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Free-Range Poets

Free-range poets
feeding on loneliness
writing in their openness

Oh, sing me broken lullabies
take me to the open skies
write in blood, "Why am I dying?"
like I don't already know it
free lance poets
writing in free verses
only three words
breaking through the lines
Oh, do they have to rhyme,
break me all the time?
Oh, why can't they rhyme?
that's how we do it;
free-range poets
bleeding, always broken
bleeding right in the open
Oh, why don't you ever hold us?
Read us, leave us broken
make our poems our prisons
leave us at a distance
isn't this the instance,
the reason for our persistence?
Oh, just let it go unsaid
just let us go again
broken poets with broken pens
Oh, just take us down again
don't even show you know it
re-break these free-range poets.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 1/6/2014 1:00:00 AM
Hi Kelly, I would like to extend my hand in welcome to the PoetrySoup community. There’s a lot to learn from each other here and hopefully you will have a great time while at it. Free-range poets, huh! That's a very interesting way to look at it - free range or boxed in - I wonder what I'd choose. Feel free to drop me a line when you can. I am looking forward to reading more from you. Vicky.
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Date: 12/26/2013 12:52:00 AM
Kelly, , Hope you are enjoying the holidays, -- Your first poem on the soup is excellent for the readers!! Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. Wishing you the best when it comes to your poems. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you like. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND". Hugs* SKAT"
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Date: 12/24/2013 2:09:00 AM
- Welcome to P-Soup, Kelly ! - Nice to read your first poem here. :)) - Hope you will have much pleasure to be with us. - Wishing you good luck - have a nice day! - (Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours). - My first greeting to you from Norway. - I will come back to read more .... another day :) - I wish you and your loved ones an enjoyable Christmas - All the best for the year 2014 ! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 12/23/2013 3:54:00 PM
pssss..... Wow, broken poets broken pens... this has got to be one of the best poems on this site Today. .. A perfect 10. breaking lose. ..hugs...Linda
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Date: 12/23/2013 3:52:00 PM
Kelly, . , A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. Dropping by to invite you to my latest contest. You will find the contest page on the top left hand side* -Looking forward in following and reading your poetry. Hope to hear from you soon. You will enjoy the community, we are one big happy family. (Drama & Love. LOL) ~ Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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