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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dark poems: 6 of 1148

TWO AT DARK LAKE A silhouette of sweet exhaustion dims the silver light, Entertaining mysteries engulfed by drowning night. Distant dancing totems tickle where it meets, Bowing to the winds and the reflections at their feet. Phenomena's of humbleness flame loud and impromptu. Ripples in serenity reflect the brightened hue. A...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Missing a loved one: 13 of 192

Sweet Love, how I crave your affections In a drab and ungrateful realm Sweet Love, I must know your intentions If it is love I will ever know Sweet Love, let me gaze on reflections Drowning fast in my mirrored eyes Sweet Love, don't elude my detections And escape in bad compromise Sweet Love, I do fear your existence My reve...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Politics: 31 of 174

Wicked are the righteous wings Of wondrous absolute Greedy for such earthly things Exploiting thought for loot Cataclysmic carpentry Catastrophic coo Conforming with calamity Manipulating true Mayhem maintains mountains Mastered by mere mites Mistook, mislead, misrepresented Confirmed within our rights?
Education > Learning Styles & Skills Teaching children effectively in the classroom: 5 of 20

Surely, if we hope for a better future we must challenge the minds of tomorrow- today. Yet, American school systems remain adequate at best. U.S. classrooms lack a vital component and as a result, students struggle nationwide. Competition, in itself, is an invaluable teaching tool. Those enriched by competition are soon enli...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Sidewalk etiquette: Consideration for others: 1 of 3

So, you're walking down the sidewalk and making eyes at the hottie quickly approaching. Then, SLAM! You're hot and steamy moment has become literal because now your coffee is quaintly decorating your chest and inching towards your slacks. You are now a walking dork. Goodbye potential soul mate. It would've been great... Now,...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Self love: 10 of 25

I close my eyes and pray for love among determination. I thirst to bright the vague new dim. To let others words be my consolation, And to recognize the guiding lines that bring me to Him. I pray because I can feel it in me- Bubbling aspirations, dreams, And stepping stones of goals. I seek the moment I shall be free, And wi...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Life's journey: 152 of 290

Live, love, laugh and dream, with warmth, good cheer, and bliss. And always when you reminisce, may you remember this: Dwell not within your memories, but in the lessons learned. Revel in the happiness and successes you have earned. Fear not the fickle hand of fate, as it points a finger so. Embrace the path that it reveals,...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Turmoil: 20 of 33

When the light has hit the peak It shatters into dismal gray. A world unturned, a world delay; Of constant chaos, fallen away. A shiny stillness hangs above, Waiting to be shattered. Pretty memories of haunting love Are many, but are scattered. The long road before the tunnel Rests upon a storming cloud. And this gleaming tr...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sleep: 116 of 172

One moment in this world utters the most truthful silence The beautiful rushing drop into endless sweet phantasma To catch this spot in time is to fall dreamily in waking instance In an ignorant attempt to retrieve the ordinary Until the realization sets you free to run with flailing arms Wilding whooping with joy and deligh...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lonely: 131 of 184

FROM HERE TO THERE... Here it is peaceful, calm and serene. There it is just a spectacular dream. I am confined here- yet, my mind is free, From the things that I covet and the dangers of me. Here I shed tears for the things I've become. There all my progress may soon be undone. Here people are pleasant and the words often k...