Nuance in the Shadow
...It’s not always the big things that break us—
it’s the shimmer we miss
on the ordinary day.
When grief doesn’t arrive with a wail,
but as a subtle ache,
a missed beat,
a song that plays when ...
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Categories:
dig up, angst, beauty, care, conflict,
Form: Free verse
The Weight of Elsewhere 'Part One'
...Letters from Borrowed Ground
'Part One'
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To: Myself (Three Years Ago)
Date: Every Night
Status: Never Finished
Focus: Warning
Dear Dreamer,
Tonight, I dig up buried footsteps...
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Categories:
dig up, political,
Form: Free verse
Observation
...Observation
Dig Up All
The Sediments
Under The Seas
Make Them All
Frothy And
Opaque.
Pour All The
Cool Waters
Under The Trees
Then Watch How
They Run To
The Lake.
Clouds Burst &
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Categories:
dig up, life,
Form: Rhyme
Santa We've Been Outta Touch
...Santa Claus, we’ve been out of touch
and I don’t ask for very much
but I have needs, and I’m in Dutch
I want to see the light of day
oh, and can you give me a sleigh
and a way to forget yest...
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Categories:
dig up, crazy, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Sugar’s First Big Adventure
...Sugar was my very first pup,
With floppy ears and a tail stuck up.
Eyes so wide, full of delight,
Chasing sunbeams morning to night.
We ran through fields, just her and me,
Barking at clouds, ...
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Categories:
dig up, dog,
Form: Rhyme
uh oh
...rubberneck neighbor
she knew too much about us
dont dig up garden
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Categories:
dig up, humor,
Form: Senryu
Living Off Death, Part I
...I sometimes hear people complain
of all the things we eat,
getting really hung up about
the consumption of meat,
Most are caught up in their feelings,
thus not worth talking too,
a few will try...
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Categories:
dig up, animal, death, how i
Form: Rhyme
The Poison I Crave
...I live in this continuum,
Where I sit, I scroll, I rot.
This blissful poison hypnotizes me in,
An artifice far deadlier than I thought.
It promises me sweet lies,
Feeding on the pith of my min...
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Categories:
dig up, addiction, drug,
Form: Rhyme
My Own Now On
...It won't be fun without you, friend
I'll miss the times that we would spend
Chatting, dreaming, many things
Like you on vocals, me on strings
Our conversation, easy flow
As effortless as it co...
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Categories:
dig up, i love you, i
Form: Rhyme
jennifers magic garden kingdom
...Jennifer’s adoring husband built her a castle greenhouse
surrounded by a gorgeous brick wall with round banisters.
she spent spring and summer out there, planting flowers
poppies, lilies, tulips, ...
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Categories:
dig up, garden,
Form: Free verse
April showers
...April showers
Drip drip drop,
Little April Showers,
Falling from the clouds,
The rain drops down
Each drip and drop sounds
Different as it hits the grounds
Natures musical melo...
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Categories:
dig up, april, good friday, joy,
Form: Rhyme
fossils
...In a lattice-lit dorm room sits a writer.
A discarded chemistry book lies beside her.
because ideas are hitting off her, like a collider.
Why does writing make her feel alive-er?
Cause it helps...
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Categories:
dig up, humor, poetry, student, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Ambivalent
...Me, half-dead inside
Dig up into your surface
Heart cry out confide....
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Categories:
dig up, desire, emotions, introspection, perspective,
Form: Haiku
The Age of Wisdom
...I placed my head between my knees to have a good look at the trees beneath me; I held it there for some time and found that nature was divine.
I saw the seeds springing from the earth and an army ...
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Categories:
dig up, age, america, analogy, best
Form: Narrative
coastline
...Remember that day, we just wanted to get away
You took me to the beach; it was my first time being there
Everyone is so surprised with how little I’ve done in my life
Little did I know ...
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Categories:
dig up, 12th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
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