Still Abloom
/Youth! Youth! Sublime and heavenly! Blink though and you’re suddenly seventy! Distant memories are lucid and bright. What the f was dinner last night? Tossing footballs and plastic discs? Now nary impossible with …
By CraigE
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Survival Instinct
/Everyone wants a sense of security. As humans we want to feel like we have some sort of control over our lives. People go to work, come home, pay their bills, keep their home clean and maintained. They do this because it's where we think our…
By Simple Sue
Read MoreOde To The Camel
/…wanted this life that's made me have to be strong,
But I did the best I could to make right all the wrong.
It was that one last straw that broke the camel's back.
Now he's only remembered for the load he…
By Simple Sue
Read MoreSociety vs. The Individual
/I want to choose, but life’s demands refuse;
still, with intent, I spin these lines in rhyme.
The world denies, distorts what I would use,
yet I hold course in this unyielding …
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreA Controlled Mind...
/Living one’s own peace
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A scarred amygdala remembers critical crises
The scar tissue is mini mountain ranges navigating painful memories
Raised red levees to remind one of past…
By Barefoot Cajun
Read MoreGet A Mirror
/It’s easy to sometimes think you’re superhuman.
But a mirror will reveal your protruding stomach,
hunched posture, and bushy beard that …
By Benjamin Nambu
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