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		<title>You and Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what the man in the dream told me?
Do you know what the winter rain showed me?
Do you know why an angel with your aura
visited me?

No &#8220;reason&#8221; anyone will know or understand!
but &#8230;you and me!
 As the stars in the heaven shoots and travel
far away&#8230;
to the tune of our songs, but, no one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flight Of Phoenix</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1
I make myself man
 each time I create 
 setting, character, tone
 in a poem
 create poetic sense
 disclose my natural being
 playing five senses
 my distortions and inversions
 evolve in history and society
 to save the man in me
 through poetry of self
2
The seed of my song
 lies deep in memory
 like paddy in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Eros Blows</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swirling through her hidden trails.
 It seeks the free and open fields.
 Let go you sad and frightened trees.
 Eros blows your brittle leaves.
The field is where the passion grows.
 By mountains and their jealous hills.
 Unseen but felt and little known;
 ludus brings her greatest thrill.
The icy drifts of memories past;
 erotic warmth for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entangled In You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We common strands, once alone.
 Sought a weave to call our own.
 At times too tight, at times too loose.
 A chance to tie the lovers noose.
You bound me by your woven charm.
 You fastened me within your arms.
 Bound by fate no strings were spared.
 Lost within your luring hair.
Our minds were twined in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elements Clack Silence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WISDOM
I always dreamt the world
 as one and thought I belonged
 but none let me live
my simple soul at home
 with differences
 they kicked me into exile
for their prejudices
 forced me seek my nest
 in myself
I share the wisdom
 of peace and life in tune
 with nature
WIT AND SOUL
A Matisse or Picasso
 only complicates
 the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunset at Scarborough</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you saw
The Golden Sun
Setting on the Sea
At Scarborough
And you thought of me, my love
I felt wonderful
Being a part of the text
That you sent me
Being a part of your memory
As you remembered me
Being a part of that
Moment in Time
When the Golden Sun
Was setting
On the Sea
At Scarborough.
As you stood there
In the Balcony
On the 22nd Floor
Of your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another message I got from you today. Echos of love, mercy and grace.
 Founded since time began. Your are my mother my father and my friend.
You have placed you spirit into my very soul. You are ancient of days, but never old.
 I created an ego and wished that you had left. Looking to blame [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Everyone Should Know About Inspirational Poems</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Everyone Should Know About Inspirational Poems
Inspirational poems are everywhere. They line the walls in churches and community centers. They sit neatly above the seats on city buses. They appear in magazines and on the inside flaps of countless non-fiction bestsellers. Inspirational poems are used to motivate those with illness, those who have lost someone, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Most of Your Poetry: PART 1  Eliminate Weak Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lovely lady
 With the soft,
 Sweet smile
Dont go away,
 Stay with me
 A while.
He found love
 That dark 
 December day.
In a boat
 By the
 Bay.
 
*NOTE: This is my made-for-this-article poem  so we arent hurting anyones feelings here.*
Lets pretend we are either editing this as our own or critiquing anothers poem (we should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Everyone Should Know About Friendship Poems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poems have been written about nearly every topic under the sun, and next to love and death, friendship poems are among the most commonly read, written, and shared in the world. Unfortunately, a beautiful poem written in friendship can often result in a misunderstanding when it sounds very much like a love poem.
Regardless of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peddling Dream</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sky couldnt retain   
 all of the moon now entering
 my house through windows
A star shines bright
 beside the crescent moon:
 she fakes a smile
Through the small windows
 gaze at the moon hid behind
 cloud after cloud
Shaking hands
 couldnt part with the henna
 on her palms
Reluctant to climb
 the spiral staircase&#8211;
 bathing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rhythm Of Haiku</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first discovered haikus, when I was about twelve. I remember listening to my English teacher explain the basic pattern (3 lines/ 17 syllables), and my mind went running off with the possibilities. It was the first non-rhyming type of poetry I had really encountered, and I was intrigued by its simplicity.
As I tried writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connotation And Denotation: What They Are And How To Make Use Of Them In Your Poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom, you wont believe how cheap this outfit was! I declare as I wave the Bells Outlet bag like a victory banner.
My mother cringes, Inexpensive, not cheap, please.
When writing anything, word choice is a key component. Because of its compact nature, it is even more so with poetry. How the word sounds in relation to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love Poems Anthology Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Angel Of The Morning 
Youre my Angel of the Morning,
 My lover and my best friend.
 With you here beside me,
 Our love will never end.
Youre my Angel of the Morning,
 So delicate and so sweet.
 With you as my lover,
 My life is just complete.
Youre my Angel of the Morning,
 The support that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memories Unmemoried</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1
Oasis in memories
 of desert rhythm of wilderness
 sand is the poetry
2
Man turns a shadow
 under tree arches rainbow
 is the moonlight fog
3
My restlessness blooms
 not thought but ulcer in the 
 stomach the flux of
shadows shape loss of
 my son in the picture hall
 I wait interval
4
Do you hear pulses
 of memory in graveyard
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship Poems 7 - Thank You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To a friend or family member whom you just want to say, thanks.  To let them know how much you appreciate the things that they have done for you.  When someone does something for you that you cannot put a price tag on it, just say, thank you.  You may not have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Katrina - Why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Katrina Blues&#8221;
Ive been watching the news
 Humming and moaning the Katrina Blues
 Watching news crews snooze
 Trying me, Lying to me
 Ignoring human suffering
 A man said Im going out of my head, my wife is dead
 And you didnt so much as offer him Bufferin
 As her hand slipped from his
 She told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ezra Pound - An introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ezra Pound (1885-1972) is generally spoken of as an American writer, although he lived over half his life in Europe and declared a preference for older cultures that foster and appreciate the arts.  Indeed, he found a congenial culture in Mussolinis Italy where his association with the fascist regime led to eventual incarceration in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn Your Poetry Into A Personalized Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you struggling to think of a personal gift for someone special? Producing a custom-made selection of your own poetry makes a delightful gift for anyone, and one that is bound to be treasured.
This is an area of your writing where you have free creative control over the entire project  layout, content, and design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Earth Asks Us To Answer the Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Tribute to the Live Earth Concert - July 7, 2007
 A feast of caring for the precious world we share together.
We did not know that it was possible to matter so,
 that each small gesture of caring made throughout the day
 could make a difference of huge proportions.
 We thought that only the very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Was Not Looking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, you find freinds, you did not know would teach you so much.  You did not know, there were no road signs, that this person, this very person in front of you, was going to give you answers to questions you did not even know were nagging, in your subconscience.  Then, like opening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by four wind that blow over my  path. Torn in all directions. Whose hand can I grasp. My mind flowed in a melodic scene on wavy ocean painted pictures deep and green. Scattering my thoughts like a movie with no end. Insanity screams &#8220;hello my friend&#8221;. In the midst of this mess my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality - Do You Believe In It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spirituality is the essence of life. It is that driving force upon which our life depends. Spirituality is the fodder for our soul. Since time infinite, man has relied upon spirituality to find the solutions to his toughest and most complex problems. Whether it was the invention of the wheel or the Moses divine awakening, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Thing Called Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once we were so close
 As close as two could ever be,
 You become a special part of me
 And in one night, you became even more;
The thunderous passion we shared
 Burned deeply into my soul,
 And in that eternal night,
 Our passion engulfed me
 The world and everything in it 
 Was no longer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Nidia, My Love of Centuries Past</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dust of a civilization long past filters down through my nostrils and creates there amidst the cosmos of my being a lustful, wanton need of resurgence, a tremendous desire to be reborn. For having died once already, and then, perhaps, to be given this second chance&#8230;To be thus rewarded, to be so divinely favored, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship Poems 17 - One Penny</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that there is no shortage of money?  Today with an uncertain economy, you are encouraged to save your money.  The perfect solution is to start at a young age and continue throughout your life.  You can start at a young age by learning how to save at least one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homecoming</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home is where the heart is&#8230;
 As we search for happiness.. we ran to all sides of the world.. in our hearts there will always be a place we call home..
 Place where we can be freely - ourselves
 Place where what matters most is peace and love..
 Place where we can rest our wings.. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting the God of Mercy on a Rainy Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anticipating death, Zhuangzi says, 

 &#8221; I shall have heaven and earth for my coffin and its shell, 
 the sun and moon as my two round symbols of jade, 
 the stars and constellations for my pearls and jewels, 
 and all other things assisting as my mourners &#8220;. 
 Yet Su Dong Po [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World Famous Poetry Anthology Scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Succeeding as a writer is a very hard thing to achieve.  Unfortunately there are those out there willing to take advantage of writers and exploit their dreams of being published.  A popular scam in print and online is known among other things as the Poetry Anthology scam.
The way it works is a struggling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry Contests</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A simple expression or communication may convey the required message, but may not make lasting impressions or bring us closer to people. We pass through many situations in our life where we find it necessary to honor, acknowledge and pay tribute to our near and dear ones. A brief note of greeting would be short [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would You Care?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I miss you still, to this day.
 It does not matter much, how much you hurt me.
 This love has a life of its own and just wont die.
 I try to remember the tears, and the hateful way you treated me.
 But my own heart betrays me and I see your soft brown eyes,
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship Poems 2 - A Touch of Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone needs to be inspired to continue to do their best in life. A touch of inspiration is simply receiving a little revelation from a person or thing that inspires.  You can be inspired by a song, idea or anything that uplift your spirit. Inspiration could come from praying and meditating or from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship Poems 10 - When Two Hearts Become One</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the best ways to send well wishes to a friend living far away who is getting married.  Two lives merging together is never easy and it takes a lot of work on both sides.  However, there is no greater union than the institution of marriage.
All of the mysteries of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fractured Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fractured moon
 In a silver spoon
 Dissolved into the eyes
 Of awakening tiger
 Then moved away
 In a vanishing light
 With a lunar tone
Fractured moon
 Swallowed 
 By a flying dragon
 With all fire and no fire
 The fractured moon
 Collapsed in doom
While the souls 
 Of the dead
 Still roam 
 Closer and closer
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repetition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[when i wake
 and I say
 i love you 
 when I wake
 and wonder
 what will work
 what wont work
 (when i wake
 i love you)
 rise to meet
 the challenge
 rise to face
 whats unknown
 with what i
 understand
 rise to move,
 i hear the
 wind whisper
 silent words
 to my heart.
 its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Conjugal Curse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She craves but to savor a tender lovers` kiss,
 and sense the rush of rapture it could bring; 
 Masked behind the cloak of marital bliss 
 Unfettered fervor latent lay below a wedding ring.
After the dowry came a deluge of deepening disturb 
 In-laws enter with contrived smiles ready to unfold 
 Her starving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please ignore the aliens
They are taking over my brain
Impulses come and Impulses go
Hoping that my soul will still remain.
My soul is slowly dying
Remembering my past
The life and love I hold within
If only they would last.
The aliens within
Strip me of my Hope,
My Smile, My Strength, My Determination
I forget the tools to cope.
I know that I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filial Piety</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I look upon this land I see your blood, I see your tears, I see your love and I see your fears.
 As I walk this land I will dry your blood with knowledge and I wipe your tears with success, I will embrace your love with determination and eliminate your fears with education.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship Poems 9 - Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did someone wrong you that you need to forgive so that you can move on in life?  Realize that these things happen in the game called life.  Sometimes life will throw you a curve and you cannot recover from it. Usually it is something unexpected such as a divorce or death of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much time wasted trying to give hope to the hopeless, succeeding in failures and trying to add depth to two dimensional lives.
All cardboard cut outs positioned in a diorama that only invites insects for movement, remembering then there is life
And standing still, I am resurrected into my hope, drawn up and floating just right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once had somebody I loved
 Her touch, her tender cheek pressed gently against my own
 The feeling alone warmed my blood and sent chills down my spine
 Oh how I miss that feeling, of my heart pounding, after that first glance
But now its all over
 That evil fiend know as time has taken her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eternal Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Brownings Porphyrias Lover and Helen Adams I Love My Love, share a common subject: eternal and inescapable love. In each poem, the fated love remains even after death. These deaths both occur when the woman is strangled with her own hair by her lover.
I Love My Love told in the third-person point of view, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Similes, Metaphors and Poetry Threads, Oh My!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us learned that similes were comparisons using the words like or as by second or third grade, so thats all well say on that section of our imagery toolbox.
Unless youve studied poetry or writing further, you may not be as familiar with the metaphor or poetry thread (aka extended metaphor).
Metaphor
In life, as in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Lonely Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To go the way thats never gone;
 within your heart a fires lit.
 Sings a frightful lonely song;   
 listen friend, to every wit.
 Before you choose this glory friend;
 expect a fight youve never known.
 Prepare thy mind a tired end; 
 off to go where few will roam.
As you plow a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship Poems 6 - Thinking of You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is for the friend or family member whom you have not seen or heard from in a while. You just want the person to know that he has not been forgotten.  In fact, you think of him every day.
As you were going about your normal duties, you were thinking about him. Your mind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Judith Dupree, Author of Poetry Collection &#34;Living with What Remains&#34;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judith Dupree is with us today chatting about her recently published  book of poetry that focuses in an unusually prescient way upon the losses we face in our complex society. Welcome to Reader Views.
Juanita:  Judith, you have written a lovely book of poetry.  What inspired you to write living with what remains?
Judith: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#34;Beowulf&#34; - The Story of an Extraordinary Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The poem Beowulf tells the tale of an extraordinary man who performs great feats.  Beowulf is the superhero of his day, unparalleled in strength and willing to take on any challenge that he comes upon with as little help from weapons as possible and no help from other warriors.  Hes in a league [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Am The Watcher III</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OBSERVATIONS;
Who is my brother
 a question to ask
 a statement to make
When the question is asked
 what limit shall I set
 do I look to family only
 or go beyond
My brother is
 he who needs 
 no matter where he is
 nor who he be
 I shall be the one
 he shall see
for this I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Went to the wedding last weekend.
 Everyone new, I knew, was there.
 But you were not, not even in my thoughts.
 Looking back, I just realized,
 You were not even present in my thoughts!
 I watched, and listened as my friends were married,
 On a grassy knoll, in the park, at the beach,
 Just as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship Poems 15 - Special Day Wishes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has a special day such as a wedding, anniversary, graduation, baby announcement, and others.  No matter the occasion, you want to find the right words to wish your family and friends the best of luck on his or her special day.
Lets go down a memory lane for a moment and look at that [...]]]></description>
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