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Mar 2017 Zoe

~Emily~

Mar 2017 Zoe

Mike Hauser

~Emily~

I met Emily Dickinson on the edge of the wood
With paper and pen in hand
Know not what she wrote but knew it was good
As I've always been a fan

Looking at me she gave a sly wink
As if I understood
How strange it was that nature does not knock
And yet does not intrude

She then curtsied in a goodbye gesture
Handing me a rhyming book
Whispered,,,happily ever after
Before she vanished in the wood

Worked this poem around an Emily Dickinson quote
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!

Mar 2017 Zoe

~Revenge~

Mar 2017 Zoe

Mike Hauser

~Revenge~

If revenge is oh so sweet
Then why this bitter taste
Along the edge of my tongues tip
A tearful sadness to my gaze
Where I find it now hard to smile
Under this heavy weight
Sweet is sour in revenge
And the trouble that it makes

Mar 2017 Zoe

Farewell to the Woman I Still Love

Mar 2017 Zoe

JK Cabresos

Farewell to the Woman I Still Love

Farewell to the woman
I still love,
we’re perfect
until we’re not.

Farewell to the woman
who held my heart,
we’re meant to be together
only to be apart.

Farewell to the woman
I built the future with,
just to wake up one day
to be a part of once past.

Farewell to the woman
I still love,
our different priorities
left only an illusion of us.

Farewell to the woman,
my best friend,
our eyes met
only to be strangers again.

Farewell to the woman
of my memorable years,
our sweetest smiles
suddenly turned into tears.

Farewell to the woman
I still love,
we’re forever
until we’re not.

Mar 2017 Zoe

the jungle

Mar 2017 Zoe

Mike Hauser

the jungle

in this busy concrete jungle
that i hunt and gather in
all the gray that's on display
bores deep into the skin

changing the pigmentation
from tones of flesh to pasty white
with the only light source being
that of florescent stars at night

as reflections in the windows
stare blankly into space
somehow have lost their purpose
in the running of the race

i look confusingly around me
at the rush just to fit in
thinking i need a different jungle
to hunt and gather in

Mar 2017 Zoe

The Beautiful South

Mar 2017 Zoe

Mike Hauser

The Beautiful South

From the fragrance on the breeze
Through the sweet magnolia trees
To the way the girls say please
As pretty as you please

There's no more delicious of a sound
Where you'd gladly let it run you down
If you've got time I'd love to tell you about

The Beautiful South

I've lived here and I've lived there
The sunny side of without a care
In the bare middle of nowhere
But there's nowhere else I swear

Like the place that I live now
No place like this I have found
All that heaven will allow

The Beautiful South

Of course I was born and raised
In my younger Southern days
In the peaceful perfection of this place
Where the Good Lord pours out His grace

Doesn't take much to find that out
Sit back relax as you lose count
Of where my heart is now

*The Beautiful South

Mar 2017 Zoe

Besties and Lovers

Mar 2017 Zoe

Victoria Jennings

Besties and Lovers

In one swoop I could
Lose my best friend
And the love of my life

And maybe I wasn't
The love of your life

But you always were the love of mine.