Small
...I refuse to languish in obscurity
hiding parts of my personality.
As a target I stood.
Verity will always light up the dark.
A white lightning rod, an electric spark
as what’s solid is viewed...
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Categories:
selfhood, emotions, feelings, mental health,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Theory of God
...
I. Of Circuits and Litanies
Somewhere between the limbic lobe
and the ache of late-night Eucharist,
you touched me—
not in flesh
but in the soft mutiny of neurons.
They do not teach us
t...
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Categories:
selfhood, god, love,
Form: Free verse
Flickering Reflections-No Place Like Hume
...
The mind doesn't passively await impressions, no tabula rasa,
The mind is active, understanding, not just a passerby.
He had bete noire towards Christianity, a Scottish Nominalist,
David Hume,...
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Categories:
selfhood, philosophy,
Form: Epic
ROBERT SHERRIFF - dance of words
...ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER-ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO EVERYONE
dance of words
Within the enigmatic dance of words and meanings lies a pro...
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Categories:
selfhood, abuse, addiction, age, child,
Form: Bio
Never Again
...A bird in a cage, I refuse to be bound,
Transport Adaptee will never break me,
I am no rotting fish; for all to see ,
Your rules are like chains ,time to break them down,
I'm no prune and certai...
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Categories:
selfhood, abuse, anger, angst,
Form: Sonnet
In the twilight of thought, where shadows weave endless night stories
...In the twilight of thought, where shadows weave endless night stories,
We wander through the labyrinths of time, seeking meaning in the stardust of our existence,
Haunted by the whispers of mortali...
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Categories:
selfhood, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Empty is Full
...It happens,
you are no longer clouded by flesh,
your verge shifts,
a million miles is but an inch.
The bright brim of an ocean of Consciousness
becomes the light of the stars,
and tha...
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Categories:
selfhood, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Descent To Ascent
...……Somewhere a lone survivor of a plane crash
A man of sound and reason
standing tall and proud.
But a voice of lies and madness
whispering words of doubt.
His mind a fortress sturdy ...
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Categories:
selfhood, mental health, mental illness,
Form: Narrative
Conscious Looking
...Creatures, great and small, perceive us
for they are a part of the matrix of looking
but the planet is incapable of looking at all.
What is this 'looking' we do?
Better to explain what it is no...
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Categories:
selfhood, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Rejoice and Relish
...Your cheeks curve into a buxom embrace.
it's awesome to see you in the mirror.
a little flirting is more than good pace
Your cheeks curve into a buxom embrace.
you are conscious about...
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Categories:
selfhood, appreciation, celebration, cheer up,
Form: Triolet
Mirrors
...MIRRORS
face to face
expressions
of nature
emboldened
to catch
& explore
a singular
intensity
of
self examination
so
stimulating
looking
&
confront us
with crucial
selfhood...
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Categories:
selfhood, poetry,
Form: Other
Continuation Regarding Lunatic Roosting Inside Me Noggin Iii
...Please pardon mine assertion
I dared to surmise
familiarity with me,
an avid reader and prolific writer
(mainly to appease personal pleasure)
thus upon embarking upon
reaching out, your curios...
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Categories:
selfhood, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Ut Sint Unum - That We May Be One
...It’s not just bricks and mortar
Nor a distant memory
But the ground roots of our livelihood
And our future destiny.
As this place prepares to close
When the final bell will sound
To mark ...
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Categories:
selfhood, childhood, education, leaving, middle
Form: Rhyme
Canoodling Within Cyberspace
...Squarely conscientious, I unwittingly
sanction selfhood acutely triangulate
courtesy webbed geometry jeopardize,
galvanize pluck nudging contrived arc,
virtually courting temptation aware,
san...
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Categories:
selfhood, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Unspoken Words
...
UNSPOKEN WORDS
As my thoughtful words
left unspoken,
Reveal the words
that we...
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Categories:
selfhood, emotions,
Form: Lyric
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