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Featured Poems


from 35 reviews.

Merry~go~Rhyme for her
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Karenina, May your Day Sparkle
by Debi Pick Marquette

from 15 reviews.

Poem containing an antonym
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Pleasure or Pain
A contest entry

from 1 reviews.

freeverse
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The Garden in the Back
A contest entry

from 24 reviews.

An Advent Carol (music by request)
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The Silent Time
by Paul Manton

from 40 reviews.

A woman who fears the Lord is to be praised
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Proverbs 31
by Debi Pick Marquette

from 35 reviews.

This is a rhymed poem.
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from 46 reviews.

Love has no expiration date
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Time
by Lisasview

from 17 reviews.

Modern tanka
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from 24 reviews.

Knockin' on Heaven's Door.
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Bob Dylan
by Debbie D'Arcy

from 17 reviews.

Modern tanka art
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from 14 reviews.

We can believe too...
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from 12 reviews.

Free Verse
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It Follows
by Janis Elizabeth

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from 28 reviews.

Emma gets another car.
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Chapter 26 A
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from 46 reviews.

A Christmas long remembered and cherished...
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from 27 reviews.

A Novella
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It's time to go...1361 words
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by Sandra Stoner-Mitchell

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Many things can happen at Night.
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The Night
by Barry Penfold

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Cherish and value
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The Gift of Time
by Jesse James Doty

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Echo begins to recover under the care of Phoebus
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King Phoebus
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500 Words from Prompts
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A Dream Comes True
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Agony
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Honeymooning
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Marlowe Meets Mole: a corny pastiche...
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The Small Sleep
by phill doran

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The Kid in the wrong place, wrong time
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Boca de la Cueva
A contest entry



Well Received Poems


from 14 reviews.

We can believe too...
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from 35 reviews.

Merry~go~Rhyme for her
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Karenina, May your Day Sparkle
by Debi Pick Marquette

from 8 reviews.

It's what we do with freedom that matters
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Freedom
by estory

from 8 reviews.

A haiku
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from 23 reviews.

A Sonnet
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from 10 reviews.

a poem
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Real Loss
by Bill Schott

from 12 reviews.

An Entry for a Site Haiku Contest
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Two Eyes in the Sunset
by Jasmine Girl

from 12 reviews.

Free Verse
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It Follows
by Janis Elizabeth

from 9 reviews.

Free Verse for the Contest
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I Love You
by Gypsy Blue Rose

from 8 reviews.

Club event happening
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Lacy old Shawl
by patcelaw

Well Received Stories


from 16 reviews.

In the battle of wills ...
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from 11 reviews.

You can't unlearn how to ride a bike it is the same with sig
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Window
by Lea Tonin1

from 15 reviews.

The food we ate on the farm promoted gas
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from 7 reviews.

A Heart That Searched Around The World
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Island Love
by jim vecchio

from 6 reviews.

The beginning of a wild idea I had years ago.
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Dinerviews Part 1
by Tom Rinkes

Well Received Books


from 12 reviews.

Honeymooning
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from 7 reviews.

Leila must sell her house.
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Talisman 14 House for Sale
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