POETRY 2/7

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Heart: a "Cento" Poem

hearts, image by Pezibear, on Pixabay A cento is a poem made from lines written by other poets. To me, it is a way of remembering the...

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Two Poems by Rebekah Lorton: Waiting for Dawn, and Driving with the Windo

Waiting for Dawn Silky webs stretching in sunrise Capture foggy mist. Diamonds on string Worn by sagging telephone line Delicate prayers...

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Two Poems by Jonel Abellanosa: Easter, and Man Born Blind

Easter Where are the women who mourned, the men who whipped him along the way? Where are the soldiers who divided his clothing among...

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Two Poems by JD DeHart: Parable Mountain, and Child

Parable Mountain I call to you in my high places where it is easy to forget your name. I call to you in lower places, where the...

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A Poem by LA Felleman: Vocation

Vocation Praises climb my spine, through the throat, buzz inside cheeks, adjust my heading. ~LA Felleman Currently, LA is an accountant...

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A Poem by Edilson Afonso Ferreira: On Brothers, Journeys, and Faith

On Brothers, Journeys, and Faith Beyond that corner, beyond my neighborhood, besides my town and roads abroad, even above these clouds...

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Two Poems by Michael H. Brownstein: My Hike in the Wilderness, and The Flannel of Life

MY HIKE IN THE WILDERNESS Three days of hiking with only bottled water is penance enough for one lifetime, the path littered with opera and

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Two Visual Poems by Cindy Bousquet Harris: Blueberry Sky, and Blessing

~Cindy Bousquet Harris Cindy Bousquet Harris is a poet and a licensed marriage and family therapist. Her poems can be found in Eclectica,...

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A Poem by Peter C. Venable: Spirit Surfing

Spirit Surfing Surely you know that you are God’s temple Tonight, moonlight silvers dunes and shells. The surf chills bare feet....

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A Poem by Bruce Mundhenke: The Garden

The Garden There were trees in the garden, They flourished in the wind, Placed there with love, Each to the others companion and friend....

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Two Poems by Bruce Owens: "Untitled" and "A Psalm"

Untitled There was a hymn in the night clouds in the sky sailing like great ships and the moon was full, ablaze with light. The entire...

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Two Poems by Joan Leotta: "Incendiary" and "Persistent Night"

Incendiary So many small lights banishing night. Beeswax, white Small, lit column by row In round burnished copper holders melts into...

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A Poem by Elizabeth Brooks: "Crystal Tear"

Crystal Tear Have you ever been in bed awake in awe over someone or worry with wonder until daybreak Have you ever had a tear that welled...

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A Poem by Ken Allan Dronsfield: "Into Discovery"

Into Discovery When you have risked it all just to have a taste. When you have feasted on victory, and swallowed defeat. When you've...

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A Poem by Veronica Michalowski: "Sinker 4-11-2017"

SINKER 6 year-old neophyte angler begins his journey after daybreak surf fishing with his Father vacant beach Jersey shore steadies the...

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Two Poems by Edilson Afonso Ferreira: "Praise" and "Gratitude"

Praise In cathedrals and churches, abbeys and convents; in the small chapels on the top of the mountains; in pilgrimages and spiritual...

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Two Poems by Peter C. Venable: "I’m Just Passing Through This World" and "On David&#3

“I’m Just Passing Through This World” A soul steeped in Christ, eyes closed the last time, Left this broken world to soar above. He...

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A Poem by Leroy Ralph Abrahams: "Lord, only You can..."

Lord, only You can... Turn my pain Into power Makes things in my life sweet That's gone sour Who can provide for me Like You did...

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A Poem by Cindy Bousquet Harris: "The Name"

The Name Name so holy, none could speak, nor hope to venture near. Astounding, that the awesome One would choose to meet us here. To...

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Poems by Sravani Singampalli: "Those Days" and "Treasure"

Those days The patterns on my bed sheet Take me back to those days When I used to sit In a nearby park With feelings of emptiness But the...

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