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My Village - Monsoon Flood
... The skies now dark with swollen grief, Rain lashes roofs beyond belief. The monsoon comes not soft, but roaring seas, It spares no home and trees, nor man, nor child. Before my eyes - truth t......

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Categories: staggered, anxiety, depression, emotions, environment,
Form: Narrative
Plagued By Memories
... Memories and images deep in my soul, They dwell there silently, fond imagines that never grow old. A little girl holding on to her father's hand, How she longs to see his face and to be his litt......

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Categories: staggered, imagination, memory,
Form: Rhyme



Tilting Decks
...The year I became seasick I lived in a bungalow on the edge of a wilderness moor. The sky and land grappled together for supremacy of my soul, Inner dogs whined, my eyes were portholes wher......

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Categories: staggered, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Palatable Unpalatability
... Are my thoughts too loud, Does the breeze of my breath graze your skin in the heat of summer? And my hands cling too tightly that your palms sweat, And you count the seconds until I notice? D......

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Categories: staggered, discrimination, imagery, introspection, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The warning
...I went to the cop, in New Haven PD I said I've got a crime story, but it's hard to believe The cop said cheerfully, "let's hear, try me" So I took a deep breath, tried a memory retrieve. I said......

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Categories: staggered, abuse, body, crazy, drug,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member I HEARD DEATH WHISPERING MY NAME
...In the shallows of junkyard avenue Where fiery-red stallions are mounted by devils And desolation is your last cigarette I staggered from the weight of her kiss As distant cannons sounded And ......

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Categories: staggered, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Blue Cheese and Old Pickles
... I fought the good fight, yet still I lost and you stood in brackish silence with bitter reward in briny eyes proffering spiny frowns shoulders crumbled with aging ache and brow dimpled with so......

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Categories: staggered, angst, betrayal, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
The trouble with me
...The trouble with me, besides what you've seen is the way I get drunk on your eyes and slit my wrists to the way you smile in your sleep. Should have known this love would be my damnation. The pa......

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Categories: staggered, break up, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Its too much
...I could be your clown if you wanted me to be tell you a joke on a rainy day Id do anything for a laugh Jump up and down make funny faces Tell you Nursery rhymes in Spring Build you a Snowman ......

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Categories: staggered, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No More, Never Again, Goodbye Grief
... in the light, bruising shadows shun the moon and stars, the wind who blows, the nightly wishes – rivers of hope seaside moments, poured out on the sand remembering the silence o......

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Categories: staggered, abuse, addiction, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Untitled
...there was a young man named Dennis who staggered from a pub in Ennis he thought he boarded a train but woke up on a plane and found he was headed to Venice ......

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Categories: staggered, humorous,
Form: Limerick
The sorrow of war
...Intoxicated by the joy of peace, His mood was lifted to the fragrant cloud. Half running, he returned to the home street. His burdened feet could barely touch the ground. At last he s......

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Categories: staggered, betrayal, sad love, sorrow,
Form: Quatrain
The Lone Tree
...The Lone Tree The autumn day had been muffled up in thick scarf and rainproof jacket until darkness, countryside darkness, clambered gradually over the horizon; silence, stillness obediently a......

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Categories: staggered, imagery, nature, tree,
Form: Free verse
A Drunken Journey
... Drunk and kinda tipsy, I stumbled lost and into the enticing embrace of a fair maiden. She enchants me with her sensuality— Oh, my total surrender is inevitable now. Captivated by ......

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Categories: staggered, love, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR MAKING US STRONG IN THE FAITH
...November 24 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Romans 4-7 Key Verse – Romans 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.<......

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Categories: staggered, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration

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