Poetry
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- Written by: Joshua Hennen
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When I was young I would visit the desert.
It was dry and barren.
I live there now.
When in that desert
I would catch scorpions.
Those freaks of the first order
are equaled by
those freaks that would capture them.
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A Maenad* roams the wild reckless me
That darkening forest of hopes and dreams:
A love sacred like an ancient oak tree
Secure without bar walls pillars or beams.
Yet the savage boar-shaped demons of doubt
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- Written by: Joshua Hennen
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Just to go back for a while
to linger for a piece
to rest me on the stump of my memory
I'll go there older but not too late
This time I won't be alone
this time
I'll take the missing piece
The part that I never knew was gone
but I knew when
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- Written by: Fairm1
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"Scientists have long considered the ability to recognize oneself in a mirror to be an index of high cognitive ability...there is every reason to suspect that elephants may be capable of far more complex cognition than is currently understood or documented. ”
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- Written by: JoeyRocketship
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A branch’s charcoal shadow
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- Written by: BKShaw
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"Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period Jan-March 31, 2017."
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- Written by: jkbpoet
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- Written by: Gigisnowhite
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"Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period Oct 31-Dec. 31, 2013. See commentary below."--ed.
Tweedle Dee Dee and Tweedle Dee Dum
One could sing, the other hum
One was smart and one was dumb
One was free and one was numb
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- Written by: 1Rosetattoo
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"Runner-up in the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period July 1-Sept. 30, 2012."--ed.
She will miss the kiss.
It lingers on and she tastes him.
Something that she never experiences
and longs for,
her brief emancipation.
He tosses her like a rag doll,
entwined, she is trembling,
he breaks her in two,
that last kiss, now lips closed tightly,
out the door.
Read more: Don't Hold Your Breath SLUT (Explicit)
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- Written by: NeilWilliam
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"1st Place Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period July 1-Sept. 30, 2012."--ed.
At the Viand Coffee Shop...
on Madison Avenue
which must not be confused
with the Viand on East 86th
or the Viand on Broadway
come the young ladies fresh from
their visit to the Met
or, if they dare, the Whitney
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- Written by: Chris Edwards
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"1st Place Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period January 1-March 31, 2012."--ed.
Wilson drives the day labor
with coded directives of the same hand
he uses to correct the horses
with help from a two-by-four.
Those of us who understand him:
a sun-bitten fourth generation West Texan,
continue to craft tax shelters
for the man in the sprawling spread
up from the valley, down from the hill.
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- Written by: Darrell Lindsey
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"Runner-Up of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period October-December, 2011."--ed.
Beatles' records played backwards
in a shack by the river.
Hieroglyphics found on a barroom wall
next to that poster of Farrah.
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