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SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
Today 4:34pm
Today 4:34pm
Straight Talk Live (Use All The Capabilities Your Mind Will You)
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
I was recently asked by a very affluent poet within his own right of existence here on DUP regarding the duality of the brain and the mind and can the theories of either two be divided among the cause of thinking and the specific concentration of specific actions.
What a beautiful question to ponder and the afterthought to dwell on such a relevant matter when it pertains to human development and intellectual awareness.
In my studies and relevant...
Aristotle
I was recently asked by a very affluent poet within his own right of existence here on DUP regarding the duality of the brain and the mind and can the theories of either two be divided among the cause of thinking and the specific concentration of specific actions.
What a beautiful question to ponder and the afterthought to dwell on such a relevant matter when it pertains to human development and intellectual awareness.
In my studies and relevant...
#universe
#TruthOfLife
#philosophical
20 reads
1 Comment
missjem56
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:56pm
Yesterday 11:56pm
Broken Dreams
Mars, and Jupiter
Are
In mythological terms
Planets of war
Although
In reality
Tis Earth
On which we all dwell
Some of humanity
It's inhumanity
Can make it for many
Just like Hell
Yet we still live in hope
That Utopian dreams
Will cast a magic spell
False realities
Never cease
The mayhem
As those that hope
For better things
Fall into a quagmire
Of shattered dreams
by Jemia
Are
In mythological terms
Planets of war
Although
In reality
Tis Earth
On which we all dwell
Some of humanity
It's inhumanity
Can make it for many
Just like Hell
Yet we still live in hope
That Utopian dreams
Will cast a magic spell
False realities
Never cease
The mayhem
As those that hope
For better things
Fall into a quagmire
Of shattered dreams
by Jemia
#oppression
#war
#inequality
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missjem56
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:45am
Yesterday 11:45am
Granules
How big
And small
This planet is
We are not much more
Than a grain of sand
On the empty beaches
Of infinity
by Jemia
And small
This planet is
We are not much more
Than a grain of sand
On the empty beaches
Of infinity
by Jemia
#earth
#universe
#beach
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Em-ily
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:08am
Yesterday 1:08am
A succinct, though vaguely fuzzy, definition of one who is a witch
She operates with her spirituality through the application of magical techniques
(Apologies for the gendered use of "She*")
(Apologies for the gendered use of "She*")
#religion
#faith
#spiritual
#fairies
#magic
32 reads
5 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 11:06pm
14th Jan 2022 11:06pm
hand in the dark
You told me I was a bad bitch
offered me a bear hug
and couldn't know how perfect
your words hit my heart
There's a darkness lingering inside
and I fear to sleep
for fear of drowning in the dark
when no one is watching
Sometimes I forgot
that I am loved
In my darkest moments
the weakness in me
wants to let go of the life raft
because I've lost the thread
of whatever life
I was meant to be holding onto
because surely it's not this one
where fear and panic
threaten to break me...
offered me a bear hug
and couldn't know how perfect
your words hit my heart
There's a darkness lingering inside
and I fear to sleep
for fear of drowning in the dark
when no one is watching
Sometimes I forgot
that I am loved
In my darkest moments
the weakness in me
wants to let go of the life raft
because I've lost the thread
of whatever life
I was meant to be holding onto
because surely it's not this one
where fear and panic
threaten to break me...
#love
#depression
#friendship #support
#friendship #support
45 reads
1 Comment
Dreamboy
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 1:41pm
14th Jan 2022 1:41pm
pointless
Keeping a
secret
Exposes your
weakness
And kindness
is killing you
slowly
I don't mind
poison
If its offered
I'd drink it.
You don't need me
to explain to you
how fucking pointless
all of it is.
Now drink it in.
secret
Exposes your
weakness
And kindness
is killing you
slowly
I don't mind
poison
If its offered
I'd drink it.
You don't need me
to explain to you
how fucking pointless
all of it is.
Now drink it in.
#SelfHarm
#alcohol
#metaphor
33 reads
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thinlane
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 12:19pm
14th Jan 2022 12:19pm
Avoidance
I'm hiding here at home
Gotta avoid the virus
It doesn't matter what variant it is
I'm already sick with lungs that don't work
So any sign of the damn thing
Will likely be my end
I have cabin fever that is making me loopy
But I'm not about to mention fever to anyone
I don't want no ventilator shoved down my throat
So here I am with my Netflix and Prime
Avoiding my ass off
And slowly getting crazier than I've ever been before
You could almost count me among the dead already
Since nobody has seen my face ...
Gotta avoid the virus
It doesn't matter what variant it is
I'm already sick with lungs that don't work
So any sign of the damn thing
Will likely be my end
I have cabin fever that is making me loopy
But I'm not about to mention fever to anyone
I don't want no ventilator shoved down my throat
So here I am with my Netflix and Prime
Avoiding my ass off
And slowly getting crazier than I've ever been before
You could almost count me among the dead already
Since nobody has seen my face ...
#illness
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thinlane
Poem Published
13th Jan 2022 4:22pm
13th Jan 2022 4:22pm
The Bones
We build ourselves up on the bones of the vanquished
Whether bloody and real or metaphorical matters not
From the schoolyard to the boardroom table
From statehood to sainthood
There is a trail of blood and guts and bone
And at its head there is a bloodthirsty man or woman
Always vying for more
More of what is almost unimportant
Just as long it can be sold to the masses
The believers
Since they are the very first to be slaughtered
And their bones are the foundation of power
From slogans to smartphones they must believe
Or they...
Whether bloody and real or metaphorical matters not
From the schoolyard to the boardroom table
From statehood to sainthood
There is a trail of blood and guts and bone
And at its head there is a bloodthirsty man or woman
Always vying for more
More of what is almost unimportant
Just as long it can be sold to the masses
The believers
Since they are the very first to be slaughtered
And their bones are the foundation of power
From slogans to smartphones they must believe
Or they...
#TruthOfLife
#manipulation
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0 Comments
shannonJane
Poem Published
12th Jan 2022 8:55pm
12th Jan 2022 8:55pm
Flying
I'm stood on the by pass and passer byes are racing across the line.
I wave , some stop , spare some time
I zoom down the by pass and they pass me by.
It's nice to fly.
I wave , some stop , spare some time
I zoom down the by pass and they pass me by.
It's nice to fly.
#cars
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0 Comments
DevilsChild
Poem Published
12th Jan 2022 7:35am
12th Jan 2022 7:35am
2022
Donald Trump never was president
just a faild reality TV star
there was no insurrection
because we're all grown ups
Bernie Sanders was elected
and everyone accepted the results
we now have universal healthcare
and big business pays their fair share
all the liars and cheats
have been shamed out of Washington
and best of all
we're all flying in cars!
no one wears mask
because we believe in science
so Covid was easily combated
grandma and grandpa are still alive
Sarah Palin went into porn ...
just a faild reality TV star
there was no insurrection
because we're all grown ups
Bernie Sanders was elected
and everyone accepted the results
we now have universal healthcare
and big business pays their fair share
all the liars and cheats
have been shamed out of Washington
and best of all
we're all flying in cars!
no one wears mask
because we believe in science
so Covid was easily combated
grandma and grandpa are still alive
Sarah Palin went into porn ...
#politics
#fiction
54 reads
6 Comments
JusTim_
Poem Published
10th Jan 2022 6:32pm
10th Jan 2022 6:32pm
to be all right
i saw the colors depicted on the whitened walls
a prism of decorum in these imprisioned halls
refracted from the scalpel about to fall,
inner greed about to feed
letting go every drop i bleed
i await with the pain, to somehow dissipate
the hate, that harbors in the dark
to fall from the horizons of hell
where it all started or ended
writing names of the unwanted
awash within a striking red
to me, now and forever dead
I lay down exhausted and afraid
to speak an unspoken language
a body bare,...
a prism of decorum in these imprisioned halls
refracted from the scalpel about to fall,
inner greed about to feed
letting go every drop i bleed
i await with the pain, to somehow dissipate
the hate, that harbors in the dark
to fall from the horizons of hell
where it all started or ended
writing names of the unwanted
awash within a striking red
to me, now and forever dead
I lay down exhausted and afraid
to speak an unspoken language
a body bare,...
#dark
#emptiness
73 reads
4 Comments
AspergerPoet56
Poem Published
10th Jan 2022 7:05am
10th Jan 2022 7:05am
awarenees of autistic ripples
jigsaw insignia
flag waving colours ~ to bring
awareness light
flag waving colours ~ to bring
awareness light
#Autism
38 reads
2 Comments
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