Many Moons
...Echo of distant cries,
quadruped steps deepening into dusk—
wind folding the earth’s breath.
Craftsman of the spider web,
seas of lightning possessing the sky.
Guardian of the other side,
con...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, creation, dedication, deep, extended
Form: Free verse
Poetic Silence, for Silent One
...When poetic silence ,
spoke to me
through midnight violence,
it kept my restless heart calm~
as I was hypnotized in a trance,
waltzing sleeplessly
on an island so reckless,
The soothi...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Concerto of Psychosis
...“Psychotic hallucinations, whether they are visual or vocal, they address you. They accuse you. They seduce you. They humiliate you.
They jeer at you. You interact with them.”
Oliver Sa...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, angst, emotions, mental health,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Ode to NYC
...I gave my heart away to you
On the night that new year drew
The Sinatra chimes and yellow vines
Sleeplessly anew
City of dreams, built on piano keys
And indie structures melodies
I left my he...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, new year, new york,
Form: Ode
eternal pyre
...You've meant so deeply much; within my desire
If I could present a world or build an empire
It would be so easy to secretly conspire
In a way that you would not find hard to admire
Happin...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, friend, friendship, friendship love,
Form: Monorhyme
Dear Heart
...Until I see her again, my heart remains broken
There’s a special Angel up in Heaven who I miss with each beat of my heart. I suppose her purpose on earth was limited, for God took her too soon fro...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, grief,
Form: Free verse
Ruined Rhythm
...birds and beasts sleep still
sleeplessly strain human hearts ~
moon and stars confused
08 January 2022...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, humanity, irony,
Form: Haiku
Dreams
...lullabies in sleep
still sleeplessly snow-skating ~
babies are clever
husband on new love
wife income-generating ~
both caught red-handed
happy luck watchman
peg a day keeps dreams away ~...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, dream, irony, life,
Form: Haiku
You
...right now
pumping gas
i'm thinking about
you
moments ago waking
sleeplessly because i was
thinking about
you
it doesn't seem
to matter what i do
or even dream because
you
are ...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, muse,
Form: I do not know?
I Weep For You
...The morons have no heart,
they are heartless.
In the left side of their brain,
nothing is right.
In the right side of their brain,
nothing is left.
That's why they use their
stony heart to ...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, conflict, how i feel,
Form: ABC
Ty
...Dreaming sleeplessly
I'm in a deep sleep regardless
Of what you say thotlessly
Damage the distress in progress
You sent me letters and emails
Thank you...I'd like to say Thank You
Every time I...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, words, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Dark Perceptions
...As misty glows engulf the evening sky
An awkward silence takes flight
From those fleeting moments of joy
You see tricks that deceive, tricks of sleight
The lights are bright and they're scream...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, anger, confusion, dark, emotions,
Form: Imagism
Too Good Too Be True
...time anticipates
time is all, right?
time can tell,
it can mend
time carries on
in the end
this misconception of reality
has driven me to the point of insanity
sleeplessly fulfilled
an agony of fea...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, absence, for him,
Form: Blank verse
Komori
...The komoris' eyes fix the camera
from around
and in the straining double bandoliers' hump
the babies shaven heads strain
The body dare...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, caregiving, mother, care, care,
Form: Free verse
Passed Out
...Toot, toot goes the train.
Jump, jump goes the brain.
Moved to a new house.
Old one had a mouse.
Sometimes change is good.
It's all the same!
Play the sleep game!
INSOMNIAC!
INSOMNIAC!
I...
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Categories:
sleeplessly, funny
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
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