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poem by Cecilia Crasto

Mothers are crying tears of ice The children have turned to drugs and crime In despair they plead with celestial beings To mend the fragments of shattered dreams Candles burn brightly on marbled altars Incense rising in diaphano... Read more

poem by Dorothy Alex

Every day, I live every moment, Every movement, every moment, Spin, Stick, Twist, How do you like to roll? Sugar, spun, Stuck, on you, Twisted Sister. Read more

poem by Ursula Payano

Words each rhyme, Another tongue tied. Lyrics that spit a different light. I wonder what made news today. Oh boy don't tell me it starts with K again. I can't believe my eyes, You, a leader? one I never follow, Your message lik... Read more

poem by Ursula Payano

Once a world, a paradise turn inferno. Hate, greed, discrimination, war of the sexes, Religious differences and intolerance. A plague that spells disaster through Every step of the way. Infinite I pray not, an end it is all I w... Read more

poem by Kira Wiese

Love is something lost Trust is something never earned Faith is something never believed Happiness is something I never allowed. For years I went like this, and perfectly content. I never second guessed these rules I set for my... Read more

poem by Kira Wiese

And in the end came the darkness. The last of the light has been exterminated and shall never return. They say the darkness can't last forever, but they are wrong. It doesn't go away. It fades but not completely. Even on the best of d... Read more

poem by Alice Marie

sad girls smoke a lot she said and put a cigarette between her lips sad girls is actors she said and faked a smile twice sad girls hide a lot she said and showed me her wrists sad girls is high she said and put some... Read more

poem by Alice Marie

sad girls smoke a lot she said and put a cigarette between her lips sad girls is actors she said and faked a smile twice sad girls hide a lot she said and showed me her wrists sad girls is high she said and put some... Read more

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She sits alone in her room, and she is role playing with her favorite doll, Why can't they get along, she thinks, as she hears them through her wall. Things didn't used to be this way, she recalls a time when peace prevailed, A tim... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

The past memories which flooded my soul, Overwhelmingly, was hard to let feelings go. Each time tears came it became like the rain praying for the day to get the sunshine All the feeling of fear that lies within me, I Conf... Read more

poem by Ronell Warren Alman

It has been fifteen years Since that dark and gloomy day We as a nation were attacked Nothing but total turmoil in every way Thousands sadly lost their lives There were painful hearts Some people woke up to mass confusion ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I walk ahead aimlessly but to where there is no road that lays before me, only an old worn path beyond repair, where the strangers might walk invisibly. lost in a time of thought and trembling fear about spirits coming from be... Read more

poem by Yvonne Kania

The joy that we remember, Is something that lives on, The nature of burning embers Made us so fugitive! Our past years made us believe For what is most worthy to be blessed; Delight and liberty, the sympathy of creed. Of a chil... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Why is the look that we share? Make something far from within Fills my heart so loud and clear About the dream that is missing. The voices I hear coming from far, Sounds nearer the void in my being. The centre heartbeat of a ... Read more

poem by Anonymous Girl

Fast heart rate, sweaty palms, emotions overwhelming you, starting to break down, these terrible thoughts take over you, downward spiraling into depression, just want to escape; but you can't outrun your own mind... your t... Read more

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Hello again stress; what has taken you so long to return? You make my skin crawl, my body ache, and my stomach churn. Following me around, like a shadow from the very pits of hell, I lose you for a moment, then out of nowhere you b... Read more

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Walking through the park, his clothes are tattered and his face has been bruised, The cold bench will need to be a slumber for this poor soul, who is continually abused. Society overlooks his plight, he is accused of being lazy, why... Read more

poem by Lourdes Luna

How did I never see the evil person behind the deep green eyes? You had me so fooled in your game of manipulation I wish I could've seen the signs or of been less blind She told me how you made her do things she said she didn... Read more

poem by Micah Fisher

One day she got tired of bein talked about. She got tired hearin that she wasn't cared about. One day she got tired of her heart takin hits. She got tired because he didn't give two cents. One day she got tired because... Read more

poem by Shannen Johnson-Smith

Anger, it consumes us a whole. It makes us take on a new role. One of hatred and disgust. Nothing compares to when you want to self combust. It haunts your very self. Even those with pitiful wealth. The shear force brings you to... Read more