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LSD trip
...In the sixties, a mere chemical fooled Timothy Leary He became a missionary, to the jaded, the weary He thought he had the answer to the question: how to get the key to the doors of perception. ......
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Gideon Oknin
Categories:
straitjacket,
addiction, confusion, drug, freedom,
Form:
Lyric
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
... there's a second ocean sprawled like an accident, a spill of plastic guts and chemical veins choking what swims, suffocating the tides that once dreamed of moonlight and salt. we did this. ......
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James Mclain
Categories:
straitjacket,
12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
I gaze out the window of my soul
...I gaze out the window of my soul, Scanning a distant horizon where dreams and reality intertwine, Seeing patches of ethereal clouds, Drifting across the vast expanse of the blue sky. I am bound f......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
straitjacket,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Sarah’s Origin
...My eyes stare straight, fixated on something in the distance, humming a song that would send chills, if you ever got the chance to listen. A padded cell and a straitjacket, the doctor giving ......
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Beatrix Macabre
Categories:
straitjacket,
dark, death, gothic,
Form:
Epic
Silence reigns supreme in my reich
...Silence reigns supreme in my reich No don (except me) doth trumpet within the aborted barren reach of freedoms within expansive realm, I annexed courtesy manifest destiny, which peoples now in......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
straitjacket,
absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form:
Free verse
In the fabric of night, poets craft their dreams
...In the fabric of night, poets craft their dreams, With the thin thread of the moon and fingers intertwined with falling stars. They seek perfection in the world's crevices, in the uncertainty of th......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
straitjacket,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
The daily grind
...Trailing clouds of glory do we come Until by the end we are left dull and glum. How it all came to this We are responsible For being so remiss The magic of our early moments Emblazoned in ......
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Denis Bruce
Categories:
straitjacket,
corruption, slavery,
Form:
Free verse
Death by Clothing
...I worry that my coat will murder me. Hanging on Banister’s Edge it’s a man lurking, dark. I’ve seen rows of killers shadowed and waiting, hidden in the ridges of the living room radiator, ready......
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Thomas Harrison
Categories:
straitjacket,
analogy,
Form:
Personification
The Question - Better than the Answer
... If Life is not a straitjacket ~ why is it bursting at the seams......
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Gershon Wolf
Categories:
straitjacket,
betrayal, life, metaphor,
Form:
Monoku
Mockingbird
...MockingBird Mockingbird can't fly, Mockingbird can't sing, She's not allowed to do anything. Cold naked, all alone, in dark dirty room that, daddy calls her home. Strapped in ......
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London F. Buss
Categories:
straitjacket,
betrayal, dad, father daughter,
Form:
Free verse
The Missus Served Me High Test Coffee
...The missus served me high test coffee... Ah... tis nothing more heavenly (to one borne again devout atheist) then a spring like January 18th, 2023 here at Highland Manor apartments picturesqu......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
straitjacket,
angel, appreciation, atheist, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
Burka
...BURKA Being housed daily in a cage of cloth Heavy and burdensome I yearn to be free As a person in a straitjacket I scream My yoke is colored black It is hot inside my burka yet there are voice......
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Norberto Franco Cisneros
Categories:
straitjacket,
abuse, angst, freedom, women,
Form:
Free verse
Strength Shirt a Fashion That Few Wear
...there is a certain sort of fashion similar to mother of invention but only crazy show only when madness grows straitjacket is solution......
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Alkas Poetry
Categories:
straitjacket,
allegory, allusion, crazy, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Poetic Nugget Discovered Today March 29th, 2021
...Poetic nugget discovered today March 29th, 2021... while rifling thru outdated electronic drafts, whereby yours went back to our memorable past. Circa 6/30/ 2017 - Lost missing master car key.........
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
straitjacket,
absence, adventure, anxiety, community,
Form:
Rhyme
Is the Search Over
...I’m a man of many theories based on life and death alone, With my human head buried intrinsically in the ground, A limited lack of imagination stymied by reason I’ve found. If I’m to find......
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David Kavanagh
Categories:
straitjacket,
change, creation, death, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
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