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Sep 2020 Talia

Ayodeji Oje

Your current reality
is the gravity
of age-long mentality;
Change your mentality
and you'll see the gravity
as expressed by a new reality.

Sep 2020 Talia

Someone New

Sep 2020 Talia

Max Vale

Someone New

My head was pounding,
The world was spinning.
I can't see my surrounding,
Pain is only beginning.

I could hear your voice,
You were weeping and crying.
In the background noise,
I could hear the medics trying.

The silence is creeping,
A sleep I can't escape.
My eyes were falling,
My vision full of shapes.

I'm sorry I didn't make it for you,
Hope you can find someone new.

Sep 2020 Talia

MAKE YOURSELF

Sep 2020 Talia

Traveler

MAKE YOURSELF

Whether a comma, or colon:
Punctuation slows my rolling
I need no period. When I end
no Capitalization when I begin
Rulelessly I flow my art
Not a single!
Exclamation mark
Are you not the one
Who'll know?
Where a question mark
No longer goes

Warp the structure
Bend the lines
Put in repeat
Let emotion unwind
Make yourself
Your poetry's the best
Be your own ruler
Pass your own test

Take your own road
Where ever it leads
Lover or hater
It's all poetry!

Traveler Tim
.

Hay
No matter who you are
You have my deepest respect!

Vanity
All is vanity
The meanings of passion
The aesthetic expression
The lines we draw and stay within
Even love is beyond intent
Vanity transcends
Flowing from our pens
And so we breathe again

#traveler #tim #contemplation #commings #incubus #instruction #rules #directions #help

Sep 2020 Talia

Phantom

Sep 2020 Talia

Melinda Barrett

Phantom

I couldn't fit into your world
but you camouflaged in mine
Now you are nowhere to be found
but I still feel intertwined

Sep 2020 Talia

It’s still snowing

Sep 2020 Talia

κλείω

It’s still snowing

Yes it’s still snowing
But I’m not buried in it
Yes the wind keeps blowing
But I’m still going
Unknowing
Growing
Tiptoeing
Yes it’s snowing
But I’m still glowing

Sep 2020 Talia

First Prize

Sep 2020 Talia

Arek

First Prize

The best things in life are Brie
there is nothing better
although a few might disagree
and say that it is Feta

While others say there is no match
for Swiss is a best seller
Some think that is bit of a stretch
and swear it's Mozzarella

But maybe there is no winner
and every cheese is great
especially when you've had no dinner
and there's cheese on your plate

Sep 2020 Talia

I Cut Myself

Sep 2020 Talia

Tony Anderson

I Cut Myself

I cut myself daily
Mentally
Physically
Emotionally

The physical cuts
Watching the healing flow of blood
Pour from my veins
Cleansing my soul

The emotional cuts
Never thinking I’m good enough
Calling myself stupid
Trying and failing
Time and again
Feeling lost
Feeling afraid
Feeling unwanted

The mental cuts
My mind bringing up things from the past
Laughing and taunting of bullies
Being yelled at
Being rejected
Getting beat up
Things that happened years ago
Put the mind can not
Nay
Will not forget

I cut myself daily
Mentally
Physically
Emotionally