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  February 2023     6 months ago

Submitted Poems 18 total

A wilting flower

Time is a
wilting flower.
It roots itself
in every man’s
garden,
then leeches off
other’s nutrients.
Near his end,
his petals fall to the
earth.
Like shattered glass,
our lives are
fragile petals.
Defensive, but not whole.
...

– by Michael Ullom

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The Television

For the past few days
I have felt no fear.
I haven't felt
much at all.
It feels as though
I live behind a
fancy screen,
with troubles not
my own.
What if I’m
distant and tired
because I’m
bored.
Jaded from a
life that I’m not
...

– by Michael Ullom

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A Simple Room

There's so much
character
within your
lovely room.
As striking as your
wistful complexion,
and your fermenting
personality.
There must be some
thousand stories
within this old
life-filled carpet.
Even your bedsheets
sing out humble...

– by Michael Ullom

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Persona

Your persona,
a butterfly,
a cloudy day,
a quiet night,
a sweet embrace,
a distraction,
an argument,
a painful night.
You're the blood that
reigns within my
tattered body;
A soothing calm.
You're the spark that lights
a raging...

– by Michael Ullom

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Sleep

There’s an old hunger in my soul;
It calls for darkness and silence;
She rests, so lonesome and unwhole;
They foment beauty and violence.

An invitation to a dream-
Held within the Garden of Eve;
The gentle kettle’s silent steam-
Rises over...

– by Michael Ullom

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