Poetry
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- Written by: Eric Lawson
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A former Adonis now disheveled
He scowls at the gathered patrons
A former celebrity now ignored
As a host he is pompously precious
if only to placate his wounded ego
The perched performers practice
covert hostility in order to gain
access to minuscule stage time
Necks twist and sore
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- Written by: Sophiraness
- Category: Poetry
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Pretty young woman
I’d like to know:
What are you doing-
You’ve watched the show
And decided you’re losing
So used to hearing negatives and no
You’ve spent your whole life proving
Earning more value than you’ve been told
Then settling for less being tired of moving
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- Written by: Sophiraness
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Here’s Me
Shaking with the need
To let go of this anxiety
Promise the reigns of control
All for me to soothe with ease
What bitterness is this-
What awareness is this-
What need is this –
To control the little world within my view
To
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- Written by: Sophiraness
- Category: Poetry
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Im mad at myself for feeling this feel that I feel
And mad that these feelings translate into
Something other than real
Its really not a big deal I tell myself
While watching my haphazard descent
Into madness wipe away any joy or gladness
And then I envy tunes
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- Written by: ugwerks
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The verbal scowls
And incessant harping
Didn’t trouble him
Nearly so much
As the sound of
Her fingernail voice
Marring the lacquer
Of his well-rubbed
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- Written by: grunfruaorshell
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Does it not drip for her as tears turn to blood?
Red would be the better hue
Don't you think Sal...then this dreamy blue?
Being quite literal with your grief's flood.
Perhaps I am too much of a cynic to believe
That your love is now a wave
Crashing upon the shore of her grave
Read more: Dali's Tears (Ekphrastic Poem)
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- Written by: Eric Lawson
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We all take long refreshing gulps
One by one
We all spit the dirty water out
There isn't another village for miles
Miles away
Miles Davis plays in my mind
Mindful of the scorching sun
I sit and simmer in the shade
Where am I now?
India? Kashmir?
Read more: Dirty Water and Other Mental Obstacles
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- Written by: Eric Lawson
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though we try to keep it up well
It tells me secrets in the night
The wind rustles the shutters
The floorboards sometimes creak
The soft earth shifts beneath it
while I lay still but am moved
There are ghosts in the corners
There are stories in every
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- Written by: Eric Lawson
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Living on a dead end street
I can't abide this rat race life
Brake into my neighbor's
basement shelter at night
Steal his old machine gun
I go deep into the woods
I lift the gun to the sky
I fire round after round
Scream for answers
From President
From
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- Written by: Regbi23
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I hold my hands over my eyes and think
What to do how to act
And answers lye hidden on the narrow path.
I see bright lights
They illuminate an ocean of fear dread
All piled up within
Nowhere to hide.
As if I cannot breath
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- Written by: Regbi23
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A strange dreamless night passed
I felt engulfed in a sea of memories
That day I opened my eyes to seek out something
I saw glass mountains and meadows great meadows of stampeding brightly colored elephants
Wild excitement scribbled upon a child’s face.
At night listening
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- Written by: Regbi23
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It appeared to me in a dream
What was it who knows?
Behind its hideous mask the soul of the creature arose
