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  • Natures Song at allpoetry
    Mustangs run wild
    Dancing across plains of grass
  • Moonlight at allpoetry
    I danced within the moonlight
    Hoping to join it
  • Teach Me to Play at allpoetry
    I don't know if I conveyed it well enough, my mother is teaching me to deal cards, and her hands are so aged, and yet, when she moves it'
  • Echo's at allpoetry
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  • Toxins at allpoetry
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  • Smile at allpoetry
    Do not smile.
    Do not smirk.
  • Not worth it at allpoetry
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  • Mistletoe Moment. at allpoetry
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  • Spirits at allpoetry
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  • Untitled at allpoetry
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  • Poetic Windows at allpoetry
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  • We were almost there at allpoetry
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  • Fucking Random (Freewrite) at allpoetry
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  • When it Happens at allpoetry
    I hope I have a paper
    And a pen
  • You do not know at allpoetry
    I can hear your voice
    That deep and soulful voice
  • AJ Morelli at allpoetry
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  • Your Words at allpoetry
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  • The Prettiest Hooker at allpoetry
    It was a conflict
    An inner turmoil
  • 4 Words (Freewrite) at allpoetry
    By mantis180 on August 21st 2008, the wee hours.
    on topic 5 Words
  • Here's your hour at allpoetry
    When I look at you
    I never think of what went wrong
  • My Sweet Angel at allpoetry
    Just how I'm feeling, thinking about a relationship recently lost to the void. We used to know how the other was feeling before we spoke, w
  • Dark skies at allpoetry
    The sky was dark tonight Devoid of all stars
  • The Left Ventricle at allpoetry
    My bed, feels soft and wonderful But still, sleep alludes me
  • Something beautiful at allpoetry
    Your scent in the morning Teases
  • Colorful Exoressions at allpoetry
    I got lost in the colors Of your self expression
  • Once We Meet at allpoetry
    Do you want to know The first thing I saw when we met?
  • Ode to writingdelight at allpoetry
    My dear, I'm at a loss For the inspiration you long to inspire
  • "Here We go... Are You Ready???" at allpoetry
    If I were a month I would be: October If I were a day of the week I would be: Friday
  • It wasnt supposed to be like this at allpoetry
    It wasn't supposed to be like this Desperation never felt so cold
  • Goodbye Sober Eyes at allpoetry
    Sober eyes close Absolved of all realities
  • Wishing at allpoetry
    15 words
  • Yesterday at allpoetry
    20 words
  • Another Tear at allpoetry
    10 words
  • Breathless at allpoetry
    15 words.
  • It's at allpoetry
    It's the words you use The descriptions you lay out
  • Naked Lies at allpoetry
    If I laid before you naked Bare of all insecurities
  • Cold Soda at allpoetry
    I chase your essence down with a cold soda And watch you with keen repulsion
  • Tetanus Shots at allpoetry
    I've almost gotten used to this The wallpaper is peeling around the edges
  • Writers block at allpoetry
    I sit back Get comfortable
  • Sweat ((A Work in Progress)) at allpoetry
    Uneven breaths Perspiration drips from your face
  • Poetic Commitment at allpoetry
    I commit you to paper To computer screens
  • That same moon at allpoetry
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  • Nail Polish at allpoetry
    Nail polish bottles One has tipped
  • Streaks of Red at allpoetry
    Frustration Wells within the soul
  • A Time for Change at allpoetry
    It's the scent that comes first Heavy and earthy
  • These hands at allpoetry
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  • An Indecisive Moment at allpoetry
    Like a sunset on a wide open sea Or snow capped trees scattered over oldest mountains
  • The Almost One Night Stand at allpoetry
    Once upon a time / (Friday night, June 28th) / I touched your skin / And tasted your lips / I held you in my arms / And danced with you / In the blazing star light / (Of a disco ball) / I caressed yo
  • Dusty Words at allpoetry
    I open my mouth but the sound won’t come / I move my tongue but the slow repetition does nothing / Looking out across the world I try to speak / But not a single syllable is heard / The wind brings murmurs to my ears
  • Falling Out at allpoetry
    Sometimes I feel left behind / Like I've fallen from the flow of life / To lay, dormant, lost upon the ground / A shattered, broken fragment of my former self / A memory someone has forgot, a love that has been lost
  • I am a Poet at allpoetry
    I am a poet / In the lowest most non-poetic sense of the word / How can I begin to explain it? / I plagiarize everything / From my concepts / To the turn of phrase / At times I even plagiarize myself / My d
  • Dusty Illusions at allpoetry
    My illusions gather dust / Sitting on the shelf of my mind / Right where I left them / When last I added another one / Sometimes I like to take them down / And look through them, one by one / Laugh at my own
  • The desert sun at allpoetry
    Hot desert wind brushes my face / Sliding down my arms,through outstretched fingers / Like a long-lost lovers caress / Even in the heat of the ever burning sun / I cant help but shiver, draw back from the light
  • The Geometry of Him at allpoetry
    It’s just a simple curve / Shoulder, to neck / Soft slope that moves / Turning into a right angle / Sliding out into a straight line / With every move it becomes a new shape / A geometric conundrum / At least to
  • Bitter Goodbyes at allpoetry
    Goodbye / The word tasted so bitter / As I mouthed it allowed / And I could taste the metallic tang of blood / Not realizing until it was too late / That I'd bitten into the soft flesh of my lip / I felt the tears
  • [ It's sad really ] at allpoetry
    It's sad really / How a life can be snuffed out / Like a flame of a candle / When a fathers greed / And a mother’s silence / Can destroy a life- / No, wait, three lives / 2 children dead / 1 has lost her sanit
  • Maybe another time at allpoetry
    Promises of forever / All die with a single whisper / The telltale pause / The screaming silence / Even the way your eyes... / Just kind of slide away / / I know you feel it too / The regret for what we could
  • Pent up emotions at allpoetry
    I’m at a loss for words
    Staring up at the crescent moon
  • Rainstorms at allpoetry
    A single tear lies upon the folded paper
    Already evaporating 
  • Red Lace at allpoetry
    Red lace
    Covering skin the color and texture of a ripe peach
  • Those Stars at allpoetry
    Those stars
    They hold my secrets
  • Drippy Kisses at allpoetry
    Its raining
    Its pouring
  • The Many Muses Of Me at allpoetry
    My first Love
    Came in the form of a darling baby girl
  • My Dragon Eyes at allpoetry
    For my dork.
  • That First Kiss at allpoetry
    It was like that first kiss
    Graceless, and unsure
  • The End at allpoetry
    The End
    Really, quite redundant
  • To The End at allpoetry
    http://fantasyartdesign.com/3dgallery/a-digital/3D-images/x3d-art-galleryGrie/3d-art02-pioneers.htm

    Written for an AP class, this pictur
  • Angel of Death at allpoetry
      The bar was dingy, dim, dirty and disgusting. A thick layer of dust clung to everything, including the beer mugs and shot glasses. T
  • Theoretically at allpoetry
    Theoretically
    It should have gone perfectly
  • Dear _______ at allpoetry
    Dear _______
    I waited
  • Phone Sexcapades at allpoetry
      “Just take it!” My best friend, Katie wrapped my fingers around the little card.
      “But I don’t need it.” I argued back, trying
  • Frustrated at allpoetry
    Frustration
    I feel it so well
  • Mr. Big Bad Bear at allpoetry
    You are a stubborn ass
    It's really as simple as that
  • Sighs and Pointless Wishes at allpoetry
    When Im sad
    And all alone
  • Time To Bury You at allpoetry
    I thought I had buried these feelings
    I thought I had let it all go
  • Why I cried at allpoetry
    Ive finally come to apreciate how cleansing it is to cry.
  • Past the Point of Pain at allpoetry
    Past the point of pain
    Thats how I feel right now