As Dead As Leaves
..."As dead as leaves" I'd taken leave
of any sense for life’s new lease.
My wish - to be the centerpiece.
How very reckless to perceive
my charms like magic could unweave
tight-woven strands, p...
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Categories:
radiohead, 11th grade, bereavement, friend,
Form: Rondeau
Before the Firing Squad
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“Before The Firing Squad”
the firing squad
came dressed
in faux smiles
the intervention cake
was spoon fed, like honey,
by mother superior
to the lesser bee,
...
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Categories:
radiohead, muse, psychological, symbolism,
Form: Epic
Candy Rock
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"Candy Rock"
"Suck on my brain
like a lollipop,
fond regards"
she says,
"hard as
Candy Rock"
(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)
“Nude” / Radiohead
https://youtu.be/7XB...
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Categories:
radiohead, romance,
Form: Romanticism
Straight Outta Lockdown
...You are now about to witness my lack of street knowledge
Straight outta lockdown,
lazy brother named THE DUDE
Formed a gang called diggers With Altitudes
Work is called off, I got a paid off
Str...
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Categories:
radiohead, poetry,
Form: Free verse
All In a Day
...Excuse me but I have to ask,
I may not always love you,
Just a coffee please, thanks very much,
It’s not always good news you know,
What’s that band I like?
I’m sitting here beside five i...
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Categories:
radiohead, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Sung In
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"Sung In"
We are notes
on the tongue
of God
Each of us words
in a never ending
sentence
Music is math
God breathes us in
out of ...
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Categories:
radiohead, humanity, i am,
Form: Free verse
Piranhas
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"Piranhas"
Piranhas
thrashing tales
to the feeding frenzy
de rigueur
someone’s torn
they can smell the blood
pointing fingers in a mirr...
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Categories:
radiohead, abuse, addiction, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Collegetown Hipsters
...I see you hipsters in rustic coffee shops with pictures of Marlyn Monroe and contemporary art,
the girl in all black with a black beret to make her look more avant-garde and red colored hair that w...
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Categories:
radiohead, art, community, culture, fashion,
Form: Prose Poetry
Conversations With a Daughter: Creeps
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"Conversations with a Daughter: Creeps"
Time creeps
my beautiful, clever, daughter
Weirdos are us
incorporated
There's that beautiful ...
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Categories:
radiohead, freedom, love, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
Love Will Win In the End
...Love will win…in the end.
We are meteors on a collision course with love.
We have seen the hard times and we have had enough.
Golden band promises do not seem to mean a thing,
To those who cl...
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Categories:
radiohead, love, marriage, me, music,
Form: Bio
Home
...There isn’t a true home
No matter where I live
Everywhere feels unknown
Too long to only feel under achieve
I did not choose to become who I am
I only realize along the way
Pushed and push ag...
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Categories:
radiohead, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Chalice of Murdered Crows
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"The Chalice of Murdered Crows"
How many moonbeams
would it take to overflow
my chalice bathe me naked
dew kissed diamond glistening
bar...
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Categories:
radiohead, dark, destiny, fate, love,
Form: Free verse
Kawehi : Part Five
...Kawehi : Part Five
You’re taking me back, to back in the day.
I love this Garbage music; you can still create a smile upon my face.
Pour some misery down on me and I will find a way,
To be ha...
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Categories:
radiohead, happy, inspiration, lost love,
Form: I do not know?
The Sweet Faced Ones With Nothing Left Inside
...My path beyond the shores of time
from life to there are maritime ripples.
Harrowing blades of rain
hammered from storm-clouds shatter puddles
of glass to rolling streams of echoes,
Misery’s tra...
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Categories:
radiohead, depression,
Form: Sestina
The Words Are Wrong
...The Words Are Wrong
The words are wrong, in this Radiohead song;
The words are wrong, in this Radiohead song.
The words are wrong; she wears me out.
The words are wrong, in this Radiohead son...
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Categories:
radiohead, words,
Form: I do not know?
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