SnowstormI danced with you
through a snowstorm.
You danced with me
through the rain.
Now I dance alone
every winter, and cry
every time that
it rains.
I see your residual image;
I blink, and then you fade
away.
...
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Categories:
verse, absence, age, break up,
Form: Free verse
GenuineI do not want to surprise you in a poem
I am not an entertainer
Call me a bad writer even
I express my thoughts
in paper
and if they are boring it is ok
they are genuine
and mine...
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Categories:
verse, art,
Form: Free verse
TAINTED*TAINTED*
Butterfly, spread your wings to stair my womb
When everything said my life will end
Unbothered yet growing with love
Your posture like a queen, my sorrow, your Joy
Happy to see the world, while I birth you in pain
When heads popped out yours was dangling legs
Oh! My little feeble
Wonders from...
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Categories:
verse, birth, blessing, corruption, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Inside cell of 16By 11, I thought I'd have it down by 15,
But by 16 and a sour sunday morn,
And daisy chains foiled into the moor,
And hands that tighten but ne'er lighten,
Hands that strangle, stitch, and liven.
Of ties that wrangle, withhold, hang o'er the handle,
And toe-tipp'd kisses of kids with scissors,
Incisions of misses by razors and flesh...
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Categories:
verse, absence, abuse, childhood, family,
Form: Free verse
Pain Breeds BeautySpeak your melodies
and I'll dream of harmonies
that will someday be befitting
of your artistry
Similarly
Voice your euphony
and I'll dream of poetry
that will someday be worthy
of your flattery,
and lure you into rhapsody -
pure ecstasy with each word
that breathes between the pages
from beneath those eyes
that never cease to critique,
and a breath that reeks of deceit
and deserted...
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Categories:
verse, beauty, meaningful, pain, poetry,
Form: Free verse
HOUNDING CROSS COUNTRYI-95, I-80, I-78 or Route 1
Destined schedule with luggage
The journey
The start
The Distance
Long haul ride
Recline and Relax
Rest stops
Destined Towns and Major Cities
High Mountains
The uphill and downhill range
Highways to off ramps
Panoramic scenery
Towns people wave
Feeling of welcome
America’s history reflecting back
4 Days in Hours, Minutes and Seconds
Life thought of reckon
Observe and admire
Sunrise to sundown
The journey on until
Arrival to Destined...
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Categories:
verse, adventure, america, appreciation, journey,
Form: Free verse
Neutrality appears after all
Categories:
verse, absence, words,
Form: Light Verse
Gold Star SadnessI get straight A’s
I show up
I say thank you
I win medals
And never cry
In public
They say
I’m so mature
So composed
So impressive
But no one asks
How it feels
To carry a coffin
Of expectations
On a growing spine
Being depressed
When you’re “so good at everything”
Is like drowning
In a sea of...
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Categories:
verse, 10th grade, childhood, depression,
Form: Free verse
RadioI hear him through the speakers.
He wanders in my mind.
What have I done?
I have one broken chance left.
God, help me
Because I can’t see myself anymore.
A subtle whisper,
But not a zephyr.
Crackle, crackle.
“She is watching you.”
“You know she is using you.”
“Strike back.”
He decodes my reality.
The channels crack with vibrant energy.
“Nobody can hear us.”
What do you want from...
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Categories:
verse, addiction, conflict, god,
Form: Free verse
i was wrong, i am sorrybehold, the Paranoid Schizoid.
lost in the void,
he’s an android.
the Victim of a cruel trick,
a tragic sort of magic,
there was no favorable pick.
i can see it in your eyes.
they don’t speak lies.
we were caught off guard.
oh, my life, a splintered shard.
during the sunshower,
i confided in the loudest flower.
and just like that, said the Bard,
i’m somebody else’s...
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Categories:
verse, anxiety, betrayal, conflict, lost
Form: Free verse
The Circus Narrativeshe hears the cheering,
the big drums, the cymbals
and daddy’s narrative.
…hears the crowd’s laughter,
the clown’s are after.
her heart beats rapidly
at the possibility
that the pail
could contain
confetti or water
…the blind muses.
she sees
what she calls gray,
the big elephant
on parade.
she’s so high
on a tightwire -
she exhales clouds.
she sees more than
the audience.
she breathes
the...
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Categories:
verse, father daughter, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
On a velvet night, when man enters womanOn a velvet night, when man enters woman,
like a wave kissing the shore with repeated desire,
and the woman opens her mouth like a flower revealing its petals at dawn,
her teeth shine like stars that form the alphabet of the sky,
and the Logos, like an alchemist of dreams, milks a star of cosmic milk,
while the man,...
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Categories:
verse, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Never ForgetI will never forget the first time I lost someone to suicide.
The deafening screams that I created,
The shock,
Followed by the aftershock.
I will never forget you Matthew,
I won't let myself
forget you.
As to forget is to accept,
And if I accept your death,
I’m afraid of how the system we fought for so long will continue to...
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Categories:
verse, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
You live like this, sheltered in a delicate world crafted from dreams and illusionsYou live like this, sheltered in a delicate world crafted from dreams and illusions,
Believing you are truly living, while your steps are guided by routine,
But then you open a book... or embark on an unexpected journey,
And discover that you are not living, but hibernating, asleep in an apparent silence.
The symptoms of hibernation are easy to...
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Categories:
verse, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
YOU CAN'T FORCEYou can't force nor
Can you choose anyone
To be the ANTI-CHRIST
It's not up to you
It is solely up to
GOD and his miraculous
Choice and his timing
...
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Categories:
verse, encouraging, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Verse Poems
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art, animals, christmas, death, dog, family, flowers, food, friendship, funny, halloween, kids, life, love, music, nature, nursery, parents, school, spring, sports, war, winter
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