Best Absentees Poems

In the end, we were there-not there,
two present absentees 
sharing an apartment vacated by a relationship 
and the worst kind of loneliness -- feeling solitary...

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why...the speed of light?

sit...a moment please   : )
cofcof...
each neural network dimensions time fractionally as
all...
be change and relative
nothings...
with respect times days passing without exact...

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This is how I see what has happened so far with the election. I will support whoever becomes president until they prove, by their actions,...

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Blake’s world in a grain of sand 
This plastic bottle in my hand 
Welcome to the new Fantasy Island
Of plastic trash, a brave new land

This...

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The hazy morning filled up the atmosphere 
With the summer’s air that could not travel far.
Ode to humanity and media, a sign of nature 
Without...

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Non sense, non sense all non sense
Along the way criticism makes no sense
Psalms of encouraging lights
Perish beliefs across entire sites
Your neglect in tones or silence
Cast...

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The Impossible love….
By: Immaculata Ortner

Your love for me is a wonderful experience,
It feels like coming to a peaceful home.
We said a lot of words to...

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late spring arthropods
not as things should be
many absentees
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swallows still absent
butterflies the odd one
today a wood brown
-
azure springtime sky
should be full of life... empty
no i'm going...

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"Pipeline: Hawaii's North Shore where Championship Surfing Meets are held, remains the deadliest since records began in the 60s."

Golden shores surfed duo gift essence new...

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Love Poem, 2011
V. Ortiz Vazquez


I am no slam poetry poet
No love story reside within my pencil
Strawberries, tossed salad has no residency
Smooth skin, deep breath, loud...

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Christmas cards come from absentees
Bringing so many Christmas wishes
And those you get to see in person
Are greeted with Christmas kisses

It’s the time for friends and...

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In today’s world it’s easy to lose track of time
& otherwise get caught up in what’s going on.
So many families split up, so many loved...

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In today’s world it’s easy to lose track of time
& otherwise get caught up in what’s going on.
So many families split up, so many loved...

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When I was a child, I wondered

Was deep sleep, death?

Was every morning a new life, a new incarnation?

Waking up, I found the people around me...

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Humours turn acrid near
The silent seer.

Escaping absentees scamper
Further down the hole that holds their likeness
Extinguish | fatal obscurant | visions.

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