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  • Poetry » Narrative
    Closing the door
    6

    She looks at the photos Her fingers trace over his face Fighting back tears, she sigh Times change and it seems like yesterday The man she loved just walked away ...


    futurestar - Jan 13, 2007 - 3 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Ground Zero
    3

    This poem is pretty cruddy. But please tell me what you think! Ground Zero I watched you two meet ends as you wove yourself throughout the room. I've stared her ...


    Jess_14 - Jan 12, 2007 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    I Used To Be Everything
    5

    Each time I thought, "I love you," A star joined the night sky. So gaze above and think about your affection's alibi. Each time I craved to hold you, I ...


    mandax - Jan 12, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Perception
    8

    They told me I was beautiful. But the mirror revealed lies. They told me I was talented. The mirror said otherwise. So I wrapped a string of pearls, ‘round my ...


    mandax - Jan 12, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    THE MARIONETTE
    7

    THE MARIONETTE _____________________ The spotlight turns The crowd cheers and jeers At the Marionette hanging there That Marionette is me Painted with the makeup of a world that sold me ...


    Krystalstars - Jan 12, 2007 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Looking at you
    5

    This is my first poem so excuse the rusty style XD Looking at You You're looking at me, And you think i don't know. I want to look around at ...


    The Jesseble - Jan 12, 2007 - 3 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Life Sentance
    12

    after watching a presentation about Road Traffic Collisions today, i thought i'd try to express one of the anecdote's we were told --------- He’s out now, but still He’s trapped ...


    Leonheart - Jan 12, 2007 - 1 min read

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    Feedback Wanted!!! Please let me know what you think. Things Aren’t as Heavy When Someone Helps You Carry Them I moved a large table by myself Now my back is ...


    Kinsley - Jan 12, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Soul Collision
    12

    Submitted for publication.


    Swires - Jan 12, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    (Recipe For) Bloodpies, Mudpies
    3

    she spent all day ripping crayola to pieces, rainbows stuck beneath her fingernails -- colorsticks soon mashed together, flecks of a childhood blown to smithereens littering the lonely Spanish tiles ...


    xanthan gum - Jan 11, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Loveis a package
    3

    Love is a package received by all Miss one step you take the fall Love can heal love can hurt Love can come and go like flirts The package is ...


    blackwings_angel - Jan 11, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    A Question of Life and Death
    8

    As I stare across the ocean, an endless bound. I ask myself a question one I have sought. A purpose to life, and a reason to death. The sun goes ...


    piepiemann22 - Jan 11, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Who am I to be seen?
    6

    i need some help on thinking of a better title but here is the poem -------------------------------- Here I sit ignored each day. Who am I to be seen. I wait ...


    judi_patootie - Jan 11, 2007 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    free my heart
    7

    It torture me when I think of you And I feel nothing but pain and sorrow Mental pictures of you in different times stored in my mind Memories haunt me ...


    futurestar - Jan 11, 2007 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    What has this World Become?
    6

    What has this World Become? One of us dies Another one lies What has this world become? We commit the crime But can never do the time What has this ...


    Kinsley - Jan 11, 2007 - 1 min read


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