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 74° 
ren
Wanna be the shadow in your mind.
Fading away, leaving no trace behind.
Wanna be the tear you never shed.
The thought you bury, the words unsaid.
Wanna be a question with no end,
A truth unspoken, a time unspend.
Wanna be so far, yet so near.
The erased whisper you'll never hear.
 72° 
brinn
the cold air
can be seen
every time
we take a breath

my tears sting
as they race
down my cheeks
to soak into my scarf

my hand has
gone numb
and no longer had
yours to hold

Christmas music plays
jingling merrily
as my heart
shatters to the beat.

the words
dancing off your lips
hanging in the air
as if they were mistletoe

”i’m sorry”
i watch as you turn your back
and walk away
for the last time.
 71° 
Olha
if you want clarity,‹
ask the wind,‹be the wind,‹
see the dust you collect,‹
and tell yourself from it.

be the wind, and see through.‹
if needed, be the dust.
 68° 
ymmiJ
shrimp and grits
five o'clock bourbon
lowcountry life
The poetry in me is flowing
About things I’m knowing
The emotions
The stresses
And Peoples life’s messes!
 65° 
David Hilburn
Sorry won't do...
Open to arguably the same
Of what is, a person of who
The truth, when I quietly name...

Children a universal charity...
Elect a seer, or offer a proven
Wait, is ours for a faring vanity
The has your might, as chastity's problem...

Fly by, and heed?
A question of moments, more adores
Ask the question of mete and need
The luck of angel's, is anger was...

A place for cynical wealth, lost
A pace of worthier demonstration, caught
A pax of elucidated reasons, saw us
A person with uniqueness depends, saw it

Given the gift of giving
That youth has come of age
For a sincerity, sated with living
In the shadow of kindness, not angers fate
Another purpose behind, another purpose forward, another purpose excited
 61° 
xavier thomas
Everyday, I ask myself:

“Is 20-30 minutes ⏰
of my pleasure
worth more than eternity? ♟”
Carrying My Daddy’s Sins
 59° 
Karmen was Heard
Waht hvae I dnoe?
Bad dseicon ralely.
 59° 
Nat Lipstadt
~a companion to “A Flawless Poem” (1)
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time is truly never on your side,
but it lends an assist
with a continual grinding inexorable steady draining,
but that narrowing perspective, clarifies, opens eyes wider, and yes,
simplifies and prioritizes

there is an elegance in simplicity,
and write this as a reminder
to self,
that the beauty of
straightforward brevity,
with a honed tip
is likely the fastest path
to the sticking point,
and there, and here,
will I leave you
to it,
flawlessly
Un baiser sur mon front ! un baiser, mĂȘme en rĂȘve !
Mais de mon front pensif le frais baiser s'enfuit ;
Mais de mes jours taris l'été n'a plus de sÚve ;
Mais l'Aurore jamais n'embrassera la Nuit.

Elle rĂȘvait sans doute aussi que son haleine
Me rendait les climats de mes jeunes saisons,
Que la neige fondait sur une tĂȘte humaine,
Et que la fleur de l'Ăąme avait deux floraisons.

Elle rĂȘvait sans doute aussi que sur ma joue
Mes cheveux par le vent écartés de mes yeux,
Pareils aux jais flottants que sa tĂȘte secoue,
Noyaient ses doigts distraits dans leurs flocons soyeux.

Elle rĂȘvait sans doute aussi que l'innocence
Gardait contre un désir ses roses et ses lis ;
Que j'Ă©tais Jocelyn et qu'elle Ă©tait Laurence,  
Que la vallée en fleurs nous cachait dans ses plis.

Elle rĂȘvait sans doute aussi que mon dĂ©lire
En vers mélodieux pleurait comme autrefois ;
Que mon cƓur sous sa main devenait une lyre
Qui dans un seul soupir accentuait deux voix.

Fatale vision ! Tout mon ĂȘtre frissonne ;
On dirait que mon sang veut remonter son cours.
Enfant, ne dites plus vos rĂȘves Ă  personne,
Et ne rĂȘvez jamais, ou bien rĂȘvez toujours !
 57° 
Anais Vionet
(a poem in Haiku and Senryu)

Draw a stick figure
future - diminished
and chaos ransomed.

Paint the landscape
with the sweltering glare
of global warming.

Add micro-plastic
and forever chemical
flavorings to taste.

Come share this
with me - let kisses heal and
soft whispers inflame.

Some locks need two keys
to open, some heavens can
be reached by mortals.
.
.
A song for this:
All Gone Away by The Style Council
Locks that require two keys are called ‘Dual Custody’ locks. They’re most common for bank deposit boxes.
 56° 
Zee
Guys don't open any messages from sgg. In inbox please report as the message they send is linked to a virus. Please report and block so we can crack down on this asap.
 53° 
Frances Raeburn
heal me
you said
I hear you
I said
save me
you said
I will try
I said
but actually
I haven’t got
the
friggin’ energy
I said.
It's getting cold outside,
The chills are settling in,
Winter has now arrived,
The sign of frost has begun.

We're stlll in the season of autumn, but
Winter has now shown its face,
The days are nice, but Chilly,
Autumn has now been replaced.

The winter is cold and it's sharp,
Get ready for a frosty chill
Please wear your gloves, coats and scarfs,
For, winter time is here!!


B.R.
Date: 11/19/2024
 47° 
Rosas witten
Abstract of destruction
Amidst anger
A mix of storm and earthquake
Searching for serenity of silence
A phase of mountain hills to reach the peak
Till calm

Mind blowing like fire
Brain storming a next project
Poker face of calm and quiet
In the most lenient places
Rhythm of ideas flowing ready to be written

The earth is mine
When I have what I wanted
Realm of joy contagious
Only asking for it to stay that way
 46° 
Ylzm
My tongue's not my own neither the deepest longings
And neither these for pursuit nor grasping but to know
Of promises unknowable in the flesh but will be
For which given only glimpses of their shadows
And to know that before Time and for all times
Not futility as seeming for the Teacher is present
And so too the end's the beginning and vice versa
But to hear the Voice for in the dark the ears see
 46° 
Fra
Buy a sun
Buy a like
Buy an app
So people will clap
Please them all
Sell THEM a lie
Sell them your soul
But EVENTUALLY

You will FALL!
 45° 
nvinn fonia
\ i wanna quit i quitt
 45° 
Zywa
The beauty of art

and the world does not exist --


if you reject it.
Novel "**** nu mijn stem" ("Hear my voice now", 2017, Franca Treur), chapter 25

Collection "Appearances"
If rich, you may buy a huge properly,  an island or a mall;

Or a grave illness, perhaps try to stall;

But a smile on a sad face you can't install

Anar
 44° 
Dani Just Dani
Y no estoy
diciendo
que las cosas
van a
Ir mal
entre
nosotros,
pero si
algo llegara
a pasar
me encantaria
estar para
verte crecer.
 43° 
Zazu
when I said
I doubt you'd come back
I didn't think it would be true

people like you
don't come back
you probably think that about me too

but what is it that I miss?
your ignorant bliss
the way you would brag
about how you would kiss
the opposite of me

have the audacity
to say we would play by my rules
have the audacity
to say you would do anything for me

but what more can I expect
I knew
that people like you
don't come back
 42° 
Ken Pepiton
Sculpted faces,
aging drama queens,

all the world's stages, this
is after those, these depths
of despair, where no pieces fit,

Kintsugi, fractured flash bulb scene,

an instamatic moment, a Kodak memory.
Hollywood Blvd... just a photomatic meme function we can use... while imagining converting vhs to mp4, before it's more plastic in the sea.
 41° 
Odd Odyssey Poet
êŠŻreefalling through ÂŁmotions –
The resting place of Ỏur dreams
àžȘàž±s the bell sings of the finale
Of every よoving kissing
The trembling walls of our doubt;
Oh, to THESE faithless ₼eens

Trusting the world's shallow views –
And of course it's always leading
Always Đictating our lives;
Investing in fleeting illusions of things
First, $ell out all of your dreams –
âŒčrase their gentle sweet feeling

Still if I die toÆ  early;
Bury me in the resting
Place of my đreams
 41° 
Mark Bell
My mate Vincent
Diamond geezer
Loved poppy juice
And his Mona Lisa
Upon a darken starry night
He would show her
His guiding light,
With all his sunflowers
And a wooden chair
Mona Lisa wanted to share
My mate Vincent
Diamond geezer
Did everything for mona
But could not please her.
This left Vincent very sad
Down and out feeling bad
Of to the asylum
With a smile there he
Would paint and stay awhile
He always missed his Mona Lisa
He still died a earless geezer
 41° 
Gabrielle
There’s a nasty stain on the carpet
A yard from the door,
Dark orange of a shade
I once used to adore.

I’ve bleached and soaked the relentless spot
Till my hands and knees bit,
I’ve covered it with rugs,
But my mind still wont remit.

Curse the careless way I ate that fruit!
I cry into the smudge.
Each time I walk inside,
This brand relights my grudge.

Maybe over time I’ll learn to note it less,
A spark more than a fire.
Till then I guess I stare,
At this mandarin expired.
This poem is about not being able to move on from the damage a relationship has done to you.
 39° 
Sahil
In the pursuit of happiness
I found you,  but somewhere I lost me
You set my heart on fire
You set my dreams free
I loved our little chatter
I loved your every little thing
But now that I look back
It all just leaves a sting

I never realized when you drifted apart
I still kept holding onto the string
You crushed my little heart
And all I could do was sing

Sang the songs of my pain  
Sang the songs of my screams
I never knew it was all in vain
It was all just a broken dream
Thank you all for the response on this, I’ve stopped writing since a while back but the response on this made me wanna pick up the pen back again!!! Thank you everyone for the reigniting the love ai had for this art!
 39° 
Hamzah
Left to right got you.
Now read it from right to left
 39° 
Kindinheart
Don’t keep your feelings hidden
Tell one’s you love the truth
Convey all your words of emotion
To strengthen the bond of trust
Your emotions are hidden
Due to memories of the past
But don’t let this ever stop you
Expressing words felt by your heart
 38° 
Louis Espina
Our days were as beautiful as the starry skies.
Our lives—as humans, animals or even bugs.
Each lasted like a luna moth, with a purpose to love till dawn.

In the beauty of seeing you in each life—came and went with the two souls that lived it. If our time was prolonged—smiles would last longer alive than over your casket.

An infinite cycle of you and I—beautiful and brutal in my eyes.
To love you like a luna moth, with less time in life.
I'll never forget our sunrise—to which I loved you till dawn.
 38° 
Edmond
There is a silence here.
One that beats within me,
A second heart,
With none of the love.

My throat aches,
Voiceless cries going unheard.
The quiet is consuming,
Yet there is nothing here.

How can there be nothing?
When all that I’ve wanted
Could not be closer?

I know.
Because I do not want you
Not anymore.
Your silence, your quiet,
Is consuming.
It has eaten me
And left nothing behind.
I’ve wanted to be with you for so long, but this isn’t what I dreamed of.
 37° 
larry mintz
The runes are like the North Star they give insight- that's right
They are like ancient avatars .
Always The rock of ages
They are old like the stars.
They are ancient like the night

They are like ancient avatars
Always The rock of ages .
They are ancient like the night
The runic teaching of the ages is like a tapestry woven from the teaching of the sages.
They are like ancient avatars.
 36° 
Tekan
Little love
Lotta love
All the love you need
That’s me
Going through some stuff
 35° 
Jack Groundhog
Stuck on blackened spikes
and under stormy seas.
“Let’s go for a hike,”
my wife said to me.

Her sliver of sunlight
breaks through my fog,
a sparkling invite
to go for a little jog.

On a bed of autumn leaves
and crisp wisps of dew
the trees us receive
while I from black withdrew.
 35° 
fish-sama
eye dilate, palpitate.
I gorge on your face.
Drunk on nuclear waste.
i tend to be a bit too invested in romantic relationships.
 35° 
renseksderf
Here sat on a kerb looking every which way
catching proverbial breath and recalibrating
my bearings from a longish journey - still
no longer longing for a telltale day now
pining away atop a window sill
 33° 
Chloe
I still remember you, the fragment of you in my mind. Still laughing, still loving me. Our hearts still beating at the same pace. I have done wrong upon you. But please, remember my promise, my unconditional love. Still, boundless. My love.
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