An Arm’s Length Away
Sometimes, when we hurl
angry words—
ancient stones thrown by indifference,
lodging in the ears of our children.
Witnessing horror twist itself into child’s play.
A stone’s throw—killed our empathy.
Anger knows its enemy:
sitting next to,
sitting opposite of,
never with.
It sits a stone’s throw away.
Rising from the ashes of fear—
Vapours of flesh smoulder
as blooded lava flows.
Cools—
our scarred magma to a crusted creed.
The
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Categories:
away, anger, angst, conflict, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Miles Away
In the vast expanse of distance, where geography stretches out like an endless canvas, I feel your presence, a gentle whisper that caresses my soul, even though you're a thousand miles away.
Every second, every minute, every hour, and every day, my longing for you grows, a crescendo of yearning that echoes through the chambers of
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Categories:
away, cute love, how i
Form: Free verse
Scene, While Away, 2
Background B.B King it
You'll get home alone
A Quartering as Jazz
As quart and liter
As meter and mile
Footage and reconcile
Irish Quartermasters Gaurd
Kevin J. O'Meadhra
Trace as feather
Low of ash
Bury of quill
Fide et amore
Nightingales Ergo
Send in rot
Further, borrow
Scottish wreathing
Entangled Britain
Relent
They of leave
Twined as lecture
Recital of yellow
Beckon brown
Revile of green
Tustled hearth
Baby babysit looks like
It's gonna hail
Jump and jive
As sent
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Categories:
away, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
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 spawned?)
You don't need its description, its scar is real hard old friend' a strong
Valediction.' Of how low? You are thought in your
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Categories:
away, anxiety, appreciation, best friend,
Form: Ballad
Once it is far away enough
Only be distal enough from crowded stay
The fresh and sweet of the air can be tasted
And the chirping of birds be appreciated
Also, the dancing butterflies be exquisite
Which of the untouched are full of charms
Such as imagined fairies shown in murals
In the corner of this, being ignored by them
No humans hustle and bustle
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Categories:
away, appreciation, butterfly, community, environment,
Form: Verse
Steer away from extremes Australia'
Stay focused Australia..Do not follow extremists.' Hold your nerve.'
And the centre ground.'
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Categories:
away, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
My Garden Chases away all Glooms
tittering among the hollyhock blooms
two elfin men both named Mack
just seeing them chased away my glooms
I knew they always had my back
two elfin men both named Mack
my flowers sparkling fresh and pretty
I knew they always had my back
the joy they gave me kept me witty
my flowers sparkling fresh and pretty
my garden developed quite a lovely
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Categories:
away, garden,
Form: Pantoum
Fade Away Fairytale
What mistakes,
on broken rafts
in the river
shredding
of wooden boards,
couldn't
be
less than
a drowning
vessel...
I hate the
introspection.
I never
dare to see
as cards fold,
and a fantasy,
takes me
into raw-ness.
Of one such here
of love and
princesses,
hold her dear.
The night terrors
green goblins
and dusk is near.....
The warm bake,
of your skin
and as the sun's
so tender.
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Categories:
away, introspection, love, miss you,
Form: Free verse
One That Got Away
It's been years since we spoken
Most things hadn't changed at all
Our youth had started to dwindle
But her beauty It could not fall
Back the we had big dreams
Though the we could change
I laugh when think about them
They are optimistic and strange
The one dream I had back then
The one I wished had come
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Categories:
away, beautiful, crush, cute love,
Form: Rhyme
Real
I only feel real
When I'm downing glasses full of depression
And regret comes around every now and then
banging on the door
real turns its head
When rivers on my skin run too deep
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Categories:
away, 11th grade, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Away from the Wreckage
Holding up traffic
is a terrible pileup
on the interstate -
the opposite side also
is slowed by rubberneckers
Many are injured
while six have been declared dead
as folks wonder why -
cops investigate the scene
while sirens are heard wailing
flung far from her car
lies a woman and cell phone
which has solved the case -
messaged at time of the crash:
“I am dying to
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Categories:
away, dark, fate,
Form: Tanka
Pink Frog is Chased Away
pink frog was chased away by the divas of the day
she leapt over toadstools and moss, trying to get away
Don’t ever come back! The prejudiced female frogs yelled in a mean way.
Because she was pink, they had quickly chased her away.
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Categories:
away, animal,
Form: Monorhyme
Don't Let Me Drift Away
I grew up hearing tales of who You are
So kind, so just, so full of love and grace.
You watched me closely like a guiding star,
Your whispers now still echo in this place.
I speak to You, and tears begin to fall,
For in the quiet, I can feel You near.
My Friend, my Shield, my Strength through every
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Categories:
away, baptism, bible, care, caregiving,
Form: Sonnet
A call away
I’m only a call away
I don’t mind being there for you
For some reason
I don’t like having to say no to you
I want to help you but as long as I’m not hurting myself in the process
I want to be the person you call on and the person you lean on
I feel like
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Categories:
away, people,
Form: Free verse
wishing my neighbors would move away
I keep my alicorn hidden from prying eyes
she only leaves the yard when there are darkened skies
my neighbors to the east are prejudiced against magical beings
intolerant of differences, five unlikable human beings
I think my neighbors to the west can handle mystical creatures.
They have lovely parties with outside movies, double features.
if the neighbors to the east
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Categories:
away, me,
Form: Rhyme
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