Bristle
...I hear the palm trees bristle
do they not like the breeze
could they be angry that the sun
has hidden its appeal
Perhaps they share my thoughts
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Categories:
bristle, hope, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
The Bristled Heart
...The bristled Heart
Crafted symphony, unkempt words
Bristle the fragile heart,
Like a cat she walks gently
But gives a deafening roar;
A heart tender and calm could take no more.
A sudden rus...
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Categories:
bristle, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Let my ignorant bliss be - 1
...When and if I wake up and see
That life is not but illusion,
World too is no more there for me,
And there’s no more joy under sun.
It is as if all props are out,
Realities on my face star...
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Categories:
bristle, joy, world,
Form: Sonnet
This
...This posed a problem in ancient Loch,
As it’s not a canvas of Van Gogh.
When paint ran down my arm
While squashed and ground bugs harm,
I still labelled it ‘Woolly Epoch’.
CURATOR’S...
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Categories:
bristle, humorous,
Form: Limerick
I possess an unusual knack for making women bristle
...I possess an unusual knack for making women bristle
hence immediately this birdman
wishes to escape into his eyrie
or seriously considers joining a nunnery
mainly for the less common slang defi...
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Categories:
bristle, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Great American literature
...Great American Literature
Our bookshelf groaned under the weight
of American Literature, and my mother was
principally a communist.
An American Tragedy, I read at fourteen,
and my fascination ...
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Categories:
bristle, absence, black african american,
Form: ABC
Black Birds Flying At Walmart
...Black Birds Flying at Wal-Mart
I see them gather, flock on flock,
At 7:30am sharp, they start to squawk and talk.
The sun peeks up, the horizon glows,
The air alive with cackles and crows.
Their...
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Categories:
bristle, america, animal, bird, car,
Form: Rhyme
SHINY CROWN
...“Shiny Crown”
(Verse 1)
He wakes up every morning, sharp as can be,
Shaving that dome, twice a day you see.
No single hair dares to make a stay,
That polished bowling ball’s ready to play.
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Categories:
bristle, fun, funny, hair, hilarious,
Form: Other
Old Man
...Old Man
his weatherbeaten face, lined
with the hills and valleys of age
watery blue eyes set against a
backdrop of bloodshot white
his cheeks reddened from
sun and alcohol, his aquiline
nose...
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Categories:
bristle, age,
Form: Free verse
Anguish And Admonitions Of Eve
...No! you weren’t born
to be beaten
raped
chained to a life bloodstained ingrained with pain
wordless worthless voiceless choiceless
No! you can’t live
being beaten
raped
chained to a ...
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Categories:
bristle, abuse, conflict, courage, perspective,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
You Are The Black Sea
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{"I try to explain everything as much as I can, Though sometimes everything isn’t enough
I extract components of my heart so you can see what has happened to me I have just a smile on my face to ...
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Categories:
bristle, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
I Wish For The Death of Me, My Ghost To Resurrect, and Haunt You Infinitely
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"Silenced tears, muffled screams, A storm penetrating in your chest that seizes your soul,
Is god watching the world burn? The bricks that create a barricade were the ones confiscated within me, ...
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Categories:
bristle, absence, addiction, anger, corruption,
Form: Free verse
The Art Of Hating Him 101
...{"I detest you, I hate you with my all.
I despise, abhor, and loathe you for evolving me into a fatigue of desperation for you; the anguish, the hysteria to feel treasured by some other commodity, v...
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Categories:
bristle, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
coming to town
...Peter (my bf) is coming to town - tonight. I’m breathy with excitement.
My energy is so sick. “Someone scrape her off the walls,” Leong remarked, as I bounded out of my room this morning.
Lisa winc...
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Categories:
bristle, boyfriend, humor, school, student,
Form: Free verse
Ambassadors Of Love
...The continuance
of our beliefs, culture, and dreams,
remain steadfastly anchored within our children;
no wonder we love them so.
We assure them the bogeyman doesn't exist
in the real wor...
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Categories:
bristle, beautiful, children, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
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