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Going nowhere near you
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Christopher Flaherty
| Free verse |
abandonment, goodbye,
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THE DIVINE WORLD
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Demetrios Trifiatis
| Free verse |
abandonment, faith, god, prayer,
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Mind's not a Friend
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Brandon Connor
| Rhyme |
abandonment, depression, divorce, love hurts,
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Inspired by Slim Shady
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Alex Duffy
| Free verse |
abandonment, fun, funny, inspiration, inspirational,
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Tale of a Former Black Sheep
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Rhona McFerran
| Free verse |
abandonment, abuse, hope, how i
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Your Cruel Rue
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J.W. Earnings
| Free verse |
abandonment, angst,
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To Belong is a Harmonious Bravery
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J.W. Earnings
| Rhyme |
abandonment, angst, betrayal, confidence, confusion,
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Supporters Abandonment
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Kale Brereton
| Quatrain |
abandonment, lost love,
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What Remains Within - Reverse Rejection and Recycle Reassurance Again
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J.W. Earnings
| Free verse |
abandonment, angst, courage, emotions, fear,
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The Dream
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DM Babbit
| Free verse |
abandonment, allusion, dream,
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A CHILD LOST FOR MONEY TO GAIN
by Bob Taub
A CHILD LOST FOR MONEY TO GAIN
The lust for wealth can cause much pain
Hurting and placing a child in pain
Starved of love...
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Categories:
abandonment, anger, betrayal, children, cry,
When Abandonment is No One's Fault
by Andrea Dietrich
Abandonment abounds in all the world.
As one of many, I have lived it.
Mine occurred because my father’s
mental health abandoned him.
It was not his choosing.
Due to...
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Etheree |
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Categories:
abandonment, father,
My Abandonment
by Craig Hawkins
Me and myself
With no wealth
Struggling to live
Nothing left to give
Alone I sleep at night
In a doorway I might
Or under a bridge
Swarms of midge
An empty ruck...
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Categories:
abandonment, sad,
Come See The Mystery
by Bette Bavington
In wooden covered wagons on the out
Flanks of town is where you will find the
Gypsy encampment.
Do you have an inquisitive mind?
They have all kinds...
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Rondeau Redouble |
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Categories:
abandonment, adventure, culture, dance, emotions,
Distant Shores
by Laura Leiser
Come feel the pulsing, exotic
sounds, reverberating upon
those distant shores
where loud voices wail
without restraint
shouting staccato cries
with utter abandonment.
How solemn are the...
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abandonment, culture, farewell,
Heart-broken
by Michael Robinson
Heart-broken
Efforts of me wanting to succeed is unrelenting
The strain of struggle and constantly seeking
The time spent not money but always taxing
Hopelessness of endeavours of undertaking
The...
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abandonment, care, caregiving, change, deep,
Abandonment
by Leilei Brooks
Embraces shatter, leaving timeless stories,
Wrapped in butterfly nets, tied with velvet ribbons.
Tangled cob webs and ghost blankets.
Restless feelings and Kodak moments.
Wasting into forever,
Alone, rotting...
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abandonment, emotions, lonely, sad,
Abandon
by Curtis Moorman
ABANDON
To abandon means to leave behind
It's a practice that contorts the mind
Of those deserted restless souls
And crushes all their lofty goals
Self-esteem is totally shattered
All is...
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Categories:
abandonment, absence, confusion, depression, grief,
Eyes Of A Sunrise
by curtis johnson
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Categories:
abandonment, abuse, child, child abuse,
ABANDONMENT ANGST
by Beata Agustin
There I was abandoned in guilt’s distress, enveloped with gloom
…within frustration-sealed room
…languishing in spiritual pain
...with my soul, in faith, pleading for genuine pardon to gain.
I...
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abandonment, angst, blessing, encouraging, faith,
Love Without Embrace
by Winged Warrior
Love Without Embrace
...can someone recreate and grasp their embrace of lost love?...
Oh! what treachery of love is this?
abandoned by a Judas kiss…
Does not my soul...
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abandonment, absence, longing, lost love,
Redeemed in fake dreams
by Sam Perkins
A dream made possible from a sprinkle of stardust
Cleanse your soul and dip in a vanilla bath tub
Bath in the springs trankled transparent...
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abandonment, fate, hip hop, rap,
The Wild She
by Caren Krutsinger
She was all over the map
In feelings, and terror
Of things that could happen
She could not be contained.
The best of us tried.
The screaming
The shrieking
The terror
It was...
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abandonment, abuse, addiction,
Enjoying Retirement
by Dave Timperley
My childhood was a troublesome time,
My mind built walls too hard to climb.
My memories from that distant past,
My life made me feel like an outcast.
I...
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abandonment, family, retirement,
The long dead life
by CHRISTOPHER QUIGLEY
Looking in the mirror
Dead eyes blunted and wasted
A broken face scarred and withered
The smile a whisper of sand on a ocean desert
Tiny downward curves mirror...
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abandonment, poetry,
Left at the Pet Shelter Upon the Birth of an Actual Child
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
You are beautiful
We've loved having you
But you will never see us again.
You were our everything
You were the only one
But you will never see us again.
We...
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abandonment, animal, baby, betrayal, dog,
Survival
by tara jennings
There is a fierceness in our blood.
An ancient instinct of survival
Our soul will not become extinct.
Boiled on the banks of battle
Parched in the sand of...
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abandonment, allegory,
Self inflicted pain
by Caty Rose
It is hard to explain the thoughts that run through my mind or the feelings that run through my soul,
It is hard to explain the...
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Categories:
abandonment, addiction, depression, how i
THE LONELY OAK
by Alexis Y.
I saw him from afar, a lonely oak tree,
both of his eyes contained such misery.
I wanted to know his story,he's a mystery.
He looks...
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abandonment, lonely, sad,
Imaginary Love
by Na-Shara Foster
How can it be possible to want someone so much?
to want to feel their soft, innocent touch
I want him so bad that I can’t wait...
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Categories:
abandonment, imagination, lost love, lust,