Boardinghouse Poems


Premium MemberA Waste of Space

...I balance my illicitly obtained bottle of absinthe from a man who knows a man, for an exorbitant amount of Euros, on the worn wooden windowsill of my topmost room at the rundown pension overlooking t...
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Categories: boardinghouse, culture, introspection, literature, metaphor,
Form: Prose

Turned Back Into Song

...On my own terms,
  I lived my life
Giving and taking,
  both day and night

On my own terms,
  I lived my life
Some then mistaken,
  some often right

On my own terms,
  I lived my life
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Categories: boardinghouse, death, life, writing,
Form: Rhyme


On My Own Terms

...On my own terms,
  I lived my life
Giving and taking,
  both day and night

On my own terms,
  I lived my life
Some then mistaken,
  some often right

On my own terms,
  I lived my life
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Categories: boardinghouse, life,
Form: Rhyme

Demise of a Doorman

...The Demise of a Doorman 

Eric Ericson, ex wrestler, was staying at my boardinghouse. 
He had a job as a doorman (bouncer) at a local nightspot,
but was fired for drinking on the job and could no...
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Categories: boardinghouse, loss, day,
Form: Blank verse

Rebuttal

...hey,y'know what?
there's always a but
life's never clear cut 
nor open and shut
no matter what -
there's always a but
whenever you feel
you have a done deal
9 times out of 10
someone will th...
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Categories: boardinghouse, funny
Form: Sonnet


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