Illegible Poems

Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy

...Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy

Which lame excuse I exclaimed,
when my dear old mom asked
rather told me in her scolding voice
to tidy up my bedroom,
cuz this...
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Categories: illegible, 7th grade, abuse, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Premium Membersylvia

...sylvia

***this concerns several books I once owned.
Some were written by Rod McKuen, others by
Richard Brautigan, others by others…***

i discovered that words are  
like some...
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Categories: illegible, books, heartbreak, suicide,
Form: Free verse


Happiness is a new wireless mouse

...Happiness is a new wireless mouse

I bought from Staples earlier today
November 18th, 2024
cuz the the older one malfunctioned.

Said older generation mouse sported
a rather extensive "mouse c...
...
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Categories: illegible, 1st grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhen Silence Speaks To Me

...Uncanny inexplicable silence surrounds me unexpectedly,
when in the centre of a noisy demanding crowd,
every bit of sound evaporates, fades in total darkness, 
people around me, familiar and unfam...
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Categories: illegible, silence,
Form: Free verse

An Open Autograph

...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH

(To All My Friends There And Here, 
Then And Now)

On the bald branches of the lightning 
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
...
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Categories: illegible, feelings,
Form: Free verse


An Open Autograph

...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH

(To All My Friends There And Here, 
Then And Now)

On the bald branches of the lightning 
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
...
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Categories: illegible, feelings,
Form: Free verse

An Open Autograph

...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH

(To All My Friends There And Here, 
Then And Now)

On the bald branches of the lightning 
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
...
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Categories: illegible, feelings,
Form: Free verse

An Open Autograph

...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH

(To All My Friends There And Here, 
Then And Now)

On the bald branches of the lightning 
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: illegible, feelings,
Form: Free verse

An Open Autograph

...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH

(To All My Friends There And Here, 
Then And Now)

On the bald branches of the lightning 
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: illegible, feelings,
Form: Free verse

Twice Told Toilet Tale a Cheeky Execrable Gross Fable

...Twice told toilet tale – a cheeky execrable gross fable

which poetic product best be affixed 
with hashtag STINKY label.

As a young whippersnapper
and one precocious lad to boot,
I discovere...
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Categories: illegible, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Zombie Land

...their bodies were present but
their eyes were scanning a screen,
their faces devouring the blue light,
of the small machines in their hands-
they were nothing less than walking zombies.

they t...
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Categories: illegible, analogy, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHow Do We Give His Mother a Grade

...Marge’s son Henry was struggling with his math.
She insisted that he be allowed to bring it home.
He improved in leaps and bounds.
His answers were created in the best handwriting too.
Handwritin...
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Categories: illegible, parents, school, teacher,
Form: Prose Poetry

Explain It Away

...I can't live in mystery
I'm waiting with bated breath
Where and when I'll stand or fall --
The hour of my death --

The facts of life are meaningless
There is no moral code 
There may or may n...
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Categories: illegible, angst, cancer, christian, confusion,
Form: Rhyme

Zack

...ZACK

So instantly attracted to Zack
Author of Gorilla and the Bird
That when I met him 
I couldn't say a word

He wrote in my book
When I approached for signing
You smell great
So I wrote ...
...
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Categories: illegible, addiction, anxiety, appreciation, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWhat Dreams May Come

...I startled awake, early Sunday morning,
fraught - my mind, darting like a panicked animal
because my assignment calendar 
is wet, smeared and illegible!

Total darkness - I fish for my phone by ...
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Categories: illegible, dream, scary, school,
Form: Free verse

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