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I Turn My Back on Bitterness

...I wish we could have justice, 
not just under the law, but for those who mistreat, use, and deceive us. 
For those who break promises and hearts with no compunction, no apology.
If I could sue you...

Alice's Adventure Down The Wormhole

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Early one morn, Alice spied a strange spaceship, 
Rocketing towards her, with a rabbit cracking a whip.
In the blink of an eye, it landed beside her.
Out popped the rabbit, yelling in a frenzied...

A Pond's Melody

...A pool in the shade.
water torn with small ripples.
goldfish darted  up and down,
in limpid water.
when the carp leaped suddenly,
I heard the pond's melody....

A Horrific Scenario

...A silent forest, where trees are red
The sky is green, where the animals are dead
I come across a flowing river
The sight enough to make me shiver
A sight of a women so frail and thin
The child ...

it must not go unsaid

...It must not go unsaid.   

they were charming people who understood my concern
to have an ill wife who needed care more than
an old pension can bear was to invest with them in
a scheme that out ...

LIFE AS AN FBI INFORMANT WEARING WIRES PREGNANT WITH AN ABUSIVE SPOUSE

...AFTER WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS COMPLETING SEVERAL IT WAS CLEAR MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND WAS SEVERELY JUNK SICK HE GREW ANGRY BITTER VERY BITTER PARINOID OF BEING KILLE...

Locusts in the Alley

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In the old graveled alley, overgrown with weeds,
at footfall, locusts sprang and leaped,
triggering a riot.
But soon their swelling motion
subsided like fried popcorn on a skillet...

Runaway Dream

...Out the window my dream go
Escaped from the clutches of self
Wandering the streets beggarly 
A holigan besmeared in slime and guts
Where is my dream? Where is the world I hoped to see myself?
Wh...

Falling

...There’s nothing underneath my feet but lots of empty air.
I should have looked before I leaped, but I don’t really care.
I have no net or parachute, a devil on a dare.
And even at this altitude I ...

Conceiving Himself To Be Dead

...Conceiving himself to be dead,
He leaped like a ghost from his bed.
But finding no wings
Supporting of things,
He fell like a mortal instead....

The Avenue of Hope

...I plant a seed by the sea and allow faith and courage to water it for thee I watch it grow with the passing wind until the heaven above move the substance within and the avenue of hope breaks through...

The lame buttermilk vendor

...I waited alone in a lonely spot in the morning,                Under the shade of a huge banyan tree,                          Which was in a slightly elevated flooring,                          That...

Poetrysoup

...


I found my muse
And added a pinch of euphony
A lilting dash of beauty
And wafting cup of imagery 
I stirred in two tablespoons of fauna 
and sprinkled a half cup of Flora
I bo...

Love Thaws in Winter Embrace

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Written: February 03, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Charles Messina
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This clock let forth one painful scream
Bliss time shrank, as a ...

A Part of Me

...Daylight soaked my face with memories of the human race. I don’t know how I got here but as I watched the sun   burst through the clouds, I know that answer will be profound; it is this strange sensa...

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