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Goldfish fighting in my dishwasher
...I'm slowly evaporating from this verbal tennis match For some reason we continue to give breath to these vapor windy circles Brewing a coffee tornado that is going to spill all over my shirt And ......
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Roses Roses
Categories:
tread water,
anger, heart, love, poetry,
Form:
Blank verse
Blue Eyes
...I didn’t even try To drown in the sea of your blue eyes If only I could be promised a loving sight In those bright blue eyes But I fell hard and now I’m paying the price My weak heart stabbed b......
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Solana Martinez
Categories:
tread water,
blue, heartbreak,
Form:
Rhyme
The Crucifixion
...Passion of Christ laid bare for all to see while he treads fire, we tread water in this land of the free dark clouds gather to witness the falling of a King while we on shaky knees follow close......
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Mystic Rose Rose
Categories:
tread water,
appreciation, christian,
Form:
Free verse
Chasing Rainbows
...Dangerous, violent, aggressive the storm; Stuck out in the cold, seeking out somewhere warm. I've drug my two feet through the rock and the mud; Thought it couldn't get worse, then it started to f......
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Chelsea StufLeben
Categories:
tread water,
betrayal, confusion, dark, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
Discomforted Summer
...Spring passed here is Summer at last, not her last lasting grief, summer’s relief cool waters flow seasons surpass dictates of time as we tread water especially her spouse he finds sli......
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Kim Rodrigues
Categories:
tread water,
grief,
Form:
Free verse
Awash
...some souls can’t be reached from here. It isn’t planned that way, it just becomes. doors are opened, doors are closed we seldom see a fish swim backwards more than several feet. perhaps they......
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Vernon Witmer
Categories:
tread water,
abuse, break up, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
Vesuvius
...It’s going to blow. The saxophone sexuality of a volcanic slumber has become a thundering in our hearts. We feel it in the thigh of being and in the strung valleys of elbows and knees. Oli......
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Eric Ashford
Categories:
tread water,
poetry,
Form:
Free verse
No Matter Existence Mine Lamely Mostly, and Nearly Spent
...No matter existence (mine) lamely, mostly, and nearly spent... I barely experienced getting clothed (think fashion wise as metaphorically swiftly tailored harried styled mortal) approaching na......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
tread water,
12th grade, creation, husband,
Form:
Free verse
Go Bang
... “Go BANG!” "Is that a gun in your pocket?" She said "Careful, I recommend you need to be undercover, and soon, call it Espionage M You’re......
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Lady Labyrinth
Categories:
tread water,
fantasy, humorous, word play,
Form:
Free verse
Pulmonary
... "Pulmonary" Revelations burn pulmonary when all the bees no longer roar life drowns in blue-green Clairvoyants dance in time with prophets......
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Lady Labyrinth
Categories:
tread water,
animal, bird, fish, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Intermission Break: the Flow
... "The Flow" I walked into the Ocean today the Wind was wild whipping up the waves like lemonade white horses riding into shore I tread water,......
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Lady Labyrinth
Categories:
tread water,
freedom, home, love,
Form:
Free verse
Push Me Aside
...Maybe I'm a talker Mostly just let words leak from me Doesn't mean I don't watch I know what other people see It's easy for me to settle my will I'm used to caving in I let you blow heat Th......
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Madeleine Loggia
Categories:
tread water,
absence, heartbreak, judgement, lost,
Form:
Couplet
Fable
...Mr. Ant who was feeling very dehydrated, walked to get some relief he anticipated, quenching his thirst he drank from the river, falling in was swept away cold and shivering, Lovely dove on ove......
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Cheryl Hoffman
Categories:
tread water,
bird, friendship, insect,
Form:
Light Verse
A Dream of Night and Snow
...Grab me by the hand And let me show you a world Of earth and sky blanketed In a dream of night and snow The snowflakes were thick and heavy And caressed in the gentle glow of the streetlight ......
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Derek Chos
Categories:
tread water,
remember,
Form:
Free verse
Childhood Beach Outing
...Dug deep down inside and pulled out the memory file about being a child with my family for a rare outing at Jones Beach, we were all there with my Moms picnic basket, just in case we got hungr......
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Cheryl Hoffman
Categories:
tread water,
beach, childhood,
Form:
Light Verse
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