Long As if by magic Poems

I was forever losing things, and my laughing friends called me a klutz,
Like darker skies misplace buttery sun, when a severe storm develops.

I had once lost the keys to my house, and waited locked out...

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This is not for any contest especially since I like better versions than the one sung by Glenn Hughes which is not much to my liking.  Furthermore, this is more in the region of...

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Time passes and I wonder how did I come to be here.
 I remember watching you from across the misty lawn.
My heart seems to stop beating and I'm almost in fear.
 One minute I see...

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"recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown ..."      Quote by _Samuel Taylor Coleridge (from his writings)

There’s a magical cemetery north of here they say,
It’s...

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Sweetheart, Your Lips The Only Honey I Will Taste
A collaboration with Susan Ashley
 
 
Sweetheart, Your Lips The Only Honey I Will Taste


Bright heaven's night skies, in your eyes once were,
agleam they glittered, gems as...

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Hummingbird..

Hummingbird with light brimming
Sing a song to awaken flowers that are hiding
On the gentle breezes I see you riding
Peace to all you bring
As if by magic you hover in time
The divine quiet of your wings...

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I wrote and read this poem at my grandmothers funeral.


While growing up, Toni; Steven and I
saw our Grandparents sacrifice,
so much of their own lives, without a fuss.
Along with our Mother, they did it just for...

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It was on a Sunday morning in the village where I stay
Out walking with my dog, I heard some pensioners say
Did you hear about the earthquake, it was somewhere in our State
No magnitude has ever...

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Reflection - The Fragrance of Grace

Mail order catalogs seem to have the ability to procreate in my mailbox.  Just when I think I have rendered them infertile they give birth to multiple sets of...

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Something Old Something New

Viola - Original


Admiring her beauty he was mesmerised
Her complete perfection brought tears to his eyes
Holding her tenderly in his loving arms
Slowly he caressed the magic of her charms.

This was the gift he...

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"Sweetheart, your lips the only honey I will taste"..

Bright heaven's night skies, in your eyes once were,
agleam they glittered, gems as you danced free;
my darling, sad you once thought I loved her
oh how that sexy...

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My Mile High Poem
Number 5,280

My favorite poem  with a my oh my;
No matter how hard that you do try,
Beyond all measure;
Poem do treasure;
Your poems will never pass mine by.

Credit Card and Hugh

Had put credit...

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THE NIGHTMARE SLEEPS

saliva drips off perfect white,
gleaming white, false fangs.

blood would fill, his full moon night.
breathless he sleeps,
bone-straight, crossed arms.
deep-brown rings on antique-satin.

his nightmares fly, only by night,
as the living dread his piercing sight.

their feet...

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(alter knit lee titled: vita in oculis nudato)

goo goo gaga I wanna yell
cuz, synonymous 
     with other wordsmiths, 
     or...well
whatever will eire'n burr, 

   ...

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For one enchanted night, I was Cinderella at the ball.
No fairy godmother did I have
to fashion for me a fancy gown
or to see me off that night in a golden carriage,
and yet I knew ....

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I know now that my life was meant to be intertwined with yours
Whether in the past, the present, or the future does not matter
We were meant to be together
In spirit our souls are connected 
Calling...

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Terry Cooper  

7:20 AM (24 minutes ago)
 
to me 

By all means Jim glad you liked the piece!


Ages of Rock
by Terry Cooper

For many years I bubbled beneath the deep Earth’s crust
Hot and molten ever...

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When I Slumber Where Rushing Waters Play


As my worries invade my tortured mind
I wake to find another place to be
Misery and despair both so unkind
sending me racing to be gone and free

I run to the...

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It was a new experience this thing called fatherhood,
But he would do his best, the very best he possibly could.
Starting out on an adventure of a lifetime,
Not knowing that one day he would look back...

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Life is indeed an incredible journey
when I was young I grew up in a different place
that place was the cause of many wars

When we left there, I was a mere child and
it was to allow...

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The first three months he wasn't there,
his infant eyes would blankly stare,
his parents thought he couldn't see,
and wrestled with anxiety.

I guess his soul then chose to stay,
suddenly, he was there one day,
his eyes met mine,...

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There is this phenomenon we feel growing older
that happens to us old folks a lot:
How some days we feel our age…while others…we do not!

Some days those aches and pains that accompany growing older
seem at best…inopportune…
We...

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The Dreamers©

I think oft  what it would be like to be one of them

To look at the world through rose colored glasses

Where the world is perfect according to my childhood dreams

In that dream I...

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As a little girl he sat next to me at school.
I always liked him,  no, much more than that.
Later we walked home together.
He would carry my books.
At graduation he was my date.
We even went...

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You're a black hole
something so tragic
everything you do is destroyed
as if by magic
I touch you and you pull back so plainly
I can see you can't bother to be near me
I wanted to ask you
how are...

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