I Drank from an Hourglass
...It has long ceased to rain here.
The embers of drought are fanned by the merciless
Hands of hell.
The air is stifling,
The heat insufferable.
I cringe from a long wait on a queue in the narrow
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Categories:
tempts, allusion, community, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Born to Rage
...I woke with blood in my mouth
and no memory
of the scab that sealed the rasure.
I’m cat-spitting
dog-growling
peregrine-divebombing
rooster-flogging
badger-flipping
hornet-stinging
wolveri...
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Categories:
tempts, anger, animal, childhood, grief,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Piece of Cake
...All the French
I can take -
piece of cake.
A baguette
or croissants?
Paris tempts.
Cream inside;
lick my lips.
Morrow’s trip.
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Categories:
tempts, food,
Form: Other
Southee serenade
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Foppish fringe flutters..pianist tendrils tinkling..
Flitter finessing leathery fruits..
Caressing..stitched dreams tickled & tailored..
Swing..swerve in clandestine cahoots…
Curve…vo...
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Categories:
tempts, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Beyond the Gaze
...The world demands identity—
a name, a face, a history.
But in its grip, you lose your way,
and shame is what they make you pay.
They drag your truth into the light,
then twist it wrong and cal...
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Categories:
tempts, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Giving in
...I wrote something a while ago
I was mad that you were back
But now I feel myself letting go
It's all numb and the anger I lack
I am giving in to you again
Hold my writes out
And let you tie t...
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Categories:
tempts, 12th grade, anxiety, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Gather up stones
...O youth of my land, gather up stones,
Not for the mob, nor for bloodied thrones.
But to build a revolt, one fierce and true,
For the chains of complacency tighten on you.
You scroll thr...
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Categories:
tempts, addiction, anti bullying, change,
Form: Lyric
apple
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shining scarlet tempts
juicy pulps entice palate~
keeps doctor away
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Categories:
tempts, fruit,
Form: Haiku
Apple
...
Attractive colors shine,
Ample juicy pulp tempts
Almost everyday as
At breakfast I eat one,
Assured by ancient phrase -
An apple a day drives
A<...
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Categories:
tempts, food,
Form: Pleiades
Love on the Edge of a Blade
...when love was scarce and bitter-spun,
i craved the warmth of anyone.
no silver spoons, no golden light —
just hungry hands that learned to fight.
i licked the steel of sharpened lies,
and swal...
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Categories:
tempts, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The Red Gallows
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(A rebuilt person whispers)
Before I knew Love
I was once so pure
With a heart so free
Carefree for all to see
Everyone loved and smiled at me
But one day Love came calling
And of...
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Categories:
tempts, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Step Into My Voodoo Dream
...I am the Voodoo Queen, draped in mystic skies,
Where moonlight whispers and shadows lie.
Beneath my veil, the arcane hums,
The pulse of the midnight, where the serpent drums.
Call me a witch, a...
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Categories:
tempts, adventure, halloween, journey, poems,
Form: Free verse
Bless The Peacemakers - Agape Love
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Bless the peacemakers
Filting through the clouds
Where an undying storm
Tempts our spirit- souls
To fall to the ground
For we are all put to the test
To hold Faith and manifes...
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Categories:
tempts, creation, encouraging, faith, hope,
Form: Lyric
In a sea of roses, the ashes of your ghost still wander
...In a sea of roses, the ashes of your ghost still wander,
breathing you in deeply, I try to pierce through the veils of time,
but to no avail, only a bitter emptiness fills my weary soul.
Fate temp...
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Categories:
tempts, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Snapped Into Existence
...Snapped into existence, so they say,
A timeless force, no birth, no decay.
Yet here I sit, this curious soul,
Chasing questions I can’t control.
Sometimes my wondering goes too deep,
A rabbit ...
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Categories:
tempts, creation, faith, god, poems,
Form: Free verse
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