When You Feel Sick
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When you feel sick, shadows take their place,
I long to hold you, touch your gentle face.
Yet barriers rise, unseen but firm and tall,
They keep me distant, though I give my all.
I dream of w...
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Categories:
erects, adventure, allah, allusion, angel,
Form: Lyric
A Makerere Student, Her Snake, Her Piper, and a Doctor
...This poem is featured in Dr. Ivan Edwards' upcoming anthology, Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics, published by IEME LLC. The book will be available in e-book, softcover, and hardcover form...
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Categories:
erects, anxiety, depression, family, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
The labyrinth of the mind transforms into a somber temple, where glyphs of thought intertwine
...The labyrinth of the mind transforms into a somber temple, where glyphs of thought intertwine,
And beneath the dome of the nocturnal sky, hearts like ancient scrolls unfold and burn in incantations....
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Categories:
erects, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Grey Angel
...In the woods lurks the grey angel;
Wingless and disillusioned, he awaits
The onset of diarrhoea,
Bismarck’s jocular displeasure
And the seagull’s lugubrious weightlessness –
Later than previousl...
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Categories:
erects, angel, faith, nonsense, satire,
Form: Free verse
Those Who Keep Silent
...He who is silent is often the most brilliant of men,
He doesn’t throw his plastic bottles into the sea,
He walks in the forest, so as not to offend anyone,
He knows that under the stone there are ...
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Categories:
erects, 9th grade, appreciation, silence,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
erects, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Bulletproof Outback
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Numb to sun's torture, scathed terrain
Syphons cynic's air, ribs poised
Statuesque breath stoic barren refrain
Skeletal inertia, rhythm devoid
Famine implore...
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Categories:
erects, allusion, animal, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Personal Vicissitudes Pronounced Irrepressible Self Loathing
...Personal vicissitudes pronounced irrepressible self loathing
Ever since mine late boyhood
when unstoppable coded
cellular processes did segue
I experienced abhorrence
toward yours truly,
an ...
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Categories:
erects, 12th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
Walking In the Light
...Darkness falls, crushing the life out of smiling
Sunshine rays, pouring breathless
Hues of grace – inspiration …
Through the spirit who remembers the dawn,
Its uplifting whispers and smooth smile...
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Categories:
erects, christian, faith, inspirational, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Chaos Into Synergy
...Synergy erects God's love
In Ego's monopolizing face,
in wounded hearts,
in monoculturing
monotheistic minds
Of economic
and political Chaos
Sun enlightened Synergy
resurrects God's om...
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Categories:
erects, change, culture, earth, health,
Form: Political Verse
Who Can We Truly Trust
...Soul passion is not a simple task.
This is grasped as a soulful bask,
To reserve one's sound mind and soul,
To your loved ones, but not a hack.
They set down those blessed vows as...
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Categories:
erects, analogy, appreciation, character, faith,
Form: Rubaiyat
How To Proliferate Flowers
...Thumb crush caterpillar fuzz follicle woven wire bent
Pipe cleaner indetectibly clamps fluttery paper crepe
Tiny tear splinter injury etched on crinkled parchment
Puncture forms an institute to fo...
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Categories:
erects, allusion, flower, philosophy, voice,
Form: Rhyme
Poetry
...Poetry reveals, enlightens, consoles
Holding reflecting mirrors up to our souls,
Showing what we might not otherwise see
Suggests how our lives might better be
Poetry instructs, refres...
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Categories:
erects, literature, poems, poetry, writing,
Form: Sestina
Massaging His Sage
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Between each archway fingerprint
Remnant headstone carving intricate
Decodes dusty cold cave hieroglyphics
Dirty criss crossed city disposes its sacred
Therapist picks information, laden o...
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Categories:
erects, dark, desire, lust, words,
Form: Rhyme
Thot Commodity
...Sent to grateful receivers, tied tissue paper package
Thinnest high pitched crinkles subdue outside sound
Drama sits by desire's side, scrunched ball wreckage
Item shines silent where tempting ...
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Categories:
erects, absence, crazy, internet, lost
Form: Rhyme
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