nude
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from top to bottom, like a
root,
she stretched across the entire
canvas,
eyes, petals, closed
~ arms ~ melting ~ beewax ~ liquid ~ imitating
water ~
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Categories:
weakens, allusion, analogy, art, innocence,
Form: Free verse
A Good Sense Of Humour Blunts The Sharp Blades
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A good sense of humour blunts the sharp blades
Lifting a heavy heart, making our burden fades
Permanent or temporary, it’s facial muscles' relaxant aid
Bringing joy and laughter, keep ...
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Categories:
weakens, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Unrequited Love
...You anchor your rancor, a cancerous canker,
Not just any mole
Your hatred you hide it, you split and divide it,
It's soured your soul
The women, you bait them, you date and berate them,
You're...
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Categories:
weakens, abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Voices in the Void
...Without my pen, the pain becomes my voice.
The cruelty of others, the hardness of their hearts,
Linger in this place of cult,
Where public shaming is currency.
I scream for help, face to face,
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Categories:
weakens, emotions, hope, inspirational, mental
Form: Free verse
Lost Eunoia
...My grasp
Weakens in time
Gravel loosens...my grip
Upon furtive blooms in my youth
Lost son
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Categories:
weakens, aubade,
Form: Cinquain
BJORK II LEBANON
...How enlightened I feel
Her music so surreal
I wonder on her ordeal
Whatt makes her feel these feels?
Does she chant them back in silence?
Read and recollect at night?
Does she always sing wit...
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Categories:
weakens, 11th grade, absence, adventure,
Form: I do not know?
The Lake
...The Lake.....
lies… still,
a glistening sheet of tin foil,
shimmering in a cold-eyed wind.
At night
the lake still... lies… still;
a coffin with lid screwed light-tight.
On occasion, the...
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Categories:
weakens, fear, water,
Form: Narrative
A Makerere Student, Her Snake, Her Piper, and a Doctor
...This poem is featured in Dr. Ivan Edwards' upcoming anthology, Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics, published by IEME LLC. The book will be available in e-book, softcover, and hardcover form...
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Categories:
weakens, anxiety, depression, family, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
We Are Killers
...Who, is beneath the breath it lives
A soul, being of what aspects we walk
In us all, smash a bug; kill a wasp
Just how much does it take pull a trigger
Insane anger from where in it come
Li...
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Categories:
weakens, character, death, evil, humanity,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Driving
...I love this road.
Every little mound, and every crevasse,
Flower filled, to the brim.
The moths and mosquitos caught in my headlamps.
Trees of aspen and oak keeping me on track.
And here, the ni...
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Categories:
weakens, car, emo, love hurts,
Form: Blank verse
Shadows of Lost Love
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Written: April 27, 2025, for contest by Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Quote: "Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have bu...
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Categories:
weakens, appreciation, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
My life is like a string
...my life is like a string
being stitched together and coming undone
being stitched together and coming undone
my heart is like a rainstorm
the pitter-patter of my soul filled of love soliloquies ...
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Categories:
weakens, 10th grade,
Form: Spoken Word
Waking up early steals your sleep, but sleeping too long steals your peace
...Waking up early steals your sleep, but sleeping too long steals your peace,
Like a morning thief leaving shadows in place of unfulfilled dreams,
Movement makes you feel pain in your muscles, but st...
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Categories:
weakens, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Serene Meadow
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Written: March 14, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
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On that obsidian night,
I found your flawless face,
echoing with illu...
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Categories:
weakens, beauty, love,
Form: Free verse
Tailwinds
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Life’s walls remain as high as the clouds
Covered by shrouds of thunderclouds
Looking up I awe in vast wonder
Mental impasse envelopes by the hour
Hour after hour
I grow mor...
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Categories:
weakens, hope,
Form: Rhyme
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