Aimed Poems

Beyond the Masquerade

...In shadows cast by false pretense,  
A friend once close, now lost to sense.  
With whispered lies, they played their part,  
A dagger aimed straight at my heart.  
You sent your words, so vile, ...

i yearn for my end

...sometimes i fantasize about
driving on the highway
going eighty 
and swerving into oncoming traffic
will that make the hurting stop?
walking somewhere 
alone in the dark
and getting cornered b...

Pie Toss

...While I'm the greatest (I and I alone), 
I think of the ignominy I've known,
and ask, "can time erase
the mess upon my face
before another well-aimed pie is thrown?"...

A sentance to avoid'

...Be aware of a verb, thats emerging..From an Aussie, it has been formed, And  its Now surging.' Quite
Descriptive and gritty, Aimed first off at canberra
City, where the originals (are said to be sp...

You Lit the Match

...Getting dumped
shouldn’t feel like shattering,
but it did.
It cracked something deep,
a place already bruised
by months of breaking silently.
And you knew.
God, you knew.

You knew about the...

TikTok Scammers

...In the digital landscape of TikTok, scammers operate stealthily, strategically identifying their targets within vulnerable demographics—specifically, older Generation X users. Each profile is analyze...

Unmade - FIRE AND ICE, part 2

...Let this not be poetry.
Let this be a reckoning.

(Honest John.)
You are a groomer.
You are a predator in plain clothes.
You are a bastard carved from rot
Too old to claim innocence,
Too vile...

Gotcha!

...
Tingly skies full of surprise, oh how I love when with surmise,
The little rascal aims his dart, as if it were poetic art.
It hits it's mark on the brightest day or in the dark.
Cupid's ...

The Last Appeal

...two years ago, on Christmas eve,
i made an appeal and stood in your court
i asked you to revoke my status-
from a stranger to a lover, or friends who love each other
but you declared me guilty
a...

Silence in a Shattered World

...
Written: July 2, 2025, for contest by: Sara Jama

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Ashen, wispy shades flicker
awash in caliginous candlelight.
His dark eyes peek out from b...

My Name

...
I want to buy a wardrobe, 
And in it I place my name
In the top left corner
Of its darkest spot. 

I want to buy a wardrobe
And in it put a billion chambers, 
To keep my name safe
From vult...

Seeking closure

...We seek wakefulness. What does Barbados mean to me? Is it the hot sun, broad-brimmed hats, and old khaki pants? It’s the robust men with warm, undertone skin that blends with the cultivated land. We ...

FEAR

...I wish I was still scared of the monsters under my bed, 
I wish my biggest fear was still giant sharp teeth, 
And I wish I still needed a night light to help me sleep.
I'm still scared of the dark...

A tale is told of a cruel man

...A tale is told of a cruel man
who once cast a stone at a righteous dervish’s head.
The poor man, too meek to strike back,
picked up the stone and kept it close?—?
waiting.

Time passed.
The ki...

Point of No Return

...The point of no return could be global or individual 
but never is it in the middle. 

It is a horizon of dreams aloft in hope held by tentative
strands of rope that weaken and deny what hear...

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