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Read MoreIt is a firestorm that rages and whirls within my body, that no hand of sanity can smother. My innards burn, my blood boils, the flesh upon me bubbles. Sane, as I may have been before, the virtues that encased this body with innocence has long but...
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Read MoreAs I remember, I learn to forget the buoyant memories that linger. When I am foundering, I resurface, only to drown in the world’s stigma. As masking as the calm, glassy sheet segregating this pond of thought is, this curtain between dreams and the world has...
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Read MoreSo stain—as marks that remain longer than intent,and hesitation pressed into the grain. Second guess,doubt’s small fracture widening,as though the Voice were drowned,as though we mistook the silencefor absence. But sustain is not the clean note held—it is the rough edge,the...
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Hey Fia, I think you’ve captured the heart of it beautifully. The poem is holding onto a truth: that even when it feels like silence or loss, we’re not ourselves erased. What seems like absence is often a hidden kind of leading, and the very marks we carry become proof that we were being guided all along. Something like that.
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Fia Naturie posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”
Was born with eyes wide open
To be prepared for the truth
Not wanting to offend
What had happened on the roofHolding pasts in a box
We crawl, we stand, then walk
Rusty keys enter locks
Speaking words before caughtStreams of tears without sound
Lover’s end, rings withdrawn
heartbeat forever unbound
Dawn shows you were a p…Read More2 Comments-
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Okay, Fia 👌 Thanks for your submission and participation. You’ve made a very good start, with the basic format of a Sonnet down pat … 3 Quatrains and a Rhyming Couplet, and your rhyme-scheme is spot-on. In particular, your topic is interesting, with emotion depth, strong metaphorical imagery, and captivating ambiance that sets the mood. With a b…Read More
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Thank you
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Read MoreSO YOU WANT MORE? (This is a sequel/part two to both...BODY PAINT TIME and THE NEW TENANT). I bring together my agoraphobic neighbor Mags (Body Paint Time) and Jaz (The New Tenant) - Enjoy the sex! -------- The day after Jaz moved...
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So, you’re staying that nothing is gone and even though it may feel like you’re losing it, You should stay fast because you are not erased but being led down a path you cannot see? That is what I get.