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Suddenly, the 502s were back
those unexpected disconnects
that make posting whack
and my nerves a wreck

Like blank spots in time
that made me backtrack
unable to use rhymes
I felt trapped and  highjacked

Did the server choke on a bone?
Was 5G stalling me, wordless and postponed?
Did the firewall collapse, did DNS lapse?
Was it my laptop, was it my phone?

People watched me, on the metro,
as I frowned and moaned at my useless iPhone.
The issues seemed flagrant, I was becoming impatient
Was I some kind of nut? I was showing emotion.
We don’t DO that in Paris - have public implosions.

Did it happen to you?
Or was I one of a few.
What were the chances
that it only happened to poets in France?
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Song for this:
Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan
La Vie en Rose by Allison Adams Tucker
BLT Merriam Webster word of the day challenge 08/23/25:
flagrant = obvious, conspicuously bad—too bad to ignore.
Zywa Jul 14
*** and frustrations

toss and turn behind the fronts --


of neighbourly love.
Collection "Imprints Masks"
I am only Human,
Yes, things can go wrong,
Yes, I do get frustrated, but
I try to be strong.
When things don't go right,
Yes, I do get really mad,
It makes me feel really sad,
It makes me feel
irritated, aggravated
The situation can be bad.
But that's Okay because
We have all been there,
When you gave it your All and
now you just don't care.
If it doesn't work out,
there's always a solution
To figure it out and
bring it to a Resolution
When you've tried
everything and you just
don't understand if it doesn't
work out
just remember:

I AM ONLY HUMAN


B.R.
Date: 9/22/2024
I AM those
SECRETS,
you don't want to
BE TOLD,
I AM the
FEAR,
keeping you from
BEING BOLD.
I AM the
THORN,
that's in
YOUR SIDE
I am the
DECEIVER,
that has taken you
FOR A RIDE,
I AM the
COMPASS,
That'll be your
GUIDE,
If you get
LOST,
then may a
ROAD MAP PROVIDE.
I AM the
"NO!!!"
to your
UNANSWERED DREAMS,
I AM the
ANGRY
to your
BEING MEAN
I AM the
DARKNESS
of the
DARKENED NIGHTS,
THE SUN WILL
BREAK THROUGH
giving you
PLEASURE and DELIGHT,
I AM the
HAPPY
in your
SAD,
When you AWAKEN form this
NIGHTMARE,
Then you will
BE GLAD.
I AM THE
FRUSTRATIONS
THAT HAS RUINED
YOUR DAY, but
HERE COMES
SATISFACTION
TO CLEAR THE WAY


HEY, ARE YOU STILL HAVING THOSE NIGHTMARES???


WHAT NIGHTMARES?????


B.R.
Date; 8/21/2024
(Don't mind me I'm just free verse writing)
(Just letting my words flow like water)
POSITIVE IN and NEGATIVE OUT,
CLEAR your MIND
and remove ALL DOUBTS
NEGATIVE OUT and POSITIVE IN,
BEING UPLIFTED,
IN the END, YOU'LL WIN!!!

A POSITIVE OUTCOME,
IS WHAT YOU NEED,
NEGATIVE VIBES
JUST GO ON AND FLEE.

POSTITIVE VIBES,
IS WHAT WE'RE FOR,
NEGATIVE VIBES,
CAN FLY OUT THE DOOR!!

NO FRUSTRATIONS,
NO MORE STRESS,
NO DEPRESSION,
FEELING OUR BEST!!!!

NO ANXIETY,
NO MORE FEAR
TENSION and WORRYING,
PLEASE DISAPPEAR.

POSITIVE IN and NEGATIVE OUT,
CLEAR your MIND
and remove ALL DOUBTS
NEGATIVE OUT and POSITIVE IN,
BREATHE IN GOOD KARMA,
IT WILL SHOW FROM WITHIN!!!!!


Created by: B.R.
Date: 8/14/2024
MANTRA OF 2024!!!
DON'T LET THOSE NEGATIVE VIBES, CREEP IN. JUST WISH IT AWAY WITH THESE ENCOURAGING WORDS!!!
Odd Odyssey Poet Apr 2024
Building up my anger,
      brick by brick.
Laying a wicked heart upon
the cement of hurt I feel;
And if I were a street— everyone would
now be correct to walk all over me,
      brick by brick.

A bridge, to gap two parties as the
middle ground to all their arguments
—an abandoned apartment, filled with
all the tenants, of memories well lived,
      brick by brick.

A madhouse, for all of the creativity;
to out there for the world to even understand
So brick by brick, they lay
Day by day, I try not to build a
wall around my constructed smile,
      brick by brick.
Jack R Fehlmann Sep 2021
Yes! Given access
Yet again.
I've wanted or more so
Needed
This. An outlet.
Somewhere to place the emotions
Kept, felt, endured and enduring.
A place of thought and introspection.
For I live.  
In itself meaning highs and lows
Felt and known.
Sharing.
Poetic postings
Shruti Atri Jul 2021
I am tired of feeling lost
Being left behind;
I am sick of mourning
While presenting my silence...

I wait for my iron blood
To thicken and freeze;
My veins, my heart
Too stiff to feel again--

I wait for cold numbness
To dull my aching eyes;
To release my soul
From merciless compassion.

I wait to draw a breath
In freedom, in selfishness;
Untainted by their expectations
If only one, if only once...

Till my madness consumes me.
Zetolgam Aug 2020
*** life gone conceptual
My loved one now asexual
Online erotica and poetry
Supports for monogamy
Relieving some tension
Building up the frustration
Mind set on one finality
Bring back her sexuality
Suggestions welcome on both the poem and the question behind it
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