Long Bruises Poems
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The BartenderTwenty two years had passed by
She blinked, and a lifetime had passed
She started this job as a lark
She never thought it would last
Two husbands and rehab were part of this bar
The husbands...her clients all...
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Categories:
bruises, america, community, family, heart, society, strength, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Silent Cries and AgoraphobiaI remember feeling so empty the abuse had escalated after four hurricanes witnessing a murder horrific traumatic brain injury I was now uprooted leaving my beautiful home in Fort Myers Florida at the behest of...
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Categories:
bruises, anxiety,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Sorry I Shied AwayIs it just me or I'm starting to slow down along with the unwinding of time?
Time is running out and oh how I feel sublime
I'm in need of understanding God's Word and Law
I...
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Categories:
bruises, deep, depression, desire, , cute,
Form:
Lyric
Fading Away the Mark of MiseryI must admit
You left me broken…
I am shattered shards,
Spread out on your hands…
Your sweaty palms of uncertainty at hand
But, we will land in a land of I-understand…
Make a stand and things won’t get out of...
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Categories:
bruises, angst, emotions, endurance, hope, strength, sympathy, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Last Call
We sat at the end of the bar in a seedy place on Seventh street. Nursing our drinks, we both had a bit too much that night. My...
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Categories:
bruises, passion, sad,
Form:
Prose
Random Acts of KarmaThe mute old drunk had gotten lucky the day before - a stranger had taken pity on him at the bridge, (under which he and many other homeless people lived), and stopped to give him...
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Categories:
bruises, grandchild, hope, humanity, inspirational, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Grit and Guts On the Gridiron - 1Mud and leather
dirt and nerve
bloodied laughter
collision to serve,
distance, drive and demolition
battle axe ambition in the wild air
muscle and mind joined in steeled instinct,
a stitched pigskin ball, the grail of the Fall
to fumble it means...
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Categories:
bruises, america, sports, war,
Form:
Epic
Roses Are Red Collab-26These Limericks were written by many different PS poets who are all remaining anonymous. If you would like to add one of your own and remain anonymous send it to my soup mail. Enjoy!
Roses...
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Categories:
bruises, anti bullying,
Form:
Limerick
Mommy WhyMolested the first fifteen years of my life. My mother remained silent the whole time. As the molesting continued all those years. Forced to live a pretend life all my childhood. Beaten and punished every...
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Categories:
bruises, mother daughter, mother, child, house, school, god,
Form:
Epic
Sooner Or Later - Both Audio and TextHow terribly awkward it so often is when ones relations are faced with seeing to the daily survival of those they most care about - young OR old -
Sooner or later the day will...
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Categories:
bruises, age, family, father, parents,
Form:
Verse
RecentlyI’ve recently been reading a book that reminded me of how little I am in this humongous world
It reminded me of how many boys with the same pigment as me, it reminded me of...
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Categories:
bruises, depression, emotions, feelings, passion,
Form:
Rhyme
Yet More Than a BrotherMoods oscillate in cadences of peaks and valleys
Music to fractious emotions on greasy dance floors
Mistimed cues of flares smouldering relationships
Angst of redundancy seethes from within as lava
Anger is camouflaged with the cloak of reticence
Ardour suffocated...
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Categories:
bruises, allusion, analogy, appreciation, brother, character, feelings, friend,
Form:
Bio
Domestic MaskI see a rose wilting by the darkness of an abusive husband/
And I feel guilty just standing by and not doing something/
I’m proving nothing with my inactivity and hollow words/
Truth is hard to swallow but...
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Categories:
bruises, abuse, dark, poetry, women,
Form:
Rhyme
Pouring SunBreathe in and out and don’t fall for the lies of society
We are breathing in pollution of poverty
Heartaches are blameless, but I am blameful
Shattered and insignificant…left on the floor…wasteful
Apparently, you are different and better...
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Categories:
bruises, anger, art, deep, depression, freedom, grief, how
Form:
Free verse
PromiseI'm writing on the first page.
I love the concord and quiet at my age.
The morning came from a genius mage.
In my spirit, I am searching for the truth stage.
To understand things to resist this upsurge.
It...
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Categories:
bruises, america, appreciation, confidence, depression, devotion, fear, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Healing1. Fields of much promise, but no grass and no soil
the world not so round getting flat and shapeless
necks stretched for faces to look up to heaven
and arms open for a new salvation song.
But God...
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Categories:
bruises, death, grief, hope, horror, humanity, life,
Form:
Lyric
When You Told MeWhen you told me..,,
When you told me you had cancer,
i could not believe it.
My little sister is poorly and I wish it was me.
You told me not to worry then you said.
“ I’ve got...
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Categories:
bruises, bereavement, cancer, cry, god, grief, sister, sympathy,
Form:
Free verse
My Opinion On Religion Take 9My opinion on religion Take 1
I am in the unexpected throes of spring cleaning
Suddenly with no warning
7 people are unexpectedly arriving in a few minutes for an Easter lunch.
Easter lunch already?
Why didn’t anyone mention...
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Categories:
bruises, confidence, deep, devotion, easter, religion, religious, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Glory Unto JesusGlory unto His written word
That brings forth light
To shine on darkness
And create light within
that was in darkness
They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the That was the...
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Categories:
bruises, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Nicholas Street Jail
The structure is imposing, massive and fearful. Built in 1862 as a jail and
gallows for the worst of humanity. "Living" conditions were sickening and
appalling. The top floor was reserved for death-row...
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Categories:
bruises, scary,
Form:
Narrative
The Woman In the WindowCan you see the woman in the window?
...
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Categories:
bruises, abuse, loss, woman,
Form:
Free verse
In My Very Own DreamsSo this is it, huh?
This is the end?
We have come this far,
And this is the end?
All over, just like that?
Your betrayal seep in through my pores,
It taints me whole.
This is the ending of a horrible...
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Categories:
bruises, courage, growth, identity, inspirational, power, pride, self,
Form:
Free verse
This WomanI remember my teen years and the attitude I had.
I always said, “I’ll never let a guy hit me or treat me bad.”
The first time it happened, the first time I was hit;
I couldn’t believe...
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Categories:
bruises, abuse,
Form:
Rhyme
What Would You Do IfWhat if you were born in the 1800's?
...
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Categories:
bruises, abuse, america, analogy, black african american, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
AngerPlaced Third In :
Appreciation, Anger, Air, Angelic Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sotto Poet
...
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Categories:
bruises, anger, emotions, feelings, inspirational, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme