Won't Take That
...She gave her word and I just believed,
was the best thing that happened to me,
but, before long, on camera I see
her sneaking with a man who lives up the street.
Probed her for truth, but, oh, ...
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Categories:
probed, abortion, conflict, endurance, men,
Form: Rhyme
An Editor Grills a Cub Reporter
...
“You got the goldfish interview, as asked?”
“I did, sir, but he lacked the wherewithal
to answer me coherently, I fear.”
“What’s that supposed to mean? The fishing section
is looking pretty thi...
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Categories:
probed, fishing,
Form: Rhyme
Reflections of the Past, Visions of the Future
...Tying the knot,
I thought sowed my soul.
Making me a better man,
But I discovered the lack.
Learning how to respect one another.
Loving another at the cost of loving myself.
Unrequited pain, ...
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Categories:
probed, divorce, motivation,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
We Fall in Love and They Have No Mercy
...{"You mugged out all of the resonant voices whispering in your head, you summoned them to go noiseless against your cranium. You beseeched not to be an overthinker, nor to forge as one of them. It wa...
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Categories:
probed, absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse
Animating Innate Vibrance
...
Line of inquiry:
"betwixt the pulse of our heartbeat
simply present, head-heart linking
dwelling in time stretched blissful peace
awareness became unblinking"
Weary from everyday stress an...
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Categories:
probed, anxiety, feelings, growth, heart,
Form: Free verse
Petals of Pain
...A noblewoman
who never sheds scars from fragile eyes,
you won’t hear her inner child cry.
A palette of purple pride hides horrific truths.
We hid behind a small frame, evading the regiment’s reig...
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Categories:
probed, anger, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
More is Less
...How you feel is not enough,
You as this is less than function,
Avert the feel, replace with stuff,
Or suffer states, disjunction.
Comparing scrambled eggs to buzzing locust,
To the mumbled min...
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Categories:
probed, abuse, anxiety, depression, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Working The Swing Shift
...Sweet juices spilt Spring, free thee greeneries
ye lands amend, then weave to Summer's eve
ere its proclaim windswept name, a said leave
from Indian grabbed drum who beat the trees
sown years to...
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Categories:
probed, autumn, inspiration, life, nature,
Form: Italian Sonnet
After the party I woke up in a tropical Island
...the weather was hot, women were hot,
the beer was cool, and I had a few!
the food was so good, I gorged a lot,
slept with a beauty I hardly knew.
the waves roared in and splashed out all night,
...
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Categories:
probed, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Cream Filled Pastries
...A sweet fragrance pierced the air
As I hold on to this moment.
Awaking at last to lonesome bedsheets
As I hear movement from within the kitchen.
I arise to a foggy atmosphere
being probed by ...
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Categories:
probed, caregiving, creation, happiness, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Vanished Like Mist
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Vanished Like Mist
Now I wonder, ponder, persuade the mind to wander in an abyss of what may be
Plowed and clawed then probed to find ...
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Categories:
probed, absence, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Fear of Abduction By Alien Life
...colorful pifflewigs
probed my brain cells with their vivid violet claws
talon digs
twelve orange eyes
observe the trembling of my jaws
their prize
my tears
alien laws
fears
...
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Categories:
probed, fantasy, fear,
Form: Rhyme
In Search of a Great White Butt Ox
...We embarked on an adventure
That was quite quixotic
A scientific dream quencher
Searching for exotics
We started where we thought made sense
Out on the sunning docks
Where perhaps there’d be ...
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Categories:
probed, humorous, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Refugee's Not Aliens
...Refugees
Not aliens, once citizens
reduced to Stateless beings
Not because of own making
On run as find life simmering
due to anarchy set afire
by mindless Power bearers
Womb of their myopic t...
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Categories:
probed, humanity, war,
Form: Free verse
Refugee's Not Aliens
...Refugees
Not aliens, once citizens
reduced to Stateless beings
Not because of own making
On run as find life simmering
due to anarchy set afire
by mindless Power bearers
Womb of their myopic t...
...
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Categories:
probed, humanity,
Form: Free verse
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