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  • Poetry » Dramatic
    capsized
    6

    It's always sou'east by south by our navigation; crossing the waves that clatter our fragile bow. Aloft the battered hulk, we stand hand-in-hand and fly footloose in the malicious winds, ...


    Firestarter - Mar 17, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Green Tongues
    8

    Swallowing our ribbons When we gather Decorative and verdant We are eating laughter Tonight the air is high-drifting Between us the space is rifting We will be tongue twisting By ...


    xanthan gum - Mar 17, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Empty kisses
    7

    These feelings are to hard to keep in So much dishonesty, deciet, denial. Is it really worth lies and me committing a sin, when so much is at stake? Perfect, ...


    Angel17 - Mar 17, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Lost in Yours
    6

    Lost In Yours I lost my hand in yours and we walked the same old route, lost my hand like it’s not been lost before, as we spoke of lake ...


    ZanyPlebeian - Mar 17, 2006 - 1 min read

  • 5

    "Poem to xantham gum" was shockingly wonderful! Felt like something I would have read a hardened expatriate American romance poet write....definitely love it.


    ZanyPlebeian - Mar 17, 2006 - 1 min read

  • 5

    Maybe you will understand love poetry When you’re caught in Sunday rains with me Alone, though, we were on our way To the fabled, distant red-rosed Paris We could petal ...


    xanthan gum - Mar 16, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    The manipulator
    4

    This sickening secret is too much to take Every time I'm around him, I am acting fake. You've lied and cheated, and unfairly involved me But this situation has really ...


    Angel17 - Mar 16, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Sonnets Don't Work for Me...
    7

    Whilst sitting under a tree In the dark of a night After a thinking spree I regrettably tried to Write a sonnet But since I had A bee in my ...


    Boni_Bee - Mar 16, 2006 - 1 min read

  • 4

    Several Lines of Iambic Pentameter (Not a Sonnet) to Xanthan_Gum By Elizabeth Mathers 3-15-06 Merry Ides of March! Warning: This is not a sonnet, this is just several lines of ...

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    Elizabeth - Mar 15, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Hellcat
    6

    Hellcat I'm a hellcat I write to little children letters about little Christmas angels run over by cars on highways I write about you and how some people would kill ...


    ZanyPlebeian - Mar 15, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Another Deranged Love Song
    5

    Some people are so strange Some people are just derange But when I look at you I see right through me too So won't you take my hand? Or are ...


    farcicalfry - Mar 15, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Another Deranged Love Song
    6

    Some people are so strange Some people are just derange But when I look at you I see right through me too So won't you take my hand? Or are ...


    farcicalfry - Mar 15, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Your Voice
    2

    This type of poem is called a Tanka. I just learned about it, and started working with it (format is 57577-syllables) The sound of the drums Echoes sweetly in my ...


    Ladyequine91 - Mar 15, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    I Cry
    2

    When they said, I couldn't control my feelings, I said, "Watch me." I'm still going at it, Yes, even today. I still have such self-control, Such incredible self-discipline, It makes ...


    innerbeauty555 - Mar 15, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Masquerading Harshness
    2

    I don’t want to be frank It’s not like me be blunt Not like me take stabbing attempts At wounded, young innocents But I’m tired And I’ve wasted grains of ...


    xanthan gum - Mar 15, 2006 - 1 min read


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