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Carlo C Gomez Oct 2020
a glimpse of
what might have been:
the candle
and the blow

pacing the floor
mind filled with nighthawks
stomach with bitter pills

snow on the window sill
--the long winter
of our love

it comes out of the blue
like dead reckoning

thoughts of us
unfinished

a hand withdrawn
the final wager on goodbye
Amara Numen Oct 2020
in the highest name of civilization
in the sinking century
blood-soaked world
the curse of the the wretches'

The torn country in a third count
an electrifying cry
all dressed in without real
bury all the languishing curses
due to the condition of my country now
Anais Vionet Oct 2020
These Senryu poems
are random thoughts - not every
moment's critical  =]

It’s important for
teenagers to have free
time to not think.

Never toss anything
to me you don’t want to
see land on the floor.

Heart attack: When I
see my phone battery at 5%
- stay with me buddy!!

If this viral world
is the new normal, I want
sweet abnormality.
every minute can't be serious - I hope
Noura Oct 2020
Imagine they cut off your limbs
Hand and legs, all gone
But you’re a starfish
So it’s alright, they’ll grow back.
No wait, you’re a tree.
Once they cut you,
You lose a piece of yourself.
Those broken remains,
They use them
They use you, to build houses,
To build a warm space,
To protect them from the harsh storm.
If you were a starfish though,
Your limbs will start to grow
Slowly, but surely. And suddenly,
You’ll be your old self again,
Nothing more, nothing less.
A star in the sea
Or a tree in the wild,
Which would you be?
Anisah Oct 2020
Like skin stretching across sallow bones
Pulled tight and taut and throwing stones,
A glass house shatters so you build one of bricks.
Stack them high and keep them fixed.

- Anisah Mariah
Zaira Oct 2020
I’d love you more if you’d just uhh -
express to me words you feel
face to face not just face to books
pen to paper
Heart dipped in ink
Lips hold position
Yet speak so loudly when reading one of these things
But please
I can ******* not marry a poet  
for they know me better than I know me .
They show the world sides I have yet to meet inside myself .
The world falls in love when we are happy
Orrrr
The world wants to **** me when
well you understand right.

Hold up I’m Typing . . . .
Bhill Oct 2020
the image of Cheeto Face can’t be unseen
glaring at us through the tube
spewing forth random worthlessness
infringing on all who watched
how do you undo such nonsense

Brian Hill - 2020 # 269
I wasn't going to post this but my mind wouldn't let me not post it. Who saw that **** show?
kier Sep 2020
"nothing can be done
especially not now
she is all that fills your mind
and it is time
that I leave you

what a silly family we were...
she has prolonged your existence
but I cannot smile
it is only a reminder
that your death is very possible"
looking back on these with him back, feels odd. i still feel all the emotions I felt when I wrote these.
Spriha Kant Sep 2020
Sadly , most of the kibitzers are the houseflies sticking randomly to anyone unlike a few who genuinely drown in the worries of others.
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