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 Sep 2016 Banana
Barton D Smock
an orange cat
touches
the earth, this

my dad’s
dream…

and this, the nail’s:

a palm print
on the hoarder’s
window
 Sep 2016 Banana
Kelley A Vinal
Worlds drawn upon an astral image
A real place
It's real here, at least
A smiling face; his hands like cream
Butter churned a friendly hue
Pale, charming, rising
Like yeast, symbiotic and together
To form something sustaining
Levitating, with snakes under my feet
Let out of their baskets, a flute plays
Something so sweet
So sweet to me
And I can't help but
Think of this place
 Sep 2016 Banana
Issan Op
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 Sep 2016 Banana
Issan Op
The sun so bright outside
Slamming my eyes off that white new pavement.
So dark inside
So dark inside
My skin it hurts,
From wear and tear
From other humans I shared this pen with
I'm so tired
I'm so tired
My lungs they hurt from so much tobacco,
And my mouth feels sore from all the talking.
It burns so good
It burns so good
My brain, fried, from all the thinking
It twirls and spins,
With my eyes still blinking,
And cigarette stinking.
So this was the way it was meant to be?
I am so free.
 Sep 2016 Banana
Nitsua Asemed
Oh, all the world would be just so swell
If there was one who had dreams to sell

When I'm broken hearted, I would buy
An amazing dream where I could fly!

If I had been bullied, I would seek
A dream where I'm strong and helped the weak!

When I was screaming in pain, I vowed,
A dream where I sang clear and loud

When I could not walk for many days:
A dream where I danced  in perfect grace

When I could hardly breathe, I would gear,
To speak poems into my lover's ear

When I was lying still on that bed,
I'd dream to stand firm and walk ahead!

When I was feeling the pain in me,
I'd dream of the lands I've yet to see

When I knew my fate, I'd want to go,
To a dream back when I did not know

When I was dying,  I would have cried,
For a dream, where from Death, I could hide!

When I was dead, anything I'd give
To dream that I'd one more day to live!

Oh, truly! No one would shriek and wail--
If there was one who had dreams for sale.
First poem. So don't expect too much. I'm open to criticism; I'm always listening for some feedback. :)
 Sep 2016 Banana
Dhia Awanis
I was the anchor to your voyage
—and you were the poison for my heart
So, what's the point of holding on while both parties are bleeding?
 Sep 2016 Banana
Cristal Aguilar
Like a wave, you crashed into me.
But waves keep crashing,
and I soon realized it wasn't salt from the sea
I was tasting...
But tears because like waves,
you always leave and come crashing back.
And I am tired of being your shore.
 Sep 2016 Banana
Julia Plante
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 Sep 2016 Banana
Julia Plante
"i'm proud of you."
the twisting, brilliant tendrils of your words
are tied around my ribs

what hurt was the paralyzing sting
of the bottomless ocean of reality
drenching the bonfires
that had blinded my heart
for years, linked together
by your pouring of gasoline

our love was unromantic
and while we didn't honeymoon in venice
my blood still
pumps through smoking embers

all we have between us are memories
all we will ever have between us is memories
and the weight of my forgetful mind
will not relent in constricting my lungs

your marble column legs
held me upright
and i'll be ******
because this earthquake
lead to my collapse

a note to you:
nobody knows me here.
i am drained.
i am nobody to be proud of.
 Sep 2016 Banana
Poetria
Echoes reverbate inside
this blue satellite,
signals of sadness and
ashen butterflies.

It's the little things
that bring nature to life,
smaller still are
the things that **** light.
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