Zero_of_nine's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by zero_of_nine  —  There are currently 7 poems total — keep up the great work!

Soldier Prayer Bands

—Written For James and Sarah Bascom
—Dedicated to: James Ely, Geoffrey Favre-Malloy, Jay Camirand, Wally Fox, Vincent Burke III, Rob Douglas, Matt Hull, & Storm.

The war went on and on,
shadowing dark all the front pages
in every form of media...

by Curtis Carmen Davis

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Break a Leg

In Italy they say: In the mouth
of the wolf! I hope the wolf dies!
Some would say luck has nothing
to do with it. That’s called diligent
labor ungroomed. Pick up a coin
heads-up, but always abandon coins
tails-down or writhe. Does it make
a...

by Curtis Carmen Davis

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The Lines

Many moving parts
adequately spaced apart
—the smell of...

by Curtis Carmen Davis

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Untitled Haiku #1

Twilight paints the sky.
Beyond sunset, I awake
--the watcher's...

by Curtis Carmen Davis

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Home

Rays of light filtered through
the wooden beams next to
the rusted satellite that had lain
in the field for some time.
The trailer was full of sundry limbs.
By the dead cherry tree, the shed
housed wood and yellow bricks under
a torn,...

by Curtis Carmen Davis

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The Secret Enclosure

The day has left and paid its keep,
approaching night flows steadily.
Again and again, things fall by and by
on the floor of the secret enclosure.
No more words left to speak aloud.
No more worries left to wear away.
No more things left to do...

by Curtis Carmen Davis

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Self-imprisonment

Lingering thoughts faded into the recesses of captivity.
Chains dangled around from movement in the dark.
Each limb locked and each cell locked individually,
lowering humans to the primal level of base one instinct.

Things we told our minds...

by Curtis Carmen Davis

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