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Adam Roachford is a Caribbean poet fascinated by the unspoken depths of human emotion. When nobody knows how you feel, do those emotions cease to exist—or do they linger until captured in words?

  August 2022     1 month ago

Submitted Poems 5 total

Splitting the Darkness

They see a scar that failed, an invisible bruise
An echo that rippled in every room
Their whispers converged; I was broken glass
Fragile, sharp, too risky to touch

They had not felt the alchemy of howls in viscous pain
How its fire hardens...

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Deeper

It shattered puffy clouds in tropical weather
A nostalgia for novelty like nicotine fumes
Fell deeper in minds stitched with meaningful venture
Ensnaring the tinges of affectionate blue

As creatures of canvas consumed by compassion
For you...

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Ol' Arrowman

Within the mist awakes a guard of yonder
O'er silver linen with beadless snow
Such times wherein crows bar the plagues
As piercing inwards borrow bow

While chasing light in bright of sight
Arrays endow the needless eye
Whiles of the nigh, a...

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Forever Dye For The Puppet Show

Curtains reveal the plane by golden ball
The puppet strings sway harmoniously to the furious winds
Etched onto the varnished mahogany cell
A new coat lies to conceal the tarnished stains

What a magnificent scene brim with cartoonish appearance...

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Real Synthetic Love

Outside of thought, inside a soul
I trod once more on this nylon of wisdom
As dogs hum contentedly where birds pee blindness
A heart created a part of bodies industrialized

Your sweet smoulder soothed my centre centrifuge
You're...

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I always love your poetry and this didn't disappoint

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The poet is everywhere no matter the class

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Reminds me that even the seemingly insignificant ones can shape our destiny in unexpected ways. Nice read

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This hit me harder than a truck. Very impactiful poem

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Very impactful poem with the inspiration from musical chairs. It does justice with its mix of nostalgic emotions to convey the theme of depression. I like it!

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I felt immersed in the world of not only chess but war. Each quatrain was a suspenseful delight. Awesome

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Evokes the feeling of lost, ineptitude, and repetition eloquently and beautifully. One of the best i've ever seen. Well done!

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I've worked really hard on my poem and I'm sure everyone else has! Can't wait to see the submissions!

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Í'm not sure if I am a runner up for the poetry contest (I hope I will be) but I hope you love my poem!

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I didn't know some of these. Very fun

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This is my favourite poem so far. I will one day write a poem with a similar concept

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