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Friday, Novemver ...

poem by Nemo Nemees

She imagines drowning In words In love She imagines a train wreck A mess of shrapnel A mess that keeps piling She imagines a notebook With words that lift her away With words ... Read more

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poem by Nemo Nemees

I am so tired. I wish to fall, in an endless sleep, to wake only, when my heart, can beat freely, once more. Read more

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LOVE SAID ME - AL...

poem by alexis karpouzos

Love said me, the love happens all the time in heaven. Why not in the earth? Human, take my hand, you don't remember the dream of love, but the great dream of our heart remembers us, as the sun are there even and the ear... Read more

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In the Night

poem by Nemo Nemees

I stare into the raging sky, As the stars all flicker and shine. The cool wind is howling softly, As the night breeze gently rolls by. Colors of the night are endless, And oh so empty all the same. The night creatures are relent... Read more

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LET ME TO FEEL: A...

poem by alexis karpouzos

Show me where the fairies hide messages, show me treasures and feathers, show me how to run again barefoot with empty pockets Lead me under the sun and let me to glide in brightness. Let me to feel the amorous heat of ... Read more

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poem by Nemo Nemees

I'm in love with a faceless man who talks about the stars As if they weren't so far away. I'm in love with a man Who I never met. Who I never spoke to. Who I never heard Or seen. I'm in love with a stranger. I'm in love w... Read more

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Cocoon

poem by Crystal McClure

The core has become the shell Emerged, diverged, exposed Crumbling it falls to the ground, surrounding my body Exposed, I withdraw Fear of the light Fear of the flight Fear of the fall The light whispers to my soul I yearn to ... Read more

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Peace In The Storm

poem by Colan Hiatt

Peace In The Storm It was a boisterous windy day As I hiked the mountainside Trees were swaying back and forth Some of the climbers were terrified As I surveyed a ledge in the rock Something special caught my eye A lo... Read more

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giving

poem by MadDedadalo ehmmelilly

he wanted to give as much as he received in equal measure as he received all that is and all was what he wanted to give to it_ all from the flower and from the bee from the light and the green shade from her arms and th... Read more

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promise

poem by MadDedadalo ehmmelilly

he saw her on the tram on his way home he was heated by memories that sped him up to ride on a way that would be far from hers; yet he slowed to see the windows of the tram as with all the trams he has always passed by ... Read more

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eyes

poem by MadDedadalo ehmmelilly

they say that the eyes are the window of the soul and they had a solid point, but it can go further it is that maybe that the soul is projected in the eyes that the colours that they see the world through is the landscape ... Read more

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incest

poem by MadDedadalo ehmmelilly

I remember mother when i asked you for sorriso bacino e carezza after i had done something wrong and your face was turned away from me_ i was then frightened the future was withdrawn from me without your sight to point for s... Read more

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Fire, Love, and L...

poem by James Dicus

Your beauty is like a fire. Radiating with warmth and light. Crackling with sounds of joy and laughter. It brings me a sense of peace when I’m near you. You are the fire to my life in a world that is cold and dark. James Dic... Read more

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The Difference

poem by James Dicus

If to think of you is a crime Than a life sentence I should serve For I am guilty as charged If to hold you is a sin Than every morning I wake Forgiveness I shall ask for If poison was your kiss Than a dead man I should be ... Read more

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The beginning

poem by Nemo Nemees

This world Was created when Two others collided. Creating a feathery mess of fire As angles burned their wings And learned the love in hate. As demons came along And saw the pain in beauty. We are the outcome of a disaster... Read more

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You are thunder

poem by Nemo Nemees

Erupt, like booming thunder. Roar, with all that the light gave you. Do not touch, a single soul And know You scare more Then the bolt itself Read more

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Home. Part Two

poem by Nemo Nemees

The window is open. The air smells, Of lavender. No, Of lilacs. Your favorite flowers, Were lilacs. That's why, we planted them. You loved them. It seams , As though everything, In here, Becomes you somehow. I can't... Read more

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Home. Part One

poem by Nemo Nemees

The walls, Are closing in. This room, is shrinking. The air, is thinning. The life, is dying. My heart, is breaking. And I, am lonely. .... I keep my window, open. I let the air, sing. I watch others, from a ... Read more

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Dead Flies

poem by Nemo Nemees

Words are complicated. often I find myself wanting to explain, The troubles I'm going through, The troubles your a part of. I often want to understand, I often want to explain, What it is you do to me. But all I manage, Is a ... Read more

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Prayer change

poem by Jessica Gussman

Before prayer changes others, it changes us. Read more