Obsession
...Obsession
an idea/thought
preoccupies/intrudes
disturbed/displaced
obsession
awake again
three am
obsession
preoccupies/intrudes
chokes/
sex and love are two different things...
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Categories:
intrudes, angst, dark, feelings, heart,
Form: Free verse
Intrusive Thoughts
...Dark ramblings play in my head
trying to snuff what was declared;
knots of words litter hazy thoughts
on bite of evening as I plead for silence.
But a litany of defenses intrudes my space
as I b...
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Categories:
intrudes, conflict, words,
Form: Free verse
Solitude
...“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,” - Lord Byron
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Categories:
intrudes, feelings, life, pain, solitude,
Form: Free verse
In the Twilight of Her Tears
...In the Twilight of Her Tears
by Michael R. Burch, age 19
In the twilight of her tears
I saw the shadows of the years
that had taken with them all our joys and cares ...
There in an ebbing ti...
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Categories:
intrudes, care, city, death, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Faithful and No Doubts
...God is love thru the aches and pains —)
thruout our hardships that make us insane
I’m sorry for hurt
I praise you inwardly now
I need Your comfort
I have faithfulness
Somehow, I know I’ve ...
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Categories:
intrudes, appreciation, beautiful, courage, emotions,
Form: Haiku
Andreia
...Our fear of pain intrudes upon
The calm we have inside,
So forcing us, then, to control
It bravely; not to hide.
Steadfast and strong, that courage found
Is all we need to show;
That manliness ...
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Categories:
intrudes, confidence, courage, inspiration, life,
Form: Rhyme
Serenity
...Seek the space where calm prevails,
Where silence, like a river, never fails.
When chaos reigns, it's a market's roar,
But in quiet, wisdom opens its door.
Meet the mind that finds its peace,
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Categories:
intrudes, perspective, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Scales of Justice
...In the realm where truth and fairness reign,
The Scales of Justice sing their ancient strain.
They dance upon the precipice of law,
With blindfold tight, they seek no flaw.
Bearing the weight o...
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Categories:
intrudes, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Epic
SONG OF THE DEAD BIRD
...She kept walking, kept travelling...
A Traveller by profession, she kept exploring.
With a pure and kindest heart inside her soul,
She was pretty easy to pick, easy to be fooled.
Her feet...
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Categories:
intrudes, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
D-Day Plus 80
...D-Day + 80
They came as boys
but left as men.
Their prayers cried,
please not again!!!
When war intrudes
young lives transcend.
Lives marching forth,
as others end.
With hate and vile...
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Categories:
intrudes, military, remember, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 3
...Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku
Fukuda Chiyo-ni was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo.
Having seen the moon
I can bid this planet
farewell.
—Chiyo-ni, loose tr...
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Categories:
intrudes, animal, dream, heart, humanity,
Form: Haiku
O-P-E-N-I-S-T- A morley
...shimmering
spontaneity
in
minimal
moments
excitement
intrudes
fscination
lies
awaiting
to signal
a response
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Categories:
intrudes, poetry, poets,
Form: Didactic
A Song of Self, Unbound
...Not tethered to a soul, I walk alone,
A captain on this course, my heart my own.
No master's hand directs my wandering feet,
My path unfolds, a tapestry complete.
My essence blooms, a garden wi...
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Categories:
intrudes, self,
Form: Bio
WHOLE VOID
...as I stare into vast emptiness,
somehow, I feel complete.
I go to the forest, for rest.
the sun's rays peak through the leaves.
caving into myself,
the light intrudes my being.
within you’ll ...
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Categories:
intrudes, change, color, creation, deep,
Form: Free verse
Aversion to toxicity
...The cacophonous din of troubled minds,
intrudes rudely into our sacred space
and momentarily tranquil eye blinds,
although we soon recover, by God’s grace,
choosing to release the toxic embrace....
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Categories:
intrudes, introspection, peace,
Form: Dizain
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