Best Kept Poems

Dream-worker 
delves deeply into my dream;

vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed 
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine ego quest for affaire d’amour;
her night-loving body 
c h a s e d 
around circular seasons 
across sky-cycles of solstice...

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You’ve come from cold
Hushed words not told
Don’t say those things
The shame it brings

Don’t be so bold
Just let it mold
Deep in your soul
You dig a hole

Hide all your fear
No tears my dear
Wear your good cheer
No one will hear

You cry at night
When out of sight
You’re hard as...

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so i kept it
9 months in me
we connected 
everyday i had to make sure i was happ so it wouldnt be affected
sleepless nights feeling sick and it was because of it
sometimes id regret changing my mind on having it aborted
and everytime i did
it would kick
slowly...

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Never knew the space between time and you
     Fractions divided, pulling us apart . . .
  This wasn't my desire, this point of view
Distraction, less connection of the heart

Perhaps the plan exceeds our existence
  With what happens next, the...

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Within these four walls secrets kept
Memories festering, emotionally crippling
Screaming, turmoil, and madness
Chaos and chaotic people sting

Dreams of shouts for freedom,
Emotions built and have died for a reason. His
sadistic unconscious goal of desire. I beg,

“Please No More! “     

My empty words echo...

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Kept Cat

You called me your dream bird, now it's too late
We'd fly off in bliss, our purr-fect dream date
I deemed you my winner
you deemed me your dinner
How does it feel to be my kept cat, mate?
...

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The wants of her heart beckoned of lonely streets
Longingly,
Like the summertime wail of the Snow Fence
When empty winds through weathered pickets
Howl for the cold company it keeps...

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I had a dream today when I was awake....
Saw an old friend with nothing at stake....
Said words we never could get out before....
Times have changed and so closed the door....
But a smile came back with some piece of mind....
And some old wounds have healed that...

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Coffin lungs unhinge a chest open bare, 
fragile skin ripping thin as bat membrane-
flutter in waves of vapor, from the heart that beats itself,
                     ...

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lies plied between us

                             the glue beneath our veneer

        ...

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Others found him cold, aloof
   a bit of a snob
He kept his own counsel
   had nary a friend
Seemed content with a life
   unengaged, to no clear end

Though his insides were churning
   through felt rejection
his embittered heart burning...

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Trees, swaying in the cool autumn breeze. Sunlight in your hair, you immortalized in my eyes forever in this moment. Windy whispers play in my ear like Children in the park. Your kiss plays on my lips like lovers in the dark.
Your fragrance slips in...

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Connie was a terrific best friend
She kept my secrets forever and a day
We were a galloping duo to the bitter end
Then college called, and I was whisked away

Fifteen hands high with a fanciness for fruit
Connie was a gentle filly with a love that was full
My...

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Author Dana Redricks
December 11, 2019

God kept me through the
storm and the rain
He kept my sanity and
Keep me from going insane
He keeps me safe both
day and night
He gives me the strength 
not to give up the fight
The battles are many but
they've already been won
The victory is...

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*** This Painting I Do ***
                        (A Devotion Poem for Jim)

It is my heart
Painting your portrait
Out over this paper
After I caught your...

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