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"commons" poems

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To PaintAcross an ocean of canvas white / A stroke of beauty comes to light / The patterns even, contrast, and fair

@jacob-traver12

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Job 3:14you are beautiful. / you are tragically beautiful. / you are notre dame

@stephane-noir22

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Borne on the World's WakeWhen in Bohemia, she screams about / Her pastures green, but not too loud / So never have I known, that the world listens too

@DerrekEstrella43

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Another for #occupybostonComposed / wandering the Commons, quietly listening / to the sounds of Childish Gambino

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a social butterfly's lament.***** comet / burning bile / physically sick of the party people—

@lindsey-miller17

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do you need a quatrain?death is coming, it is a dark point on the horizon / it will be here, sooner than expected, the planet is dying / why are you preparing for a future, the future

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The Magnificent BrahmaputraQuiet flows the Brahmaputra / But violent and angry at times / At the ruthless manner in which

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A Girl Is A GunPity you didn’t stay away / Shame you came and didn’t stay / Pain, a boomerang, it goes both ways

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Unstructured MusingsMost people don’t know / That two halves don’t necessarily make a whole / Half a shoe plus half a butter knife makes something

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A Conversation with the Girl Crying on the CurbIf there’s one thing that unifies you and me, it’s heartbreak / If you’ve never experienced it to the fullest, you’ve seen it somewhere. / On your favorite tv shows, that song on the radio, on the girl’s face at the bar

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Don't Forget MeThe day sneaks up behind me / Telling me my time has come / Time to leave behind all that I've worked for

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Have You Seen This Girl ?(Authors note: I realize this is more short story than poem. I hope you find it poetic as well. Apologies in advance if this is not an appropriate forum.) / Have You Seen This Girl ? / I sat sleepy eyed one morning enduring yet another cardboard and treebark bran flavored bowl of breakfast with milk, 2 percent of course, and I stared at the carton.

@jack-varnell10

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Exit Moon RockI am a gorilla, / I am an ape. / And I’m trying to escape

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An Adaptation of a (Love?) PoemHey, baby / sing me a tongue lullaby / I’ll dance for you if you would like that.

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The Sorceress, Jacob's Most BelovedThe Sorceress, Jacob's Most Beloved / she had eyes for me / I knew it

@nat-lipstadt42

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Homecomingthe metallic crash / of cymbals / in the summer

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As Seen On TVIt’s thought provoking / and emotion evoking / I feel like I’m choking, {Heimlich}

@jack-varnell28

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