• for sake of the lesson I added punctuation…don’t get attached.

    gravity slip

    I stumble thru a world
    that’s bent slightly outa focus
    as if it were half dream,
    half burn.
    heat risin off my skin in waves
    like quiet embers tryin
    to decide if I’m worth ignitin.

    every breath feels wrong,
    every step lands heavy,
    gravity clawin up my s…Read More

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    • Sheer brilliance, Syr 253👌

      You’ve mastered the heatbeat techniques of Free Verse poetry: Imagery, deeply gripping emotion, metaphor, spot-on line-breaks, seamless enjambment, syntax; and, except for the distraction of missing “g’s”, your diction and spellbinding flow would be irresistibly captivating to the senses.

      Also, your well-placed…Read More

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    hedonistic

    morose feelings entertainmy sexuality tied to darknessstunningly beautiful, captivating my soulseducing my flesh, lust flashes and I cavea seduction of spiritquietly amusing me, while my thoughts are abusedin the thick of things I moantasting the aether and the need...

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    Atlas

    atlas   how i wishit were mewho had your name,whose rounded shoulderswere as traversed asthe pagesof an atlasbetween your hands.                                                                                                              

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  • This is my Free verse

    Do you hear the sun?
    As the rays beat down on the ground,
    It is subtle but poignant
    It’s purpose is to burn.
    The exquisite heat,
    does not match the coolness in your eyes

    Do you smell the wind?
    Multicolored in its complexity
    Surrounds you,
    Invades your very core.
    It gives you life.
    Then withdraws to take your b…Read More

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    • Beautifully imagined, Fia, an excellent effort!
      Deserves a VERY strong title!

      ISSUES TO CONSIDER:
      1. Unnecessarily Capitalizing every line, which tends to confuse when one complete line, thought, etc; begins or ends, effectively stumbling the flow, attention, and overall magical smoothness of a poem’s captive spell.
      2. Poetic voice … how a poe…Read More

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    mercissly

    sinking deeper into despairmy heart coveth what it cannotit is with dread this admittancethe heart can be so ficklewhen it has set its sights on onea soul so very intelligent yet coldthe very idea of me fills him with...

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