Best Raw Poems

Raw is the madness
bathing me in crimson dreams -
those dreams surreal 
in which I battle 
all of the unholy beasts
I cannot fight against
when I am sane . . .

for sanity binds me 
to the ground
so that in my wakened state
I can’t manage to rise up
as...

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WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

Shadows of leaves against migrants stripped of bark

Children hidden against a darkened sky
A cup of river foaming at the mouth

Suited men and women laced swirl about with noxious airs
Walk blindly into an imaginary sun longtime set

Sink into the plastic remnants of bottles...

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It amuses me when people ask
“How are you?”
Fortunately for us both
They never ask
“Who are you?”

For that answer relies upon a deep dive
Into the hollows of a heart
The scorched remains of a soul
A lonely walk
Through the darkness of youth
The crumbled “joy” of innocence
The malingering residue of...

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raw buried talent
unexploited potential
treasure abandoned



AP: 1st place 2020

posted on April 7, 2018...

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This poem is written in the Sestina form.




Raw Emotion

Under the cloak of anger,
In a world full of despair,
Surrounded by misery and pain,
Engulfed in darkness,
Loss of hope,
No control.

To keep oneself under control,
Fight through the darkness, confront your anger,
Don’t give in to despair, search for hope,
The search...

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She captures his thoughts 
and drapes them across her lips to
see what he tastes like



*I know I messed up the syllables, but it looked better like this*...

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raw onions
falling tears
seasoning


Form: Ellip...

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I was a little girl     holding mothers hand-
unprepared for the      harsh and brutal     image
of my sister being run over      by a truck
the image raw   graphic...

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How does it feel to be a Beautiful woman?
So charming in appearance exquisiteness on the max, attractiveness won't 
relax, your quite the visual aspect. 

YOUR raw beauty. 

Eyes so deep no clue what secrets they keep. Thick thighs and wide hips.  
Wide nose and...

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The raw innocence of a first job interview



I'm sitting at a McDonald's
writing a poem. I save it.
My interest is piqued,
at a young lad interviewing
for his first job, presumably. 
At first I see him dressed in shorts,
plain white t-shirt, and 
slippers, and I then think of...

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As riverbank swivels
on deepened water floor
with ripples of fine air
its movement quivering… 
like tidal sways, the route
a junction, long mile.

Finding restfulness
that cuddles heaved turns
to soak every wend
moist with finesse… she
glides in rhapsody.

Sea gracing hours
across bright lune,
her flesh of tones
imbues quiet.

Then to grant
nature's flow
sacred psalms

Gentle… 
through...

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She holds the yellowed book for a long time
Bound first in cloth, then leather, at last again soft
She notices the gilt has gone 
It holds a story ragged and raw
Bound first in cloth, then leather, now again soft
Like a weary old heart, nearing the end...

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SOFT HEART – RAW NERVE

suspecting my position is unsound
accepting sinking feelings I
may drown

heartbeat limp and malleable
gentle and mellifluous yet
scarcely stable

smarting anguish of frayed nerve
raw, synthetic hyper alert
tests reserve

escaping at last to spaces I go
pacified nerve and compliant
heart flow


 (‘mellifluous’ = pleasing to the ear)


© Kim...

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^As I got up out of my bed today,
I had a thought that won’t go away.
I looked out the window to see sunny skies,
I´m sure that the smile, showed in my eyes.
So I’ll start today with joy not with sorrow,
Because we are not promised tomorrow.

As...

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Stories are written in scars
Stories are etched in time
Time tells tales
Time full of emotions
Emotions bloom like flowers
Emotions fluttering butterflies
Butterflies in stomachs
Butterflies chasing dreams
Dreams unfolding secrets
Dreams whispered confessions
Confessions of the heart
Confessions under moonlight
Moonlight whispers serenity
Moonlight causes storms
Storms of wild passion
Storms igniting desire
Desire burning like fire
Desire flickering...

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