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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Being invisible

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Ghosting around myself, my shadow weeps and shivers.... When my shadow sleeps,i wake up in a daze at work Looking at other people's lives in heaps and I'm supposed to fix them, buti cannot wade through them all i cannot fix their wounds And do not want to try. Sometimes my shadow peeks at meHanging in a corner like a... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Addiction

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ClutterMy memories are more than pictures.They race along any flat surface:I have Indian glass jiving withCaithness paperweightsjade dragons conversing withSoapstone InukshuksAnd tiny figurines of most animals:Wolves and foxes and coyotes and hedgehogsAnd fish, a duck, a basilisk...There is a goblin fiddlerWith messy trollish... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Bitter

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BurntYour shadow is a whore's:a sinuous silhouettethat melts before you,thatsultry whisper,stuck in thin indigo wind.an old candle is your heart's firequenched with a resigned sigh.trickling smoke and red ash...-won't ignite no more.can you keep my pain for me?don't want it myself-and I see you have baggage to spare.do your t... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Night shift

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Walking home, the moon riding my shoulder. Everywhere is quiet with slumber, except for the Night Wanderers, who hate to face the day.1.In a crumbling brick alleyJunkies,fading,dream.They are used upscraps of societyold driftwood dreamers,practiced deadbeat beatniks:when night throws its velvetstreamers around the city,theysy... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Struggle in life

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I didn't quitefall in love with youOh, I admit I was attractedto the glitz and glamthe paper-thin layers of your mindwere so fascinating to peel backand see the monsters underneath,and you trapped me in your headlight gazewith your mesmer's voiceswaying intoxicatinglylethal viper sways...I knew you weren't really asweetheart,... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Not ready for love

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Invite The lines are blurred Between what's decent to say And the passion in my heart That must have a voice. So Come to my party Wear a hat or take one out on loan We'll be speaking several languages: Cake Chocolate Chip Cookies And the illustrious Lem-on-ade. Hope to see you there. And now I wait. Tie myself up in kno... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Autumn morning

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September ZephyrI mellow with the windThose sorrows areSo many dusty leavesI can brush them awayThey are cobweb soft nowI do not feel their sting...Much...I sigh as the autumn sets inI think there will be musicAnd last minute fairs beforeSchool Again...people turn desperate for colour nowthey like to take advantageof twisting... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Holding your tongue

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Old They scrabble for me < with their gnarled twisted fingers malshaped palms that have not delicacy or art left in them dirty fingernails... drool slops from corners of mouths they fix me with the glassy milky eye they wave at me with the blood-crusted fingernails ...will I get rabies if they scratch me? I try s... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Get ready

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Tonight is Middle C.Hands and kneesI crawl through crying musicSlips over my skinLike broken chinaLike so many inky riversPulls me downDrags me underDrums splash as I plunge...I throw my limbs to the skyThis is my tribal rite-And pray to the metal-edged godsFor metal-edged joyAnd pinwheel and turnUnder the disco flashing Jupi... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Suicide

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GYou could have warned me.Now all I haveare ashes of youheld in trust by a cheapBleach-bottle blonde tartwho burned your letter to your daughterout of spiteout of hate.Because you loved your daughtermore than her.Because sheleftyouinstead,what a turnaroundyou were unprepared.You were so vain-how could you have DONEthat to you... More..

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