An Open Fire
I miss an open fire.
Warmth, these days,
is breathed out of the thin lips
of a plastic vent commanded
by a button.
There is nowhere now
where I can sit
and stare into the depths
of a dancing flame,
enter that sacred space
where thoughts and mystery
meet and reconnects something
in me to its earliest roots.
I...
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Categories:
fire, missing, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
bonfire magicbonfire magic
red firefly lightning bits
mesmerized by night
flaming sparkling hot
bright red-orange turning to gray
bonfire magic...
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Categories:
fire,
Form: Senryu
Dark Coal of NightVibrations from a Verso 7-25-25 Sponsor: Nette Onclaud Theme Chosen: Dark Coal of Night
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Dark Coal of Night
Moonbeams, morning’s prophet,
Chase coal of night
Into wombs of white fire
As flames imbue
Dreams with clarity’s gems
Facets of light,
Glittering stars of dawn ~
Diamonds of dew.
...
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Categories:
birth, fire, moon, morning,
Form: Other
If My Poems Were EulogiesIf being pretty were a crime, you’d already be behind the bars
Because angels look at their reflection and wish they had your smile
And I’m not sentimental, but to you I must confess:
I’ve waited ages to find someone whose beauty can compare
If my poems were eulogies, you’d be nothing short of dead
Because not romanticizing you...
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Categories:
fire, 11th grade, boy, crush,
Form: Free verse
Volcano MindMy mind simmers—
a volcano,
waiting.
Maybe it erupts,
maybe it just holds,
a silent threat behind every blink.
It takes everything—
to stay still,
to not burst
when no one else feels the fire
licking the edge of my thoughts.
Decisions burn before they’re made—
Is it right?
Am I right?
Will this moment
become another
mess to clean
alone?
Life spills like paint
no one asked for—
a blur of colors no one...
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Categories:
fire, heart, how i
Form: Free verse
Ex EssentiaKill the spark
the fire dies
Mute one voice
and Poets cry
Kill the larva
kill the host
Burn your bridges
— post by post
(Dreamsleep: July, 2025)
...
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Categories:
fire, voice,
Form: Rhyme
The Quiet StormI feel it all.. the highs, the lows..
The silent grief that never shows.
I smile like I’ve not seen the fire..
But flames still flicker beneath the wire.
I play it cool, a practiced game..
While inside burns a nameless flame.
A storm of thoughts, both sharp and deep..
That churns beneath what looks like sleep.
I’ve danced through hell at a...
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Categories:
fire, courage, dark, daughter, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
House on Firethe man set his own house on fire
and looked at the animals who are running away
he screamed at the trees for not taking the toll
even though ht was the one who started the fire
he blamed the clouds that won't rain
for bringing his house down to ashes
the man set his own house on fire
allowed the invasion...
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Categories:
fire, poetry,
Form: Free verse
yes i am the pyromaniacpyromaniac
perverted fire starter
loving her fires
believe it or not
she is me and I am her
loving my fires...
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Categories:
fire,
Form: Senryu
Heaven's Favor or Hell's FireHell’s fire does not now exist
for those who die apart from Christ.
The wicked dead are food for worms
As are the bodies of dead saints.
But death for all is not the end.
The God who made heaven and earth
is God of life and not of death,
and it’s his will that men should live.
When sin brought death, He...
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Categories:
fire, christian, death, encouraging, god,
Form: Free verse
Campsite Breakfast“Wake up, breakfast is cooking.”
Bacon in cast iron skillet,
sounds and smells, wafted through the tent.
“Coming”, the crackling bacon got me!
...
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Categories:
environment, fire, food, nature,
Form: Free verse
FIRE
As I find myself eating some of Deborah’s fresh bakes chocolate chip cookies….
(please, don’t ask me the amount)
because warm chocolate chip cookies is one snack you need not keep a count!
As I was saying as I was eating a few of her cookies…
(and in their deliciousness as I write this…I continue to partake)
I began thinking...
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Categories:
fire,
Form: Rhyme
Body Possession
Twisted and taunted,
I stood in the wintry path where
sparkling silver slivers of mercury
searched for their brethren
to merge as one.
Colder than my path, a clammy cold
from the nitrous night, crept through as winter winds
coming from the chill of the grave,
and blasted me with icy shards, scraping at my bones
and freezing my soul.
Its harshness racked me as...
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Categories:
body, corruption, evil, fire,
Form: Narrative
Pyromaniac
Soon, he'll rise
from the ashes of a story
no one claims
Child of Light, lift the latch,
scarred hands toss the match
There's glory in the flames
One learns not all losses are hard
He turns now and crosses the yard
and the fire burns away the remains
...
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Categories:
fire, longing, romantic love,
Form: Other
Blaze Your FireIt’s three o clock in the morning,
Massaging her body while she is sleeping,
The rain is coming down, it’s pouring,
Covering her curves with my motion,
No words but our bodies are our language,
She’s got me caught up in her potion,
Tonight I might fall in her river and hopefully I won’t drown oh no,
Blaze your fire,
Burning desire,
Me and...
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Categories:
fire, desire, love, night, poetry,
Form: Ballad
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