Suicide Prose Poems

What does it matter
Which words we choose to say,
When all of them
Are devoid of meaning?

And as pointless
As this poem,
And all of my poems
Back to back...

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It seems appropriate this Easter Sunday [4/21/19] as I write this to ask THE question humans have asked since we developed our unique-- to the...

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On the warm wet day in december
I look back at my life and remember
How it was in days gone by
Everyone i loved taken and still...

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Christmas is almost here
And just as I feared
Those ghosts came back
Even this year they appeared

Doubt came and sucked the happy from me
Smiled and sucked some...

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Emptiness can hurt 
No one hears the silent screams
Fighting for a way out
A race to the dirt
Surviving the dreams
Destroyed without a doubt
Does the sting ever...

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Eating Badly with diabetes is a Suicide Mission.

I know, because Artur Anczarski, says so.

He is the Prophet, he is the Saint,
And nothing he says, is...

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Russian roulette
 
Beautiful young woman danced on a stage on the border of Austin Texas,
moving like a beautiful butterfly in the breeze.
She held the attention...

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She was a force to be reckoned with, outgoing, delightfully assertive, powerful, well-respected.
Her business was human resources.
She was the company expert. We could not have...

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Pain throbbing thru every spot 
One minute cold the next I'm hot
I chose the drug this is what I got
Bad decision again has me caught

Caught...

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We lost a friend, his heart so broken.
His weary woes were left unspoken.
He hurt inside with out release.
It must of brought him to his knees.
With...

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Pieces keep flying thru my mind
If I keep digging no telling what I'll find
Life so full once now its in such a bind
My body moves...

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Pieces keep flying thru my mind
If I keep digging no telling what I'll find
Life so full once now its in such a bind
My body moves...

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BAD HABITS

I never use to drink, never before / never use to smoke, ever before. Kept your company too long, you led me into the...

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Why do I love poetry? Well, it's none of the usual: beautiful words, lofty thoughts, noble sentiments. I can get all that from Tolstoy or...

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Inspired by “Dinosaurs in The Hood” by Danez Smith.


Let’s make a movie. About a fat girl. But in this one, she isn’t bullied all her...

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1)	A short LETTER to novice poets (highschool level, retirees, etc) e.g.


 “Dear budding poet, … Your love of poetry and words has brought you to...

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        I wanna  fall in love

Once, I was seeking the Hemingway life. Running toward war and away...

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Tender Goodbye

The moon gently touches the tears on a tender face,
A woman dressed in black surrendering to fate.
Big empty eyes stare sadly into the darkness...

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Unadulterated History.

In 1931, a white woman accused five Hawaiian men of rape. They were acquitted. The woman's mother showed up and demanded retribution for her...

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I know you know what happened the year we graduated. Just like everything else, it trickled down the grape vine. We were seniors when SHE...

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