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Long Afterworld Poems

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Peyote
Shadows dance upon the plains as spirits speak their prayers
In the light of the flickering flames they reflect in flares
Smoke and ash, they hint their times when they too were alive
And in shadow dance they...

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Categories: afterworld, imagination, native american, nature, dance, me, light,
Form: I do not know?



Addictive Ampoules Annihilate After Alluring
amphetamines acquaintanceship assuages 
agonizing aches also advocates amorousness
assiduously activating admiration
aggressive attacks assault afoul 

affable affinity and affectionadumbration
anatomical accidental addiction attested as academic,
although afterward abnegation absolutely arduous,
affianced attired apparently as an anomaly 

Ares and Abyssinian Astarte...

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Categories: afterworld, 10th grade, 12th grade, addiction, community, dark,
Form: Alliteration
Eternal Flame [ Minus One Stanza and Envoi ]
The wicked world, in this age is full of sin,
All youth have a lust for the obscene;
The hour has come to cleanse the skin,
Our bodies, no longer temples, are unclean;
One may find all will feel...

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Categories: afterworld, death, fantasy, imagination, life, loss, philosophy, time,
Form: Chant Royal
Of the Coming Fire
the skelton of the watch
a vigil for the passing dead
things left unfed 
wraiths wander on 
watching wanting waiting 
guiding the blind in to the light
the instruments of time to mark mortality
counting the seconds, minutes, hours...

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Categories: afterworld, age, allegory, allusion, analogy, art, corruption, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Skin Color Is a Thing
Until I got to college I had never heard the term black or white.
Because I was not listening possibly, or more so that I never thought about it.
Some people did not have freckles, I was...

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Categories: afterworld, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form: Free verse



Slowly
The entire time we spent
Searching through ruins and sands
For a reason or just
An answer that would
Allow us to sleep
But the rain
Didn't come to save us from
The demon's song
So we flew through 
A mirror paved of...

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Categories: afterworld, magic, math, memory,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Sailor At Sea
Sometimes I feel like I am just slipping away.  Slide me in the water like a dead man at sea.  I can feel the cloth shroud surrounding and protecting me like a swaddled...

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Categories: afterworld, allusion, death, farewell,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member She Sits Alone
Two gazes crossed in the crowded room
Discreetly, without being discovered 
Sending a message that only someone
Who is in love decodes its meaning 

Sometimes eyes reveal the feelings 
Buried in the depths of the soul
Unrevealed and...

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Categories: afterworld, love,
Form: Free verse
The Heart's Malcontent Eye
Secluded mind murder
Windows are false inside here
I find here,deep inside here...i don't find myself hoping for peace
These clouds of despair that blind the battlefield have a dark appeal

My naked eyes see nothing
The cheerful souls have...

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Categories: afterworld, angst, art, confusion, death, depression, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Numb
Do they see how I feel?
Hate is all I see in their eyes.
My body has no feeling at all. 
Numb.

I can’t feel the pain that
They are intending for me.
It just gets worse.
Can I have a...

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Categories: afterworld, angst, depression, body,
Form: I do not know?

Book: Shattered Sighs