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"adolescent" poems
Teen sits in his room reflecting on the walls and tables Sometimes this place is a cafe and is a little bit unstable Crosses his legs, forgets the dread, self-hood brings him back from the troubles inside his head Take his hand, lead him out the door, stoke his fire a little bit more Adolescence, Adolescence be free Sweet adolescent boy, come back to me Rests his head upon the floor, even the most grotesque things won't bug him anymore Young man doesn't watch them dance, he knows he must grow his own steps before they slip through his fingertips Adolescence, Adolescence be free Sweet adolescent boy, come back to me Young man, be your own man You're halfway there, so don't disappear again The cafe is crowded, yet you're not alone, not stuck in one place like a drone You move across the room, bright and tall, and never again going to fall Like you did the day before your soul returned to just being a kid Adolescence... you are adolescent.
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Mar 13, 2015
Mar 13, 2015 at 4:25 PM UTC
Scene 3: Adolescence
Selfies, I can smell the desperation, from here. odors of worry; rippling anxities of uncertainity. two dimensional, instantaneous impressions, pixelated presentations, and Teenage frustrations. up tilted camera. held against the light, Illuminating eyes , and eradicating spots. that looks like a good one. Vicarious representation; of how good one could look, fallible and hopeful. big bosomed dame showcasing blessed cleavage, pulsating the adolescent bulges. delivered to metal passenger, thereafter shown among peers. networked to unknown. Friends who'd never met eye, or touched skin, or even spoke. self conscious cropping of images. fat and fearful. wasted hours, dying for love. False dream of captivating the messes with her selfie. The very ugliness of impressions. Oh, how shallow we've became. The denial of the impact of aesthetics. laughable, torrents of judgement Skinny, fat, ugly, behold their desperate eyes behind the selfie.
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Jul 14, 2014
Jul 14, 2014 at 4:35 PM UTC
Shame of the selfie
I see you, monster... In your sockets bore dead, dark eyes They hold the blackest of stares Nebulous swirling pits of demise Thin lips would spout the most sibilant of hisses Every so often would curl into a snarl Dry and chapped, almost unworthy of kisses Large, rough snout, jutting out like a crag You sniff around tirelessly for easy targets Preying on the unsuspecting minds of those under your flag Tapering chin, sprouting strands of coarse hair Unkempt and gritty from your last meal Decaying teeth, crooked due to little to no care Your face is cratered; tales of trying adolescent years Wearing a face only a mother could love Expressionless but it screams out your fears Ugly jointed limbs that grew out of sync Disproportionate, misshapen, grotesque Little noggin with sparse hair, packed within, a brain that thinks I hear you, monster... As you stalk your sleepless nights Nocturnal ambience be your playground Lurking in the dark; places with no light Bulky, heavy feet but deft and silent Can barely notice when you're up and about As if cloaked yourself stealthy, with steps ever transient Respire you do, exhaling breaths so gnarly Ingesting good air, converting into fervid, loathsome notions With which you paint a portrait so ghastly I feel you monster... Deep within the recesses of my heart Destroying and distorting all that was pure Testing my will till I should fall apart You're but the twisted manifestation of conscience Feeding on my trials and nurturing them into vile abominations I despise that of you but I seem to have developed dependence I see you, monster... You're horrid and beastly, an embodiment of absolute horror I await the day that you would finally dissolve For I am weary of seeing you staring back in the mirror
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Sep 18, 2014
Sep 18, 2014 at 9:23 PM UTC
Monster
I see you, monster... In your sockets bore dead, dark eyes They hold the blackest of stares Nebulous swirling pits of demise Thin lips would spout the most sibilant of hisses Every so often would curl into a snarl Dry and chapped, almost unworthy of kisses Large, rough snout, jutting out like a crag You sniff around tirelessly for easy targets Preying on the unsuspecting minds of those under your flag Tapering chin, sprouting strands of coarse hair Unkempt and gritty from your last meal Decaying teeth, crooked due to little to no care Your face is cratered; tales of trying adolescent years Wearing a face only a mother could love Expressionless but it screams out your fears Ugly jointed limbs that grew out of sync Disproportionate, misshapen, grotesque Little noggin with sparse hair, packed within, a brain that thinks I hear you, monster... As you stalk your sleepless nights Nocturnal ambience be your playground Lurking in the dark; places with no light Bulky, heavy feet but deft and silent Can barely notice when you're up and about As if cloaked yourself stealthy, with steps ever transient Respire you do, exhaling breaths so gnarly Ingesting good air, converting into fervid, loathsome notions With which you paint a portrait so ghastly I feel you monster... Deep within the recesses of my heart Destroying and distorting all that was pure Testing my will till I should fall apart You're but the twisted manifestation of conscience Feeding on my trials and nurturing them into vile abominations I despise that of you but I seem to have developed dependence I see you, monster... You're horrid and beastly, an embodiment of absolute horror I await the day that you would finally dissolve For I am weary of seeing you staring back in the mirror
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I may be young and often written off because due to my adolescence but I still feel like everyone else and I still learn from my lessons and as the days fly by and the innocence in my heart lessens just remember I was never insane I just lost track of counting my blessings
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Dec 5, 2014
Dec 5, 2014 at 10:27 AM UTC
Adolescent struggle
I wouldn’t dare to guess The whole extent of The adolescent mess   Left upon the first broken heart.. Certainly you are one of those Who have overcome Those common blows     That tears a first timer's world apart... Or even luckier yet Perhaps your soulmate This time around Is who you met    Reflected in the passion of your art.... Being a poet Can be quite telling Aesthetically rebelling Sharing all the secrets    Of one's unique solitary heart.....
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Sep 10, 2018
Sep 10, 2018 at 8:22 AM UTC
AESTHETIC REBEL
Don't push them You're moulding them instead of letting them flow You're stunning their movement, you're not letting them grow I like being pushed I am superior and better than my peers They've taken over my body and they are the ones who steer Is this wrong? Is this right? Is this my desired flight The Devils are pitched on both shoulders I can't take over until I've grown older
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Jul 7, 2015
Jul 7, 2015 at 6:25 AM UTC
Adolescent Slavery
Remember me as a time of day in the same way you create an acute awareness of the sun beginning to stream through by the ill protective armor of your window. As your alarm goes off in the morning remember me in those moments that you wipe the sleep away from your eyes and vaguely remember your dream which was once your most vivid reality. Remember me like I am three hours past noon and you're reminiscing on the days that once existed when you would be dying to leave the four walls of your adolescent day job. Remember me like I'm the comfort of your favorite jacket you would throw on to protect yourself from the cold, day in and day out. Remember me like I'm 4:45 in the morning and you're in your teenage years contemplating if it's still okay for you to wake mom and dad out of their deep sleep just to go along with your love for Christmas morning. In that time remember me like I'm the peace that surrounded you and the excitement that caused you to lose sleep. Remember me as I'm seconds short of nine in the evening and you sit by the fire awaiting your favorite TV show. In that moment remember me as the adventure you anxiously awaited your eyes to meet, and the shadow of the warmth cast around your feet. Remember me as a time of day through sun up and sun down whether there or not through time will I arrive by regards of the clock and I'll meet your mind as I stand watch.
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Jan 15, 2015
Jan 15, 2015 at 1:46 AM UTC
Remember Me As a Time of Day
Iridescent celestial being An anarchic yet effervescent adolescent Frolicking freely like a breeze throw the leave of an omnipresent forest. Bare foot and star gazing, native and trail blazing. Like a clever fearless fairy exploring the faraway night sky She is the fantastic bit of magic on an otherwise static planet. The captain of passion and best little hippie on the mountain Formed by a volcanic fountain that caused a panic on our little oceanic planet.
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Apr 18, 2016
Apr 18, 2016 at 7:28 PM UTC
The Ego of a Hippie
I commit myself to the homicide of my thought-flowers. I indulge in the **** - Killing my darlings for the sake of art and sanity. What a paradox. I have bloodied my hands with it even so. No more love-lite poetry! No more adolescent chinks of the pseudo-heart! No more infantile fork-stabs at the plate of kid-intellectualism! No more Wikipedia pages on thoughts that can swallow computers whole! I'm killing my darlings for the sake of art, for the sake of sanity - what a paradox. Blood is flowing. I'm a murderer of ideas tonight - today I will write about many of life's very few truths. Like trees. Like soil. These are the only constants in mathematics. These are the identities. In my garden, I reach out to crush an almost-crimson hibiscus. Petals squelching with skin and nectar - no perfume. The hibiscus roils, unliving. Red pulpy mess; heart out of chest.
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Aug 15, 2015
Aug 15, 2015 at 5:09 PM UTC
Red Hibiscus
I have seen her a stealthily frail flower walking with its fellows in the death of light,against whose enormous curves of flesh exactly cubes of tiny fragrance try; i have watched certain petals rapidly wish in the corners of her youth;whom,fiercely shy and gently brutal, the prettiest wrath of blossoms dishevelling made a pale fracas upon the accurate moon…. Across the important gardens her body will come toward me with its hurting ****** smell of lilies….beyond night’s silken immense swoon the moon is like a floating silver hell a song of adolescent ivory.
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I Have Seen Her A Stealthily Frail
I'm stressed, I'm angry, They don't understand, The rage that burns within me, The fury in my veins. "It's adolescent thinking, That rush in your brain, The twitching of your fingers, The scorching of your heart." Yet they don't seem to see, With their condescending eyes, That the feelings trapped within me, Are more than adolescent. The rage I feel to **** The need for blood to spill, The coating of metallic liquid, Over my pristine knuckles. To them I'm very simply, A 'normal adolescent', And my fury will flee, When I finally mature. But I can see it in their eyes, The suppressed demons that they hide, Away from the public eye, From their 'adolescent' years. So until I'm what they call 'mature', I'll just have to stay, Angry, uncontrollable, And simply adolescent.
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Jan 19, 2015
Jan 19, 2015 at 7:46 AM UTC
Adolescent
*break astonishment at perception of a third-world child making it up that totem-pole amidst paltry conditions even beyond the half-way mark* 1. a standing man in silent message and the woman in red with thin-sling shoulder-bag holding lipstick, weekly-ticket and purse oh, how she frightens honchos out their skull draped round her sister's head shroud eternal coughing sore 2. grannies recount lively griot-tales where hope is never barren young boys play in swamped dirt-trails drawing absent father-figures in the sand the wind has carried them off to mines deep in the crust of earth's ire adolescent future sits on labour-farms where keen spirit is dulled with worthless hops keeps the sly farmer happy and he tells them the fruit is free yet they've already paid for it manifold when she reaches twenty she will have at least two kids whose lives lie in the granny's luxury while she runs off to the golden city-lites to jump through higher hoops for ****** spoils all cheapened by long-term neglect 3. there lies hope unlost in every girl-child who goes to school who finds encouragement from words kindly given if but from a stranger *no hand-me-outs no forlorn begging* she... the empowered mother of boys will help them to grow into young men of such sensibility as to keep their hands to deeds of honour who, in turn become fine fathers to daughters they love and cherish raise to be luminary *each step up from that totem-pole such a steep climb strengthens invisible wings and unworldly rewards and when final rung is reached heralds untainted take-offffffff*...... S T,  27 aug
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Aug 27, 2013
Aug 27, 2013 at 11:01 AM UTC
totem-pole
*break astonishment at perception of a third-world child making it up that totem-pole amidst paltry conditions even beyond the half-way mark* 1. a standing man in silent message and the woman in red with thin-sling shoulder-bag holding lipstick, weekly-ticket and purse oh, how she frightens honchos out their skull draped round her sister's head shroud eternal coughing sore 2. grannies recount lively griot-tales where hope is never barren young boys play in swamped dirt-trails drawing absent father-figures in the sand the wind has carried them off to mines deep in the crust of earth's ire adolescent future sits on labour-farms where keen spirit is dulled with worthless hops keeps the sly farmer happy and he tells them the fruit is free yet they've already paid for it manifold when she reaches twenty she will have at least two kids whose lives lie in the granny's luxury while she runs off to the golden city-lites to jump through higher hoops for ****** spoils all cheapened by long-term neglect 3. there lies hope unlost in every girl-child who goes to school who finds encouragement from words kindly given if but from a stranger *no hand-me-outs no forlorn begging* she... the empowered mother of boys will help them to grow into young men of such sensibility as to keep their hands to deeds of honour who, in turn become fine fathers to daughters they love and cherish raise to be luminary *each step up from that totem-pole such a steep climb strengthens invisible wings and unworldly rewards and when final rung is reached heralds untainted take-offffffff*...... S T,  27 aug
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Whisper, wolf Cry as you first open your eyes As you see the world for the very first time The world breathes to you It welcomes you in Whisper, baby wolf Whisper, wolf Fumble and fall through your youth Shoot for the stars with your eyes Energy as of the stars A soul made of sunlight Whisper, young wolf Whisper, wolf Changes are coming for your world Feel your paws start to ache and grow Confusion of the world around you It seems to breathe a different way Whisper, growing wolf Whisper, wolf You've grown through your troubles Though their echoes torment you so She looks at you differently now And you are so misunderstood Whisper, adolescent wolf Whisper, wolf Walk through the chapters Howl softly to the night Lay your head beside her As you dream and wander ever still Whisper, lost wolf Whisper, wolf Trust was not always there Some wolves were made to run More beautiful things await you Though the pain blinds you so Whisper, heartbroken wolf Whisper, wolf Speak softly to the world You see a familiar face today Though it is not your own You look to their soul Whisper, father wolf Whisper, wolf They grow as they follow As they are led through the night Guidance is provided where it once was empty The pack is stronger now Whisper, proud wolf Whisper, wolf For today is the day of farewells You wonder if your efforts were enough The moon seems to look to you And it looks to say that it loves you Whisper, sad, sad wolf Whisper, wolf That old pain comes back again She's in a better place now You feel lost in the woods again Though you know you are not alone Whisper, crying wolf Whisper, wolf Your pack gathers around you For today is the day of your final goodbye Though it is not you crying this day You rejoice for the opportunity Whisper, dying wolf Whisper, wolf For you are home now Your troubles are finally behind you You are with her again The cubs grow in the steps of your paws Whisper, sleeping wolf
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Dec 25, 2014
Dec 25, 2014 at 9:51 PM UTC
Whisper, Wolf
Whisper, wolf Cry as you first open your eyes As you see the world for the very first time The world breathes to you It welcomes you in Whisper, baby wolf Whisper, wolf Fumble and fall through your youth Shoot for the stars with your eyes Energy as of the stars A soul made of sunlight Whisper, young wolf Whisper, wolf Changes are coming for your world Feel your paws start to ache and grow Confusion of the world around you It seems to breathe a different way Whisper, growing wolf Whisper, wolf You've grown through your troubles Though their echoes torment you so She looks at you differently now And you are so misunderstood Whisper, adolescent wolf Whisper, wolf Walk through the chapters Howl softly to the night Lay your head beside her As you dream and wander ever still Whisper, lost wolf Whisper, wolf Trust was not always there Some wolves were made to run More beautiful things await you Though the pain blinds you so Whisper, heartbroken wolf Whisper, wolf Speak softly to the world You see a familiar face today Though it is not your own You look to their soul Whisper, father wolf Whisper, wolf They grow as they follow As they are led through the night Guidance is provided where it once was empty The pack is stronger now Whisper, proud wolf Whisper, wolf For today is the day of farewells You wonder if your efforts were enough The moon seems to look to you And it looks to say that it loves you Whisper, sad, sad wolf Whisper, wolf That old pain comes back again She's in a better place now You feel lost in the woods again Though you know you are not alone Whisper, crying wolf Whisper, wolf Your pack gathers around you For today is the day of your final goodbye Though it is not you crying this day You rejoice for the opportunity Whisper, dying wolf Whisper, wolf For you are home now Your troubles are finally behind you You are with her again The cubs grow in the steps of your paws Whisper, sleeping wolf
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My leg hurts The jaws of this inhumane trap engulf my lower shin I have the tool to disarm it and free myself But I muttle in my adolescent egocentric pain Caught within monotonous routine and self interest I rot like my peers I've sunk to a level of self loathing, that I enjoy pulling myself down I Am Disgusting. I Need Help. I cry for things I can give myself but alas I withhold it to feel sorry for myself Me and my fellow youth Equally as useful, equally as useless Although I am free of the crowd I am still blinded by my adolescence Purpose Interest Intellect Great-fullness Peacefulness Generosity Love PURPOSE all I've know is I am here to be a vessel for knowledge and indoctrination I am here to have an opinion I voice, but does not matter. I do not matter. This function is welded to me However... The voice of destiny reasons with me again and I hear: Seek what's within Garrot it. Place yourself into the walls of meaning and the murals upon't Serve others in selflessness. Share with others in selflessness. Learn from others in selflessness. Teach others in selflessness. Your a pawn in the samsara. Do your duty within its game. Gain higher consciousness so you can share the path to it. Become a giver, not a taker. Interest Intellect Great-fullness Peacefulness Generosity Love Six lessons left, define yourself within them. Or perish within your self indulgent pitiful hole.
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Feb 15, 2019
Feb 15, 2019 at 5:13 AM UTC
Fictional Fixedness
They say to keep your eyes open, but your mind closed, leave your thoughts unspoken and your body exposed. We hold such value to anyone who holds a heart, and when all is said and done we rip ourselves apart. I've never been one to wake up in the morning, I love living my life to look at the stars. You experience complete peace without any kind of warning, and if you look hard enough you can sometimes see Mars. If you go back to the year 1944, sixteen year olds were coming back from war, and now in today in 2017, an adolescent is a child and an adult a teen. We're so far from our natural state, our entire species is cursed with cancer. When we were hunter-gatherers we were doing great, But we thought preserved food was the better answer. Most live their lives now in a camera, forever looking for one more person's approval. Trying to reach a standard of Marilyn or Pamela, but a step forward would be technological removal. Let's look back to around 1970, when people were still struggling with equality, And most likely by the year 2020, we'll be oppressed and depressed by the plenty.
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Jun 6, 2017
Jun 6, 2017 at 4:05 AM UTC
Dystopian Utopia
A dancing child; a ballerina A pirouetting adolescent; an anorexic
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Oct 20, 2013
Oct 20, 2013 at 11:20 AM UTC
Growth
I know from my past, gym class From locker rooms, I learned fast That lots of guys have winners But my sausage is from Vienna. I got a little bump, a tiny little lump, Like a hamster has taken a dump. Nothing bulges my shorts at the crotch. Not much there for anyone to watch. But our society puts the emphasis On just how big your business is. If you have a tiny peter, my friend Many kinds of applause will end. Go read the writing on the walls, Because you will inherit the catcalls And no matter how much you moan They come through no fault of your own. Regarded as less than a man; sick Or perverted to have a small **** As too often I have been told Since as a kid and not very old Amid laughter and cruel jests I have learned a big **** is best. No matter it’s something I can’t change, Apparently a small ***** is strange. In time I left behind those taunts As I left behind adolescent haunts. The pain has become only a taint; The scars of bullies with no restraint, But I am sure I never will fully be Free of their thoughtless bigotry As I reach the age of an old codger Dealing with life with a not so jolly roger.
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Oct 3, 2015
Oct 3, 2015 at 10:11 PM UTC
***** ENVY
The inadequate bookshelf that sat near the door that my sister used to call her own was mostly made up of adolescent reads, books better suited for preteen girls rather than intellectually budding young ladies— juvenile vocabularies and simple, non-complex plot lines do little to craft and create worldly, knowledgeable women. I thought I must spring clean the naiveté away and replace it with the works of great authors like Sylvia Plath                        Simone de Beauvoir                                                              Virginia Woolf                        Margaret Atwood Betty Friedan; ingenious femme fatales that cut down to the brittled bones of the misogynists and burned their marrow along with the ashes of bras and aprons and 350 degree oven heat.   Growing up, to me, seemed like a wonderful epiphany chock-full of ideas and opinions and clever, ironic remarks that chased satirical witticisms like felines to rodents and wolves to deer— being an adult would guarantee me a say, a vote            prior 1920’s America                                                   play dress up as a suffragette            women’s rights femininity personified by dolls in plastic houses. To be eighteen-years-old, the goal, the legality, the bright light at the end of the tunnel; the official womanhood it would bestow upon me seemed like something almost tangible with the way that it loomed over my head. Get good marks graduate high school travel back in time sixty years meet a nice boy become a “good wife” have dinner ready by five bear two beautiful heirs clean up the messes left in the kitchen fast-forward to the twenty-first century go to a good college find a stable career settle down if the fancy strikes you live non-docile and full of passion— the parallelism of times are severely di     lap           i             dat                   ed. 1950’s America would never be a home for me because I am much too wild to be contained.
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Oct 14, 2013
Oct 14, 2013 at 12:12 AM UTC
Exemplar
The inadequate bookshelf that sat near the door that my sister used to call her own was mostly made up of adolescent reads, books better suited for preteen girls rather than intellectually budding young ladies— juvenile vocabularies and simple, non-complex plot lines do little to craft and create worldly, knowledgeable women. I thought I must spring clean the naiveté away and replace it with the works of great authors like Sylvia Plath                        Simone de Beauvoir                                                              Virginia Woolf                        Margaret Atwood Betty Friedan; ingenious femme fatales that cut down to the brittled bones of the misogynists and burned their marrow along with the ashes of bras and aprons and 350 degree oven heat.   Growing up, to me, seemed like a wonderful epiphany chock-full of ideas and opinions and clever, ironic remarks that chased satirical witticisms like felines to rodents and wolves to deer— being an adult would guarantee me a say, a vote            prior 1920’s America                                                   play dress up as a suffragette            women’s rights femininity personified by dolls in plastic houses. To be eighteen-years-old, the goal, the legality, the bright light at the end of the tunnel; the official womanhood it would bestow upon me seemed like something almost tangible with the way that it loomed over my head. Get good marks graduate high school travel back in time sixty years meet a nice boy become a “good wife” have dinner ready by five bear two beautiful heirs clean up the messes left in the kitchen fast-forward to the twenty-first century go to a good college find a stable career settle down if the fancy strikes you live non-docile and full of passion— the parallelism of times are severely di     lap           i             dat                   ed. 1950’s America would never be a home for me because I am much too wild to be contained.
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Au(Or)al Tune When (O)ppo(u)rtun(e)ity knocks – Ah, pour that tune into me n(O)t just write or speak but /zIg:zAg/ gut-- --teral mut-- --ter yarns With Mouth-churn-- --ing-beat-lick-- --ings. Half-grown seedling ([her]bal:e(X)ssen(10)ces) into sm(O)ke adolescent (O)re worn from being p(o)(o)r— it was nE(X)CESSary for: battles birds beats b(O)(O)ks bottles bucks b(O)nes boys being(bad) sm(O)ke-rings w(ear)y with surr(end)er stripped v(O)wel for v(O)wel thr(OU)gh the yawn: (O)nly “(O)h.” (O)h … foll(O)ws the You’re w(or)th-knowing-ONLY-(O)nce type of l(i)ke. VERSE/VERSUS: the You’re-w(or)th-knowing-AT:LEAST-(O)nce type of l(i)ke VERSE/VERSUS: for (u)s it’s the worst type of verse when it’s them:VERSUS:us (verses) likewise -- (O)r worse -- it should really be about// a bad in (u)s: Y(O)U:ME (O)h after a kn(O)ck (O)h after a t(u)ne::// (end)-verse for worse – it’s an (end)-versus-us type of verse. (O)ppo(u)rtun(e)ity pouring ringing e(X)cesses like ear-worms to hear words to heat hearts. Ah::rest that mouth-verse onto me. (restful//fluster) Ah::rest that mouth (silent//listen) soulless gall(O)w r(u)ng lipless v(O)wel sl(u)ng like ARTS::between::STARS then VOICES RANT ON::into::CONVERSATION then PAYMENT RECEIVED::yet::EVERY CENT PAID ME worst-verse: Y(O)u//like hanging your dipTH(O)NGS on (O)pportun(e)ity’s d(O)(O)r like sm(O)ke-rings like being(bad) like Y(O)U:ME like (O)h. n(O). (end)-verse: worst-verse: L(I)ttle.Kn(O)wn.V(O)wel:: n(O)(O)se big for (u)s ALL.
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May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015 at 1:32 AM UTC
Au(O)ral and in-tune
Au(Or)al Tune When (O)ppo(u)rtun(e)ity knocks – Ah, pour that tune into me n(O)t just write or speak but /zIg:zAg/ gut-- --teral mut-- --ter yarns With Mouth-churn-- --ing-beat-lick-- --ings. Half-grown seedling ([her]bal:e(X)ssen(10)ces) into sm(O)ke adolescent (O)re worn from being p(o)(o)r— it was nE(X)CESSary for: battles birds beats b(O)(O)ks bottles bucks b(O)nes boys being(bad) sm(O)ke-rings w(ear)y with surr(end)er stripped v(O)wel for v(O)wel thr(OU)gh the yawn: (O)nly “(O)h.” (O)h … foll(O)ws the You’re w(or)th-knowing-ONLY-(O)nce type of l(i)ke. VERSE/VERSUS: the You’re-w(or)th-knowing-AT:LEAST-(O)nce type of l(i)ke VERSE/VERSUS: for (u)s it’s the worst type of verse when it’s them:VERSUS:us (verses) likewise -- (O)r worse -- it should really be about// a bad in (u)s: Y(O)U:ME (O)h after a kn(O)ck (O)h after a t(u)ne::// (end)-verse for worse – it’s an (end)-versus-us type of verse. (O)ppo(u)rtun(e)ity pouring ringing e(X)cesses like ear-worms to hear words to heat hearts. Ah::rest that mouth-verse onto me. (restful//fluster) Ah::rest that mouth (silent//listen) soulless gall(O)w r(u)ng lipless v(O)wel sl(u)ng like ARTS::between::STARS then VOICES RANT ON::into::CONVERSATION then PAYMENT RECEIVED::yet::EVERY CENT PAID ME worst-verse: Y(O)u//like hanging your dipTH(O)NGS on (O)pportun(e)ity’s d(O)(O)r like sm(O)ke-rings like being(bad) like Y(O)U:ME like (O)h. n(O). (end)-verse: worst-verse: L(I)ttle.Kn(O)wn.V(O)wel:: n(O)(O)se big for (u)s ALL.
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i write poems for fun. help me. i write poems for fun during lunch, while all the other kids live their adolescent lives. i write poems for fun on weekends, while others are experimenting with drugs and alcohol at awesome house parties. i write poems for fun alone, while everyone else explores each other's bodies. i write poems for fun. i cut myself for fun, while all you other ******* actually have fun. i write poems for fun. help me.
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Nov 13, 2012
Nov 13, 2012 at 5:57 PM UTC
i ******* hate poetry
Climb aboard the Paper Airplane Express Let’s fly to far away destinations Where we land is random, it can’t be guessed We have no preconceived expectations Wings hand crafted by tiny artisans Powered by adolescent dreams that ignite Bright eyed smiles, marking the serene occasion Of each and every planes inaugural flight Hop aboard the Paper Airplane Express No two planes are alike, each is unique And not every flight is a success But we can re-launch after a simple tweak As our pilots aren’t allowed to play with matches To date none of our planes have caught on fire Though we have seen quite a few crashes And apparently that little pyro bobby just made me a liar
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Dec 27, 2014
Dec 27, 2014 at 3:52 PM UTC
Paper Airplane - Version 2
I thought I might be a musician Mom couldn’t afford my lessons My eyesight wasn’t great I couldn’t read notes fast enough Practicing annoyed the family I only managed last chair, 2nd violins               But still I got to play in High School concerts In shiny dresses with glitter in my hair               However I haven’t held a violin in years I loaned mine to a Bluegrass band The leader died - and it was gone ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ I thought I might become a dancer But my fingers can not touch the floor I couldn’t kick much higher than my waist Choreography was hard for me to learn I had the stamina if not the skill My partner wanted someone else                 But still I danced on stage in a college play And Morris Danced at the Old Globe Theatre                 However I’ve forgotten how to keep the beat And all the dance floor moves I made I’m too self conscious now to try ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ I fancied I could be a singer I knew the words to all the songs And I could keep the melody in tune But I had a voice with no vibrato And the quality was thin My range was very limited               But still I sang Blueberry Hill at a talent show In a black lame’ dress and surprised a few               However I couldn’t get the hang of harmony And found I fit best in a choir My family wouldn’t hear my solos ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ I thought that I was born an actress I practically got that one right I had a lead in an Ibsen play And toured the state with Macbeth But Hollywood was one big casting couch And I could see no way around it           But still I got to be on TV  shows Winning games and merchandise           However I sold the Firebird Convertible I won I needed rent money more than a car And rules allow you only three shows in a lifetime ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ I always thought I was a poet I started young and never stopped But family ignored and scoffed Then I got trapped inside my mirror And only wrote when all was beak Somebody said my stuff was dreary           But still I stumbled on the HP website And found a group who like the words I write           However When I read the others’ writes I realize how limited my skills And fight the need to run away and hide.     ∞ It seems I dabbled in all the arts
 Looking for the one that fit me And finding they all needed alteration And I never had the proper needle   ∞   Still, a moment in the sun Is better than a lifetime in the shade I had a taste of everything Though the banquet was not mine. ljm
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Jul 8, 2017
Jul 8, 2017 at 12:24 PM UTC
ADOLESCENT ASPIRATIONS ALL GROWN UP
I thought I might be a musician Mom couldn’t afford my lessons My eyesight wasn’t great I couldn’t read notes fast enough Practicing annoyed the family I only managed last chair, 2nd violins               But still I got to play in High School concerts In shiny dresses with glitter in my hair               However I haven’t held a violin in years I loaned mine to a Bluegrass band The leader died - and it was gone ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ I thought I might become a dancer But my fingers can not touch the floor I couldn’t kick much higher than my waist Choreography was hard for me to learn I had the stamina if not the skill My partner wanted someone else                 But still I danced on stage in a college play And Morris Danced at the Old Globe Theatre                 However I’ve forgotten how to keep the beat And all the dance floor moves I made I’m too self conscious now to try ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ I fancied I could be a singer I knew the words to all the songs And I could keep the melody in tune But I had a voice with no vibrato And the quality was thin My range was very limited               But still I sang Blueberry Hill at a talent show In a black lame’ dress and surprised a few               However I couldn’t get the hang of harmony And found I fit best in a choir My family wouldn’t hear my solos ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ I thought that I was born an actress I practically got that one right I had a lead in an Ibsen play And toured the state with Macbeth But Hollywood was one big casting couch And I could see no way around it           But still I got to be on TV  shows Winning games and merchandise           However I sold the Firebird Convertible I won I needed rent money more than a car And rules allow you only three shows in a lifetime ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ I always thought I was a poet I started young and never stopped But family ignored and scoffed Then I got trapped inside my mirror And only wrote when all was beak Somebody said my stuff was dreary           But still I stumbled on the HP website And found a group who like the words I write           However When I read the others’ writes I realize how limited my skills And fight the need to run away and hide.     ∞ It seems I dabbled in all the arts
 Looking for the one that fit me And finding they all needed alteration And I never had the proper needle   ∞   Still, a moment in the sun Is better than a lifetime in the shade I had a taste of everything Though the banquet was not mine. ljm
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black, white, brown red, blonde, brunette blue, amber, emerald everyone so different no one the same short, tall, thin, fat every size, shape divergent, unique Spanish, French, Japanese Latino, Asian, Vietnamese north, south, east, west England, Morocco, Paraguay child, adolescent, adult heart, lung, eyes, brain soul, spirit, mind fear, love, pain, strength unalike......identical
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Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 2010 at 7:13 PM UTC
World
What's happening to all of us? The so-called generation of tomorrow? Don't you remember how we used to be? Before we all grew up, swearing that when we're "big" we're never going to smoke or drink? That boys were yucky and girls had Germs? Remember how carefree we all used to be? It didn't matter to us what people said or even what they thought. We didn't care if our hair got wet or a stain got on to our clothes. Now we've turned everything around, never meaning the words that we said. Its as if every memory of who we were, has shattered, into tiny bits of pieces. Remember the dreams we had when we were young? The morals and virtues we swore we'd never rid of, holding on to these for dear life, yes still we threw them away. The people we are, the children we used to be, now a totally new adolescent. A conjunction of minuscule parts of both our past and present. Remember the days we all were friends, no backstabbing, no lies, and complete honestly. Sharing the humour, not hiding the facts, lived life freely, what happened to us? What happened to the people we used to be? The all grew up that's what happened I guess, but now barely recognisable. The little child still somewhere deep in the interior of the hard outside we've formed. Making ourselves to seem like we're stubborn, matured adults, when that's really what we're not. We're a mixture of what we all used to be and a huge part made up of what we've been through. All our experiences, both good and bad. All our dreams, some nourished since we were young, and others newly spurted. Our decisions to give in to peer pressure, or resist temptation. Our choices. Our friends, the ones that uplift is and the ones that have torn us down. Our family, the ones who loved us and the ones who have hurt us. Our education, tons of learning experiences. Our relationships, that all formed our inner beings more intricate than all of the above. Our emotions leading us and misleading us to where we might or might not end up . Look, i'm not saying all these things determine where we end up but they sure do influence it. And that's what happened to us. That is what we've become and that's what we are. That's made up all the parts of who we really are. What's happened to us, I repeatedly ask , though the answer, it seems so clear. Hard to accept, what we've become and who we strive to be.
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Oct 25, 2013
Oct 25, 2013 at 1:01 AM UTC
What happened to us?
What's happening to all of us? The so-called generation of tomorrow? Don't you remember how we used to be? Before we all grew up, swearing that when we're "big" we're never going to smoke or drink? That boys were yucky and girls had Germs? Remember how carefree we all used to be? It didn't matter to us what people said or even what they thought. We didn't care if our hair got wet or a stain got on to our clothes. Now we've turned everything around, never meaning the words that we said. Its as if every memory of who we were, has shattered, into tiny bits of pieces. Remember the dreams we had when we were young? The morals and virtues we swore we'd never rid of, holding on to these for dear life, yes still we threw them away. The people we are, the children we used to be, now a totally new adolescent. A conjunction of minuscule parts of both our past and present. Remember the days we all were friends, no backstabbing, no lies, and complete honestly. Sharing the humour, not hiding the facts, lived life freely, what happened to us? What happened to the people we used to be? The all grew up that's what happened I guess, but now barely recognisable. The little child still somewhere deep in the interior of the hard outside we've formed. Making ourselves to seem like we're stubborn, matured adults, when that's really what we're not. We're a mixture of what we all used to be and a huge part made up of what we've been through. All our experiences, both good and bad. All our dreams, some nourished since we were young, and others newly spurted. Our decisions to give in to peer pressure, or resist temptation. Our choices. Our friends, the ones that uplift is and the ones that have torn us down. Our family, the ones who loved us and the ones who have hurt us. Our education, tons of learning experiences. Our relationships, that all formed our inner beings more intricate than all of the above. Our emotions leading us and misleading us to where we might or might not end up . Look, i'm not saying all these things determine where we end up but they sure do influence it. And that's what happened to us. That is what we've become and that's what we are. That's made up all the parts of who we really are. What's happened to us, I repeatedly ask , though the answer, it seems so clear. Hard to accept, what we've become and who we strive to be.
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Apr 14, 2014
Apr 14, 2014 at 5:10 AM UTC
Intermittent