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Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:33 pm
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Willard says...



Poetry!poetry!poetry!

too lazy to submit last year's thread
Last edited by Willard on Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:59 pm, edited 3 times in total.

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

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Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:27 am
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first poem

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I thought I saw Ursa Minor in Lampe Park last night,
but the trees blurred my vision to the point
where I couldn't tell whether it was a constellation
or a phallus pissing on a posy of roses.

Stars don't make sense.
If amateur philosophy has taught me anything,
it's that they can't be social constructs
or a figment of your imagination
because they exist.

They're dead,
but they exist.

and they'll be here
until all my jokes about cancer
or death in general
catches up to me.

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

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Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:45 pm
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Audy says...



Oh man. That phallus line is too perfect :3 I actually appreciated that ending too, it felt very securely earned. I get so much glee out of reading this, you can't possibly know. The mix of the philosophical with the dark humor cynicism hits me in all the right bones.
  





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Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:28 am
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second poem

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we talked for 10800 seconds,
we hugged for 25.
who knows if you enjoy it
at this point,
too preoccupied
with one word
to act like anything other
than a striving teen.

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

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Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:04 pm
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Arcticus says...



I couldn't tell whether it was a constellation
or a phallus pissing on a posy of roses.


What the genius.
You either worship something higher than yourself or end up worshiping yourself

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Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:55 pm
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Willard says...



@Autumns

the only time i'll ever experiment with alliteration, haha.

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

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Tue Apr 04, 2017 3:23 am
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Willard says...



third poem
PS: This has a Nietzsche reference I'm really proud of, which results in one of the only lines I will ever write that makes me giggle like a little school boy.

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If love wasn't a social construct,
I would carve Romeo and Juliet quotes
into my arms with a butter knife
and live in a tree fort
in North Dakota.

Society can't corrupt us,
"death2capitalism!death2capitalism!";
thus spoke the Kama Sutra
of emotional preservation.

There are no planes to Dakota,
but with feet or not,
I'll crawl to and fro
ignoring the sand
that soak into my wounds.

It is the east, and Dakota is the sun;
arise, fair maiden, and lovingly slay me.

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

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Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:18 pm
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Charm says...



third poem is soooooo good! omg Willard why can't i write like you xD
  





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Wed Apr 05, 2017 12:59 am
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Willard says...



fourth poem

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there's a carly rae jepsen song
i'd always sing to a pile of old sundresses
that belonged to my mother.

"i know you've had a rough time",
but this will never get old.
the sun will never die,
i will never sleep.

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

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Wed Apr 05, 2017 1:13 am
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Virgil says...



I really do enjoy the minimalist aspects of your most recent poem and it hits hard even though it's short. Love it for what it is.

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Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:34 pm
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PrincessInk says...



Are we supposed to comment or not? :)

Your tags are like oxymorons XD
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Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:03 am
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Willard says...



fifth poem

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The sun is beautiful
and I am a raisin;
dirt sundresses my thighs
fetal position in a soccer field.

It's a beautiful day to swim
or play leapfrog on the playground
or, better yet, let people know
I find them beautiful.

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

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Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:35 am
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Hannah says...



omg stop. let me eat fifth poem, please.
"sundresses"
"fetal position in a soccer field"
"let people know/ I find them beautiful"

pls.
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Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:18 am
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sixth poem

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Rumor has it, there's a romantic theory to everything.
You either sleep with a bunch of strangers
or sit, sulk, wonder at Halloween parties
wondering what was the exact moment
your life derailed off the tracks and your trolley
killed five people on the siding.

Fall asleep in your car
at the back of the school parking lot,
fingers crossed that nobody honks
and disrupts your peace.

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

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Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:47 pm
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seventh poem

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I enjoy smells
and signs of rejection,
so much so
sensory overload takes place
whenever alcohol is in
a thirty mile radius.

Today, you smelt like vodka.
I still had a tendency
to adjust my head
to fit your shoulder
(or bosom, depending on
the situation)
and linger strands of hair
whether you like it or not.

Romantic theory states
we look for affection
in moments of stress,
and if my forehead
burrowed into a neck
says anything,
it's that life is weird
and Ed Albee is right.

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

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You know what the big problem is in telling fantasy and reality apart? They're both ridiculous.
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