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  March 2021     2 years ago

Submitted Poems 8 total

No More Eden


It's the continual
opening of the
eyes that disappoints,
not that sleep brings peace,
but it's the momentary
reprieve from life's
clenched fist, and
it's ruthless apathy.

Life is a toss of
the coin,
a roll of the dice.
Often, it's...

by Thomas W. Case

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A Dreamless Sleep

Three sex dreams in a row, and I wake up lonely and alone. I don't need a whore that just wants to fuck. I want more, a woman to love, that loves me. And that love cradles us, like the wind, and rocks us into a dreamless sleep beneath an ebony...

by Thomas W. Case

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Over There

Hope migrates to
sunny Island shores.
There is no sorrow,
roses always bloom,
and the birds of paradise
fly forever free.
The salty ocean
cleanses the rot
from the skin
and the heart.
 
Written by
Thomas W....

by Thomas W. Case

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I was Painting You

I know they look like sunrises and sunsets, but I was painting you.
When I painted all the rivers that lead to the oceans, and the glorious starry nights, and the flowers; the sublime orchids and the tender roses.
In the end
and from the beginning,...

by Thomas W. Case

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added 3 years ago
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Teardrops on a Glass Pipe

Sometimes, on rainy days I stare out the
windows; the shadows play
tricks.
I see happier times,
when we were decent to each other.
Yellow flowers, blue skies, I blink
and then the rain
looks like tear drops on a glass pipe,
or dragons rising in the...

by Thomas W. Case

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added 3 years ago
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Reminds me of Robinson Jeffers

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