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King With a Heavy Crown by A’Sun

Old memories seem to shatter like broken mirrors in a sea of black ink because Routine days tend to ruin my dreams so I often back think To bright days…
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Posted by By A'Sun September 20, 2023Posted inPoetry
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To Cupid and His Sisters by Aimee LaFon

When time moves slow, sleeping between Every thought, as viscous and adhesive As pine pitch, I know that my Subconscious is preparing a Sacrifice - a pyre to inflame The…
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Posted by By Zeke Streetman July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry
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home grown, home bound by Emily Sholly

i have been deeply rooted in the place where i was born and though i've spread my roots on out, drawing nourishment from the dark and bloody ground and beyond,…
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Posted by By Emily Sholly May 17, 2023Posted inPoetry
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Lay Me Down By Aimee LaFon

Ive been listening to voices these days As I lay in bed, I curl my collar to push my ears closer to The space where I think they speak- They…
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Posted by By Zeke Streetman May 17, 2023Posted inPoetry
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“Is there free will” by A’Sun

Is there free will for a thug  Or is he just the product of they put in the mud They say we’re nothing more than a neurochemical drug  If so,…
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Posted by By Asante Knowles (AKA A’Sun) March 22, 2023Posted inPoetry
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To A Garden Slug by Aimee LaFon

The flowers are dying tonight, swarmed by a hoard of gluttonous slugs. The daisies spoiled. Marigolds, long robbed of ruddy hair. Bluebells decapitated. The enduring dandelion Balks, no wish granted,…
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Posted by By Zeke Streetman March 22, 2023Posted inPoetry
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I Must Die within Sight of the Mountains by Paradis Perdu (Charles Richey)

I must die within sight of the mountains Those rippling shoulders of God Lowered down to the mournful strains Of a fiddler on fresh turned sod. Where the blush of…
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Posted by By Paradis Perdu (Charles Richey) February 25, 2023Posted inPoetry
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Folk Tale by Sydney Hamilton

Can you imagine… -the old lady who lived in a shoe? Not looking like me or you- Talking only crazy, talking to who? -an attic full of mice, One ran…
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Posted by By Sydney Hamilton November 23, 2022Posted inPoetry
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Die‑Hard Skeptic by Paradis Perdu (Charles Richey)

I'm a Johnny‑come‑lately die‑hard skeptic. Got an ulcer, I think it's peptic. Tell me what you truly believe. I'll listen a while then get up and leave. I once bought…
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Posted by By By Paradis Perdu (Charles Richey) November 23, 2022Posted inPoetry
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Impermanence by Paradis Perdu (Charles Richey)

See holly berries’ Orange blush under azure October skies. Change.
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Posted by By Paradis Perdu (Charles Richey) September 21, 2022Posted inPoetry

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