Elegant Simplicity of Klein Design
...A vase,
simple, elegant
smooth symmetrical,
with only one side, surface
no inside nor outside, only in between
a narrow neck extends up from the bulb
twists back on itself to meld back ...
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Categories:
slip off, culture, simple,
Form: Free verse
Fck Digital it was real
...digital, it was real
Whenever I went online,
I felt happiness down my spine.
Profile picture and name was fake and stuff,
first they started accusing me for it rightfully, but they must've ...
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Categories:
slip off, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Naked Truth
...As you are stripped of all material possessions little by little...
As your masks crack and slip off one by one...
As your pride destruction lessens moment to moment...
As the ego priorities chang...
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Categories:
slip off, beauty, happiness, identity, joy,
Form: Free verse
I am Happiness
...
I am Happiness, you all ardently seek.
I stay elusive from many of your grasp.
With my talisman, I make hearts bright that are bleak.
If grown selfish, I will slip off your clas...
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Categories:
slip off, happiness, life,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Say It's Not So
...For a few days now, it's been like I'm dreaming.
But in an instant, I try to process it's meaning.
I slip off to sleep.
Or am I in a thought so deep?
Either way, I wish I could stay.
This pl...
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Categories:
slip off, grief,
Form: Couplet
Lorca Translations I
...Lorca Translations I
Gacela of the Dark Death
by Federico Garcia Lorca
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I want to sleep the dreamless sleep of apples
far from the bustle of cemeteries.
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Categories:
slip off, dark, death, heart, romance,
Form: Free verse
Forgiveness Is a Dance
...Forgiveness feels like a lonely dance
What to do when drama’s veils go down
Hands must be dropped in repentance
To be free, only I can slip off this gown
Unforgiven I acted as an unimpeachabl...
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Categories:
slip off, courage, dance, forgiveness, sorry,
Form: Sonnet
Whispers In the Dark
...What's hiding in my bedroom?
Dark evil spirits of the night.
Always lurking in the shadows,
Forbidden to breach the light.
Constant whispering while I sleep,
Ever tormenting restless dreams.
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Categories:
slip off, anxiety, child, dark, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Dear God,
...May your words be rooted deep,
To anchor my life grimly in faith;
Keeping my spirit away from temptations.
Whenever I want to say a word,
Guide this,my tongue,not to wander or lie,
That it may t...
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Categories:
slip off, abortion, christian, god, prayer,
Form: Free verse
My Resolutions For 2023
...As the current year is quickly ticking away
The time has come for me to share,
My resolutions for the coming year:
What all steps I shall take in life to fare.
Every new year is a t...
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Categories:
slip off, forgiveness, friendship, future, new
Form: Rhyme
Achieving Great Things Without Plan
...In an unwarned minute,
He’d begun to spin it,
Setting himself no limit
Like one eyeing some summit:
A forced-to-be-rotating band
Praying to slip off for restful sand
From a busied tormenting le...
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Categories:
slip off, character, fantasy, sympathy, time,
Form: Rhyme
Heartbreak Once Ate Half of Me
...i lit fire in my chest
each time it blazes, i breathe blue smoke,
maybe heartbreak is another death that burn us alive.
i make sour song out my voice when i cry,
i slip off from the bed while a...
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Categories:
slip off, anger, beautiful, betrayal, cool,
Form: Free verse
Oh Sorry
...Oh... sorry, this was supposed to be a positive message...
I can't see very good through all these dark clouds,
veils of lies,
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Categories:
slip off, anger, anxiety, betrayal, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Epilogue
...if you have taken the time to browse through this eclectic collection of self-indulgent foolishness, I hope you’ve been entertained by the quirkiness of its content, or at the very least, annoyed by ...
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Categories:
slip off, allegory, literature,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Sundown Meditation
...Take a deep breath
Let yourself relax
Close your eyes
Come with me
Inhale
Exhale
Let me guide you
I’ll take you on a magical journey
Give in to the moment
Relax
Breathe
Close your ey...
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Categories:
slip off, adventure, freedom, journey, peace,
Form: Free verse
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