Non-Fiction Prose
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Non-poetic writing including diary extracts, journal entries, letters, essays and art
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-Alice-
-Alice-
Bumped 18th Jan 2019 3:42pm
2nd Nov 2018 11:13am
2nd Nov 2018 11:13am
Wake
Heavy eye lids
Hoisted open with sticky tape
Sleepless pressure
You’re at work, concentrate
Blurred horizon
Stay open, pre-meditate
Just one second
Why did I stay up so late!!
Coffee. Coffee. Cwaah-feee
I procrastinate
Keyboard mistakes
Minds misplaced
crash again
Hoisted open with sticky tape
Sleepless pressure
You’re at work, concentrate
Blurred horizon
Stay open, pre-meditate
Just one second
Why did I stay up so late!!
Coffee. Coffee. Cwaah-feee
I procrastinate
Keyboard mistakes
Minds misplaced
crash again
#regret
#rhyming
#sleep
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thewatcher33
Poem Published
18th Jan 2019 7:28am
18th Jan 2019 7:28am
I Understand Religion
I understand the allure, the intoxicating feeling you get deep down inside. How indoctrination shapes and mold in concordance with the doctrine of blood. They manipulate you by giving you a false sense of a greater purpose, a greater good one that does not care for the benefit/well being of the planet and all living creatures living on it. The greater good is the serve, not each other with respect, honor, protection and care but to serve some deity that wishes not to interact with us personally in person. It teaches to love (not really), and revel in structured chaos with delight. It uses a...
#TruthOfLife
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theEgoEffect
Barona
Barona
Poem Published
17th Jan 2019 9:15pm
17th Jan 2019 9:15pm
Loss (introspective rant)
I've had my share of loss and
dread the fact there's always more to come.
Maybe this is why I chose to run in the first place,
but I know it'll end in regret.
Waves of emptiness crash at my shore,
fading the numbness,
as I flip through photographs,
listening to abysmal songs
of abstract love.
Love - how it can mend,
yet when badly needed, it can end.
There will come a day when
I'll have to do this all over again.
More truth to that statement
than I'll ever really know.
I'm lucky that I have not been submerged
in...
dread the fact there's always more to come.
Maybe this is why I chose to run in the first place,
but I know it'll end in regret.
Waves of emptiness crash at my shore,
fading the numbness,
as I flip through photographs,
listening to abysmal songs
of abstract love.
Love - how it can mend,
yet when badly needed, it can end.
There will come a day when
I'll have to do this all over again.
More truth to that statement
than I'll ever really know.
I'm lucky that I have not been submerged
in...
#dark
#myself
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Beukez
Poem Published
17th Jan 2019 7:14pm
17th Jan 2019 7:14pm
Earth
Earth our gravity magnetic lava rock space ship,
Amidst the camp fire of our little burning sun,
The waters, tides and all life move with the moon day and night,
Take a second to breath in the air and look at the sky.
Humans reliant on the structure's of the Universe,
We forgot our place animals not Gods.
Gods in our mind in time we bend and break,
For now in gold we trust and lust is our nature.
We hide behind the lies of time.
Amidst the camp fire of our little burning sun,
The waters, tides and all life move with the moon day and night,
Take a second to breath in the air and look at the sky.
Humans reliant on the structure's of the Universe,
We forgot our place animals not Gods.
Gods in our mind in time we bend and break,
For now in gold we trust and lust is our nature.
We hide behind the lies of time.
#women
#men
#earth #universe
#earth #universe
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Nari
Spellbound
Spellbound
Poem Published
17th Jan 2019 2:25pm
17th Jan 2019 2:25pm
Men 2
We were working as a loan processor for a mortgage broker. He would sponsor loan officers until they could close that first deal. His motto was just pay me back when you can, so an ethical crook; loyal to his people period with a Christmas party approaching. Over hanging in the streets placed me in a financial bind that was going to prevent me from attending. My boss was questioning if flakey would be there. Quiet storm (my nick name) had peculiar ways (marginal social skills) trying to hide homo but fast like a ho on getting that paper (without giving up sex: creeping with a file: in proper...
#men
#relationships
#politics
#humankind
#redemption
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Nari
Spellbound
Spellbound
Poem Published
17th Jan 2019 2:24pm
17th Jan 2019 2:24pm
Men
(Flying Lotus - 1983 [FULL ALBUM])
Growing up
We occasionally heard people say
There are certain things
A woman should
Never have to experience…
But uh
Where we come from
Women were at least
Half
Beast most actively
On the front lines
Laid out on the floor
For what was largely
A gay male issue
At that particular time
HIV
Now this was really the 80s
When we were first was exposed to
ACT UP
The blood murals,
White chalk lines
And nudity in the papers, magazines
Like what’s...
Growing up
We occasionally heard people say
There are certain things
A woman should
Never have to experience…
But uh
Where we come from
Women were at least
Half
Beast most actively
On the front lines
Laid out on the floor
For what was largely
A gay male issue
At that particular time
HIV
Now this was really the 80s
When we were first was exposed to
ACT UP
The blood murals,
White chalk lines
And nudity in the papers, magazines
Like what’s...
#men
#lesbian
#politics
#LGBT
#historical
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Nari
Spellbound
Spellbound
Poem Published
16th Jan 2019 11:40pm
16th Jan 2019 11:40pm
Odds
(They’re tripping right now; this is not my graphic but perfect timing)
This is a
Reflective
Piece
And
Politics
Aren’t
Going to
Assist with that but
My problem was
Silence
Not wanting to be
At odds with my partner
Passive aggressive
Didn’t say anything about
Anything that was
Tolerable but could’ve been
Less painful at the same time
And the problem
With this was this
Gender issue;
“I got a point to prove”
(Could’ve been worse; fems are
Still the most flexible;...
This is a
Reflective
Piece
And
Politics
Aren’t
Going to
Assist with that but
My problem was
Silence
Not wanting to be
At odds with my partner
Passive aggressive
Didn’t say anything about
Anything that was
Tolerable but could’ve been
Less painful at the same time
And the problem
With this was this
Gender issue;
“I got a point to prove”
(Could’ve been worse; fems are
Still the most flexible;...
#women
#relationships
#conflict
#politics
#LifeCycle
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Nari
Spellbound
Spellbound
Poem Published
16th Jan 2019 4:22pm
16th Jan 2019 4:22pm
Leadership
(What happen to conscious rap like that? Listening to KRS 1 Step into a World)
Use to really account for something but we think about the people who said nothing about something…Nothing to young people in need of corrective measure. We weren’t the generation who you can’t say nothing to; automatic defense. You don’t tell me what to do; willfully defiant and don’t know shit literally on any level; some in leadership positions nowadays- frightening.
I expected my Mother to say something like “not everybody is going to be like your dance teacher” aka somebody’s...
Use to really account for something but we think about the people who said nothing about something…Nothing to young people in need of corrective measure. We weren’t the generation who you can’t say nothing to; automatic defense. You don’t tell me what to do; willfully defiant and don’t know shit literally on any level; some in leadership positions nowadays- frightening.
I expected my Mother to say something like “not everybody is going to be like your dance teacher” aka somebody’s...
#women
#relationships
#conflict
#politics
#redemption
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Nari
Spellbound
Spellbound
Poem Published
16th Jan 2019 3:33pm
16th Jan 2019 3:33pm
Set Ups
Women and gender studies- a useless class, judgmental (only when shit is in my immediate intimate space otherwise I don’t really care what anybody really does ethically; not close to my heart) shouldn’t say that just because it didn’t serve the purpose, we felt it should (that’s arrogant at will, as well); there has to be a lesson somewhere that it taught but we didn’t get it…moving forward…I had a peer in grad school and we use to critique each other on paper. She was fantastic at proofreading and critical was AP fluent, so we paired up; my professor’s idea. We were tight in that sense of...
#women
#relationships
#identity
#politics
#feminism
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peninnah
Sanaa
Sanaa
Poem Published
16th Jan 2019 2:13pm
16th Jan 2019 2:13pm
DEAR LORD (DIARY OF A BARREN WOMAN)
Dear Lord,it's me again.I have been calling and calling and calling,but You must be extremely busy because I cannot seem to get a reply from You.
You promised Papaa,You promised that whenever I call,You will answer.You asked me to bring all my anxieties and worries and requests to You and You assured me,that though a mother my forsake her loved one,Forget the child of her bosom,that You Lord,You will never forsake me.
You told me You had a plan,a good plan for my future;a plan of prosperity and not adversity,You told me to enlarge the place of my dwelling, ''For you will...
You promised Papaa,You promised that whenever I call,You will answer.You asked me to bring all my anxieties and worries and requests to You and You assured me,that though a mother my forsake her loved one,Forget the child of her bosom,that You Lord,You will never forsake me.
You told me You had a plan,a good plan for my future;a plan of prosperity and not adversity,You told me to enlarge the place of my dwelling, ''For you will...
#women
#motherhood
#LifeStruggles #spiritual
#LifeStruggles #spiritual
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BlissInMadness
Blisxs
Blisxs
Poem Published
16th Jan 2019 8:34am
16th Jan 2019 8:34am
Read me maybe you'll like it
Should I say hi or bye
We've never met and never will.
I dont think I'd care for it much if we did
Ahh yes a poem I forgot so eager to write and now all i have are my thought
Back to you.. no US. I'll pretend maybe I'll keep this up but primarily I won't.
What a small shard of glass in my skin is it to need to give attention to post. It was ghastly reading through drone like crop cooked up my numbskulls and wanna be poes.
I'm not this mean I swear. Just annoyed and unfair.
What a waist... oh well enjoy
We've never met and never will.
I dont think I'd care for it much if we did
Ahh yes a poem I forgot so eager to write and now all i have are my thought
Back to you.. no US. I'll pretend maybe I'll keep this up but primarily I won't.
What a small shard of glass in my skin is it to need to give attention to post. It was ghastly reading through drone like crop cooked up my numbskulls and wanna be poes.
I'm not this mean I swear. Just annoyed and unfair.
What a waist... oh well enjoy
#scary
#passion
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Nari
Spellbound
Spellbound
Poem Published
15th Jan 2019 11:20pm
15th Jan 2019 11:20pm
Preceptor
(Linda Clifford - Runaway Love 12")
My mother was in the clouds sometimes well responding to her generation-The chosen ones: Baby boomers-They worked hard as hell but still with something more to show. She never had nothing say like “You may have comparable capacity, maybe better in certain areas but you will at some point be overlooked because of your skin color” (it’s more of a class issue still) but it’s nice to have someone offer a comprehensive overview; write you a prescription for survival. There were general tools parents gave; not convinced they really do anymore: don’t...
My mother was in the clouds sometimes well responding to her generation-The chosen ones: Baby boomers-They worked hard as hell but still with something more to show. She never had nothing say like “You may have comparable capacity, maybe better in certain areas but you will at some point be overlooked because of your skin color” (it’s more of a class issue still) but it’s nice to have someone offer a comprehensive overview; write you a prescription for survival. There were general tools parents gave; not convinced they really do anymore: don’t...
#inspirational
#spiritual
#LifeChangingMoment
#LifeCycle
#philosophical
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