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    I think I know the feeling, that's behind this. The struggle, trying to be happy, but being unable to. The melancholy of knowing, it's getting darker again and the dark ...


    Kalliope - Nov 29, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    hatred
    7

    every year, lives are lost hearts are broken, but for what cost? a disagreement? one person's need? colour of skin, religion or creed? triggers are pulled, knives are drawn, we're ...

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    helenelizabethclarke - Nov 29, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Soon, So Soon
    3

    Soon so soon shall we come to peace Soon so soon shall we thrive Soon so soon shall we lift the vale Of prejudice and disguise Soon so soon will ...


    J.C. Belding - Nov 29, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    The End Of Things
    5

    These lives so rapid that we lead, toiling down the path So bent on gain and affluence, slowing is the past But as time takes its toll with the memories ...


    BlondeHelmet - Nov 28, 2007 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    A Child Molester's Fantasy.
    5

    He said he was a father. They never agreed with it. An angry daughter? A discouraged father? They took a run for it, "Hurry Sophia!" The youngest in her arms. ...


    Rena_Luvs_All - Nov 28, 2007 - 1 min read

  • 1

    Ironic how you tought me to love. Spooky how you showed me heartbreak. I ran back, you knew I would. You said it was love, you still do to this ...


    Rena_Luvs_All - Nov 28, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    The Reason
    12

    I wrote this a long time ago, I've probably edited it about a thousand times, but let me know if I've missed anything, I'm prone to silly mistakes I just ...


    Audy - Nov 28, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Dead Gamble
    3

    Whose games were empires And whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth- Whose dice were human bones.


    Geek - Nov 28, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    To Be Friend and Foe
    5

    This is my second poem. In comparison to my first poem, this poem has much more description and length. However, I merely wrote this today. I edited very little, but ...


    adriangarcia - Nov 27, 2007 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative
    Epic Poem 1
    5

    I am writing an epic poem. I asked on the discussion forum and was told to put it here. I have no title yet, but I have the whole story. ...


    Rigel - Nov 27, 2007 - 4 min read

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    TheEccentricScribe - Nov 27, 2007 - 1 min read

  • 13

    There once was a man called Bothwell, he was not very thoughtful, he hung two people, not in the steeple, for them it did not end well.


    Maki-Chan - Nov 27, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    winter by moonlight
    4

    Winter by Moonlight Winter by moonlight is a Wonderful thing with the Wind whistling in the trees You can see water droplets forming Icicles like on a Christmas tree The ...


    selenasacuna - Nov 27, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    the moon is
    10

    The Moon Is I believe the moon is a goddess sent to watch Over all the womenbof the world; the moon is an icon of light in the dark a ...


    selenasacuna - Nov 27, 2007 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    what do you say?
    2

    what do you say? If someone asked you what do you believe in? what do you say? You say: I believe In everything and nothing in god & Allah, in ...


    selenasacuna - Nov 27, 2007 - 1 min read


The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
— Edward Hirsch