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it's easier than a month and a month — Markesh Dickinson	Looks like plastic bags. Is Windil coming back? Listen, the paper is thin Do you like karate at home? Are you buried Shouts 6 feet, but no one hears ...	23,014 views Rate it
The Bustards Egg — Longerfellow	Behind me. Frozen Military issued hands down my military issued trousers This is no military issue for me! Chew the fat (grit) of horror,...	9,242 views Rate it
I Saw Him on the Road Less Taken — Karl Constantine FOLKES	I saw him on the road less taken. The gentleman named Robert Frost. While I was frail and quite forsaken. He, most certainly, was not lost. While he...	1,720 views Rate it
I Burn For You — Kamryn Tanner	I was burning while you came blaming me for the smell of ashes, blind to see you were holding the box of matches, I was burning when you first laid your...	1,671 views Rate it
The Man on Chapman Road — Maxwell Sebastian Burchett	The Man on Chapman Road by Max Burchett As I was driving the usual way, Out Chapman Road to start the day, I saw him standing there. I stopped and...	1,051 views Rate it
Soldier — Steve Dupere	Thank you to the brave men and women who serve. Redemption comes and goes for the broken, A life we lived of wounds unspoken. We’ve spilled our...	561 views Rate it
Behind the steel door. — A J C	Behind the steel door. As I walked into the deep forest, I could see a steel door. I was handed a skeleton key to open it. If you dare open it, you...	553 views Rate it
Happy Coming Halloween! — John W. May	Blame Her Not Can I cast blame for what she eats, Or that she strolls where sunlight sleeps; Or blame her that her skin is pale, Whose lips are...	540 views Rate it
Unquenchable — Judah Rollins	I'm the heiress of the Alpha and Omega a omen of what's to come, I'm on set , I'm coming I'm on rush, I'm open handed , I'm the opener , I'm on...	529 views Rate it
Truth Falsified By Lies — Karl Constantine FOLKES	When war is waging And no one trusts each other, First casualty That aborts the hope of peace Is Truth — falsified by...	507 views Rate it
The Land of Mist — MJM Wagner	I once forsook the sun and moon, and sought the land of mist, Enchanted twice by Hermes’ boon, and by the naiads kissed. Across the opalescent sea, and...	366 views Rate it
Silent Scream: A Teenager's Worst Nightmare — Marisabel Drake	The room was full of light, I could see. His shadow loomed, I felt his glee. He pinned me down, my cries ignored. His weight on me, I was so forlorn. I...	361 views Rate it
The Vigil — MJM Wagner	No wind stirred the skeletal branches that night, or the ground fog that lay in the hollow, And wither the leprous full moon spilled her light, did a...	352 views Rate it
Darkness is Not Emptiness — Adam Roy Carrigan	I like the darkness I do not need to see I am good Because I choose to be As darkness surrounds my being I know that I am not alone Forgive me for...	342 views Rate it
The black bag with evil spirits inside. — A J C	The Black Bag In the dead of night, he walks alone, carrying a black bag with evil spirits inside. A burden heavy on his soul, a darkness he...	333 views Rate it
As If Children Were Out of Fashion — Ruth Mahogany	As if children send us a message before they are conceived and born, With words so eloquently formed, Beseeching "I want to born, I want to be born" ...	321 views Rate it
A Dissonance — John M. Broadhead	I am full of love, my friend, I am so full of love. For I love my fellow people And I love the stars above And each soft and furry critter And the...	316 views Rate it
DRAWN FROM BREATH” — Christopher M.	“A SHORT TEXT: Poetry is a muscular principle — an Olympic athlete humming diligently last nights underground Jazz Blast. Stage floorboards quaking,...	307 views Rate it
Voice Of The Wind — John M. Broadhead	Young Timothy Dellman was cut at the neck As the pirates with cutlasses boarded the deck. The battle went poorly for HMS Fraught For her sails were...	271 views Rate it
To Whom It May Concern — Amanda K lessig (Sunshine)	I am writing you today for help Tried so many times to leave Only to get thrown into another shelf The physical I can tolerate Mom raised a soldier ...	267 views Rate it
You never cared so neither do I! — Devon Bates	Love I've felt! Hate came next! Memories of nightmares! Wanting to kill, then! No extras have I in my home! I will not live with one I abhor! I will not...	235 views Rate it
The Conjuration — Susan Mayer Brumel	The Conjuration I dreamt a long, dark, narrow hall, My hands held close against the wall And in the distance I could see, A lighted door that...	227 views Rate it
Nowhere — Holly trout	Bursting out of the woods running as fast as I can. Tears streaming down my face as I try to run faster and resist the urge to look behind me. Every...	221 views Rate it
War and Exile — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Exile is nice because you get boiled rice. Ackee and salt fish make a good dish. Breadfruit and banana which have iron make you fit to fight a lion....	218 views Rate it
Forever with you — Holly trout	Once I'm gone and am here no longer I'll never really be gone. You just won't be able to see me. With every little sound and with a gust of wind that...	215 views Rate it

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