to Tripoli - Assimilated at allpoetry
he tried to want
- I Love You, Too at allpoetry
"I love you."
- Mulberry Coast at allpoetry
Upon new Ithaca's mulberry coast
Penelope walks slow upon the shore. - Enter a Madman at allpoetry
Singing is time, discord and deftly
calling each moment to come sooth its hunger; - Contrite Moonlight at allpoetry
I shall not block the sunshine anymore
for fear that she will leave me come the night - Autum at allpoetry
As autumn’s winds bring on the kiss of death,
The colored leaves blow all across the ground. - "Whatever." at allpoetry
I said, “I love you.” and she said, “Forever?
I need to love a man that I can trust.” - Mr. Nobody at allpoetry
Mr. Nobody joined the club of boredom and despair,
Deciding it was dreadful in a state of disrepair. - A Forgotten Toy at allpoetry
the waiting's over
memories shall now sustain - Nu-uh! at allpoetry
when looked at objectively
honor doesn't matter anymore - Roses are in Bloom at allpoetry
roses are in bloom
their luscious flowers play - Doing a Headstand at allpoetry
Among the stars and moon I dream doing a headstand,
I basked in sunlight’s liquid beam doing a headstand. - The Bastard at allpoetry
Stand back, get out of the way
Pudgy little Emery’s coming // out to play. - Gracious Acceptance at allpoetry
We are, in this life, only but a dream of knife-cut concepts in a grand bouquet. - Illusion's Paradox at allpoetry
Upon the holy water’s liquid sheen, Awareness, unfamiliar thoughts begin. - Old at allpoetry
The quiet comes longer and each day there’s more and life once jubilant, exciting, and fast - [ My love! My love! ] at allpoetry
My love! My love! How you abandon me. - Honor is a wordless concept. at allpoetry
I placed the barrel to my head and pulled the trigger three times - The Space Wanderer at allpoetry
Surviving Earth’s second great flood Determined, streaked in tears and blood, - I am Such a Clown at allpoetry
I am such a clown Dancing a little fools jig - Liberty's Beam at allpoetry
Two hundred years ago upon this land, Built on the dream of sharing freedom’s will, - [ O Midnight Sea come capture me, ] at allpoetry
O Midnight Sea come capture me, - Lovetwitch at allpoetry
Beyond the mundane randomness we see, Beyond the facts that to our minds appeal, - Three Hours Forty-seven Minutes at allpoetry
Three hours forty-seven minutes long, The intimacy we shared yesterday, - The bloody ‘Café Pirates!’ at allpoetry
The word is out to all, beware! When at mid-morning’s Sunday fare, - Engraved Invitation at allpoetry
Kahlil Gibran
- Porcelain Doll at allpoetry
Grandmother’s gift brought her great joy And all felt the love that was there, - Disbeliever's Game at allpoetry
Upon desire’s wanton bedErupting from your weary head; - Angel's Kiss at allpoetry
This day is done with the setting sun And the moon calls shadows you’re bound to; - Warlord's Woe at allpoetry
Amassed upon a massive battlefield Ten thousand armored soldiers in a line. - Songs of Selfish Sins at allpoetry
songs of selfish sin sung with brash abandon - Imagination's Flight at allpoetry
Winds of word’s wanderings // Wafting o’er seamless skies // - [ Love is the appreciation of the spirit ] at allpoetry
Love is the appreciation of the spirit In any of its many manifestations. - Paths of Heart at allpoetry
On paths of heart I travel truly blest, To make my way upon this living quest. - Door of Desperation at allpoetry
She stood naked behind The frosted sidelights - [ ] at allpoetry
"Lean on me." She said. In a case of mistaken context - The Princess's Vision at allpoetry
Across green fields of Elvin land, The mountain trolls had cast a pall. - Empty Vase at allpoetry
You never send me flowers anymore The wilted ones no longer in my vase - [ Your sleek and sultry curves have captured me. ] at allpoetry
Your sleek and sultry curves have captured me. Reaching my neck I watch as you go by. - Indestructable Rubble at allpoetry
- Crash at allpoetry
It was difficult to say exactly when I was cut loose. - Enables Freedom at allpoetry
Every idle and word we ever think, Not just the ones we claim belong to us, - Abyss at allpoetry
I sink unstoppable, - Washed Away at allpoetry
My love drew a line in the sand And I was to stay on my side, - Loving Countenance at allpoetry
In breath love’s brought to bear Blessings are freely giv’n - Screwed at allpoetry
Robert's bed leaned to the right His wife ignored him through the night. - Chew at allpoetry
Poor mastication Will cause agitation, - Song of my Soul at allpoetry
O, sweet song of my soul softly sing to the wind - Hard Lesson at allpoetry
The conman spurred on by obsession, Attempts to earn a new possession. - Incorrigible at allpoetry
She smiled, trying to see - Poetic Affair at allpoetry
I wrote a Haiku and she thought it grand - Love's Shadow at allpoetry
Wanting to assure you’re not left wanting Measure of words crafting meaning’s measure; - Isolation's Walls at allpoetry
Mystic rhythms caressing both heart and soul Connecting ancient forces from within. - Failing Winds at allpoetry
Stuck in this cloud with stinky beanie babies - Remote at allpoetry
Cruel manifestations marking bloody Vile countenances summoned by mere chance. - [ ] at allpoetry
I am all all that was - [ ] at allpoetry
I haven’t got the time to talk now, Q, I’ve pressing business, Wharf, I have to go. - [ Love’s more than the sum total of our hearts ] at allpoetry
Love’s more than the sum total of our hearts Imbuing us with great resiliency - Hatter's Shrine at allpoetry
The jabs and feints of Armchair Saint's, His rattling battling toy epee, - Abandoning Paradise at allpoetry
- Double-edged Sword at allpoetry
I gave the love you wanted, and as you demonstrated - Solitary Voice at allpoetry
My heart speaks gentle love into the wind. Lost wondrous words swept off indifferently, - Pirate Princess at allpoetry
Off Gotland’s shores lay the Baltic Sea. The pride of Gutar, throughout history, - Big, Big, Love at allpoetry
Just lose your grief No horsehair shirt - Grace in Place at allpoetry
I love the roses’ beauty on the shore, Yet blooms begin to wither in my vase. - His Slyness at allpoetry
At Furman Bush made a decree "At college I didn't study. - Sunday Morning at allpoetry
I woke up Sunday morning and I did not want coffee - [ life's brightest triumphs ] at allpoetry
life's brightest triumphs shake hands with blackest despairs - Ic gelaðie þē in.... at allpoetry
Ic gelaðie þē in.... gerae-dan mїn lēoðsong - Ca-ra-zy at allpoetry
You’d have to be ca-ra-zy to care about a poem But many people do it proves they’re whacked - Devil's Laugh at allpoetry
Frozen in summer's heat He heard the discontent - Kamakaze Blues at allpoetry
Atō went upon his final flight As steadfast heroes to their glory go. - Cinnarry's Homepage at allpoetry
ok - Virgins Beware at allpoetry
Sir Jeffry the most gallant knight Got a fever and so lost his sight - Coal and Rust at allpoetry
sadists wail in pleasure at love's derision smeared in coal a surrealistic vision - [ Abandoned, winds in loving wings denied ] at allpoetry
Abandoned, winds in loving wings denied As wisps of death’s sweet sorrow twist and sink - I gave her my love at allpoetry
I gave her my love her lemon-chewing face said - Your Riches at allpoetry
When fate conspires to put you in a place - [ ] at allpoetry
I got a little pimple just below my eye - Piss Hiss at allpoetry
My brother is quite an operater. He always has an angle on everything. I am remembering back in college days he got an efficiency apartment for free if he renovated it. I went to visit. It was the dead of winter and - Enraptured Flame at allpoetry
I seek my freedom with total being That I may fly beyond infinity. - My Email Rant (Prose) at allpoetry
Ahhhh. Today I decided to be myself again. I had been this wimpy prick for a while and decided it was not for me. If you are going to b - ... but when she sings! at allpoetry
she talks like a drunk used-car salesman - Mystic Waltz at allpoetry
Your verses dance within my breast In ever beating thrusts of light - Champions of Hope at allpoetry
When we find ourselves walking in bright light After many months or years in the dark - Rhino Ghost from Hart Crane’s Drunken Sailor Orgy Tries to Kill Me at allpoetry
She has the single-minded Awareness as well as - I Wrote About Coal at allpoetry
I wrote about coal admonished by her joke I - Seeking Hell at allpoetry
- Madison Avenue Mama at allpoetry
When I wake in the morning Her picture's on my wall - The Word at allpoetry
A battle rages in my furrowed brow, Engaging enemies not faced before, - New Me at allpoetry
I love to see a brand new me - Seeking at allpoetry
the musician is never made - House Hunting at allpoetry
- New Man at allpoetry
You kill me, then, you give re-birth, the deadwood is all burned away, - Today at allpoetry
today the sun is golden like never before - How Come Everybody Thinks I'm Stupid? at allpoetry
How come everybody thinks I'm stupid? They love to put me right in my place. - This Dour Face at allpoetry
I only have to wear this dour face, Until the ghastly funeral is done, - Dying Dream at allpoetry
bleed for Jesus you ignorant heathen shit - Blocked in Eden at allpoetry
O Eve, you are my heart's true delight, your presence blesses me this very hour. - Prisoner of Doubt at allpoetry
prisoner of doubt held fast by only - Substance Chastises Style at allpoetry
smoothing out the rough edges of hell so the cowards and nut-jobs - Life IS Love at allpoetry
The wondrous blessing called; - The Perfect Woman at allpoetry
The Perfect woman doesn't need control Her love, like lightning, shines across the sky - Column: Tutorial, English Sonnet at allpoetry
Tutorial on how to write English sonnets and use the provided worksheet. - Devil Of A Dream! at allpoetry
I had a really awful dream, - God Bless Us, Every One! at allpoetry
- Silent Echoes at allpoetry
Is there really such a - The Love/Flower Sonnet at allpoetry
My love lies bleeding from thorns on a ro - Protecting our Sovereign Skies at allpoetry
Protecting our sovereign skies, the aviator deftly flies. - Oddessy's End at allpoetry
Across the angry billows of the sea, are dark deep waters, heart wills I traverse. - All but Forgotten at allpoetry
all but forgotten footnote in the appendix - A Toxic Misuse of the Concept of Truth at allpoetry
A Toxic Misuse of the Concept of Truth. - Your Word at allpoetry
Your word is as good as you make it and not very good if you fake it. - Unwise is the Heart at allpoetry
The heart is but a magnifying glass which causes what's in focus to enlarge. - The Wish at allpoetry
"I wish for the wisdom to know how to best use my second and third wish." I said - [ ] at allpoetry
seeds of rage on winds of despair
