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  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Leaving Works Two Ways.
    8

    For a friend who I may not ever see again. For Nicola. Leaving Works Two Ways. The grass waves goodbye without feeling, stuck on the thought that the wind will ...


    Ohio Impromptu - Aug 11, 2005 - 1 min read

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    Rain comes harder as Night grows older Laughter is softer as Tears come closer I'm not to leave the circle You drew around me in the sand Laughter is softer ...


    Chevy - Aug 10, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    don't mess with texas
    6

    gliding along a two-lane highway at 95 miles per hour you speed over lime green lakes and wash past silvery skies and the "Don't mess with Texas" postcard sits in ...


    Chevy - Aug 10, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Scars and Supermodels
    3

    NOTE: I wrote this poem in less than 1 minute. I just started thinking and writing...I've never done that before. Heh, record breaking. Anyway, this si what I came up ...


    Chevy - Aug 10, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Tom
    7

    Old Mad Tom laughs when little boys burn to death and four-leaf clovers give him heart-ache. his brother's name was Edgar; a little boy who burned to death east of ...


    Chevy - Aug 10, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Ben
    2

    You write so much about memories and the past. But it's a good thing though. You do it without necessarily being cheesy.


    Chevy - Aug 10, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Lettin' Go
    13

    How can I . . . tell you that I don't love you like you and never will again Why don't I . . . just lie down for a ...

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    Elizabeth - Aug 10, 2005 - 1 min read

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    You are so very fragile that I feel forced to suffocate you in bubblewrap and enclose you in a cardboard box (this side up) and send you (my poetry) through ...

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    Elizabeth - Aug 10, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Like a Knife Through Cheese
    12

    Pain wells up in me My heart is weary My jet-black hair brushes my face I push it back The pain has cut too deep Like a knife through cheese ...


    Snoink - Aug 9, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    You'll Still Make Me Smile
    14

    These past few days Have gone by so fast. Just a blink in the eye Of a lifetime. As we say goodbye With one last embrace, I wonder if I'll ...


    niteowl - Aug 8, 2005 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    My Perfect Life
    19

    Let me lie to you. Let me tell you about my perfect life, Where everything’s dipped in chocolate, & the cherry’s always right on top. Where the reflection always smiles, ...


    LiNdSeYo7 - Aug 8, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    The Shade
    3

    all sewn up pull out the seams take your call your voice is static far from my head I burn the page images are blurred am I afraid? around my ...


    Rincewind - Aug 7, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Homeward Unbound
    5

    the city has lost a certain hold inside it feels so worn being chained to this life i've been around and seen one hundred scenes where those who dare to ...


    Rincewind - Aug 7, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    I'm So Tired
    5

    The dry night air bursts in my mouth, awakening a thirst in me, only to be overpowered by the assimilated guitar chords reminiscent of last Christmas. Tonight as I walk, ...


    Liz - Aug 7, 2005 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Spectacle
    4

    I think this may be a new favorite of mine. I really like the way the stanzas interrupt each other and flow into each other at the same time. Very ...


    Crysi - Aug 7, 2005 - 1 min read


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— Émile Zola