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  • unnamed poem

    Hello, This is one of the only poems I've written that I actually like. I know it's got some flaws but I wanted to see what other people thought. Thank ...

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  • Corncob Dolls

    When I was little my great-grandmother told me things, and even though I was only four or five when she told me, her words have stuck in my head and ...

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  • Empty

    That second of your eyes left me empty. Now I lean against the wall, alone, breathless and smiling, aching for more of you. You’re stealing my soul. It’s so easy ...

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  • Valentine

    I just wrote this a couple of days ago and I don't know if it's any good or not. All critiques are appreciated! Valentine I didn’t have anything else so ...

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  • Untitled

    Any feedback on this poem is greatly appreciated. Also, I'd love to hear any title ideas you might have. Thanks!! I’m almost afraid to see you because when you’re not ...

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  • Twilight

    Twilight It already smells like night. The sky is draped with violet and the hush is sacred, here outside your place, your haunting ground. Everyone is long departed. This twilit ...

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  • Alone

    I am alone with my breathing in my dark room as I touch down where the secrets mesh. If I thought of you now it would be wrong, like stepping ...

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  • Mississippi

    Mississippi Like running water rips a stone apart atom by atom, it happened slowly. Well, he always was as sure of himself as the Mississippi. She didn’t realize something had ...

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  • Cruel

    CruelHe looked a little like youand his eyes were something like yoursand even though I knew,I ducked between the shelvesto trace the spines with trembling fingersand pretend to read back ...

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  • don't even think about coming for dessert

    don't even think about coming for dessertburnt sugar glaciersstand well on their ownvinegar gingerbreadbreak his legs offremembering onegrain of salt on your lipbut your eyes always weregrainy-caramel

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I wondered why we put villains in our stories when we have plenty of them in real life; then I realized that maybe we wanted stories where the good guy wins.
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