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Read MoreAs a child, I felt the quiet and the melancholia on my mom's face, she never hummed, she never sangbut she put beans on the plate with tearsas I counted my toes, one times one and I whispered..."Mom, is...
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Thank you, Jessy.
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Read MoreApril 7th risesnot like a dawnbut like a curtain being pulled backon a stage that has been waitingfor centuries. It is the day of empty skulls,not dead,not forgotten,just hollowed cleanby the slow, patient erosionof everything that once matteredtoo much. These skulls...
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Damn the skull is an empty chalice waiting to be filled. This is so deep with hints of darkness all through it. Nicely done
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Thank you, Fia.
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Thank you, Keith.
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“April 7th brings the other kind:
the sharp, unsentimental forgiveness
that strips you bare,
that names your mistakes
without flinching,
that empties your skull
so something truer
can echo inside it.”Powerfully penned, PAR. Into the book it belongs! What an amazing write with a flow the moves like the wind my friend. So many excellent stanzas brother, but the one above hits like a freight train. I can relate. Excellent read. Appreciate you.
Damian
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The Old Man at the Window and the Immortal Cats is next. Thank you, brother.
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PAR (Paulo Acácio Ramos) posted in the group National Poetry Month
The Day of Empty Skulls and Full Time
April 7th rises
not like a dawn
but like a curtain being pulled back
on a stage that has been waiting
for centuries.It is the day of empty skulls,
not dead,
not forgotten,
just hollowed clean
by the slow, patient erosion
of everything that once mattered
too much.These skulls are not…Read More
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Wow very nice PAR… it’s a story that’s both sad but with a positive reason too. Good job.
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Thank you, it’s just me, versing!
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No problem 😊
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Read MoreRhyymes over crimes verbs divide as knives plunged deep into keyboards, if God was drunk at the Last Supper the chalice fell from my mantlepiece Litte Miss Poetry came to my room wearing a red typewriter, did I really see a folded negligee on empty pages and would you have straddled me licking pearls from last...
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The twist and turns you have going here had me laughing and then my mouth was hanging open. Interesting piece
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Powerfully penned, Ghosteen. Another excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Very cute lines. Son understands mom so more than any. Because he feels he could wipe off mom’s tears.
Jessy Jacob ❤️