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  • Foreshadowed at allpoetry
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  • Right There With Him at allpoetry
    There was wisdom in those hands, / as much music in them / as any voice. / His wrinkled fingers could strum a soul to life, / and the chords he coaxed / nearly effortlessly from his ancient tool / spoke
  • Going going gone at allpoetry
    Long distance / is the most painful / when it stretches a whole / ten inches. / We're alone together, / farthest apart / when skin-to-skin and / the sensation of soul-to-soul / is muted as though it were
  • ador at allpoetry
    un / ador / ned / simply flagellate / bruisebreakbatterskin / purification of s(k)in / arbitrating truth / of holiness / ador(ed by all) / ned
  • Pretty Little Porphyria. at allpoetry
    Pretty little Porphyria, / you mystify, / and your allure / like mist under the crack of the door / seeps quickly into my soul. / Long locks, / entangled amongst themselves / from the bitter pouring rain,
  • Column: Dipping Deep at allpoetry
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  • On Doubt at allpoetry
    Surplus emotions cascade / from jaded, disconsolate eyes which, / unconvinced of their worth, / question the mind viciously. / / The mind cannot arbitrate guarded heart's / struggle with bitter conscience
  • Lucid at allpoetry
    He broods over the drying photo sheet, / acutely aware of the imperfections, / the inconsistencies between the printed page / and the vision screaming out to him / from deep within. / / Art, he considers,
  • Lamentation of Art-School Student (2) at allpoetry
    Servile, / he works to placate the violent muse; / it is not an inspiration but a force / of drudgery, / snapping whip and / flinging stone. / / In these hallowed halls, / creativity comes not from with
  • Lamentation of Art-School Student at allpoetry
    Servile, / he works to placate the violent muse; / it is not an inspiration but a force / of drudgery, / snapping whip and / flinging stone. /
  • Distortion at allpoetry
    Forced to reverie by the stills,
    he finds that it is easier to create his own reality
  • oblivion is not far off at allpoetry
    (and things were so perfect...why'd you have to go and bring me down again?)
  • A Gasp in the Wind at allpoetry
    [i am feeling awash in sacrilege
    your vagrant, fragrant skin
  • Social Mania at allpoetry
    Freakishly capable of hiding
    my true mindframe behind miles of walls,
  • A Trial at allpoetry
    Young ephebe lies in
    shallow fever dream;
  • A Poet is All You Need at allpoetry
    Written down
    in a manner designed for