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Sunshine & Rainbows
When you have sunshine
Who needs the rain?
Instead I'm sending you rainbows
So you can smile again.
~Davidf
P.S. If anyone can think of a better title for this, I'm all ears.

Started Jul 27th, 2008 at 12:47pm by davidf
4 51 Last Post Sep 24th, 2008 at 12:12am
By: davidf
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Word Vamp
revision:
I wait  
here patiently  
to greet him with my eyes.  
He bites my lip and drinks my words-  
then daubs poetic trickles from his mouth,  
but words still re...

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Started Feb 26th, 2007 at 5:32pm by percephanie
10 17 Last Post Mar 3rd, 2007 at 12:08am
By: percephanie
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gravity   (cinquain)  [ REVISED 3/09/09 ]
Revision #1
gravity 
Six feet
now overhead
you lie there in wonder
as if the world came closing in
on you.
Original
Quote:
you're six
feet underground
wondering what happened
like the world has come closing in
on you

Started Dec 19th, 2008 at 9:39pm by Just_Daniel
10 31 Last Post Mar 9th, 2009 at 7:08pm
By: Just_Daniel
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Tahoma iris  [ tanka ]
Tahoma iris
a robin brushes
past a clump of daffodils
sunshine through drizzle
look up... a bow is looming
over Mt. Rainier's white crest
© MLee Dickens'son 08 April 2008

Started Apr 8th, 2008 at 3:18pm by Just_Daniel
6 65 Last Post Apr 9th, 2008 at 12:23pm
By: Just_Daniel
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REVERSAL
Okay...I have no idea where this came from or why it left wherever it was and showed up at my door. I had the last three lines in my "idea" file for a month or so. Today, while seeking something to...

Started Jul 8th, 2009 at 7:36pm by writer
5 69 Last Post Dec 17th, 2009 at 4:49am
By: davidf
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goest wrider... faux-ku
goest wrider
mo' then empty lot
fo' thy public service;
dost buggy

Started May 26th, 2007 at 3:23pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
4 7 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Just_Daniel - Ex Member
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ongoing postal ~ faux-ku
ongoing postal
think outside the box; 
be sure order's packed inside 
before you stamp

© MLee Dickens'son 04 Oct 2007


Started Oct 15th, 2007 at 3:56pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
5 12 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Just_Daniel - Ex Member
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butts...
cleaning up butts 
left no smoking gun... 
my V-8

Started Dec 7th, 2007 at 11:53am by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
6 39 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Just_Daniel - Ex Member
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Germinating Beginnings
Winter rains shower 
Watering us on this New day 
Encouraging growth 
~Rene~ Schwiesow

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 4:33pm by duetsdove (Ex Member)
10 59 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: duetsdove - Ex Member
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cancer of Camel lot ~ faux-quain
cancer of Camels lot
can Sir
_fill in the blank_,
when Arthur's smoke is cleared,
un-stick that death blow by any
more dread ?

MLee Dickens'son 04 Jan 2008

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 7:47pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
7 7 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Normpo
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senryru ~ subconscious rules
there aren't any
subconscious rules
it does

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 8:34pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
1 14 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: duetsdove - Ex Member
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fukyo
fukyo 
wizened fingers
follow deLight
son of a Basho

© MLee Dickens'son 16 Jan 2007
Please note the link.


Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 8:35pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
5 12 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: duetsdove - Ex Member
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Blank Verse
blank verse
look down on MLee
writin' a thousandth poem
sensein'isfingers
trippin' over clacketty keys
unmindful o' the moment

© MLee Dickens'son 17 Jan 2008

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 8:45pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
8 11 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: nas - Ex Member
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Cinquain
Trading
integrity,
for beads and baubles to
aquire gain, only reaps lost
Karma.
terry
(REV 1)
Trading
integrity,
becoming Acquirer,
corrupts life, rea...

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 8:53pm by Terry (Ex Member)
5 76 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Terry - Ex Member
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rotation
darkened sky hiding
whitened birch upon earth's soil
yields life with sun's rays
terry

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 8:54pm by Terry (Ex Member)
10 5 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Just_Daniel - Ex Member
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Haiku
around 5 a.m.
beautiful sunset
paints the winter sky
~Davidf

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 8:55pm by davidf (Ex Member)
6 14 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Just_Daniel - Ex Member
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AFC senryu...
Brady Bunch
beaches San Diego
Phoenix flight
© MLee Dickens'son 20 Jan 2008

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 8:57pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
3 29 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Terry - Ex Member
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Haiku
kites fly children laugh
grandparents reflecting
warm wind fades days end.
terry

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 8:57pm by Terry (Ex Member)
4 13 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Terry - Ex Member
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downright senryu...
Abraham reached up
willing to offer his son
God did

MLee Dickens'son 27 Jan 2007
from Genesis 22

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 9:10pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
2 7 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Just_Daniel - Ex Member
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lanturne ~ ( lips )
lips
provide
impression
no need to talk
back

© MLee Dickens’son 10 Feb 2007

Started Feb 10th, 2007 at 9:50pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
2 8 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Normpo
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haiku ( splash on icy pond )
splash on icy pond
splinters placid sunrise;
cat licks icily

Started Feb 11th, 2007 at 8:26pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member)
8 65 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: percephanie - Ex Member
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haiku (first time)
demure buttercups
shimmering rays of sunshine
lighting my path
Monique

Started Feb 11th, 2007 at 11:00pm by Brique (Ex Member)
10 20 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: percephanie - Ex Member
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FIVE
I was away yesterday enjoying a special day with my daughter.  However, I took a little time to reflect and write... as promised to Daniel.
Five Haiku
late march freeze -
great-grandmot...

Started Feb 14th, 2007 at 3:25pm by Brique (Ex Member)
6 14 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Brique - Ex Member
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First Haikus
toes curled clutching sand
warm wind swirling, life passes
old man's soul skyward
naked branch snow melts
seeing unseen bud, life grows
bared slopes bare anew
eyes transf...

Started Feb 15th, 2007 at 3:56am by Terry (Ex Member)
5 5 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Terry - Ex Member
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The cave
Help me
to find my way;
alone in this dark place
where noises seem to shadow me
preventing me from sleeping; it's a maze.
I look at nothing, but I smell
the stench of ...

Started Feb 15th, 2007 at 6:02pm by percephanie (Ex Member)
6 52 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: percephanie - Ex Member
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