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  • Poetry » Other
    Nail Staircase
    4

    yeah, yeah, i know. The nail marks never started at the top - no, we were always halfway when we realized we were falling down, down with nothing to leave ...


    xanthan gum - Aug 2, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    thoughts through scissor blades
    10

    Let me try to understand There’s this feeling in my hand It is a blade sinking deeper in my skin? Did I rip, with my right hand? And watch this ...


    AstrangedbeaR - Jul 31, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    On Spiritos
    16

    On Spiritos - A Poetic Freewrite: 31 July, 2006 A none too lucid rambling of my subconscious, from a long, long time ago. NRJ-TSR. Enjoy! . . . I’ve found ...


    Dream Deep - Jul 31, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    In Search of Sleep
    3

    Tossing and turning throughout the night I listen to the nearby train Who cries out in the lonely night For company, The hum of the TV, Trying my best to ...


    Kay Kay - Jul 31, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Ode to Someone's Mother
    6

    caught in the undertow of a thought carried away on the broken back of an undisciplined rhythm passing through subatomic slipstreams and defective dream catchers laughing waves of an alien ...


    BarrettBenedict - Jul 31, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Starter Speech
    5

    Calligraphy is accomplishment burned and etched into lambskin paper lining ancient walls, modern minds. Axis titled, the earth is crooked, like melting clocks and bacon, but we are the ones ...


    xanthan gum - Jul 31, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Upon that Meadow
    5

    I found this in my photobucket... and I have no idea... where it's from, but surely I must have written it... if I didn't then I have no idea where ...

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    Elizabeth - Jul 30, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Gambling in Paris
    9

    Don't shout at me, I'm only here for a few minutes! Have fun; here's my contribution for the day/week/until I'm back. Loads of good stuff going on around here. GAMBLING ...


    backgroundbob - Jul 30, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Silhouettes of Life
    11

    Shiver cause its cold outside, Inside there’s a warmer future. Fear cause plenty isn’t known, Trust is the new way to meet. Measure distances, Calculate force. Distinguish evil, and gather ...


    Chandni - Jul 30, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    The Photographed Suitcase
    4

    Photographed walls, scented with Joy’s perfume. Pleasures which lead to another, Moments captured and embraced. All of a sudden, no warning at all. A black light crawls among the pleasant. ...


    Chandni - Jul 30, 2006 - 1 min read

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    Take a step forward, look inside. Be surprised of what you’ll find. Keep on walking, explore my youth. My thoughts and feelings, revealing the truth. My feelings travel, they travel ...


    Chandni - Jul 30, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Three Little Pixies
    5

    Three little pixies (A big poem for little minds) Three little pixies Trot, trot, trot Away from home Adventures they sought. They passed five valleys, And blue rivers four, Where ...


    Sohini - Jul 30, 2006 - 3 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Invisible
    9

    Invisible, I disappear into my mental gloom. Unseen, I creep into the sweet haven of my room. I feel as though I soon shall fade from memory and from thought. ...


    Araidne - Jul 29, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Child of Our Time
    2

    I beseech you child of our time Who wanders in the everlasting light And holds the hand of god In his own sweet palm You who can take the demons ...


    Jerikas - Jul 29, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Apple Butter Charm
    5

    Apple grinds are not filtered out; they cling to the capillary walls inside you, speaking selfless confidence in your ears during your wasteland-nights. It slides off your skin into a ...


    xanthan gum - Jul 29, 2006 - 1 min read


Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
— Maya Angelou