annoying bird speak
...Is that a bird?
My sister, who is on the phone, asks me.
I listen a bit harder.
Can you hear that? She asks. It’s a bird, right?
Uh-huh.
A bird I had not noticed until now
Spouting birdspeak th...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, bird,
Form: Free verse
Live to Die Alone
...
{"You continuously threaten me that I’ll eventually die alone, though it’s a pang against my heart I hear none of it though ferociously, the insides of me are hurricanes.
Reservoir myself, I live...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
body box - what i am now v2
...if you saw me
the way i see myself
maybe you'd get it.
"count your calories,
read the nutrition panels,
diet,
exercise,"
i know.
believe me,
i know.
"it's for your health,"
turns i...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, anti bullying, body, dark,
Form: Free verse
A Hopeless Romantic
...Do you know what it means to be in love? Where this burning sensation is felt throughout the heart. Where you can rewrite it in the dictionary, only to prove nobody has loved you like I do. Since lov...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, deep, emotions, feelings, love,
Form: Spoken Word
what i am now
...if you saw me
the way i see myself
maybe you'd get it.
"count your calories,
read the nutrition panels,
diet,
exercise,"
i know.
believe me,
i know.
"it's for your health,"
turns i...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, sad, slam,
Form: Free verse
Iowa City
...(A bit of fun for Thomas W. Case - I think he lives in Iowa)
Hawkeye pride burns bright in Iowa City,
the place where Tennessee Williams learned to curse.
Iowa City hosts the 4th of J...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, community, food, identity, paris,
Form: Free verse
Green Hell
...
As I fall into the buzzing altar of heavy
metal shifting sand, maw, swirling sheets,
illness drools plus plus halcyon?
drawn too many wrinkles obfuscating drooling
stic...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, art,
Form: Rhyme
Junk Drawer
...
The junk drawer of my mind processes MOMENTO, like golden Ark Dulcimer, Cimbalom that shatters the font of unfinished sound, into pixels of mime, song bound, PUZZLE PIECE orchestrated by the ...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, art,
Form: Other
Gift of Benevolence
...Written: September 09, 2023
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In a world where boons often fade,
And kindness can be obnoxiously betrayed.
There is a sp...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, analogy, appreciation, confidence, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Paralyzed Petals
...Welcome to the circus
of discrimination-
where soft subtle glances
and fragrant
touches of femininity
are burnt in ashes,
through howling rays
from the sinister sun,
triggering wildfire
c...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, confidence, society, wisdom, woman,
Form: Free verse
Coasting
...I pretend I'm alright
And put my best stance forward
Wear my brave face
Tryin to be smooth
Just tripped on my shoelace
What's a girl to do
Busted, razed, flat broke
My foot slipped off the p...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, anxiety, depression, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Within My Quasi Moat Toad Lily Padded Immediate Environs
...Within my quasi moat toad lily padded immediate environs
Meaning the corporeal complex edifice
housing these lovely bones,
where linkedin logorrhea ably
strives to break out
in meaningless s...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, adventure, age, allusion, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
My God, Thank You For Taking Me Away Toward You
...March 17 Scripture Meditations Based on 2Kings 1-5
Key Verse – 2Kings 2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will ...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
This Wandering Mind
...How shall I deal with this wandering mind?
Meandering through a meadow of ideas,
Seeking truth among noxious weeds I find
Since early childhood I have been curious
Always sifting th...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, how i feel, introspection,
Form: Terza Rima
Ping Pong Parp
...If you hear the sound of rat-tat-a-tat
It's not a woodpecker or a chattering cat
Tis George F. Latulence an aristocrat
Playing ping pong with his gold crested bat.
A competitor and show-off he ...
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Categories:
obnoxiously, games,
Form: Rhyme
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