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A Devil unto Them — Jason Michael Pinsent	A Devil unto Them We Are where time forgets Where the past pretends Unwritten, forgotten in misery A mystery to history Born from start to end We...	27 views Rate it
Hard Work — Ruth Henry	Hard Work Deal with any obstacle Clear all hindrance Dance under perseverance Persist!! Say you can do it Though people might not see it...	27 views Rate it
Time — Anonymous	IT is time the time has come, to deal with the Malthusian Problem, and what Womenkind and Mankind has become. The Questions are thus: How many people...	27 views Rate it
Don't Let Old Age Get You Down — George Cook	Don't let old age get you down I have often heard it told That's OK and that is fine If you're not the one who's old I don't care for being old I...	27 views Rate it
The Wicklow Miners — James Anthony Kenny	The miners that labored in every Wicklow mine, Who harrowed and toiled in their life’s timeline, For each one’s family and security was their strife, ...	27 views Rate it
The Ladder of Life — Derrick Hooker	‘’ The ladder of Life’’ I am climbing the ladder of life with all of my might knocking everything right out that stands in my way as much as possible....	27 views Rate it
Polish Power — Rick Wojtala	Polish failure is well documented. From Stanley Ketchel’s loss to Jack Johnson to 1939, the Nazi invasion, to the communist takeover in 1945, soldier...	27 views Rate it
caffeine — maya coline	don’t know if it’s the coffee from 10am or myself that’s stopping me from the sweet, blissful dead-to-the-world dreamless sleep. i made cold...	27 views Rate it
Friends Hiking the Sierra's — John Schmieder	As we walked up the canyon trail, The sun setting in her brown eyes, She suddenly stopped, then asked me "Have you ever seen such beautiful skies?" ...	27 views Rate it
Irony — Sara James	By the hand of the almighty, you shall sleep, By the hand of the weak, you shall suffer. Once given, it can be taken away. In years, months, days...	27 views Rate it
Thanksgiving — Anne Brady	This is time of year to give thanks for all we have. I have so much to be thankful for in my life. I am thankful my mother gave me up for adoption. I...	27 views Rate it
All Too Well (Manipulation Victim's Version) — Swift Mahogany	I walked through the doors with you The air was cold You told me how I felt like home somehow I left your notes there At my parents' house But I've...	27 views Rate it
An Honest Creature — Leonid Rozumenko	Greeks showed the world a feature Which could be someone’s slogan, - It is an honest creature And pretty central...	27 views Rate it
Naked in the flower fields. — Heather Lydia Thornhill	Near the end of the world, When all the life felt sacred; When all the clothes were gone, And every being sacred; The people walked together In fields of...	27 views Rate it
Terror — SiaMariti	Sorrow filled drops of tears Of a Child who was never seen as perfect, Drip on the ground Of a world so badly battered, Ravaged by her children The...	27 views Rate it
Replacing Reality — Lawrence S. Pertillar	Just how far will the many, Opposing truth and the facts of reality go? To deny their own existence. With a resisting this permitted. Until it creates...	27 views Rate it
A shielded love — Collins samuel okwusiukwa	Your love is my shield I will not fear You make me to have a greener pasture In the presence of recession You leads me beside spring of love You gladdens...	27 views Rate it
Difficult To Believe — Lawrence S. Pertillar	Incredible as it is, I find it difficult to believe... There are people who still refuse to accept, The many who go to great lengths... To get and have...	27 views Rate it
All the petals of my love for you — 29.G	Because of you, I wrote again because of the pain I stopped I dropped But this time I'll...	27 views Rate it
The Skin — Meshack Bwoyele Keya	Everyone lives in a skin so tidy. A skin tightly woven round the body. Should we ever skin a human, Hidden under will be secrets hard to scan. What are...	27 views Rate it
If The Blue Mountains Could Sing — Jamal Upshaw	A sea of Blue Mountains As far as the eyes can see Sing about your blue...	27 views Rate it
"NASYA MY DAUGHTER" — Dumka Vincent	Who owns this memory of my life When those days came no more like a tale That I pondered each moment I sat alone Thinking about the sound of a playful...	27 views Rate it
Life Conserved — Michael Matalon	My movement in this place is met by particle resistance. My presence in this space conveys a symmetrical...	27 views Rate it
Nature — Sally Elliott	Inspiration all around in any direction you gaze. Beauty, peace, and Nature's sounds trap you in a daze. The stillness of the water, calms your tired...	27 views Rate it
The Poem Of “S” — Gaurav Pant	Somebody said to me sometimes it happens society tries to severely hurt us someday we realize something is lost somewhere in past separated our hearts...	27 views Rate it

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