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Em-ily
Poem Published
Today 4:55pm
Today 4:55pm
Here's How To Incorporate Material: A Poem About Religious Feelings
community, but
there are many
other pride fags
out there
in the community
that might
otherwise
Feel ignored
some kinks with hotork
bles to the community Here are just few of the
INANNA AND ISHTAR
Ishtar and the Gilgamesh Story
Ishtar as a Mother Goddess
Asexual
Demisexual
Sexual
...
there are many
other pride fags
out there
in the community
that might
otherwise
Feel ignored
some kinks with hotork
bles to the community Here are just few of the
INANNA AND ISHTAR
Ishtar and the Gilgamesh Story
Ishtar as a Mother Goddess
Asexual
Demisexual
Sexual
...
#inspirational
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeGoals
#WritingPoetry
#LifeCycle
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
22nd Nov 2022 6:48pm
22nd Nov 2022 6:48pm
Scramble
In November of 1982, Mom bought me a handheld video game for an early Christmas present. The game I received was "Scramble" by Tomy. It's a VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display) game. It's based on the "Scramble" arcade game that was made by Stern/Konami.
I still remember the night before I received the game. My family and I were visiting my grandparents in Sneedville and I was a very happy boy because I knew that I would receive my game the very next day. I was only eleven years old at the time.
On Scramble, you fly a jet. You must shoot flying and stationary missiles. You...
I still remember the night before I received the game. My family and I were visiting my grandparents in Sneedville and I was a very happy boy because I knew that I would receive my game the very next day. I was only eleven years old at the time.
On Scramble, you fly a jet. You must shoot flying and stationary missiles. You...
#anniversary
#memories
#nostalgia
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adagio
Poem Published
21st Nov 2022 6:28pm
21st Nov 2022 6:28pm
Sawdust Memories
Memories of conversations and a penny's worth of sawdust. Is there a heaven? Mom said there was. With unicorns and porch swings. She would take me in her arms and hug me. Touching my cheek with her tears as she passed, with a penny's worth of sawdust in her hair. Among the memories of wood shavings on the floor. Now she is in heaven with "the carpenter's son."
#memories
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ohmy_engrish
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Poem Published
20th Nov 2022 7:24pm
20th Nov 2022 7:24pm
3 years (ish) and counting :)
Hey lovely stranger~
In about 4 days now, my profile will be officially 3 years old!
It's not an extremely substantial amount of time, but I felt like making an anniversary post because I think this is the longest time that I've kept a hobby alive lmao
So why not give a mini-celebration? :D
Before this, I created my first account, 'wizkatfood', about 4 years ago, which to this day, I still have no idea why I freaked out, deleted it, then started this one. But, I'm glad I did whatever I did, because I'm still on here, expressing...
In about 4 days now, my profile will be officially 3 years old!
It's not an extremely substantial amount of time, but I felt like making an anniversary post because I think this is the longest time that I've kept a hobby alive lmao
So why not give a mini-celebration? :D
Before this, I created my first account, 'wizkatfood', about 4 years ago, which to this day, I still have no idea why I freaked out, deleted it, then started this one. But, I'm glad I did whatever I did, because I'm still on here, expressing...
#funny
#anniversary
#gratitude
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missjem56
Poem Published
16th Nov 2022 11:19am
16th Nov 2022 11:19am
Michelle's Questionnaire
Q1 answer: Hi! I'm Jemia
A writer, poet, naive artist (scribbler!) sometimes tells jokes
Just over 5 years ago, i had a heart attack, with cardiogenic
shock. 4 stents were inserted, these, and the meds have
worked, so much so, i was able to have my gender
reassignment surgery, just 22 months later i tell people that
i was born with one digit to many, so now i have 20
Q2 (i did an awful poem to answer!lol!)
Sweet Memories
Apparently, when i was about six
And still learning, to pick up sticks
About a wild tiger, i then wrote
In...
A writer, poet, naive artist (scribbler!) sometimes tells jokes
Just over 5 years ago, i had a heart attack, with cardiogenic
shock. 4 stents were inserted, these, and the meds have
worked, so much so, i was able to have my gender
reassignment surgery, just 22 months later i tell people that
i was born with one digit to many, so now i have 20
Q2 (i did an awful poem to answer!lol!)
Sweet Memories
Apparently, when i was about six
And still learning, to pick up sticks
About a wild tiger, i then wrote
In...
#funny
#LifeAsAWriter
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missjem56
Poem Published
8th Nov 2022 00:53am
8th Nov 2022 00:53am
Hopeless (7th Nov 2022)
After two phone calls today
In disarray
One to my own doctors
And the other to the surgery
That fitted my 7 day ECG Monitor
Two months ago
Neither yet, they both say so
Know the outcome
I was initially referred
Seems absurd
Four months ago
This has been hanging over me
Like a shroud
I asked, not loud
Was there any way
If not today
That this could be followed up
And as i supped, from my teacup
Both told me to phone the other
But neither had any solution
To this confusion
My surgery said ...
In disarray
One to my own doctors
And the other to the surgery
That fitted my 7 day ECG Monitor
Two months ago
Neither yet, they both say so
Know the outcome
I was initially referred
Seems absurd
Four months ago
This has been hanging over me
Like a shroud
I asked, not loud
Was there any way
If not today
That this could be followed up
And as i supped, from my teacup
Both told me to phone the other
But neither had any solution
To this confusion
My surgery said ...
#anxiety
#heartbroken
#illness
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
8th Nov 2022 00:23am
8th Nov 2022 00:23am
Joe Biden and Other Democrats
Joe Biden and other Democrats claim that if Republicans are elected tomorrow, our democracy will end. That's one of the craziest things I've ever heard. Have we ever lost our democracy in the past when Republicans were elected? No, we didn't and we never will. I put very little faith in what Sleepy Joe has to say.
Joe Biden and other Democrats also want to close every coal company in America. Coal miners are human beings and they need their jobs. They need to support their families. I don't think it's a good idea to put a lot of innocent people out of work.
If you're...
Joe Biden and other Democrats also want to close every coal company in America. Coal miners are human beings and they need their jobs. They need to support their families. I don't think it's a good idea to put a lot of innocent people out of work.
If you're...
#politics
#America
#nonfiction
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intheshadows
Poem Published
28th Oct 2022 6:10pm
28th Oct 2022 6:10pm
Deep Underground Poetry
The name is to blame.
The title should have been
Deep Underground Writing.
I've discovered
there are only a few poets here.
I'm not one of them (yet)
Maybe in time I will be, but
Time for self-reflection,
for poetic literacy.
The title should have been
Deep Underground Writing.
I've discovered
there are only a few poets here.
I'm not one of them (yet)
Maybe in time I will be, but
Time for self-reflection,
for poetic literacy.
#WritingPoetry
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MartenHoyle
Poem Published
26th Oct 2022 8:41pm
26th Oct 2022 8:41pm
Dream
Dream:
Last night, I had a dream.
It was a strange dream.
I was naked, save for a white sheet wrapped around my shoulders. I was in my hometown. It was night, and it was raining. The lights of the city were of a deep crimson color. I knew I did not belong there. I wanted to go home. I was trying to find my way to the city and state where I live currently in the streets of Spokane, Washington. Something was pursuing me. I do not know what. But I knew I was being followed.
At length, I was greeted by a stranger.
Completely naked with...
Last night, I had a dream.
It was a strange dream.
I was naked, save for a white sheet wrapped around my shoulders. I was in my hometown. It was night, and it was raining. The lights of the city were of a deep crimson color. I knew I did not belong there. I wanted to go home. I was trying to find my way to the city and state where I live currently in the streets of Spokane, Washington. Something was pursuing me. I do not know what. But I knew I was being followed.
At length, I was greeted by a stranger.
Completely naked with...
#dark
#dreams
#death
#nightmares
#horror
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Rianne
Poem Published
22nd Oct 2022 10:17am
22nd Oct 2022 10:17am
A history
Her face is parchment. Rice paper wrinkles wear thin watercolor marks.
She is now a century. Numbers are fading as her dried throat reaches out to find the last liquid within the flask . The anise reeks absinthe when she swallows sweet fennel lures her aching mind.
She remembers
glacial imprints
alpine winds
X
gift of Gebo
when we wave
goodbyes
She knows how to ask
carving crevice
joined surface
Earth will return to her
they found cupids bow ...
She is now a century. Numbers are fading as her dried throat reaches out to find the last liquid within the flask . The anise reeks absinthe when she swallows sweet fennel lures her aching mind.
She remembers
glacial imprints
alpine winds
X
gift of Gebo
when we wave
goodbyes
She knows how to ask
carving crevice
joined surface
Earth will return to her
they found cupids bow ...
#prose
#aging
#symbolism
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missjem56
Poem Published
10th Oct 2022 11:18pm
10th Oct 2022 11:18pm
Gertrude
tonight was unusual, as i didn't wear my hat! don't quite know, what to make of that! of me, without my hat. whilst i awaited for my lift, a fox walked past, stared at me, carried on walking, then came back, and stared at me again, i then glanced at the shimmering moon, full, and bright, like a big balloon, and then it popped! bang, kaboosh! and other such noises, but remained mystified, as to why the fox, had returned to look at me, and i winked at it, and we looked at each other eye to eye for a few moments, and i kind of got lost, in the magic of the moment of this connection with nature,...
#moon
#nature
#LifeAsAWriter #surreal
#LifeAsAWriter #surreal
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oskar
Poem Published
10th Oct 2022 10:32pm
10th Oct 2022 10:32pm
war criminals
War criminals
Is Putin a war criminal if judged by the western criteria
that makes him, along with George Bush and Tony Blair
war criminals; who can forget Falluja, where thousands
of innocent people were killed in their homes in a hail
of bullets, no one thought of saving the civilians.
I think of Libya the NATO/USA/Britain reduced to a failed
state in the thirst of killing Gadhafi, the eccentric despot
who had done more to bring Libya into a modern country
than anyone else had dreamed of.
He brought water to an arid state and made it green. ...
Is Putin a war criminal if judged by the western criteria
that makes him, along with George Bush and Tony Blair
war criminals; who can forget Falluja, where thousands
of innocent people were killed in their homes in a hail
of bullets, no one thought of saving the civilians.
I think of Libya the NATO/USA/Britain reduced to a failed
state in the thirst of killing Gadhafi, the eccentric despot
who had done more to bring Libya into a modern country
than anyone else had dreamed of.
He brought water to an arid state and made it green. ...
#dark
#death
#evil
#greed
#hypocrisy
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