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  • Poetry » Other
    Baby Blue Rosary
    3

    Baby Blue Rosary Fell asleep with my rosary baby blue, tied around a belt loop; not tired—no sleep around— only the lava—the glowing, burning, fiery though soon to be stone ...


    ZanyPlebeian - Apr 25, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Four Haikus
    10

    Majestic horses Stampede if you come near Beware-don’t come close. Waving in the wind Small green leaves are fluttering The large tree stands tall. Small, fragrant sweet peas And the ...


    Karma - Apr 24, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    What meets the eye
    6

    I once knew a guy Who wasn’t all that met the eye I thought he was sweet I thought he was smart But then it turned out he had a ...


    _fallingstar_ - Apr 24, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    A love unforgotten
    8

    A love Unforgotten It wasn’t such a dismal thing to let him slip into the sea And let love past diminish deep with wandering thoughts of him in me. I ...

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    Alison Arguanova - Apr 24, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Science Dates and Philosophy
    4

    I had scribbled the date on the pink of my palm and a week later I can still hear your heavy breathing, blowing nervousness into my chest The tension builds ...


    xanthan gum - Apr 24, 2006 - 1 min read

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    Winged Beauties of Revenge - Hear our prayers They came down with wings of evil,Fluttering as gentle as the sun rising and setting,in the morn and eve,Is it meant to ...


    splash - Apr 24, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Expressionless Emotions
    4

    Dark demonic descriptions left lying on the page Honestly, you want to read it? Nostalgic nothingness, cryptic conversations The kind that no one ever understands And why should they? The ...


    Doubt - Apr 24, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    philadelphia
    5

    so, I'm new here; this is my first post. I'm not sure if I'm posting in the proper place or what, but, here goes. I found out about this place ...


    thorn - Apr 23, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Nothing but a Name
    5

    Bare with me, this is only the second poem I've ever written in my life. So please, attack it, tell me what I should change so I don't hand in ...


    Eleanor Rigby - Apr 23, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    That unexpected kiss
    3

    You come in on drumbeat Casual in black and gray Forged in darkness, the ring you bear Has a silver inscription, twisting the fine lines Of our friendship into love, ...


    xanthan gum - Apr 23, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    accoustic heart
    9

    This was beautiful - not only can I relate to the speaker, but I am moved by what was said here. Your imagery is beautiful, your words forceful and full ...


    xanthan gum - Apr 23, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    easter
    6

    easter but when I added the salt, I thought "my first boiled egg at home alone" and knew it might not be alright perhaps I'll burn my fingers; just so ...


    backgroundbob - Apr 23, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Opposites, Subtract!
    7

    And I scream out for you For the no-one-in-particulars I call my friends And faintly a response surfaces the cold water Only a bubble Not you It was never you ...


    Doubt - Apr 23, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Your Third Eye
    5

    Ok. This one's a bit abstract. If any of you have listened to the band TOOL then you'll surely know what this is about. If you haven't I strongly recomend ...


    Doubt - Apr 23, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Morbid Insulation
    10

    Belabor has become of me. Derailed imaginations spark felicitously in my wooly-cotton conscience that cadence down to my feet in sundered patterns. Ink. Drips. Down. Echo. The shattered glass writhes ...


    triggerfingerxx - Apr 21, 2006 - 2 min read


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