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  • Poetry » Dramatic
    This Will Only End in Tears
    5

    I washed up with the early morning tides, Braided hair like coarse leather. Dressed in seaweed and perfume of sweet mist. There was no lifeguard on duty For he was ...


    Nameless_And_Shamed - Oct 30, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Lataf
    1

    I know it was about death but I wouldn't consider it "emo" but it was really really heartbreaking and kind of hard to read. I read it last night and ...


    Chevy - Oct 30, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    The Day Imagination Died
    8

    On one holy, frozen night by the dew of morning light Mankind broke His one delight and so the wonder died Suppressing urge religiously Expressing hate for fancy-free So Man's ...


    Sonicroyale - Oct 30, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Black Princess
    4

    Hope this is in the right forum... Anyway, here it goes... Black Princess Alone in this tower far away I pace cold halls and cry Never do I see the ...

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    Sherbet - Oct 29, 2005 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Destroyer of Great Things.
    2

    Here I am What do you want. I'm telling you not to But you don’t care You’re starting to get stupid You don’t need this anymore Give it a rest ...


    armonia - Oct 29, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    My Father, Not Dad (13+)
    3

    A plate of dirty false teeth on the sink Green slime from them everywhere Next on the kitchen table Next on the arm of the sofa Making me wretch A ...


    Sophie - Oct 29, 2005 - 3 min read

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    I am a fat fish Swimming in the sea If you see an obese blob of scales You will know that it's me I am a fat fish So much ...


    Poppi - Oct 29, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Midnight shakes the memory...
    5

    "Midnight shakes the memory as a madman shakes a dead geranium" - TS Eliot - Rhapsody on a windy night Look out the window at midnight As dusty wind blows ...


    Poppi - Oct 29, 2005 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Dangerous words
    5

    I know we're not supposed to preface our work, but I'm going to. The spacing in this is fairly important, and I can't make the site accept and keep the ...


    Ieatworms - Oct 29, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Untitled 3
    2

    I'm in a sudden... parinoid skitzofranic mode... so... yeah... : these are what tears cause, nothing good ever comes out of them: -Me It’s the looming scent of hand-lotion That ...

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    Elizabeth - Oct 29, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Emotionally Unsheltered
    7

    You know what I want I know you’re not stupid I don’t need you to look at me Like I'm some kind of lost puppy Emotionally Unsheltered I can’t believe ...


    armonia - Oct 28, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Dawn of creation
    6

    Dawn of creation The clouds roared, wind cried. The moon glistened, and sun sighed. Earth enforced its wish with all might, Time enforced its ultimate right- All asking the creator ...


    torsa_n_muse - Oct 28, 2005 - 1 min read

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    Trance It was clearing up…from dizzy, To a touchable entity but yet was not still. It was dancing to and fro. Sometimes going out of frame. Then as on a ...


    torsa_n_muse - Oct 28, 2005 - 2 min read

  • 21

    Trying to slit my throat with a pin But look where it’s getting me. All that came of my dowsing with death Was the feeling of a knife in my ...


    Poppi - Oct 28, 2005 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Smashing Modems
    18

    I aughtn't to like you God I aught to hate your fucking guts. You've wrecked my life Killed my dad You're killing my sister. I'd talk to someone else that ...


    Poppi - Oct 28, 2005 - 1 min read


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— Arcticus