OPEN MIC ENCORE I 
March & April, 2007

OPEN MIC ENCORE II

OPEN MIC ENCORE III

You Are My Dream Come True
cristin bass

 Couldn't ask for anyone better
 Having our hearts and souls as one
 Really, truly, caring
 Isn't amazing how,
 Sharing our lives can be so fulfilling
   Always want to be with you,
   Next to you,
   Daydreaming about you when you are gone.
 Cuddling to you, holding you,
 Running my hands through your hair.
 I instantly fell in love with with you.
 Someday, my love, you will see
 That my love for you is true and
 In that moment, we will become as one and  Never will we be any happier.
   Anticipating every waking moment.
   Loving endlessly.
   We are made for each other
   And we are an amazing couple.
   Your love, your heart, and all that you do
   Shows me that you are my dream come true!
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Dreaming
Olivia Lane

Sometimes when I dream
all I see is you

Standing in the green grass
still wet from mourning dew

I draw closer to your body
and look into your eyes

And for the first time notice
how they look like a clear blue sky

You hold me closer to you
and tell me everything is all right 

The way you hold me makes me
soar as high as a summer kite

All the sudden you push me away
and say you have to go

I step aside and wave goodbye
even though it hurts me so

You walk away and disappear
into the mourning sun

I watch you fade away
my dream is almost done

I close my eyes and sniff the air
the smell of you is lingering

I open my eyes only to find
I am no longer dreaming
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grey horse standing there alone with no care... grey horse standing there with no rug to wear... a lady aproaches the grey horse and she gallops over content. she climbs upon the grey horses back and tacks him for a ride. and know the grey horse is loved once more. because no one can resist the wrath of a horse cause, its is loving is real.

callula

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BOY OR GIRL
Rebecca N. Cabadas

BOY OR GIRL... GAY OR STRAIGHT HOW CAN YOU DECIDE WHEN IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY BECAUSE I THINK DEEP INSIDE WHO I REALLY AM SHE THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS THE TRUE ME AND MY FEELINGS THE FEELINGS THAT MAKE ME TINGLE INSIDE SHE GETS ME SHE LOVES ME BUT THIS ISN'T ME SHOULD I GO BY WHAT MY HEARTS SAYS OR BY WHAT ISN'T SIN...

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GOODBYE TO ALL THAT.
Terry Collett

Here is where she sat
And viewed the sea
Her eyes lost in the horizon’s hold 

Like a child in a game’s grip.
Here is where our hands held
Side by side on the sandy beach 

Each lost in ourselves and out of reach
Of each the other’s thoughts.
Here is where she died 

Her eyes closing
On the sun’s rising mist
And my last love sent kiss. 
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  PERPECTIVE
  by:ALOKANANDA HALDER
                Any dot makes the screen run
                Any footprint makes the path stretched
                Any spot makes the beauty glows
                Any tear-drop makes the joy glorious
                Days are beyond nights
                Nights are the silhouette of dancing days
                The Sun rises everyday from
                Behind the cosmic curtain
                I ,being the member of we
                Hear the symphony of life.
                                         
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your the only one i've ever loved

and to u i tell no lies

i love that warm and caring scense when i look into your eyes this feeling is the strongest think i ever think i've felt its the feeling well u smile at me it tends to make me melt i miss u more than ever but my love will never die just the thought of loosing u almost makes me cry but if u can not promise me your love then promise to me this that one day you'll return to me to give me one last kiss.

lilly

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wanting you
Ruben 

you on my mind so much it like i can't

live with out you and when i feel i'm missing you i'm missing every thing about you your smile,touch and the way you look at me and the thing i see in you in other girls i just can't see your so special so unique and the way you catch my eyes all you you need is wings because to me your just so fly i know someone loves you but they can't love you like i can this mybe hard to realize but please and try to understand with out you in my life i don't know what i would do and this is what i feel every time i'm wanting you.

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my hearts tears
anna smith

you think hearts cant feel well they can then you can feel them you leave me and then think i will take you back like a lost puppy and i do then you let yourself out again and i say i don't care but i do and its hard to not when you give me more thin i ask for and then get mad at me for not giving you as much and i don't know what to do and i'm hurt my heart cries its rears and it rains my heart cries its tears and it breaks for you.

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I Miss You
Dedicated to You
Gabber Monty
I want to say three words
I miss you
now and forever
Always I will wait you
Always I will feel you
Always I will wish to be beside you
What can I do?
Really I know no!

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 -FOREVER LOVE-
Bobby Gilbreth
A love between a man and woman
if true cannot be broken.
They look into each others eyes
and tell of a love unspoken.
Life can throw them hardships
but somehow they stay together.
There love grows even stronger
through the toughest of any weather.
they learn together to make each day
as special as the last.
never letting come between them
mistakes made in the past.
They grow old together hand in hand
loving more each day.
enjoying every moment
till the lord takes them away. 
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Broken Flower 
Antonio Ganaway
With a grain of salt I throw away my memories one by one with a hesitant hand 
I reach up high no sky within my reach do broken flowers repair themselves 
or wilt into prayer
I question the sovereignty of yesterday with all my might why?
for reparation's sake
thrown to the wolves without a rescuer
and then, mangled, introduced to today
with my petals almost gone I speak
I can honestly say that a broken flower can never flourish without reconstruction.
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As I look through the window
I’m crazed
In a daze over you
I had no clue
That my prayers would be answered
After all the disasters
Here comes my happily ever after
We’ve taken it slow
And I’ve allowed you to show me
The true meaning of love
You have been sent from up above
For only me
I can see a lifetime with you
Without haze
I can glaze in your eyes forever
My heart has been raised from the dead
And has received life again
You are my best friend
Janet Denise Thurston
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Sophie you are gawjuz,

and im sorry i had to end us,

but i think its better off this way,

but i feel so.. sorry,

as them dreded tears drip down my face,

as i said those awful words,

you were as beautiful as birds,

singing in the morning,

i hated my self that day it came to a end, but i really wanted to you to my my girlfriend, but it wasn't working out, that relationship was like a burnout, its started alwell but it ends so suddenly, farewell my pretty, your always in my heart!

xx josh 

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When I look in your eyes,
those deep seas of blue

I see a reflection of what I once meant to you When we had not one care, when we let each other know How we really did feel, and always let it show But now as I sit, alone in the dark, I still liik for that light, that one little spark That held us together with such warmth and such care Sometimes that torch is too much to bear So now let us remember, since memories are all that remain What we once had together, and forget the hurt ant the pain For I will always remember, I'll never, ever forget The summer we spent together, and the moment we first met.

Clayton Cunningham

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STARING AT THE CEILING GOT ME THINKING REALLY SAD THINKING BOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU GOT ME CRYING REALLY BAD YOU DON'T EVEN LOOK AT ME LIKE IM SPECIAL FOR U I FEEL SO NONEXSISTING EXSISTING WITHOUT U I FEEL SO WEAK I FEEL SO SAD WITHOUT YOU HEAR IT FEEL SO WACK KNOWING THAT U LEFT ME SOME DAYS AGO I THOUGHT NOT US THAT WAS IMPOSABLE I LOVED HIM SO MUCH I LOVED HIM SO BAD I THOUGHT ABOUT HIM DAY IN NIGHT WELL WHAT WE HAD .. I THOUGHT I OUR LOVE WAS GONNA LAST AND NEVER END UNTIL HE ENDED THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAST KISSED 4 EVER IN ALWAYS WILL HE BE MISSED CAUSE OUR LOVE THAT WE SHARED WILL ALWAYS LAST IN REMINIST...

TILYNN ROBINSON

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BUTTER & JAM
by Ruth Walters
 
She looked into his eyes
and held his hand so tight
under the stars that twinkled bright
under the magic moon that night.
She spoke to him of things they’d do
like picnics in the park in June.
A fairy tale wedding in July
while he, in his tight blue jeans did sigh.
 
He was thinking of Nancy May
and how he could make his getaway!
He could drop off his keys,
hop on a bus, grab a sandwich 
he didn’t eat much.  
He’d rush to meet her by the pier
they’d have a laugh and a pint of beer.
He would kiss and stroke her firm pert breasts.
She wasn’t the type of a gal to resist
and he just couldn’t resist her.

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what i want true love to be
carrie roche


             Does he love me I dont know
            With all the feelings inside me
            I wonder if he feels the same 
            He hugs me like know other man has
            He kisses me like I never been kissed before
            He talks to me in the deepest voice
            He finally tells me i just wanna be friends 

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QUESTIONABLE LOVE
Shona Soule

Why is it that when I am with you, I hate you Why is it that when I am without you, I miss you Why do we fight Without any right I feel lost in this place Like I am a visitor in my own heart I feel left out in the cold, Without anyone or anything to guide me I wish I could see how it is that you "love" me.

For I don't even know what love is, but I say it anyways I wish I knew what it feels like, to be so sure I though about it once as not being able to live with out you.

But then I am with you again and my feelings change.

I hate this so called "life" I am living.

The way I get treated and the way I treat you.

I wish you only knew

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i could have been happy
if we didn't do what we did
but we did it
and it ruined it all
we have screamed and fought
we broke and we got nothing
nothing there.
there isn't anymore to look at
so stop with pity
and dont pity me
because i can fight for myself
and i won't because
i can be a nothing a nobody
i dont want to be a somebody
i can't handle this war we want to call
lets call it off
and maybe you could call the shots but
all there is left now
after we have been riped and torn
is the thought of what we could
be, happy.
lets be happy.
and let us forget the events that
shattered the glass.
we will no longer be in vain
in pain and in misery.
because i am trying
for you and for me
to be a person
with a gracious soul.

Morgan 

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YOU MUST BE HAPPY
Casey Elizabeth Hall
As much as it hurts me...
I still love you.
As much as it kills me...
I really hate you.
Even though I know I'm lucky,
I miss you.
You must be happy
Since I've "forgotten" you.
You must be happy
Since I stopped defending you
when my friends called you names.
And even though it pains me.
I love someone new...
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"Pass Me By"
Susan Carr

If you can't hear the song of my heart or I can't hear yours, Pass Me By!

If you can't walk the rocky shoals with me, along with the smooth beaches, Pass Me By!

If you can't dance with the music or sing with it, or your heart isn't moved by a beautiful song, Pass Me By!

If you don't notice a dog smiles, Pass Me By!, If we've come "full circle" and the circle remains "squared", Pass Me by, Please!

But if you can do all these things, then grab my hand, let's catch a dream, and make life a great adventure together!

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“When was the last time”
Corry Puckett
When was the last time
Someone walked you home and kiss you good night.
When was the last time
Someone told you they love you and truly cared
When was the last time
Someone rubbed your shoulders or massaged your feet When was the last time Someone had you in arms and you fell asleep.
When was the last time
Someone warmed you by their caress
When was the last time
Love was within your breast
When was the last time
You had that late night rendezvous
When was the last time
Someone was in you.
When was the last time
Someone Playfully teased you
When was the last time
Someone pleased you as they ate you
When was the last time
Someone was there when you lay to rest
When was the last time
You whispered my name under breath
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I can't speak the right words to say, Whenever she is with me
What am I suppose to do, With this childhood fantasy
I can't understand what I feel, Whenever she is not with me
It feels like we're miles apart, "I miss her" says my lonely heart
If only I had one more wish, I'd wipe the tears off my eyes
Missing somebody is painful like this, I can't stop thinking about her
She is everything to me, Everything that I truly wanted
She is a myth I have to believe in, And a song that no one sings
She keeps my dreams alive, And keeps me hanging on
She kissed away my tears, And fight away all of my fears
Whenever I start to miss her, My lonely heart starts to bleed
I can't stop thinking about her, 'Cause she is all that I need...
Dwight 
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Our Heart
By. Darien Francis

All this time hiding feelings and thinking of you The secret is finally out my deepest emotion Now that it is out I feel we both feel better about telling each other But even though we feel the same way there are still things from being together Although that is we are working through it and progressing more and more

Now we talk, laugh and share our feelings of each other Whether were together or on the phone Were beginning to get closer to each other But when the time comes and we have to depart from each other Our heart melts and we both know that it’s hard to let go

Every time I see you your bright face and beautiful smile Makes me happy every little second I’m with you Just to be love my you and to know that your love is true Gives me so much joy Just always remember that even if we don’t be together That I will always love you and be there for you no matter what.

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my friend was sent from above like an angle here she was standing beside me with open arms she's always here, she's always cared no matter what she has loved me for who i am her name is ALEXIS "A" stands for Angle which god has sent "L" stands for Loving which she's always been "E" stands for Eargent which she always is "X" stands for X rays which she's never had one "I" stands for Inefficient for which she's a good one on me "S" stands for Shelter which she's always been for

god sent me an angle in which she brings me happens my friend and my angle ALEXIS

Erin Palen

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he's with her
and there is nothing i can do
but cry and wish to die
i miss him so badly and
he h8z me so much but one
day when she dumps him
and he's all alone
i will be there a shoulder to cry on
i will take him back
and we will be together for eva no
matter what!!!
sylvie

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When a loved one is taken from you
Devin O’Rourke

When a loved one is taken you greave for them When a loved one is taken you ask god he had to take them from you When a loved one is taken you weep When a loved one is taken your heart cries out for comfort When a loved one is taken

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Tears Tears Poem
James Hoult
Tears Tears, they fall when we are happy they fall when we are sad 
They fall when we are over joyous; they fall when we feel bad 
They fall when my head spins and my heart pours 
They fall when your heart is filled with love and mine with yours 
They fall when my am unhappy and my head is in a whirl
But they are falling now because you are my girl tears tears.
Everything has a meaning, everything has a pair I am your man and you are my girl  

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FORGET
amber
 
Why can I just close my eyes
and forget about last night,
forget about the hurtful things
forget about the fight.
forget about the words you said
and the things that you have done,
forget about what I feel
forget about every one.
forget about the tears I've shed
and the pain that i have felt,
forget about you even though my mind is full of guilt.
forget about the love we've shared
and the good times I have felt,
forget about being in your arms and feeling myself melt.
forget about you,
forget about us,
forget about then,
forget about us ever being together again.

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Love Is
Kelly Leveque-Weesner

Love is the Light I have seen in your eyes, 
Love is good feeling you give me inside.
Love is the feeling I have for you,
But now I see you cannot feel it too.

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Poem 1 - Lost
Ramesh Dohan
His hands are explorers
and my body the jungle
what will he find next
A new word
that is soft like water
can I use for you
my love

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One Person
For: Rhiannon
By: Chris Cannell

Sometimes you meet someone, someone so special that it completely takes your breath away. This person can make you smile twenty-four hours a day even when they are not in your presence, you can talk to them about anything. This person accepts you for who you are and is able to see all the great things you have inside you that all others seem to overlook. The complete silence when you gaze into each others eyes says it all, without words and the comfort you feel in their arms, the passion of a kiss, the warmth of an embrace is unmatched by anything you have ever experienced.

Your feelings and emotions are such that it makes no sense what so ever that you feel the way you do. Against all logical explanations, you can picture yourself spending the rest of your life with them, but this is what makes it so real. The emotions you know you are feeling should not be inside you in anyway, but they are and that is when you realize that this person and the relationship you have with them, and them alone, is the one that can last through ages.

Challenging times test your emotions; conversation and honesty get you through them and only makes your feelings stronger for each other. But then the most trying of challenges arises; you both know the extent of the feelings you have. Are these feelings enough to carry you through?

All you can do is hope that what you both know is right - the feelings you have for one another, will prevail, and this one person with whom you share all of these special feelings and emotions will ultimately come back to your arms.

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The Gift of God - The Heart of a Woman
In Loving Memory of Cheryl L. Baatz
October 20th 1956 – December 22nd 2005
Anthony Allen Baatz
A woman of courage will find the way
To the heart of her husbands’ every day
She works and she strengthens those ties that bind 
She leaves no work undone behind
Considered whispers and her gentle touch 
Her hearts embrace reveals so much
My honored queen of both time and place
Enchanting all with her privileged grace
My heart resplendent in her tender care
Her every wish is my every prayer
Beyond the path which courage must take
Restrained by the angels as they surely quake
With wings outstretched now, toward heavens gate 
In time revealed is her quiet fate
No pain to suffer for ever more
My angel now stands upon heavens shore
In farewell she turned as if something was missed 
But if only to leave me one last gentle kiss
My hand releasing her life’s gentle thread 
That she may take the hand of Jesus instead
I desperately cry out to my God above
Into your hands I commend her, in mercy and love
If there is a witness to reason or rhyme 
If there is a place out of time
It is surely the gift God has given to see 
In the heart of this woman He has given to me
 
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A heavy rain fell from the sky
And chilled me to the bone
The moment that you said goodbye
And left me here, alone
I cannot change the words I said
Or all the things I lack
But yet, I pray these tears I shed
Will serve to win you back.

I know that I can sometimes be
Just like a hurricane
When words lay scattered like debris
Upon a coastal plain
But rest assured, I mean no harm
My heart is always true
For even when my voice lacks charm
My life is blessed by you.

Still, I would give the moon and stars
For one chance to atone
The hurtful words, now seen in scars
As I live on my own
I know that I am in the wrong
And hope you’ll hear my plea
Though I am weak, I know you’re strong
I pray you’ll forgive me.

Lindzy

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Love Is ...Love Is …
lizzie manyok
Love is the greatest feeling,
Love is like a play,
Love is what I feel for you,
Each and every day,
Love is like a smile,
Love is like a song,
Love is a great emotion,
That keeps us going strong,
I love you with my heart,
My body and my soul,
I love the way I keep loving,
Like a love I can't control,
So remember when your eyes meet mine,
I love you with all my heart,
And I have poured my entire soul into you, Right from the very start.
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CHILDHOOD FRIENDS
Robert B. Williams
miles and time
and different roads
plans and dreams
and different loads
searchers
for the rainbow's end
leave only memories
of Childhood Friends
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God Sent Me An Angel
Mary Carpio
God knew I was lonely
as lonely as can be
Knew I needed someone
so He sent you to me
He guided my footsteps
to a place that He knew
We'd cross each other's path
and eventually I'd find you
He knew I needed sunshine
to brighten every day
Knew I needed friendship
so He showed me the way
Blessed me with an angel
who is always there
He bonded us together
with love we can share
Knew I needed a companion
so would never be blue
God sent me an angel
that special angel is you
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I'll Wait
Sarah Boyer
                 I'll wait for the look in your eyes, the day I say I'd 
                   never go,
                 I'll wait for your hand to be enclosed in mine,
                 I'll wait for the kiss that will show your mine,
                  You know I'd never think of being with somebody else.
                 For you I would wait a thousand days for you to come.
                  Your my only true love and nobody would or will change
                 that about us,
                We might not be together now but you know I am still 
                 waiting for you and I will always and forever!
 
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aesthetically pleasing
valval

just teasing with the strangeness of oblivion dos cervesas, porfa pleez under trees with bees between my knees and the humid hyper oral sex scene made me feel unclean ha. would it not be a joke as we choke and become broke. then elope with our wishes tied up in a bag, with a string, then we'll sing cuz we've all been played in nineteen dozen ways crazed and not unlike the folks all feeling the chemistry but twas not to be cuz well she's crushing on me, gonna veto my romeo?

not so!

 

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