Deja Vu
...Deja Vu.
Turns around with you.
Double vision turns to a single fiber.
Which grapples with you.
Deja Vu.
We count on this feeling.
Spin around like a speck of nothing.
Try to count aga...
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Categories:
grapples, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Grapples In Life
...Life is fascinating all the time
Your good aura saves the day bright
Like the dawn dispels the darkness
Each of us is radiant when we smile.
Sadness makes our heart pure
Move out old tears to ...
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Categories:
grapples, judgement, life, love, peace,
Form: Free verse
The Epic Tale of Immortal Al
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Immortal Al, the poet.
Yes, and don’t he know it
And forget me not, his imaginary friend, Mortal Lee, that’s me!
He has a Masters in Authorship. Me, his penmanship.
He’s not just any or ord...
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Categories:
grapples, computer, world,
Form: Epic
Sea Piece
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roaring sans a mouth
she still grapples
for your kiss —
crying seagulls fly
~above the waves passing through skin like sinless sheets,
my piece of the sea
the swells of me
camouflages o...
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Categories:
grapples, angst, introspection, kiss, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
The Fallen and The Failed
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{"I anguish myself with the presence of a loved one to keep me alive inside of my head.
Call me crazy, insane, a moron in all depths of despair, but my reluctance for somebody to love me as a who...
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Categories:
grapples, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Restless Regrets
...Restless Regrets
This story unfolds with a young girl in her early years feeling the effects of love, in a quaint little town all rashenalty went out the window when she meet this older man she felt...
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Categories:
grapples, adventure, age, america, angel,
Form: Free verse
Uncertainities
...In poetry, love and wisdom intertwine—a heartfelt love poem can carry profound wisdom, and wise reflections often touch upon matters of the heart. ????
Psalm 90:6
in the morning it springs up new, ...
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Categories:
grapples, africa, america, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Twin Heart Rate Monitors
...I couldn’t even stop myself from sacrificing everything for you
How could I be trusted with your last breath?
My recital of a photo albums worth of memories
Induced a coat of water in everyone's e...
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Categories:
grapples, bereavement, death of a
Form: Free verse
Forgotten
...FORGOTTEN
Soar,
Soar like the wind.
I flit and dance, obeying my master.
Dipping, I glide over the lake;
In the mist of the morning.
This is my life.
Jerk, goes my line.
My neck stretches...
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Categories:
grapples, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Pressing Giles Corey II
...I spend most time within this grave
Unmarked and deathly silent
I met my end remaining brave
Which made it no less violent
Pressed to death for 3 long days
Only asking for more weight
Not thi...
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Categories:
grapples, death, history,
Form: Quatrain
To My Friend, Lynn
...I have in my life some sad stories no one would love to hear, moments when my mind grapples with dilemma, fear shouting for me to give Him an ear. Courage seated there shaking his head! Oh dear. That...
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Categories:
grapples, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
No God of Mine - 2021 Edit
...[This poem 'No God Of Mine' was seemingly confounding readers as
to its meaning. Ordinarily, if I felt a poem wasn't cutting it, I'd delete
it, but on this occasion, I've been asked to explain it...
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Categories:
grapples, evil, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Sign of Splendor
...When a man climbs a mountain
Or zooms into space,
When he meets a dilemma
Looks it straight in the face,
His head held high
He faces the sun
Meeting the challenge
Till victory is won.
When ...
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Categories:
grapples, adventure, courage, motivation, visionary,
Form: Rhyme
No God of Mine
...Cement, sand and gravel, blood, body and soul
Eternity bred from hell's darkest hole
Combine gruesome aggregates, hydrate the mix
Mould them and dry them, then stack up the bricks.
Thought in a...
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Categories:
grapples, halloween, horror,
Form: Rhyme
The Tops
...up a steep and narrow road
reach the tops
wilderness reclaims a verge
of wintery snags
land juts and tilts
hauls out
lays treeless
clumps and hags
pitch up stricken soil
heap above the mir...
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Categories:
grapples, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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