EMOTIONAL PUNCHBAG
By Gavin Elden Punches come in thick and fast Physical blows dampened down in fabric The softened bag absorbing it all in thuds...
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SKIN
By Chloe Spector The lake wraps its hands about my ankles, beckoning me down to the reeds and crawfish and muck, to lay in my grief in an...
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CONSUME
By Megan Benham I want your hopes, your dreams and your nightmares. I want your inside jokes, I want your deepest fears And I want your...
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DEAR BARTLEY
By P D Proctor On my way to Hartley, I was accosted by a hiker named Bartley As he took his place by my side we continued ahead with our...
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MAKE ME MEDUSA
By Alice Chalk I am trying to outgrow The familiar pain Of loving you By rolling around In all the cliches I can find Like freshly...
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THE FORETELLER
By OBSCURIA Her name is old, a living thing, a thing with teeth and breath With blood as cold and lethal as an ancient curse of death She...
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MISTRANSITION
By S. A. Arleyn I am closing my eyes on the subway, and I can no longer detect if I am moving forward or backwards. The rushing blankness...
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MAN-MADE CANDLE
By Nicole Rinquest A delicate product of wax and oil Blinking eyes made them flicker A cluster of moulded men with Wick-ended bodies,...
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HE BATHED IN QUIET
By Tom Wand He bathed in the quiet; Scraped the noise from his skin, Showered in silence. Ate beans from the tin. But his four walls were...
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DUST (THE ESSENCE OF NIGHTLY TERRORS)
By Sofia Lopes A spine traced by dusty fingertips It is night; In dormant abandon, you rest Lids shut, yet Gleams are switched alight A...
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SHADOW
By Michael Day Your my constant reminder and my persistent fear but it’s not your fault, it never was You rest in my mind, buried deeper...
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INTIMACY
By Romy Morreo Starts as it always does, cold kisses and spit on my neck, a suffocating weight pressing me down while hands grab and make...
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JUMPER
By John Metcalfe He stared beyond his feet. Saw nothing of the green sea swell. Or the white spray, like pearls of cuckoo spit. Just the...
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EVER YOURS
By Ghazal Guide my hand in a Written eulogy contented Of poetry. In love, we both lack literacy, We’re flowery on Soberity’s tomb,...
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DOORS
By Megan Patiry My first death was my first poem A eulogy, no less “Grandma was the lighthouse of our lives,” I’d said But the podium...
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WE’LL RETURN TO SAND
By J.D. Scève Our love broke and scattered on the shoreline, The gulls peck and consume the remnants, How much longer till we cleave the...
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ON WAKING
By Richard Dean Death came in on millipede legs, silent Slithered beneath the covers Worked its way close, dripping poison Midnight...
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DOWNLOADED DREAMS
By Soulofdivya Investors for my idea- Outnumber yours, I have a whole auditorium, Of my former foes. Making middleware of media- My body...
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THE BEGINNING OF THE END
By Peter Harper Open your eyes. The rain trickles into the creases instantly blurring my stolen vision. The dampness confusingly comforts...
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ACCOMPLICE
By Patricia Mercado What was it that you wanted from me? I had a dream that you shot me from across the dining table, that the bullet...
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