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The loneliness of the settled
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Agnes Krampe
| Free verse |
numbs, depression, drink,
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Disabled In The Heart
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HONESTY OIMBO
| Free verse |
numbs, hope,
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Just as Rain
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Teagan Taylor
| Free verse |
numbs, analogy, appreciation, endurance, heart,
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Dark Embrace
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Rose Henderson
| Prose |
numbs, dark, depression, endurance, hurt,
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Betrayed
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Moliehi Molupe
| Narrative |
numbs, betrayal, depression, encouraging, inspiration,
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The Eight Legs Of Marriage
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Earl Schumacker
| Free verse |
numbs, abuse, appreciation, dark, endurance,
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When Progress Regresses
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john sensele
| Free verse |
numbs, poems,
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Failed love
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Jonathan McClean
| Ballad |
numbs, for her,
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Mask
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Mary Jane Randall
| Burlesque |
numbs, confidence, confusion, corruption, deep,
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Agony, Pain, Anguish
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james mwangi
| Free verse |
numbs, anger, pain,
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The Winter Cemetery
by Victor Buhagiar
The ice-cold sun was hid
Behind a bank of clouds that came unbid,
Ugly freezing winds blew
Birds felt it all and flew
No place to rest, they knew.
The...
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numbs, sad, winter,
fallin'
by Barbara Tillery
I’m falling, falling down deep
I don’t plan to back out now
Not now, not ever
I’ve gotten so far now
Why back off when there is
So much more...
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numbs, boyfriend, deep, happiness, love,
Cleanness, as somebody said once
by Alex Klugman
Cleanness, as somebody said once ,
Not where they clean, but where they do not crap,
And our yardman vigilantly at the entrance,
Walks around with ...
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numbs, humorous,
Thrashing in The Dark
by Michael Vacek
A glorious sunset in an opening
Never before seen. Miles from nowhere.
Dimming iridescent sunset.
The forest shines light to the East
Eyes can't adjust to the shadows...
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numbs, anxiety, dark, eve, journey,
Our time is borrowed
by Klio Tsitsikroni
Our time is borrowed
Desolate soul of barren thought,
Derailed of conscience clear,
Upon this peaceful evening
brought a sadness almost near.
The devastating news is crippling.
How...
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Categories:
numbs, death, death of a
Street Musicians
by Emile Pinet
Street musicians don poverty’s finest
and beg recognition for a few coins.
The rhythm of their jazz intoxicates
seducing you with their audacity.
Trumpets offset by...
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numbs, culture, feelings, hyperbole, imagery,
Numb With Grief
by Jo Daniel
At night, I w e e p, unable to s l e e p
(The day somehow passes in pain)
Alone with none to comfort
memories flood...
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numbs, grief, pain,
Madness
by Agnes Krampe
Mental illness makes my
Mind spin out of control.
Many voices clamor,
Make demands and threaten.
Medication numbs me.
Meandering through a
Maze of thoughts, I am lost.
4/19/2017...
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numbs, mental illness,
White On White
by Carrie Richards
The midday light unfolds a shawl
and for awhile it numbs the cold
Sun skirts the brow of peak and mound
where white on white can blind the...
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numbs, change, irony, loss, sad,
Natural love
by Terence Msuku
Natural love
Love cooked over a wood-fire
Smoky, smoked, well-preserved love
Well-worn love that fits just right
Like an old leather jacket
Love with wrinkles and smiling lines
Freckles and blackheads
Love...
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numbs, love, true love,
Feel Me
by curtis johnson
Feel Me ...
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numbs, celebration, cheer up, dance,
Standing On The Brink
by Emile Pinet
Alcohol easily deludes the brain
especially in vulnerable youth.
For it numbs hurts and emotional pain
trading reality for a false truth.
It rules misery’s reclusive domain
replacing self-hate with...
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numbs, addiction, angst, depression, drink,
Confusion
by Levi StPeter
Confusion comes,
When there’s something unexplainable,
When straw connects from nose to table.
Confusion stuns,
When there are no answer,.
Finding no cure for cancer.
Confusion guns,
When needle presses to the...
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numbs, conflict,
My Old Lady Rocks
by Donna Roberts
My Old Lady Rocks
Shes sure to knock off your socks
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numbs, dance, mom,
Wake Me Again
by Darren White
Water cold they call it here
That cold that permeates the bones
That numbs nerves and fears
I sit here with feet on cold stones
That have no nerves...
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numbs, anxiety, pain, recovery from,
The Former Wings
by Keith O.J. Hunt
***This poem was written at a hard
time in my life when I needed my
spirituality most, but could not
easily do so due to the...
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numbs, death, depression, endurance, family,
SIESTA
by Leon Enriquez
Droop of eyelids
Tipsy blur swirls
Sleepy form bids
Plunge into twirls
Plain arch and curl
Snore in loud swirls
In a fast zip
Body feels numb
Crash easy trip
Sleep floats...
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numbs, blessing,
Sold
by rob carmack
There is no difference,
the saints whisper and every enemy and ally
wake to forever’s difference,
that neither knee nor tongue will deny.
Doubt bit into Innocence and sold
the...
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numbs, bible, christian, corruption, god,
A World That's Not Real
by Amy Mills
can I turn off my computer
shut down my phone
turn off the lights
and open the blinds?
No
Because I look outside
and I see everyone pass by
Looking at their...
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numbs, absence, addiction, lonely, perspective,
I have learned the geography of grief
by Katherine Braithwaite
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I have walked the silent paths of grief
Sunless,dreary,cold and all alone.
I have slept on beds of winter leaves.
I know that death’s a greedy starving thief.
Although...
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Villanelle |
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numbs, grief,