marionette of grief
They birthed me in a house of screams, Where shadows stitched my fevered dreams— No lullaby, no gentle womb, Just rusted chains and cradle's tomb.
A mother’s voice? A serpent's hiss. A father's touch? A clenched, cold fist. Each lull was laced with sharpened lies, Each smile a mask, each hug a vice.
I suckled rage from
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Categories:
cutting out, abuse, anger, angst, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
My cutting vase garden
Here is a poem request I wrote. It's for a lady who enjoys gardening and has great pleasure in keeping her vases filled with fresh flowers.Enjoying the beauty of nature.
Poem and pictures on my Instagram :
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MY CUTTING VASE GARDEN
My garden is so relaxing for me,
The bright green, lush lawn,
Wonderful flowers, such
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Categories:
cutting out, beautiful, flower, garden, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Cutting Room Floor Poems
Neighborhood Gossip
He walks all alone and does evil things,
quietly making puppets walk without strings.
He's the only one who emerged from the wreck.
When you sleep, he'll stab you in the neck.
Am I Wiser Now?
I wanted to know what it all meant
so I visited the Asian continent.
Am I wiser now, back
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Categories:
cutting out, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Tivano Cutting Board
Tivano Cutting Board Built-in juice grooves channel liquids away, helping maintain a dry, clean workspace.
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Categories:
cutting out, 1st grade, america, angel,
Form: Acrostic
Cruel Cutting Comments
A poetry virgin... that was me
going through a purple patch,
a dismal dark period in life
Desperately needing an outlet
to focus on instead of the now...
this trying time I had to endure
I joined Poetry Soup to have fun
My ultimate aim was just
to bring a smile to others.
But 'HE' couldn’t stand the fact
that what I called my simple
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Categories:
cutting out, anti bullying, how i
Form: Free verse
Foreign Exchange
I planned futures with you,
but your happiness came first.
When anger calls, you shut off
I must stay composed,
must communicate,
must hold it all together.
Smile. Talk nice.
The bare minimum is not enough.
Imagine giving your life
to someone who would build with you,
then leave when joy runs dry.
Words once meant something.
Vows weren’t meant to break.
I could climb mountains,
cross oceans,
fly the
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Categories:
cutting out, betrayal, courage, history, inspiration,
Form: Blank verse
Cutting Words
Haven’t you heard
Didn’t they caution
I make haters
Why they exist
Why
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Categories:
cutting out, metaphor, slam,
Form: Shape
Scars
I run my hand across my wrist,
The rough scars feel normal under my fingers,
But to anyone else, they would be foreign.
I was a fighter, I had to be,
But everything has its consequences.
Running the blade across my own wrist was mine,
It was the only way for me to feel something.
Since I was small I was forced
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Categories:
cutting out, anxiety, death, self, suicide,
Form: Free verse
cutting edge of the pencil
plans incised on plain paper
careful calligraphy of a plane
sailing high above the clouds
shrouded in anticipation
veiled in smudges and tears
slowly running out of ink
resolute fears fuel the fire
earthquakes resurface nebulous horizons
and I have not the foggiest idea
uncertainty shapes a landscape
full of thunder and lightening
a sinkhole for rainbows
handing over completely
to what to whom to when
a seeming
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Categories:
cutting out, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Cutting Edge Dysphoria
Ironic we live in a time when partial people
Feel the need to cut off parts
To be more whole
These parts can range
From friends and family, home and culture
To their own distinctive body
But the effect is the same
Individuals made even less
In their effort to be something more
(1/2/25)
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Categories:
cutting out, perspective, psychological, society,
Form: Narrative
A Thousand Cuts
Like ancient rivers carved in stone,
These marks tell tales of storms now flown,
Of battles fought when night was long,
Of learning, slowly, to belong.
These faded paths upon my skin
Speak not of where I've fallen, but where I've been—
Each one a chapter, not an end,
A reminder of my power to mend.
They whisper now of distant days,
Of how
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Categories:
cutting out, addiction, change, depression, emo,
Form: Rhyme
Words cutting deep
Sometimes I wonder
If I’m living a lie
I sit back in silence
As each day passes by
I ponder every word you release
Most of your words
Are words that cut deep
I’ve learned over time
Not to hold what you say
I let them go easy
So they don’t penetrate
Sick of your ego
Fed up with your pride
It marks up your character
Makes you ugly
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Categories:
cutting out, abuse, deep, fear, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
I understand
I understand
You’ve never held that knife in your hand
to need the pain it can cause
And for your thoughts to stop
I
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Categories:
cutting out, 8th grade, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme
CUTTING CORNERS
What of pride and presentation
When time is short in duration?
An octagon out of a square...
Proverbial scissors used there.
It is what it is - this, I hear
Constantly in and out each ear.
A triangle meets hexagon
In repetition, on and on.
Input dried of saturation...
Effort tried, no compensation.
Ongoing instances of these
Bring situations to their knees.
When unavailability
Of resources persists to
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Categories:
cutting out, conflict, stress, work,
Form: Rhyme
From the Cutting Room Floor
The duck has great features others lack -
Like water runs right off his back.
But for this hack, it’s too much work
To address that green-headed jerk.
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Categories:
cutting out, bird, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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