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I'm just a Christian country boy from Swansea Mass.

  November 2023     1 hour ago

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My Man and the Sea.

My Man and the Sea.

She sits on the rocks. The ocean is quiet, deep, and alone. I wish in my heart that my man would come home. The waves whisper to me, and the soft sands of the sea sweep over my feet and surround where I stand. I need my man....

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The whispering of the leaves.

The whisper from the leaves.

Here I am, sitting on a hill in complete and blissful solitude. You can look, but don't make a sound. Look at the leaves dancing in the wind. Stand still and listen to the sound. The subtle blowing Breeze, when there...

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The owl in the a tree.

The owl is in the tree. 

As I walk into the deep woods, I can feel the heap, rubble, and stubble of the leaves and branches crackling under my feet. I know I should retreat. But I will stay. I will never walk away. The owl, perched high in the...

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Still the children cry.

Still, the children cry. 

I can hear the children crying in the middle of the night. They whisper in my ears the things I fear and never want to hear. They're here from the past to ask me to help them at last. Furthermore, They all told me a...

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Time.

Time. 

Put out the sun. Pull the stars from the sky. The universe has ended. My soul has died. The pain in my heart forever will stay. I longed for your love. You walked away. But I will always love you at the end of every day....

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This poem is about a girl waiting for her man to come home from sea. I guess a lot did not.

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I think that ship has sailed.

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Wow. You have to be born with that talent to rhyme.

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Nice. I have a crush on my cleaning lady and she don't know. Maybe we should tell them? Okay maybe not.

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I will hang this one on my wall.

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I don't know if you're getting these. But you know my secret. You got me with the ocean the sweet lips and the kisses and the fire things I love well done.

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I love The whispers the leaves shadows just about everything thanks for the vote.

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This poem is about everything I love leaves shadows whispering.

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I love any poem with angels and children in it

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Not as good as you.

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Beautiful.

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mine you have to run and hide it's all drugs and guns.

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My problem is sometimes my past creeps into my poems. I like your style better. Thanks for the vote.

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My poems turn into half stories. Sometimes you have to get them out.

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I don't have the beat thing you do. Lol

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