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  • Poetry » Other
    Wild Jungle Men
    4

    vultures dancing tyrants waving obscenities in the air women want to cut their smut so the worms won't eat their luck out men want to shoot out the boar's head ...


    MRMarathon - Aug 18, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    reasserting myself
    3

    This was highly enjoyable.


    faith - Aug 17, 2006 - 1 min read

  • 5

    There is no such word as eachother Is this self-preservation? This dog-love-dog-hate-dog world? Something tells me that somewhere in my schedule, between totalitarian psychology and interior design, y


    Ohio Impromptu - Aug 16, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Hurricanes
    4

    I wrote this for school living in Florida I've been in a lot of hurricanes but i can never get used to them i hope this explains how i feel ...


    you_really_suck - Aug 15, 2006 - 1 min read

  • 10

    That bloody cat! Such a pest Bouncing balls Catnip toy Rattling mouse She bites my hands And nips my nose Won't let me work I close the door She just ...


    Rei - Aug 15, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    There are no Children here
    17

    They light candles despite the flourescent lighting and large windows lighting the hallway The wicks of the small, round candles slowly burn down to nothingness, like a sort of primitive ...


    sabradan - Aug 14, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    The Cynic Speaks
    6

    Alright. So here is my first attempt at poetry in over a year. More of a whim than a serious attempt. I'm posting it mainly so I can know what ...


    stilltyping - Aug 14, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    The Homecoming
    7

    "Terra firma" you whispered, as our sailboat came to earth sails flapping wildly as the hull scraped the beach, and my skirt was drenched with salty spray. But the sand ...


    antigone - Aug 14, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    for Maggie
    9

    I like the fact that you worked in myspace and...the entire poem was like a non sequitor. or I'm just stoned.Eyes too pretty for pictures is probably approaching chiche country. ...


    faith - Aug 13, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Shattered Illusions
    7

    A storm approaches to strip me of my childhood. I can feel it like the tension in a room, before the exchange of angry words. No longer are there monsters ...

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    Cameron - Aug 13, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    the best friend
    9

    The Best Friend A best friend, Someone who you cherish above all else, Someone you can laugh with about boys, make-up – anything and everything. Someone who sets aside time ...


    RoseEmma - Aug 13, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    the cat
    9

    The Cat Laughing, on the way to school, A girl sees a cat in the road. She laughs; she thinks it’s sunbathing, But as she walks past, she sees blood ...


    RoseEmma - Aug 13, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Hitching a Ride
    6

    Is this how the old man feels? The pain is low, indentured servants nibbling at organ-walls, sloshing hydriodic acids that spray up to the tongue, up caustic rivers of life ...


    xanthan gum - Aug 13, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Italy, July 2006
    7

    The heavy air promises a storm. As we climb up, the clouds climb down. Breath is elusive. I trip, fall. You look back to offer help but I wave away ...


    Chanson - Aug 12, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Soma
    4

    Someone once told me that the apocalypse will be blue, and that the saddest day of our lives is when we look into the mirror and know our own eyes. ...


    faith - Aug 10, 2006 - 1 min read


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