Third Eye Whisks Me To Cairo
...my third eye whisked my soul to Cairo
I had an eagle’s view of the pyramids
tasted grittiness of the sand on my tongue
camel sat and pondered my arrival
old Egypt is mystical and ethereal
sand...
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Categories:
grittiness, spiritual,
Form: Prose Poetry
Joe and Beth, Together
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his guitar is raunchy and moody and his singing voice raspy
and if I close my eyes I am in a rundown jazz bar
down and out on luck and drinking alone
drowning my sorrows in the booze and...
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Categories:
grittiness, tribute,
Form: Free verse
It's Ugly When I Cry
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"When I was a kid my dad left me in a bad way .... he was
in the lives of my sisters and brothers but he wasn't in mine."
Quote ...
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Categories:
grittiness, blue, music,
Form: Bio
Dancing With the Waves
...The grittiness of the sand upon my feet..
As the soft breeze blows my hair flows..
Golden rays of the sun beating down on me..
Hues of yellow and gold reflects the ocean..
The sound of waves br...
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Categories:
grittiness, beach, encouraging, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Panta Rei,Ouden Menei
...We are but fleeting shadows
Upon the face of this earth
So solid,so tangible ,yet so ready
To slip through the hands of life
When we doff our mortal coil
To leave an inert and empty shell
Doom...
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Categories:
grittiness, meaningful, nonsense, science fiction,
Form: Free verse
Just As
...Just as a sliver of moon waits uneasily at the daybreak,
waning to let the sun command the sky.
Just as glistening dewdrops slide down fresh blades of green,
making it seem that the rains ...
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Categories:
grittiness, deep, desire, heartbreak, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Not Afraid - Eminem Parody, Verse 1 and 2
...(Verse 1)
This cannot repeat or loop around anymore, in my direction,
I've had the wind kicked out of my sails due to depression.
And everyday
I hide away
I'm not displaying
the fight I'm sa...
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Categories:
grittiness, hip hop, parody, rap,
Form: Rhyme
Not Afraid Part 2
...I keep trying to fight but everyday it gets worse,
I'm trying to carve out a path but it hurts
and I loop around to where I stood first.
I'm stuck suffering,
but won't let no fat lady sing.
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Categories:
grittiness, anxiety, character, depression, hip
Form: Rhyme
Sandstorm
...SANDSTORM
cold front pushes clouds and soil into town
dry eyes fight the grittiness
of the bully sandstorm
4/7/2018...
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Categories:
grittiness, weather,
Form: Kimo
Starved For Affection
...Affection appears in many different ways..
A caress..
A warm embrace...
A kiss..
Holding hands..
Arms wrapped around one's shoulder..
Loving warm smile..
Distributing unconditional love..
S...
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Categories:
grittiness, sad, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Distasteful
...“We will talk,” he says,
as if those words will bring me any solace.
From this moment,
nothing will ever be the same.
I am now anticipating a conversation
where I will have to swallow every...
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Categories:
grittiness, anger, betrayal, break up,
Form: Blank verse