Night Sweats
...Lay there sinking, thinking
under the surface of sodden anxieties.
Recall you darkly
the flickering hours, the tinctured years,
as sweat-stained sheets leech.
This room may be your last gasp...
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Categories:
untried, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Judgement Day
...Birthday, Christmas Day, Fourth of July
Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, ain’t gonna lie
Holiday, Holy Day, Fifth Monday
Every day, all day, not a fun day
Each day, every day is Judgement Day
Each...
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Categories:
untried, anger, anxiety, discrimination, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Soulmates in another universe
...In a sky not ours, your name still shines brighter than ever.
Through cosmic storms and trials we sever, yet love remains our endless endeavor.
Through endless stars and fate untold, our souls entw...
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Categories:
untried, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
After the March
..."After the March"
Almost eight years, the flags have flown,
A soldier's wife, yet so alone.
Eight years of heartache, silent cries,
Of wiping tears and telling lies
Like "I'm okay," when I was...
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Categories:
untried, appreciation, blessing, dedication, emotions,
Form: Other
Secret of Survival
...
Sensing a threat, move not a bit
Work not with a fear of failure in mind
Take not anything for granted
Accept not ever your defeat, untried
Try something new, ignoring routines
Smile more, the...
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Categories:
untried, 4th grade, hope,
Form: Free verse
Invitations to life
...Dive deep if sea seems inviting enough,
Leap in a river, forget swelling flood,
Climb on to that temptingly tricky crest,
Walk down to the valley sloping that go,
Be guest to an unknown nameless...
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Categories:
untried, adventure, life,
Form: Blank verse
You turn my words into an enchanted silence, an ancient fear grips you
...You turn my words into an enchanted silence, an ancient fear grips you—
are they truly meant to pierce, or are they just the shadows of a vivid dream?
But you don't see the abyss from which these w...
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Categories:
untried, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Forward
...You hear so many say, “Forwards,”
a slogan of the day,
especially amongst lefties,
it’s all some of them say.
As if it’s always a good thing,
an unbreakable truth,
(Not to mention an easy sell
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Categories:
untried, history, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
L A I
...Its no L A I.?? Wer're getting greener by and by..Some say its
Erronous..? Maybe they're just sancti-moan-ious??
For although they agree.' They still advise we're loosing trees.!
Most of our plane...
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Categories:
untried, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
The Clearing: Part II
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Curiosity engages the vacancies of the untried
as witness to th...
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Categories:
untried, inspirational, nature,
Form: Metrical Tale
The Clearing: Part I
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A night is kept charged as a day loses its will
A...
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Categories:
untried, inspirational, nature,
Form: Metrical Tale
How to? Why do?
...Why disturb a functioning country? Why force untried
Socialogical patterns.? Why dis-place positive gender
Roles? Why encourage seperate (communitys?) Then
Advise coming together? (Why?) Why wou...
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Categories:
untried, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Narrative
My Color Palette
...There is no vacant space in my veins;
every inch of me is occupied;
Head to toe I’m full of rich domains;
Despite what you think I must confide
sometimes life can be overwhelming;
Feelings an...
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Categories:
untried, emotions, feelings, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Terza Rima
Maestro
...He looks shy, timid, and withdrawn, as though he knows nothing.
Yet, astuteness whirls in him like monsoon floods in a dam.
He is an ace at intuitive thinking and judging.
He's a lively lion, thou...
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Categories:
untried, art, music, people,
Form: Sonnet
Where is Spring?
...
Spring's whispers were present in the brisk night
promises of blooms mid summerlike skies
Yet winter's snowy white colors my sight
Could those promises be only her guise?
I long for endless n...
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Categories:
untried, spring, time,
Form: Sonnet
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