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Jun 3, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by nowhereman55
"Born Looser." Clouds passing by. It all leaves my cold. At square one. Hanging side by side with the other side of the world. At the rivers edge. Theres my home. Cry me a teardrop while I wait for tomorrow. Stop the moment when its time to go. ...
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Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33
Salvation I am nine years old again. Suppressing peals of mirth in the dour church as the preacher drones on, my body racked with cackles stifled by a trembling hand. Eyes swimming, I know I am saved. Saved from sanctimony, from ponderous shakings ...
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Jun 7, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by RaaChenn
THE END Big rock from space'll hit the Earth today Wont be nothing left the guys at NASA say It'll be here in an hour there ain't nothin' I can do I think I don't want to die alone and then I think of you I ...
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Jun 10, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by RaaChenn
IMMIGRANT Orange hair in a white house I'm afraid to go outside The cat just killed Mickey Mouse And there's nowhere left to hide Life in the midwest Your neighbors turn you in Like being under house arrest Beginning of the end They revoked ...
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Jun 11, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by azzow2
Was making my kids laugh earlier and this popped into my head. Thought about replacing the one about the boss hesitation could also be changed to constipation lol. Running with scissors: Running with scissors in an aquarium will surely send you ...
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Jun 11, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by StJohn
Cathedral. The cold stone rises, set by hands that never knew the planet's course. Stone demons lurch and leer, elected saints stand reverently by With the patience and awe of passing centuries. The glass is lovely still, as is the golden dust of ...
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Jun 12, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33
La Chuparrosa The Phoenix sun rises over the small garden as a buzzing green jewel flits and hovers, his home the scented air. The Hispanic gardener stops his tedious work to watch, as I do, on my own way to the air— scented and perilous. He asks...
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Jun 12, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Earthroot
Dreaming through time and space Vortexing within and without time symmetry Tunneling, tunneling.
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Jun 13, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by RobertNappi2
Journey...R.A. Nappi Well it seems as if this mountain has no peak Jutting upward stabbing deep into the clouds Long draining and treacherous is my journey But onward I struggle with every fiber of my being The shadow sets from the mountain just ...
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Jun 22, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33
Retrospectacled Later the right word comes, later the right perspective. But at the time, the mind reaches out like a foot in the dark for a step that is not there. So I look back whenever I get a chance, and redream different parts of the dance, ...
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Apr 20, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by PeterHammond
Paper over your heart put this bag over your head extend arm and willing vein fasten whatever straps you can reach and pin this paper over your heart cradle me in a bed of forgetting no give on the soft insides of the restraints the words rushed, ...
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Apr 22, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33
1908 was the year my house was built. The first owner, a carpenter, built it himself and carved the newel post by hand. The lights were gas, the floors yellow pine. His two small daughters scribbled on the plaster walls before the paper went up. ...
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Apr 22, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by SimonCyrene
Emily aged 7 Emily aged 7 Was told there was no heaven; No angels, no god, No Christ upon the cross. Just a bedtime story To teach a kid some morals. Dear reader you may ask me; " For what reason? At what cost?" But sweet Emily unburdened Of ...
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Apr 23, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by RobertNappi2
You asked me if it would rain I said yes it would rain As I watched the rain fall from the sky So do the tears fall from my eye For you are not here by my side You asked if the sun would rise I said yes it would rise As I watched the sun rise in the ...
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Apr 24, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by PeterHammond
Test the water baby Might not be as clear as it looks Might be filled with old fish hooks And lamprey eels And old one eyed pirate ghosts Wanting to cop feels Test the water baby Dip your elbow, dip your chin Dip all the parts you use to sin Take a ...
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Apr 25, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Freedompath
》》LIFE IS 《《 Life is a challege--meet it Life is a gift--accept it Life is an adventure--dare it Life is a sorrow--overcome it Life is a tradegy--face it Life is a ...
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May 1, 2018May 2018

Posted by SimonCyrene
Arboreal Negligence (Haiku) With an axe to grind Kills the root to save the branch; Burns the evidence.
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May 7, 2018May 2018

Posted by ejbman
I recounted this memory in another group and figured I'd share it here, since you all could probably appreciate it: "Reminds me of a comic/erotic poem I saw performed one time. It was called Plumbing Fixture Fetishist. All about the stopcocks, ...
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May 8, 2018May 2018

Posted by azzow2
This is one of my darker poems. Once over mangled: Bitter are the cocktails of memories that haunt our lives. Sour hours of dread and somersaulting thoughts. Sucked in the twirling chasm of been there done that vertigo. Walk down the path of ...
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May 8, 2018May 2018

Posted by ProudMerry
This is what happens when you've got roots firmly planted in two places. Last Journey Will I know death is coming for me? Take one last trip east, climb the fence, stand where the house once stood, immerse myself in the Octoraro. Leave again on a ...
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May 9, 2018May 2018

Posted by KrisSmith1
"Perceptions" They say that all first impressions are everything​ With a designated plan down to land under every wing A sacred throne that's known to be home from the acts of every king While the bass of the melody rock from each and every string...
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May 14, 2018May 2018

Posted by ProudMerry
My shitty weekend mood is gone. Afternoon Dream We’re in an ancient red convertible the size of a laundry room, fins a shark would envy, driving across the desert, heat shimmering in the distance. My hair, long again, whips across my face. Sam ...
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May 15, 2018May 2018

Posted by moNOtheist
A lizard ran out on a rock and looked up, listening no doubt, to the sounding of spheres. And what a dandy fellow! The right toss of chin for you and swirl of a tail. If men were as much men as lizards are lizards They’d be worth looking at. D.H....
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Jul 1, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33
Talking to the Cat 22 I saw you out there hidin' from the snow. First time you ever saw somethin' like that, huh? It ain't gonna hurt you though. Might get you a little wet, but you already reconciled with the rain— at least somewhat. It don't...
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Jul 4, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by KrisSmith1
Thoughts of ending my passion will be the day that hades freeze Step in the ring of "all time" and see how these 80's babies squeeze Captivated by classical rhythm that Sweet Ol' Sade's lead A product of the hood that wouldn't grasp Woodlands or ...
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Posted by RemiforceDEATH IS SO FINAL--Youth La Boheme days in our small boyhood town, drinking cheap wine, smoking grass all night in some artist's studio, staggering forth into the bleary translucent twilight dawn.

Posted by RemiforceWHEN MY BROTHER LEFT FOR NAM--We looked across the field of death & maiming, in our youthful half knowing, the war raging in the media suddenly close & personal,like a car crash We drank to ...

Posted by RemiforceMY AGE IS IMPATIENT.

Posted by BohoHeathenThis is just a poem of past experiences.

Posted by PetterAbstinence indeed!

Posted by AstralSmokeWanting Wanting to be broken utterly split apart with a mighty tearing like an apple broken to unfold the delicate open veined petal pattern inside the fruit .

Posted by MiizzunderstoodWE WILL BE HOME SOON MOM.

Posted by Stargazer13And this is what you mean to me… That I see beauty and feel lovely in a dark, broken and rusted world Because you love me, I’ve been brave And opened into full bloom beneath the gaze of ...

Posted by Stargazer13Dog days are over Picking every four leaf clover Gonna break out of every box they put me in This soul is hungry and divine sugar my sin Personal evolution Fated love the revolution Raw ...

Posted by Stargazer13I've heard the stories of your empty world Devoid of soft touches And the rare souls that cross lifetimes, to see again through eyes captured in silent and consummate knowing I've listened to ...

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