Edmund black

Jul 2023

Salmabanu Hatim

Treasured you in my heart,
Nor in my eyes,
But in my soul.
For a kind person with inner beauty,
And a pure soul like you,
Who pours sunshine of happiness on me,
Deserves to be my soulmate.
3/7/2023

Jul 2023

Lori Jones McCaffery

DESTINY

Fate is a neon-lit pinball machine
And I am a little steel ball
Dodging the "tilt" sign as best I can
ljm

How many of you remember pinball machines
How many of you don't know what they are

Jul 2023

Odd Odyssey Poet

Dear Sleep

Even five minutes of you,
Will always be a tired man's sweet dream

Jul 2023

ryn

Strings

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I’ve grieved…
Not so much over what was lost.
More so the way
I tried to bury these memories.

Candles…
that for a time once,
stoked hale,
unflickering flames.

All tied to strings
that lead straight to my heart
and all partially buried…
In many a shallow grave.

•••

Perhaps because a deeper tomb
would mean a lesser purchase
and looser grip on these strings.

I never could let go…

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#hellopoetry107 #strings