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Poetry is the truth that ones heart speaks to another that understands its language. Pure and sincere, its song can be heard by those who will listen

  April 2023     10 months ago

Submitted Poems 9 total

Grandfather

writing i have wooed in vain
you promised riches, gave but pain
i plied thy ear with lilting phrase
gave thee all youth's golden days

love missiles, hundreds; you disdained
to publish one that bore my name
your cold rejections of my...

by James Lynch

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What did i say?

did i say to you
in the brief moment
that our eyes met?
my heart spoke
to yours in
that instant
in the words that only
two hearts, truly in love
could understand...


Copyright ©2023 Nicholas...

by Nick Rhodes

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added 1 year ago
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Now the sun rises

Now the sun rises
on the new day
I think of the
possibilities that exist
words that have
already been spoken
give such promise between us
I thirst for another word
from you
a sentence or even a syllable
would quench this thirst
I...

by Nick Rhodes

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added 1 year ago
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Let peace come

peace come over my life
let there be calm
so turbulent have these
past days been
i need a calm ocean
to settle things in my life
let you be my saviour
the one who was meant for me
be my salvation in this desert
that is my life
a...

by Nick Rhodes

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added 1 year ago
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Cassandra (2007)

stare at her
as if i have
seen an angel
entranced by a smile
that could erase
an entire world
of all its sorrows
she has the most
beautiful eyes
and in them
i see my life
and the whole purpose
for my existence
i see children
not...

by Nick Rhodes

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added 1 year ago
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