Long Extinguishes Poems
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I Couldn't Talk About It, So I Wrote A Poem Poetry Contest
If I had a hashtag or even understood them,
it might be “TMI.”
I don’t lack for stories and opinions.
I’ll engage in conversations with friendly total strangers
when right away I see they share my views.
Imagine being me,...
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Categories:
extinguishes, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
An Image of the Netherworld Envisioned By a MisanthropeAn image of the netherworld envisioned by a misanthrope
Mein kampf fraught re:
emotionally/psychologically challenged
impossible mission to cope
compared to classmates, I felt like a dope
and entertained escapist fantasies,
whereby Miss Rainbow
(sixth grade student teacher),
though robbing...
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Categories:
extinguishes, 6th grade, adventure, age, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
In the vast ocean of my thoughts, I try, I swear I tryIn the vast ocean of my thoughts, I try, I swear I try,
To open my soul like a nocturnal flower,
To become that companion you can easily find in the night.
But often my ears are burdened...
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Categories:
extinguishes, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Linda-Marie Sweetheart
"A Near-Death Experience of A Sweetheart"
Floating through a corridor between two different Worlds
among white fluffy clouds and shimmering stars awhile wind unfurls
racing into darkness: destination to death's door
living in a heavenly kingdom ... forevermore ...
Traveling...
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Categories:
extinguishes, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Memento of MotherhoodWhen silver waves of crystalline crescent
emanate rhapsodies glazed in
Jupiter light.. reflections
of bejeweled June comes
...
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Categories:
extinguishes, emotions, memory,
Form:
Free verse
In the heart of the night, next to the unmoved clockIn the heart of the night, next to the unmoved clock,
She lies, with the pillow—a saline lake of pagan scents,
Mourning something that was never spoken.
Prisoner in the castle of shadows, where darkness
Bearer of chaos, stretches...
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Categories:
extinguishes, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
My Final JourneyIn despair, I contemplate
ending my miserable disease-ridden life!
My body is damaged beyond repair
And so intense is the anguish that I can barely bear.
I'm a worthless mess helpless , a broken man and
my future is just...
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Categories:
extinguishes, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
An Image of the Netherworld Envisioned By a MisanthropeDeep within the bowels of the Earth
(dark visceral centre)
immensely distant from the sheltering sky
amidst a thick fog enveloped landscape
with here and there a projected
craggy, derelict chasm
precipitously crooked
rocky claws pointing toward
an infinitely wide yawning abyss
dwelt...
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Categories:
extinguishes, allegory, crush, death, earth, grave, horror, journey,
Form:
Free verse
Thoughts My ThoughtsCan you guess?
Can you look into my eyes and guess what im thinking?
If you do, please tell me.
Because i dont even know.
I have been laying on my bed for two days straight and my mind...
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Categories:
extinguishes, i am,
Form:
Imagism
There’s nothing to mourn about death, any more than the blooming of a roseThere’s nothing to mourn about death, any more than the blooming of a rose,
What’s truly terrible isn’t death, but the lives that are wasted.
People lose their essence in the abyss of forgetfulness,
Throwing their days into...
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Categories:
extinguishes, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
An Image of Netherworld Envisioned By Mister MisanthropeDeep within Earthen bowels
immensely distant from sheltering sky
amidst a thick fog enveloped landscape
with here and there a projected
craggy, derelict chasm
precipitously crooked
rocky claws pointing toward
an infinitely wide yawning abyss
dwelt kindred spirits
comprising soul asylum
where grateful...
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Categories:
extinguishes, 11th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, dark,
Form:
Free verse
Stargazing With Ancient Eyes DreamingModern science has denuded
The stars and night sky of all myth and magic.
Knowing the facts in awe and wonder are no substitute for stories and legends of ancient cultures
To know that most starts are...
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Categories:
extinguishes, sky, stars,
Form:
Didactic
In the tremble of the evening and the rustle of the unfinished letterIn the tremble of the evening and the rustle of the unfinished letter,
My aged hand, shrouded in the mist of memories, writes the last farewell,
Under the blue cloak of celestial silence, waiting for the silent...
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Categories:
extinguishes, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
A Near Death Experience of a Sweetheart "A Near-Death Experience of A Sweetheart"
Floating through a corridor between two different Worlds
among white fluffy clouds and shimmering stars awhile wind unfurls
racing into darkness: destination to death's door
living in a heavenly...
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Categories:
extinguishes, death, death, god, death, god, love,
Form:
Rhyme
DepressionMired in muck. Appendageless.
Sinking in shadowy whispers.
Surviving is senseless.
Eternity is a marathon with no bathrooms, no water, no finish.
I pray for light, Satan pulls the shades
No hope, no truth, no tomorrow.
I need a friend to...
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Categories:
extinguishes, depression,
Form:
Free verse
DelilahDelilah is a temptress with the magic of allure,
but special potions or devices aren’t required by her.
Women notice (enviously) her flawless skin so fair
and the unusual style of her lustrous long sleek hair.
She walks into...
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Categories:
extinguishes, fantasynight, love, night,
Form:
Couplet
Why don't we discard the mask, let all the stage props fallWhy don't we discard the mask, let all the stage props fall?
The answer, whispered through shadows, is found in our sunlight-forgotten guise.
The true color has washed away in the rains of days, so that we...
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Categories:
extinguishes, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Under the heavy aegis of passing timeUnder the heavy aegis of passing time,
Centuries have become a burden weighing upon the moment,
We are more severed from purity than all the ages,
Corpses of empires, our own decay surrounds us.
History extinguishes under our exhausted...
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Categories:
extinguishes, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
The Children Wait On the Shorethe children wait on the shore
eyes fastened to the horizon
behind them stand the women
with a gaze far more serious
all impervious to rain and wind
the hurricane had turned inland
last night it was moving north to Baja
the...
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Categories:
extinguishes, culture, destiny, natural disasters, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Edison's Hammer(William Hammer, Thomas Alva Edison's assistant,
has reached the end of his tolerance. His boss is
planning to electrocute an elephant for a publicity
stunt.)
If he goes through with this, the dam has burst.
I'm done with him....
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Categories:
extinguishes,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Heart and Soul: ConfessionalismWe had been married thirteen years.
We had two daughters aged four and one year old.
I had no idea what she wanted to talk about that day.
We went into our bedroom and closed...
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Categories:
extinguishes, heartbroken, universe,
Form:
Prose Poetry
My Phone!!!MY PHONE!
Links me within a blink
A quick access to the link
I am far, but just right there
Very near, but miles far away
An awesome chip, which links all trip
My phone, a priceless keep
Sixth sense...
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Categories:
extinguishes, petsme, me,
Form:
I do not know?
In the realm of night within my mind, where moonlight drips like waxIn the realm of night within my mind, where moonlight drips like wax,
I lose myself among old memories, shrouded in mist,
dancing at the edge of an abyss, do not come too close to me,
for my...
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Categories:
extinguishes, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Ominous Nighttime ForayCrow's claws carrion campy carping
nsync nocturnal teenage mutant ninja turtles
analogous to scuttling
(think) browed beastie boys scarab beetle
brandishing sharp small scabbard swords
delightedly digging daggers deep
into deadened prey
rotting roadkill repulsively reeking
formerly (mere moments ago) once
fancy free and...
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Categories:
extinguishes, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Blitz
In the grey shadow of voiceless daysIn the grey shadow of voiceless days,
I, a dreamer laborer, a faceless specter,
Under the silent vault that never opens its eyes,
I weave my destiny in threads of black linen,...
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Categories:
extinguishes, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse