Alice Through The Wormhole
...The wormhole led them to a desert,
where they could see dunes ahead.
The elf looked at Alice, nodded, and smiled.
She understood what his smile meant.
A few hours later, they stood in front o...
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Categories:
disintegrated, adventure, mystery,
Form: Free verse
as we metamorphose
...as we metamorphose
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submitted : 11/6/25
two points of a straight line
birth and death that need to
lightly kiss, after plunging depths
dissolve ...
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Categories:
disintegrated, allusion, change, character, creation,
Form: Free verse
The Artist in You
...A vein in me narrows a little bit every day,
I have tethered myself to shallow promises;
strengthened my organs of clay,
and deceived them to believe
Forever is either momentary bliss...
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Categories:
disintegrated, god, love, mystery, myth,
Form: Free verse
Mirza Ghalib English Translations 5
...MIRZA GHALIB ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
Urdu poems about life, death, Love, longing, hearts, being captive, strength, cruelty, temper, the sun, darkness, shadows and faith.
I’m the captive of Love, ...
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Categories:
disintegrated, dark, death, life, longing,
Form: Free verse
Time
...Three days ago.
43 minutes began.
To count down.
I hear it.
Time continues.
And holds on.
43 minutes ago.
Was when I started my day.
Days, and days, and days.
Eyes endlessly blink...
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Categories:
disintegrated, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Does Your World Hang Low?
...Does your world hang low?
Does your humour ebb and flow?
Do you feel like you’re a flop
And you’re drowning down below?
Are your moods like running water
Won’t stay stable when they ough...
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Categories:
disintegrated, anxiety, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Dreamland
...In Dreamland's dazzling domain, where fairytales unfurl, A youth yonder yearned, with heart that hoped to hurl, Himself into the hinterland, a hero's journey to embark, To chase the chimeras of chang...
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Categories:
disintegrated, dream, Lullaby,
Form: Alliteration
miserable forlorn abandoned shack
...the abandoned shack looks miserable and forlorn
standing amid brambles and weeds in an unkempt field
her porch boards creak ominously as we walk across them
Some of the end boards have disintegrat...
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Categories:
disintegrated, home,
Form: Free verse
Nadir
...The paths of my mission would be rows of roses, I thought.
To my shock, in tipsy turvy twists and turns, I got tossed
Didn't I desire to know the known to know the unknown?
Each wish of mine, like...
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Categories:
disintegrated, angst, life, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Though a Democrat, I play the devil's advocate
...Though a Democrat, I play the devil's advocate...
after reading the article
(published in the July + August 2024
issue of Mother Jones)
titled Raging bull - Donald Trump's
pugilistic spokesman...
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Categories:
disintegrated, america, boxing day , celebrity,
Form: Rhyme
Bye
...I am going, leaving to another world, my old and new world
You are staying, enjoy here, and remember, time is not coming
Time is far and gone with him. Don’t keep me in your memory
Just keep thi...
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Categories:
disintegrated, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Advice to a Young Poet
...Read Ted Kooser. Save your egg cartons until you have a fitted stack tall enough to be mistaken for an art project. Melt them down in a bucket of water. See how the float at first, then slowly succum...
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Categories:
disintegrated, writing,
Form: Prose Poetry
Midnight abracadabra
...Please don’t leave me hanging like that that, I hate to be in suspense, you piqued my curiosity and it’s so intense. Artfully teasing you know how to play, always one step ahead, leaving me dizzy an...
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Categories:
disintegrated, dream, giving,
Form: Rhyme
which way did you flick it
...Golf Cranks tried to see where his ball went on the course
The bird on his head was looking another way, his tweet hoarse
Which way did you flick it? His golf partners asked Cranks.
If I knew that...
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Categories:
disintegrated, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Dog and his Master
...How thoroughly you wreck me
With the taste of hope, I can't resist
That you may actually perceive my existence
As if you haven't already taken more chances than I can give
In fact, I gave so many...
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Categories:
disintegrated, abuse,
Form: Free verse
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