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Review of Love: Lost and Found by Pamela Beckford

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

These poems certainly have a lot of emotion within in.  As the title makes clear, they’re all love poems, but there is still a good amount of variety.  You have some that are sweet, some are passionate, and others that … Continue reading →

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Love: Lost and Found Blog Tour

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

Alone (double cinquain) Alone So incomplete Gazing at the moonlight Wondering just when you’ll be here Nearby With me To start our lives Never to leave again Becoming whole and not just half As one Pamela has written a second … Continue reading →

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Music Behind Your Lids

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

Choose a random song Off whatever you have at hand Finger on play You close your eyes And focus on the colored sounds An adventure in unknown lands Or visiting the past Every beat will guide you As a story … Continue reading →

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The Inevitable Maw

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

World on the edge Teetering toward ruin With humanity dancing on the rim All aware of what lies below Yet unable to pull away Have we done this dance before? In a different life and form? Push our world to … Continue reading →

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Remember the Magic

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

There was magic In every book and game The brightness of cartoons As heroes and villains fought Words flowing to my mind Until I slept upon the pages Music dragging me back To go on the adventure again Pushing the … Continue reading →

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Reasons for Writing (Poem Set 3)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

Love of the Word You grew up with books Reveling in their worlds Both of Earth and beyond Nurtured by their ink Until adulthood Where you wish to share your joy And carry others beyond the page Follow in Footsteps … Continue reading →

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Reasons for Writing (Poem Set 2)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

Change the World You dream of shaping history Redirecting mankind’s path All with your words Finely crafted by your hand Meticulously chosen from your mind You have the grandest power To persuade the world That your path is full of … Continue reading →

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Reasons for Writing (Poem Set 1)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

Fame Sweet taste of admiration As all eyes fall upon your work Setting your heart aflame Justifying your existence No longer a nameless wordsmith You have stepped from the shadows To claim your spotlight Fortune Clinking of coins in your … Continue reading →

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From the Vault: I Love You . . . But

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

I love you, dearest. And I found a surgery for your bald spot. I love you, honey. And I chose a diet for you to use. I love you, sweetie. And I found a medicine for your sweaty pits. I … Continue reading →

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Voices of Nature Blog Tour!

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

Stars Above (alouette) Starry nights shine bright Thousands of wee lights Constellations light the sky Darkness shows contrast While clouds have gone past Suspended in time up high Pisces and Leo Taurus and Virgo Constellations light the sky Sagittarius Libra, … Continue reading →

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