This morning I will not comb my hair
for it has lain
on the pillow of my lover.
Jade
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The Bird is dead,
The sly cat said the bird would be
dead.
No one cares that the bird is dead.
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Bang Bang in the alley.
We have lost another brother.
He won't come to thanksgiving,
Be cause of that poor living.
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Alone
I'm not
Just need
Time away
Upon my return
you'll see
I should've
Stayed
Stayed out
of touch
out of sight
out of the
way
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I just wanted
to touch you
without getting too close
without staying too long
I just needed
to know
without seeing too much
but the moment is gone
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CHRISTMAS LIST
Truly an uninspiring thing
To wish for that which
I'll never need
I suppose my
best request
to allow my breath
and take what's left
Undeserving
your good will
but I'm selfish
Wishing still
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I read a book once
good book
good stories
makes me want to live
but
it was just a book
is that okay?
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A lot of time
I've spent
awaiting inspiration
As I look back
I'm a thief
and a bad one at
that
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80
If I ever
reach eighty
I don't think
I could
live
with the first twenty
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"For Romance"
Endless love,
For romance to blossom.
Forever bliss,
For romance to cling.
Deceiving heart,
For romance to fall.
Broken promises,
For romance to cringe.
Eternal sorrow,
For romance to die.
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a semi-haiku by Square
Taang music of astro
naughts orange orange
orange
cosmos, i'm thristy
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The water was warm and soothing,
but I could not feel.
The air was crisp and fresh,
but I could not smell.
The fruits were sweet and lush,
but I could not taste.
The day was bright and busy,
but I could not see.
Her words were soft and tender,
but I could not hear.
I am alive,
but already dead.
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Drugs
Spinning,
mindless in the haze
drunken stupor
welcomed with open arms
screaming, dreaming,
crying, dying
all is good
when you're high
red and blue
flashing
sharp steel shackles-
then you're running
not from them
from you
stumbling and thinking
what was it you're trippin on?
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3 Winter Haiku
winter morning song,
the sounding from your
footsteps
in hardening snow
the trees stand not bare
in the garden full of
snow,
this Christmas morning
it's this time of year,
full of glistering
snowflakes
and few birds flying
Merry Christmas To All
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No fairer maidens have there been,
Or ever shall there
be.
Stay young my little princess bride,
Sing forth in
joyous glee.
Bring laughter to the birds again,
With beauty fill my
eyes.
Your love for me, though undeserved
I'll guard until I
die.
Don't think about the sordid past
Or evils that were
done.
Instead grab on to what you've got
and take it on the
run.
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WOMAN
newly
born
baby
crying
smiling
chuckling
crawling,
then
cautiously
walking
young
child
playing
screaming
shrieking
fun
girl
Teen
Learning
about
Life
Striving,
to
fit
in
Teacher,
Student
I
Can!
College
For
the
First
Time,
Responsibilities
Consequences
Adult
Jobs,
Bosses
Husband
Family
newly
born
baby
crying
smiling
chuckling
Mother!
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CHRISTMAS ANGELS
I AM LOOKING FOR MY CHRISTMAS ANGEL
I AM TOLD ALL I HAVE TO DO IS RING A BELL
YOU HEAR SO MANY BELLS RINGING
REALLY LISTEN HEAR THEM SINGING
DIFFERENT RINGS DIFFERENT CHIMES LISTEN TO THE SOUND
THIS MUST MEAN THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF ANGELS AROUND
THEY ARE HERE TO COMFORT AND CARE
YOU COULD BE THAT ANGEL REACH OUT SHARE
HELP NOT JUST YOUR SELF BUT THOSE IN NEED
THIS WILL BRING YOU INNER PEACE INDEED
Written by Cheryl C Dowling
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I feel the demons draggin' me down.
I call for you but
you can't be found.
and I'm falling.
I see the colors taking me down.
And I know I must be
hellbound.
And I'm calling.
If I walk they come my way, and If I talk they hear what
I say.
If I cry, but I'm too numb
Cursed for life, what
have I done.
And I walk, talk, cry.
And I live, hope,
die.
What the hell is going on,
And I've been burned by the
sun.
But If I crawl they follow me.
Even tell me what
to be.
In a suicidal dream.
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You are like a season,
Everpleasing,
Changing with the year.
And like the ice,
So cool and nice,
But melt when heat is near.
Just like the fall,
You are winters call,
To come without a fear.
So simple minded,
I am blinded,
Whenever you are here.
And if you defeat,
Then I'll retreat,
Next tears begin to smear.
And all in all,
I'll try not to fall,
But fill my heart with cheer.
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SNOW
Large field of White snow,
Hot sun reflects of
brightly
Pure, Plain, Innocent
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come-back
(1'st chorus)
i feel
miserable
split up
for yr
scary
come back
past
and
frightened
on off
sadness
keith dunn scaleeye
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His Eyes
His eyes stole my thoughts
His eyes stole my sinner soul
His eyes should be like a road of gold
of a story not told. But it doesn't matter
now because his thoughts are now mine.
Written by Sasha Bleything
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Lonely Sand Castle,
Towers watch vast, empty
seas.
Shells guard main entrance.
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Haiku:
Rubber soccer ball,
screaming by their
goalkeeper
victory is mine.
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What Would Happen If...
Reality has hit
Its tentacles
Entangling me in its hold
How I wish it would let me go!
Sleep has left me
Wandering in my fathomless
Abyss of loneliness
How I wish I could lose
All my feelings in my heart
It would make these days easier to bear
Easier to see my heartache
Easier to get by
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I AM
I was a child who fought like a Man,
I was a Man
who fought like a child.
I was a cat that hated like a lion,
I was a tiger who
was frighten like a kitten.
I was one who lived with pain like a tortured slave,
I
was one who cried alone like a hermit.
I was part of there war with an ignorant Gun,
I was
separated from peace with thy enemies Blood.
I am a soldier who wishes not to live,
I am a soul who
is afraid to die.
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beauty chained me, she said
how sweet
still a poet on her knees
she refused charity
well, now so obsolete
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NEVER
NOT IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS
ITS TOO DEFYING AND YOU KNOW IM NOT INTO THAT
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME IF ...YOU KNOW....I DID
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"Brother"
He walks through life miserable
I wish to relate to
him but I'm enable
I try to reach out but I'm
denied
Sometimes I get so petrified
One day he discovered he had a problem
i figured
he was qualified for an asylum
Our family was
destroyed
I was incredibly annoyed
I frown at what he put me through
I laugh because he
really didn't mean to
My family will soon have
bliss
Because he will be well soon, my brother Chris
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SECRET PLACES
My secret place lies above a lake,
In the hills,
Where God's words are heard as said.
Beside the rhododendrons,
Laurels,
And a timber brake,
Along a trail that I alone must tread,
I carry my weary body,
My tortured soul
With the rush of water,
The fall of leaves,
To the place where nature makes you whole.
Free of life's pressures,
With clean air to breathe.
It soothes the soul.
Again I am free,
Along the mountain trails,
As a youth I once ran.
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words of time unknown
until the final word's
there,
- in the last sentence
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"Eyes"
entry to your soul,
two full moons
of inner space,
- pearls in a winter
~*~ a winter haiku ~*~
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Late night chatting
New friends
A key click
away
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I Love The Night
I see the sky grow dark and black
Then I know the night is back
I love the night and star-lit skies
And the moon when it dose rise
I look to see it's silver shine
Dancing dancing on the water and salty brine
I see the bat the owl and cat watching me as I go by
I love the night I can not lie
I do not cry nor pout nor wimper
As I see the night eyes shimmer
of a wolf or two or three
You see my friend they are brothers to me
I love the night and it loves me.
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Love Always, Me
Maybe tomorrow, he'll realize. I love him so.
But why doesn't he realize, why doesn't he know?
Love has hurt many things, me I am just one.
So many have left, after the damage is done.
Some have trued, but ended up to fail.
I wanted it to rain, but it ended up to hail.
I love him so much, at least he could try.
He says he wants not to hurt me, but yet I cry.
Why won't he try, and let loves course be?
And I always write him: Love always, Me.
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The Dark Corner of My Love
You walk past me knowing I am there, yet not caring
Seeing me crying, yet not stopping
Why is that you not stop for someone who is weeping over you?
Instead you spit on me with your walking by
Please stop, I beg you
You don't hear me
I scream and scream in the silence of this dark corner
But you never stop to comfort me
How can you be so cruel?
Can't you see the love I have for you?
Please, don't leave me here alone with my love
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?
During the winter,
It rains as hard as snow.
I walk through the park,
To my living room.
In my living room,
I see a bird.
With this bird,
I eat with joy.
Never mind,
Never will.
As i seek a jar,
And take that pill.
Anthony Thayer
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there's a black hole
inside me
always hungry
gravity pulling
time heavy
around my
heart
must be in there somewhere?
in the centre
crushed
doesn't pressure create...
diamonds?
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Blood
is shed for a reason.
Racism, poverty, starvation, and disease
have a purpose, play a role, have an
explanation.
How long will this go on?
Hatred, love, jealousy, and greed
are the excuses, so who is to blame?
Hypocrisy is the rule of fools,
yet it reigns over each lost generation.
Religion is vanishing,
being replaced by
shameless values, arrogance, and intolerance.
Is there a purpose, explanation, reason?
Is there a person to blame?
Will this ever
end?
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1999.
Feature copyright © AHA Books 1999.