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 Dec 2024 Nigdaw
ymmiJ
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 Dec 2024 Nigdaw
ymmiJ
foot steps in the sand
washed away in rolling seas
faded memories
I
used To
read My poems
in Talent shows
i Don't think i will this year
i Worry i won't come off as well as the singers and dancers
i know that They will clap the same for me
but Are they
really Listening?
I like writing secret sentences in these, it's pretty fun.
 Dec 2024 Nigdaw
Carlo C Gomez
~
Precious Padma
You dearest aquatic flower
You grew in murky waters
Unblemished by its impurity
But come they did
To ****** your petals
And leave you a burning stem
Never can they take from you
The spirit of your plainsong
It continues to grow in your sisters
And in a time and season so near
They will sing your hymn
As one substantial voice
The changing winds will then
Lift it higher

~
On Thursday, December 5, 2019, a 23-year-old **** victim from Unnao, India was seized by five men, including the two people she had named in her previous complaint to the police, and beaten, stabbed and set on fire. Still ablaze, she walked nearly a mile, seeking help before finally calling the police herself. She later died in a New Delhi hospital, prompting protests of violence against women.
 Dec 2024 Nigdaw
Michael Murphy
I wrote a poem

I wrote it twice

Seeking words expression

Clouds roll in

My shadow hides

Exposing my depression

Pressure mounts

Weight so intense

No strength to set me free

Shallow breath

A whisper utters

Is this the end of me
Every day, a new obstacle.  Enough!
 Dec 2024 Nigdaw
Whit Howland
You and I
with so much history
no

hyperbole

that hangs on us
like bad-fitting clothes
and it's all so

complicated
An abstract word painting
 Dec 2024 Nigdaw
Liana
Never Boring
 Dec 2024 Nigdaw
Liana
So many downsides to knowing him
Being his daughter
But one thing I can say
It's that it's never boring
Because it's always something
A complication of sorts
Never nothing
(This note written by a flying lama with an unhealthy obsession with the color purple and yellow sardines)
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