Josephine Kravits Poet Free verse

What Is Inside Me

Inside me is fact 
Poking at imagination 
Teasing fiction 
At war with piles of literature
Angry poems colliding with hospital visits
And funerals 
Inside me are Encyclopedias 
Constant shouting of evidence and actuality 
“ON SEPTEMBER 4TH 1992 JOHN DANIELS ATE 72 HOTDOGS IN UNDER 11 
MINUTES.”
Inside me tales of fire breathing dragons and damsels in distress set fire to fact
Dragging my thoughts into a sea of what-ifs and could have-beens
Algebra 2 and Stephen King pull out swords 
A duel 
Fact wins I study 
Fiction wins I dream
Inside me is confusion 
Bitter opposites blending together in an attempt to hide truth 
The drunk man did not kill him 
And I see his daughter in the hospital
And its all wrong I’m just dreaming 
But the casts tell a different story
Drowsy eyes diving into my attention
Inside me she is playing hide and seek 
Running through dreams 
Dodging understanding 
Fiction hiding fact
Fact chasing fiction

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Kika Ayala August 1, 2014 at 11:33 PM Powerful, inspirational write! Welcome to PoetrySoup, Josephine!

Anne-Lise Andresen July 29, 2014 at 4:13 AM - Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Josephine :) - I choose your first very well written free verse - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Faye Gibson July 28, 2014 at 1:19 PM Welcome to Poetry Soup, Josephine. I enjoyed reading this first poem you posted. I am glad you discovered this nice community of writers and hope you enjoy the site. Read the work of other poet's and comment if you find something you like; many poets will return the favor. Over time you will get to "know" some of us. You are welcome to visit my page anytime. Enjoy!

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Carol Eastman July 28, 2014 at 11:17 AM This is a most unusual and spell binging poem. Welcome to PoetrySoup. If you leave a comment on someone's poem... It will give them a link to find yours. Click on their name or picture and you'll be taken to their poems. Again welcome... and keep writing.