Sleep
/…says, it’s easy to sleep?
To let go of yourself, In the river of thought,
To accept defeat, in the war we once fought
To face the pain of guilt, that we…
By Kedar Kulkarni
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Tear Drop Inn
/…out the Tear Drop Inn,
dumpy dive bar, drooped eyes,
my feelings desensitizing,
confusing my avocado…
By Michael Lee Johnson
Read MoreBrain Delay
/Prescription for feelings...
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…remember “Back in the Day,” when a child expressing their feelings, could prescribe them a regime of Ritalin, lasting for years, while they wither…
By Tracey Ross
Read MoreTwo Dollar Talisman
/There is a distinct difference in want and need.
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…there's a distance between want and need, the road is plagued with storms, the rain in time causes your ambition to rust, your ego begins to bleed, your hunger doesn't entitle you admission, to take part in the soul feast, you still believing no one's pain is greater than your own, convinced you've paid your dues, fate now…
By Judge Santiago Burdon
Read MoreHer Faith In Him Is Gone
/Her faith in him is gone is a sad poem about a person who cannot face the illness…
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…heart shatters like glass
watching him break out in a cold sweat,
too petrified to stay on the course…
By Brenda Arledge
Read MoreUnclassified Past
/…come and claim me as yours.
I am battered and wounded
From the unclassified past.
Rooted and thrashed out into…
By Monalisa Parida
Read MoreFragment 2019
/…and violence,
The very thought of walking into
A church and facing all those sharp-dressed
Hypocrites…
By Dee Allen.
Read MoreWill Good Times Come Again?
/A folk/rock song lyric, written at a turning point: is all hope lost, or does faith still sustain us?
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...flowers brush blue skies
Emerald waves lap golden sands
Scenes played out in my …
By Mike Turner
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