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  • Poetry » Dramatic
    My Country, Lebanon
    4

    Lebanon You stand tall and unrivaled like the mighty cedars looking fear in the eye and never giving up Music hangs in the air on a Lebanese night As you ...


    Black Ghost - Apr 7, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Oh Artist
    7

    Oh Artist Paint me a picture, oh artist With your all-seeing eyes Nimble fingers so wise Paint me a picture On this aging blank canvas Give it a life Breathe ...


    Sammi D - Apr 7, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Inaesthetic Worth
    3

    Brad, you have a way of writing that just makes things so clear: I guess in the past it was more masked, but now you seem to have achieved a ...


    Firestarter - Apr 7, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    The Rose
    16

    The Rose Deep scarlet red With petals of velvet Delicate and soft Yet colored like blood Blossoming beauty With a dangerous streak Entrancing from A mere glance Beware of its ...


    Sammi D - Apr 7, 2006 - 1 min read

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    The moon is full, the stars are out, with sand beneath my feet. I feel the wind its breezes sweet. Mist surrounding all I know, for into the unknown I ...


    Araidne - Apr 7, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    I am Whole
    3

    I am whole. The guiding palm of the Ultimate Reality has unclenched my hesitant eyes and released me into a world of pure clarity. The warmth of It's knowledge resonates ...


    Revere - Apr 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    My Anti-Drug:Life
    4

    A wise man once said, "If money grew on trees, would you go and get an axe? Or wait for the falling leaves?" And I thought, "Of course I'll use ...


    Zelalem - Apr 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Lynched White Nightmare
    3

    I feel like Joan of Arc tonight Here at my execution, Nobody to witness but strangers Tired, staked and screaming Out your name Water-flight settles in on My coke-bruised head, ...


    xanthan gum - Apr 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Writing Challenge 4/03
    3

    Small Horrors the field mouse runs to seek shelter from the storm, it trembles in the great wind. it finds many crumbs in a ransacked barn full of corn, where ...


    Poetriez - Apr 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Cut
    3

    'Cut' Silence. Slip down onto the cool linoleum Hear the drip of the faucet Raspy breaths in your throat Notice your heart beat quicken Feel the blood coarse through your ...

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    jesusfreak60305 - Apr 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    A Psalm of Joy
    4

    I was running, seeking someone who would care. I was frightened, I was scared, yet you were always there. You gave me hope, you gave me peace. At last, there ...


    Araidne - Apr 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Your gift from the sky
    2

    My eyes well up, I gasp and I choke. I can't even remember the last time we spoke. It's what you wanted, peaceful, I know, I still wish it wasn't ...


    Sweetness - Apr 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    " 'Woman' on the Balcony "
    8

    " 'Woman' on the Balcony " -by theluckyflower (this is in a male's perspective) There she was on the balcony. Her vivacious beauty - a felony: With pearl-soft skin and ...


    theluckyflower - Apr 5, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Masquerade
    18

    You are one of those masquerade men who hide behind their own faces with glittered feathers and sunglasses. Attracting people with false whim and humor so phony I can’t help ...

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    Elizabeth - Apr 5, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    The Hope that Bloomed Again
    7

    (hey, I haven't post a poem in a long time, but decided I might as well post my latest poem for English. It might be a little cliche and I ...


    Writersdomain - Apr 5, 2006 - 1 min read


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