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Shadows I have seen — Brian S. Clifton	Is it a silhouette of memory, Or a shadow I have seen— In the brief moments 'twixt waking and sleep, in the small space which intervenes? The...	241 views Rate it
Winter Complaint — Ogden Nash	Now when I have a cold I am careful with my cold, I consult a physician And I do as I am told. I muffle up my torso In woolly woolly garb, And I quaff...	237 views Rate it
To Bless And To Guide — Kurt Philip Behm	Your brightness, your smile changed my life As your spirit recharged my heart With the strength of your father and mothers’...	234 views Rate it
Ambulance — Paul Marauder	Where’s the ambulance? the medic? the nurse? Can’t you see I’m f*cking dying here Are you blind? I need an ambulance A doctor A nurse What the...	229 views Rate it
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind — Stephen Crane	Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone, Do not weep. War is...	229 views Rate it
Out, Out — Robert Frost	The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood, Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it....	226 views Rate it
Smile In The Ghetto — Smile in the Ghetto	Never had to sleep in the streets, laid my head on fine satin sheets, when someone was hungry, could only afford pigs feet, I had the best of steaks to...	226 views Rate it
War lauds — Hubbs	Dare to challenge bond between sisters, brothers, fathers and mothers? Tribe of born warriors Braves that have already challenged and overcame their...	215 views Rate it
Grandfather's Divorce — Kurt Philip Behm	He never told me when he left her, I’d go through a Grandfather’s divorce The kids remote and distant all contact scant and...	214 views Rate it
God bless the child — Latin X	God blessed the child who holds their own. This should be written on my tombstone. I carry my burden on my back. A back that’s scarred from a surgeons...	213 views Rate it
Something Newsworthy! — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Like a new-born babe Is a Fed-Ex delivery Sent home for...	211 views Rate it
Ode to Aristophanes — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Come Dionysus, let us entertain our frogs as we prepare once more the great descent into our darkened labyrinth. There, our darkness is our light… Not...	209 views Rate it
Is There A Heaven For A G? — Latin X	Is there a place in heaven for me? Is there a heaven for a G? I’ve lived my life of sin I’m ready to be let in I’ve left the hood Im ready to do...	207 views Rate it
The TAO of Direction — Karl Constantine FOLKES	West embraces East, as a child to a teacher; each to the other. The path to TAO is the path of completion; which leads to wholeness. East...	206 views Rate it
Her Story — A.D. Small	Her Story Prompt: The Tapestry Of Her Life. Dedicated to my mother for Mother's Day 2024... I love you to the moon and back woman. I would not be...	205 views Rate it
The Great Migration: One family's journey (For my niece Adrianna) — Cecilia Marie Holland	Summerton, South Carolina 1861 He is born half-Black half-White: free in a time of pain and chains Yet grows to be a man of power and...	204 views Rate it
The Choir Invisible — George Eliot	Oh, may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity, ...	204 views Rate it
The Seven Sisters — William Wordsworth	Or, The Solitude Of...	203 views Rate it
The Paper Trail — Rophine Writes	1. Spend a lot of my free time being happy. Spend a lot of my time enjoying myself. Shutting my eyes tightly, figuring how to forget/ignore the...	196 views Rate it
Children Of The Damned — Kurt Philip Behm	The ethics of duplicity, the killing on trial One law for the criminal, one law for the child The electric chair savage, womb murder...	196 views Rate it
To A Cat — Algernon Charles Swinburne	STATELY, kindly, lordly friend, Condescend Here to sit by me, and turn Glorious eyes that smile and burn, Golden eyes, love's lustrous meed, On...	194 views Rate it
The True Meaning — Kurt Philip Behm	My ancestors were all very simple men, so I could be more than that They taught me early and taught me true what was special—and then to give...	190 views Rate it
Goliath Of Gath — Phillis Wheatley	SAMUEL, Chap....	186 views Rate it
The Long Count — Paul Marauder	The boy lies down on his bed His head resting on his hand She tucks him in and softly kisses his cheek goodnight She lies beside him He falls...	182 views Rate it
Perfect Father's Day By Astghick Moradkhanians — Astghick Moradkhanians	In the legacy of my father, I received instructions! It indicates not silver;. Take the hold of this instructions; Fear the Lord ;...	182 views Rate it