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- wryness: At least one person will write About sweet ecstasy And, “Hey baby, “You’re my LSD; “High on life, “That’s my girl; “That’s” –...
- Pragna Paramita Mondal: The Wind Had swept off. Rust petals, paper cranes, yellow pages. The delirium, and a slice of time, somnolent and sour. The blood had felt the onomatopoeia, when it...
- wryness: That has made all the difference – Or maybe it hasn’t; I’m not sure. I need to move upwards, Open a dimension’s eyeful And trace the lines carved In leaves now...
- inthenameoftherose: Brick by brick we build our walls, Some are short and some are tall. When communication stalls another brick is added cemented by resentment and frustration. And in order to be...
- AintNoNinny: you told me that you have eyes only for me yet I see you staring at that corvette across the street wishing you were with her
- inthenameoftherose: All the best laid plans of mice and women Yet life has her own vision. As little girls we were fed on fairy tales But now as women we lie on beds of nails Self sacrifice and...
- inthenameoftherose: It began with two for the road It seemed so light then the load When under the shooting star I wished The third came as promised ‘twas bliss Four we wanted to even out our...
- BJP123: Lay down icy witch, Promise lost spell unbroken, Filled with regret.
- BJP123: Nine and six filed for divorce, such a tragedy. Thirteen lost her beloved ten, a sailor out at sea. It’s been a year since the cancer took four, and seven just isn’t the same....
- Provalone: From the summit of him to the valley of me, I feel the wind that connects us. Oh gentle wind, please blow harder so I can feel you: The only thing I share with him.
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it’s funny
never would have guessed
always thought once found
it would remain eternal
now a little wiser
yet still, somehow, perplexed
that love can come and go
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Her words were icicles:
only temporary,
but very beautiful
while they lasted.
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Somehow thinking that my shift
is only temporary
here and gone soon enough
makes entering data a race
and cleaning up documents
(with no deadlines attached)
a contest
so much more interesting
than it could be
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those weather men
might’ve been right
when they first
said it would snow
but their right-ness
didn’t last long
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- A Poem for Reading Aloud -
By the time you have finished the words on this page
And have thoroughly finished them all, I mean,
Not just stared for a sec at the text on the screen
But truly digested them; loved them; arrested them;
Taken them into your heart and invested them;
Captured the message I want to convey -
You’ll have whittled a whole twenty seconds away
Of your life, and they ain’t comin’ back.
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A friend for a moment
Just there for a time
Turning away with coldness
Before we’d finished our climb
I think it was a lie
But i’m deciding not to care
Because it’s his loss, not mine
There’re tons of friends out there.
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I sit, hushed with awe at the beauty.
Tulle gently floating in the pool of vivid light
Her strongly delicate body suspended for an instant-
Magic weightlessness.
Human flight.
Ephemeral moment passed;
No picture left to see,
No document to replay.
But the beauty lives on,
If only in my faithful memory.
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The aroma of pie infusing the air,
clean warm laundry and the soft light at the close of the day,
fresh peaches, the laughs of children in trees, or the smell after rain,
The fruit that change brings,
Is the product of a winter, that could not overshadow the spring.
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I don’t expect everyone to stay.
For some, their efficacy is lasting
Yet I may never see them again.
Heartbreaking, yes.
But there are blessings
In temporaries, substitutes, and stand-ins.
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