Long Sharpened Poems
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Liquor of Lament: My Glass Is Half FullVerse 6: I've given up love countless times
I needed to pay up for my heartbroken crimes
I already repented for my sins that made my high hopes paper-thin
Don't you feel that envy from deep within?...
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Categories:
sharpened, addiction, cute love, deep, depression, desire, hope,
Form:
Lyric
Pencils In SeptemberI smell like pencils in September.
After they’ve been brought to that…to the machine hanging on the closet wall where our coats, our boots, our bags, and nonsense lived.
You stared me in the eyes, since the...
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Categories:
sharpened, 3rd grade, america, betrayal, child, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
The Angry Black WomanShe stood with her back turned to me
Leaning slightly towards where the light tapered off into darkness
Her faced buried deep inside her cupped hands
Her own shadow towered over her seemingly at odds with her...
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Categories:
sharpened, africa, anger, beauty, betrayal, black african american,
Form:
I do not know?
The Girl With Eyes As Black As CrowsOn that night the moon seemed hidden from her starry brothers
The kind of night not suited for the fighters nor the lovers
I ventured out only to put out the low burning lamp
When there I saw...
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Categories:
sharpened, dark, death, fantasy, murder, mythology, night, scary,
Form:
Narrative
The GiftFrom the window of my chic city office, lost in thought, I gaze out.
The pedestrians scurry like frenzied ants below, caught up in their bustling state of holiday insanity.
In his haste to cross the street...
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Categories:
sharpened, allegory, holiday, hope,
Form:
Prose
Desert, Wilderness, StormTHE DESERT THE WILDERNESS THE STORM
I am parched, my back is arched,
my body racked with pain,
Nothing green in sight,
my thirst, my plight,
eyes playing tricks on me again.
An illusion of rest beside...
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Categories:
sharpened, christian, destiny, god, life,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Whips of History - 1This whip is a relic of war
an instrument of severe education,
come now Avia, look how lovely and vulgar,
it is essential for you to appreciate it's intention,
feel it's supple weight, the simple fright,
I use jasmine...
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Categories:
sharpened, christian, history, passion, poetry,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The HitchPt. I
The Lodger
Morning sneaked inside the flat and lit the dusty air
through holes in the torn curtains forming spotlights on the floor.
He woke from the discomfort of a night in his armchair
and sighed at all...
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Categories:
sharpened, adventure, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Follow the Bouncing BallShe dresses the land down
in a virginal bridal gown
a masterfully cut and sewn chenille
shines brightly with a fine crystal appeal
Her assistants work quite diligently
to add special touches and then flee
they decorated the mountain peaks
using all their...
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Categories:
sharpened, cheer up, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
ImaginationEvery second, every minute, every single thought about you
Wonders of this still could be too good to be true
Fluttering in my heart, palpitations go amiss
I yearn for the touch of your skin, and I constantly...
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Categories:
sharpened, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
Of Unknown OriginNylon waste is often akin to a brushed out stable, manger, or stall. But brushing the carpet is often a resemblance of a swirling cloud of dust and tobacco shards and tobacco shards are not...
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Categories:
sharpened, beach, beautiful,
Form:
I do not know?
The Market PlaceI have been trying to pen this verse for the past two weeks but
Someone was standing in my way and my mind went astray
Can’t you see that it is a brand new day?
Winter has subsided...
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Categories:
sharpened, change, character, courage, environment, metaphor, money, truth,
Form:
Narrative
The Bug's TaleA bug upon a green leaf sat
Cautiously eyeing up a cat
Who, unaware of the bug's intentions
Continued with its cruel conventions:
Of catching a mouse then setting it free
Then leaping up it once more with glee
Until the...
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Categories:
sharpened, humorous,
Form:
Epic
Burning Paper HousesSlowly creeping out of winter
Would it ever be the same
If I showed up at your door
Out of breath, out of line
With a million excuses behind my manic behavior?
A video diary full...
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Categories:
sharpened, betrayal, extended metaphor, imagery, loss, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Symposium
"Symposium"
where do you go
when you try to
dream your place
in my life
gone now
from your
quicksand shores
once I rolled over
placed my mouth
against your throat
what used to be
as if you
could transfer
some...
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Categories:
sharpened, love, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Scent of DeathYou narrators from far, from my chamber I call. Take the story that I've told & may you tell it to all...
& so it began, that this poor little man
Took off through the bog with...
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Categories:
sharpened, allusion, bereavement, heart, lost love, pain, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
The Loser Behind the MaskMy mind is a war wasteland equipped with exploding landmines
decisions limited; sharpened claws are sinking into me
scarring my flesh upon impact into my lungs
breathe...I can't...breathe
I admit I'm not sure, I admit I'm confused
I admit I...
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Categories:
sharpened, grief, hate, how i feel, love,
Form:
Free verse
Fan of a FanChorus
Sights are far but our minds are close
two hearts share one inhale with one nose
stage acts are for her even the pose
smiles from down she wishes for a rose
ten out of ten is her loyal...
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Categories:
sharpened, celebrity, fairy, i love you, i miss
Form:
Lyric
Gift To MyselfI spin, faster and faster…
losing control, I am a propeller rising.
Once, you were my mystery to solve,
my gift to unwrap -
my challenge, my highest vista to climb.
You lifted me to your...
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Categories:
sharpened, break up, emotions, identity, metaphor, relationship, universe,
Form:
Free verse
The Curse of NefertitiIn golden chains of bondage, was the royal queen
Brought forth, force to kneel, before the newly crowned
Pharaoh of Egypt!
Branded a heretic, a blasphemer of the Gods, a traitor to
Her people, unworthy to wear the serpents...
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Categories:
sharpened, adventure, halloween, history, imagery, international, mythology, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Whitby 2012The embers glow mysteriously as the breezes pass
In Whitby where the terraced houses fell on mass
Two new friends sit and chat about the devastating storms
And as they sit and talk an old legend is reborn.
T'was...
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Categories:
sharpened, fantasy,
Form:
Verse
Seeking AssuranceI am sad
and need reassurance
this choice was not bad
at the time of searching
Home's new-found voice,
and is not bad
now,
and will not be bad
and sad
in my shortening future.
Diminishing now
into year by year forecasts,
no longer this seventh decade
by...
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Categories:
sharpened, earth day, health, humor, integrity, peace, power,
Form:
Political Verse
The Stone Heart
This is the other side, the eternal space hidden...
A world without skin and flesh,
the perfect nightmare relents.
Before and after... and even now, since then does not exist...
Yesterday and today... as time ticks away,
dying...
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Categories:
sharpened, deep, heart, heartbroken, life, love, rose, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To the End of WarSharpened pens were brutal swords; a war was forged
Blow after blow was struck, with blood rage engorged
Not one single word between them had been spoken
No flag of truce waved, or friendship offered as token
Nothing was...
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Categories:
sharpened, friendship, war,
Form:
Epic
InDoesn't matter what my name is. Certain types of men do certain types of things. Like join a terrorist group coz they believe they're right. I've been inside with them. ...
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Categories:
sharpened, conflict, courage, political, prison, war,
Form:
Free verse