After the Party, I Woke up on a Tropical Island
...After the party,
I’ve found myself on a tropical island
Just like how Gulliver was taken to the island, Lilliput.
I haven’t either heard or visited that island.
A fantasy world with
Fathomless...
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Categories:
faustus, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
TIME
...Time isn’t static; it’s always dynamic.
The flow of time can’t be reversed.
It can only resolve certain issues.
It soothes pain and heals many wounds.
March with it, or else you’ll trail behind.
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Categories:
faustus, time,
Form: Free verse
Mystery of Chaos
...Clouds are silvery
Clouds are a mystery
Mystery is mesmerizing
Mystery is like smoke
Smoke is blurry
Smoke creates paintings
Paintings inspire thoughtful minds
Paintings appeal to dreamy ey...
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Categories:
faustus, dark, earth, fire, mystery,
Form: Blitz
God Like, Not So Different
...
“God like, not so different”
She wrote,
“where do you go to my lovely?”
my response,
“I sink into the screen
like a scream queen goddess,
I am Lilith most of the t...
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Categories:
faustus, muse,
Form: Narrative
Shakespeare Returns
...this place... Weymouth - a small tranquil village!
How far is my Stratford from here?
my Stratford-on-Avon!
The Shangri-la of a dramatist's imagination!
Assuming, I had a very very long slum...
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Categories:
faustus, history, poets,
Form: Free verse
The In-Between
...
"The In-Between"
I ripped the pages of
that tired old story
from the heart, a body of work
buried the misdiagnosed slanders
then wiped their mouths
with the back of ...
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Categories:
faustus, imagery, life, muse, poets,
Form: Free verse
The Buttery
...Lisa, a freshman in our residential hall sister-suite, and I have become fast friends over the last couple of weeks. Before we began hanging out I penned a piece about her that she thought was hilari...
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Categories:
faustus, 12th grade, autumn, culture,
Form: Free verse
Mushrooms Acid and Coke
...she hung once more upside down from her own cross
nails painted crimson and blood on the ripped loin cloth
which barely covered her conscience gripped by desire
and meaningless slaughter on ...
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Categories:
faustus, addiction,
Form: Free verse
Monologue of Ballot
...Dear learned men and country folk,
Lend your ears to my talk.
Come to assist, not to perturb thy lives.
To reflect your wish, come in due course.
Never proclaim that I decide rulers
Humbly admit...
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Categories:
faustus, visionary,
Form: Free verse
Margarita
...Margarita, fair girl with blue eyes
Come tonight to the hidden spot
When fool moon rises in the sky
To the edge of the watery lot
Where the mysterious willow
Washes her long silky braids
In wa...
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Categories:
faustus, allusion, analogy, deep, desire,
Form: Free verse
One Day I'Ll Die
...To know everything to posses everything
It's impossible for me even ‘Possible' lives in the heart of impossible
All possibilities are powerful without conscience
One day sweet Helen made immorta...
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Categories:
faustus, death, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Faustus
...Faustus was an inquisitive man
Obsessed with a burning desire
To feel see and understand
The secrets of God’s universe
He was not afraid to make a deal
With the power that can make him feel
O...
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Categories:
faustus, anxiety, dark, desire, passion,
Form: Ballad
Dad I Had Great Desires
...Dad, I had Great Desires
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Dad, I had great desires:
Traveling Nanjing and Sanmachi Suji.
Stonehenge , Historic Yorkshire and Lake District .
Morocco and I...
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Categories:
faustus, desire,
Form: Free verse
Faustus Reflections
...I stare in to the eyes of darkness
Hypnotized by fear
And it is the depth that gets me
Magnetic pull is in the air
I see a black hole sitting
At the edge of milky way
Like a sneaky predator
Wa...
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Categories:
faustus, philosophy,
Form: ABC
Be Quiet
...Be
quiet
my Pumpkin,
it's not your turn.
"But Daddy, why not?"
Her look filled with desire.
Hair aflame and golden eyes
the roller coaster beckoning.
She shows no fear, she is only five ,
da...
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Categories:
faustus, daughter, pride,
Form: Etheree
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