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Jun 2014 Nadia Hasan

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Jun 2014 Nadia Hasan

Ben Ditmars

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Let go,
Let love
Define you.

©Ben Ditmars 2014

#love #poem #defined

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Broken Love Poem

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Ben Ditmars

Broken Love Poem

I want to blame you
and remain blameless
because it’s easier to hurt
than be confused or
lost in your reflection
like the tide without a moon
brings shorter days and
darker nights.

we face the wild
shore alone.

©Ben Ditmars 2014

#love #broken #moon #wild #blame #shores

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

In Memory of Maya Angelou

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Ben Ditmars

In Memory of Maya Angelou

I wrote a tribute to Maya Angelou in 2010 that I would like to share today in memory of a great poet. Please excuse the dated references.

I Know Why the Twitter Bird Tweets

The free bird leaps
on Google’s back
and scrolls down page
till the browser ends
and dips his wings
in Facebook rays
and dares to claim the internet.

But a bird that stalks
down his narrow page
can seldom see through
his lists of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his claws to tweet.

The Twitter bird tweets
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and his tweet are read
on the distant hill
for the Twitter bird
tweets of freedom

The free bird may watch tivo'd Glee
And order up some good Chinese
and laugh as Sue Sylvester drones
On and on of kids off tone.

But Twitter bird stands on the grave of tweets
Getting “trends” for Trick or Treat
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his claws to tweet.

The Twitter bird tweets
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tweet is heard
on the distant hill
for the Twitter bird
tweets of freedom.

#poetry #tribute #cover #maya #angelou

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Dead Weight

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Ben Ditmars

Dead Weight

Dead weight
Living on the edge
Of burden casts a
Shadow in the light
For flat broke dreamers
Strumming their guitars
On broken strings and
Poets writing as the
Ink runs dry.

©Ben Ditmars 2014

#dreams #shadow #guitar

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

an artist's love

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Lunar

an artist's love

beware when you fall in love
with an artist
be it a painter, a singer, or poet

for the artist will
paint you
with strokes and hues
in shapes of every kind

sing about you
with heartbreak lyrics
and feelings which rhyme

write about you
with the simplest words
and a secret message she wants to say

beware of the artist,
and her love
one wrong move
and you're an artwork in her display

#love #heartbreak #paint #poet #happiness #art #lyrics #sing #write #artist #message

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Days (Grief part II)

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Laura Mankowski

Days (Grief part II)

181 days before you died, you said we couldn't see you without your teeth in.
136 days before you died, you told the nurses you had to stop partying.
118 days before you died, you called the dog a ****.
69 days before you died, we brought you home.
54 days before you died, you told me to have more fun.
6 days before you died, I said "I love you" and you said "Yes, but I love you forever".
That was the last thing you ever said to me.
3 days before you died, you couldn't talk, but I talked to you.
1 day before you died, I told you I'd see you tomorrow.
And I did, but you didn't see me.
331 days after you died, I'm still here.
And you still love me.

#love #loss #days #grief #counting

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Codeine Dreams

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Amanda In Scarlet

Codeine Dreams

I have been in an almost sleep all day,
Perpetual semi-twilight.
Each time I surfaced,
I popped another pill (on an empty, aching stomach)
And returned to not quite dreams,
It was almost fun.

The moment when the little pill kicks in
Is all the relief you've ever felt.
Pain, the master of your world, recedes,
And febrile fantasies erupt,
Spilling from your head, to your bed.

There was...This...Most fantastic poem,
But I couldn't break the surface
For long enough to capture it.
It eludes me now, while lucid,
But the pain is creeping back...
So, time for some little white saviours,
Perhaps I will rediscover my lost masterpiece,
Buried in the desert of disease.

an oldie, revised slightly. Oooh, look, I've even used some hashtags!

#pain #sleep #dreams

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

3D Print

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Ben Ditmars

3D Print

3D print me into
something real, impulsive
and distinguished.

successive layers
built around a
pulse and backbone.

fused electrons hardwired
to my brain like therapy.

we are broken and
the sum of our spare parts.

©Ben Ditmars 2014

#science #tech #3d

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

15 texts I almost sent you

May 2014 Nadia Hasan

Monika

15 texts I almost sent you

I'm sorry for being so quiet the first time we met. Truth is that in my head, I couldn't stop writing poems about your eyes.
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2. I still dream about your hands.
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3. I can't stop playing with matches now. I remember how much you loved fire.
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4. I can still taste you on my lips.
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5. How could you walk away so easily? You can't tell me it wasn't real. [delete]
6. I love you....do you understand?
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7. There's a guy in my English class with the same colored eyes as you.
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8. I've tried loving anyone with your accent. None of them say my name the way you do.
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9. I can't sleep anymore. I keep waiting for you to wish me goodnight.
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10. I miss you.
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11. The moon is full and beautiful tonight and I can't stop thinking of you.
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12. Will you come count the stars with me?
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13. Remember when you complimented my poems? I wonder if you knew that they were all about you.
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14. Are you thinking of me, too?
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15. You always said you were addicted to me. Tell me, are you going through withdrawals?
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#i #you #by #inspired #15 #almost #texts #sent #das