Poor Man's Christmas

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…hot dark night,
The moon hangs low and heavy,
No tree or lights but family and friends,
It's the poor man's Christmas no fancy dress
Or big meal,
Not much toys for the children but they know it's hard,
It's the poor man's Christmas,
Slow music on the radio and TV softly playing in the background,
Kids run laughing through the adults,
It's the poor man's Christmas,
No tree or lights,
It's the poor man's Christmas with bottles of wine,
Sip after sip after sip,
The night grows darker and they grow drunker,
It's the poor man's Christmas with bottles…

By Marina Vos

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Mind Castles

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…enamored, of a skill I just did find,
it seems I have a talent, building castles in my mind.
Of course, there is a drawbridge, portcullis and a moat,
and mail clad guards in armour, of whom legends could be wrote.

The mossy stones that form the walls, are weathered but quite stout,
protecting all who dwell within, while keeping evil out.
My castle does not dominate some lonely, craggy moor,
but rather sits within a glade, beside a lake's still shore.

The fragrance of the flowers, whose fields abut the woods,
wafts through open windows, while the merchants ply…

By James Geehring

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Cloaked Hypocrisy

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…stalk the sight of a righteous plight,
Of a pious light hypocritically bright,
Where I see rosary ashy majesty,
Fasting to craftily revel in vanity,

Gold fills with silver spills over in bronze,
Free-will for good will fulfills only pawns,
Fighting to free we devour and plea,
For to free we mean we for the fee don’t you see?

Running in circles unfurled they whirl,
Seeding with pearls of glass that they hurl,
A lie isn’t lying if I say that it’s not,
For when I write the rules who am I to get …

By Ethan Kunz

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Dawn

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…battle never ending,

A war forever lasting,

The voices and screams ring through her head,

Words spoken to unseen faces she's still fighting her unseen past,

Hidden tears barely scratch the surface,

Her mask slowly falls as her shadow dawns,

She was fighting everything inside her to save the ones around her,

She holds on to her chains,

To hold on to those who broke her,

She holds on to the unseen faces,

She holds on to her unseen past,

But as she slowly let's go of her chains and

As her shadow dawns,

Nothing is safe,

Another person takes…

By Marina Vos

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Mute

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…were never mine from the on set.

While I had sleepless nights planning our future.

You where wondering who is your second option.

While I slave myself for a brighter tomorrow.

You were sneaking away from me.

My love to you was cheap.

It tasted like a Jamaican rum.

I became a punchline of joke to you.

You were mocking me day and night.

I persevered in this nameless relationship.

Hoping you will change your attitude.

You let different people have different parts of you.

But I gave up willingly cause the was nothing more I could offer you.

No…

By Oscar Stuta

Twitter: Stuta2010

Facebook URL: Oscar Stuta

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Academic Tests

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…these tests,

Superflous academic tests.

No time to prepare

For entrance tests.

Difficult to store

Vast concepts in mind,

Oh how to retain so much

Till marks given and paper signed.

Bewaring that,

The examiner is not blind,

And not our bydweller

That gives marks so kind.

All worried,

Smile crease no face.

Will we get through,

Or falter in this pace.

Parents worried about their carreer

They believe books are nifty,

Smartphones are carrier's barrier

With no sympathy.

Parent's and teacher's

Support and hope is essential,

In order to raise their…

By Sahaj Sabharwal

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Twitter: SahajSabharwal

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Dandle

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…and light,
we’re eye to eye,
a blinding fortress.

The winds blow.
Listen to trees whispering.
Stilts are tipping

over. Earthquake shakes
muscle and bones.
Inside out, where blood

and skin meet—string me,
marionette me. Control me.
I’m holding steady

in wrinkled skin,
old and peeling.
Control…

By Erica Varela

Website: http://EricaVarela.com

Instagram: @writerericavarela

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By the Minute

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…nights and long lasting thoughts,

Her mind is a mess of art and words,

Book on her lap and coffee in her hand she watches the story come to life with magic and romance,

Time goes by one hour by the minute and before she knew it was midnight again,

With tired eyes she stumbles to bed lays her head on her evergreen pillow, but sleep wouldn't claim her because her mind was still awake with thoughts of magic and love and theory's of poetry and music,

Time goes by one hour by the minute and before she knew it…

By Marina Vos

Website: https://www.facebook.com/Midnight-Poetry-2169938673280394/

Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/marina.vos.564

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Scotland

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…haunted below, I offer
my soul, for the skies above
once again have left me
to defend on my own.

A cliff above your violent waves
to keep me breathless and blue.

I’ve become a haunted memory—
a part of you.

Come, ocean tides, sweep me under your
breathless waves of…

By Erica Varela

Website: http://EricaVarela.com

Instagram: @writerericavarela

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A Painful Tale

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…wept and wept,
and so I finally slept.
I woke up wet,
with mucus all over my shirt.

My head aches,
it burn as if on stakes.
I felt a sharp pain,
breakfast, I could not take.

All I did was lie down,
with a sober face, I frown.
Like a puppy that got drown,
and like a king that lost his crown.

My mind quickly took flight,
to what happened the previous night.;
As I stood together with bright,
as he was trying to prevent me from a fight.

I caught my guy doing it,
with a party…

By Olaniyi Olajide

Website: http://www.poetreehub.wordpress.com

Twitter: Newskulicon

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