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Fields of Burnt Sugar
I'm nine, standing on a beryl hill / under a humid dusk slab - / my sister picking wheat anthers
@EvanS
40
#1
50
Background Noise
I learned how to be background noise / To live where no one cares / To be right here in his face
@Kalliopie
24
#2
34
Snapshot
The abandoned house / smelled like a garbage dump. / There were holes in the floor
@thomas-w-case
57
#2
34
Other poems
Ne m'oublie pas
While I still breathe, I write to save my life / in compact form; mistakes, the lessons learned, / triumphant days and nights of needless strife
@joel-m-frye
14
28
The Small Wars
I wake to the ache in my bones, / the muscle spasms in my back, / a quiet coup under my flesh.
@Twc
52
25
The Polished Self: Epilogue
⭐ THE POLISHED SELF™ – Epilogue / A Diptych / Epilogue I: The Pastel Myth
@VerseBuster
75
19
arriving here
i looked for my identity / in vanity, / in friends
@mcdonald-tsiie
11
18
Boy
I used to know a little boy. / I used to be him. / Lately, I’ve been looking at my life
@bdlukey
38
17
virtual is the new black
a fresh algorithm is colonizing our metaphoric reach / processors flood us with artificial awe / we are locked in the logic of a world of mirrors
@irinia
22
15
Heart Broken Diva
In the mountains / your spirit was loud and obnoxious / I saw the smiles of happiness
@theromantic
12
15
Hope (Tanka)
Life is looking up. / I've a feeling that the sun, / follows me and you.
@lynn-stillman
5
11
The Writing That Brings Me Back to Myself
I never truly walked away from writing… / yet somehow, I drifted away from myself. / I try to resist, I try to stay whole,
@NEWSAKNA
14
10
Idol
Do you hear the roar of the crowd? / Do you see my ‘insta' likes? / My Facebook traffic spikes?
@bekahalle
28
8
His Mistress
For better or worse / Ignorant trusting / It's the kind of thing
@cj-sutherland
38
7
Black
Black in my eyes, / black in my heart— / black is the sun of me.
@flame-heart
29
6
Into The Blue
*O, how I long to feel your rhythmic caress* / *I'll never forget your beckoning blue whispers* / *Or how you lovingly bathed my feet as nobody could*
@kim-johanna-baker
13
6
Flaked
Your heart bleeds 'til it runs dry/ / At times it's deceiving to the eye. / You ride your high horse as you dig your grave/
@DanielTucker
18
5
It'll End In Tears
Her laugh like tiny drops of gold, / Her countenance like none I’ve seen; / A glance at me—my heart-beats hold
@Awakening
16
5
Painted Dream
In the hush between two oceans crest, / a man in sunsets golden yellow orange / sleeps on the warm gray flank of a dreaming hippopotamus,
@MalcolmG
28
4
Feeding your ego
I'm here. / Me, who has no self worth. / Me, who is a failure.
@ducking
9
4
Prayers
I pray / Unsure / Of course
@KristaDelleFemine
9
3
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