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The category poetry contains 1586 stories. The last update was on Dec 06 2021.

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Acceptance (216 words)
Author: cracker11Added: Dec 30 2009Views/Reads: 2804/1906Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Another one shortly after I found out my best friend was leaving for Tampa. This one is about accepting the pain.
 
Hidden Behind the Steel Walls (493 words)
Author: LoriAdded: May 19 2010Views/Reads: 2569/1735Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I will be the first to admit I am no e.e. cummings LOL. This is long winded, but one of my best I believe. It's about standing up after love walked out the door. Kinda :-s.
 
Just A Lot Of Words (150 words)
Author: Reid LaurenceAdded: Jun 16 2010Views/Reads: 2909/1978Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A lot of words around to define what we'd like to express, but do some do more harm then good?
 
Changes (215 words)
Author: Reid LaurenceAdded: Sep 10 2010Views/Reads: 2753/1910Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
As our work and computers make us move faster, what changes will take place because of this? Will our present units of time need to change to describe this sped up version of life?
 
Here Without You (299 words)
Author: LoriAdded: Jan 02 2011Views/Reads: 2604/1740Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Another poem about my granddaughter.
 
Keeping It Honest (336 words)
Author: LoriAdded: Jan 02 2011Views/Reads: 2652/1836Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Asking for a reason to live doesn't mean we're on death's door. It means asking if someone cares enough to give us one reason not to go through life as a robot.
 
Don't Flatter Yourself: Bittersweet Memories (303 words)
Author: JuliaAdded: Jun 29 2011Views/Reads: 3030/2069Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I made this poem only using song titles off of my iPod. Enjoy :)
 
Twisted Mindset (186 words)
Author: Dr.StrangeAdded: Jan 21 2012Views/Reads: 2821/1833Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
How the madman thinks.
 
Curve (206 words)
Author: LoriAdded: Feb 16 2012Views/Reads: 2663/1781Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A woman remembers a meeting with her lover.
 
The Harvester (1117 words)
Author: WalkerAdded: Feb 23 2012Views/Reads: 3089/2375Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The subject is love, and the power of love... the poetry is in the power and to understand this poem one should open his mind to the the realm of dreams within which anything occurs, prevails, or dominates.
 
Fragments (334 words)
Author: AnonymousAdded: Dec 26 2012Views/Reads: 2734/1766Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Drugged Vision of a Segregated Hell.
 
Unsung Heroes -- Part I (excerpt) (946 words) [1/2] show all parts
Author: Victor D. LopezUpdated: Jun 18 2013Views/Reads: 3174/2073Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
In a search for heroes that inspire and help us in our personal quest to become more than we are, we often turn our sights to far-off real and mythical men and women that fit the archetype. Yet true heroes often abound much closer to home if we only take
 
the Subway (288 words)
Author: Victor D. LopezAdded: Jun 21 2013Views/Reads: 3086/2053Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Free verse about the Fulton Street Subway Station in Brooklyn New York in the late 1970s. The poem, while descriptive of a real place, is intended as a metaphor for the darker side of life in any large city where human suffering is tamped down beneath the
 
Heroes Desconocidos: Remedios (1718 words)
Author: Victor D. LopezAdded: Mar 03 2015Views/Reads: 2787/1698Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
This is a translation into Spanish of part of my longest poem, Unsung Heroes from my book of poems, Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems. This particular part, Remedios, is about my maternal grandmother. The other three parts of the poem omitted here rela
 
heroes Desconocidos: Parte I - Emilio (1008 words)
Author: Victor D. LopezAdded: Mar 04 2015Views/Reads: 2761/1735Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
This is a translation from the English original into Spanish of Part I of my longest poem, Unsung Heroes (Heroes Desconocidos). This portion centers around my maternal grandfather, a gentle brave man who was beloved by his neighbors and even by his politi
 
PERSPECTIVE (157 words)
Author: rtpoetAdded: Sep 11 2000Views/Reads: 4128/9Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A poem, keeping death in perspective
 
CHOICES (102 words)
Author: rtpoetAdded: Sep 11 2000Views/Reads: 4471/0Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
LIFE IS A CHOICE. THERE IS A FOOLS PARADISE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
 
Memorial Day 2000 (178 words)
Author: CeCeAdded: Sep 12 2000Views/Reads: 3926/0Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Remembering...
 
Your Picture (110 words)
Author: CeCeAdded: Sep 12 2000Views/Reads: 4447/7Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A poem about being apart
 
Broken Soldier (39 words)
Author: Snow WhiteAdded: Sep 13 2000Views/Reads: 4910/0Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A short poem of pain
 
FOOTPRINTS ON THE HEART (537 words)
Author: JACRICAdded: Sep 13 2000Views/Reads: 4936/4Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
My thoughts on the people who come into our lives
 
Brightly Dim (151 words)
Author: munleykoAdded: Sep 13 2000Views/Reads: 4065/2Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
This is a poem about the feelings that occur when you discover you have fallen in love with a close friend.
 
I Wish (124 words)
Author: RozinanteAdded: Sep 13 2000Views/Reads: 4302/2Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Regret and hope go hand in hand.
 
Strange Meeting (137 words)
Author: RozinanteAdded: Sep 14 2000Views/Reads: 4894/7Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A poem about failing to make a connection.
 
Forever Alone (23 words)
Author: John DoeAdded: Sep 14 2000Views/Reads: 4319/6Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Very short poem.
 
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