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S. Libellule wrote a new post

• 1 year, 4 months ago

Dusted Destiny

Poetry

May 25, 2025

3

Now it seems so easy to see,my path traced in a dusted destiny –all these truths which lie in store,far beyond each African shore. I sailed across a world so wideto allow my soul to no longer hide.Barefoot, I stepped...

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3 Comments
- Thomas W. Case
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Tremendous.
- DampKitten
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  I’ve never been, but your poems almost carry me there.
- Damian DeadLove
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Beautifully penned, LDF. Incredible imagery my friend. Appreciate you.
  
  Damian
Crimsin wrote a new post

• 1 year, 4 months ago

grief

Poetry, Uncategorized

May 25, 2025

7

find your way among the stars my sonyour sweet voice still lingersMa don't be sad...wept tears and those I keeponly God seesverses pent up with the ocean I need to releasefeeling deeply despite my numbing agentit feels like breathingsobriety...

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5 Comments
- Willow
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Brenda, this absolutely breaks the heart. I am sending you so much love & the biggest hug
  - Crimsin
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    hello beautiful Willow thank you hugs back I will be alright I can’t help but write what I feel and everyday my mind is retracing it’a steps to the days we had together and how we got here ❤️
- Thomas W. Case
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Powerful work. Heartbreaking.
  - Crimsin
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    hello dearest Thomas thank you for the love on this write ❤️
- Damian DeadLove
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Heartbreaking write, Brenda. This is powerfully penned my friend. Sending prayers and positive energy your way. Appreciate you.
  
  Damian
Damian DeadLove wrote a new post

• 1 year, 4 months ago

Shadow Of Doubt

Poetry

May 25, 2025

14

Biased figures manipulate opportunities Power has reigned since the dawn of time Spitting rhetoric laced with dry ambiguities False sincerity acted out in full pantomime Dreams are aborted before even catching breath Harsh reality of being worked and taxed to death Programmed from a young...

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13 Comments
- S. Libellule
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Love this… great job Damion…
  - Damian DeadLove
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, LDF. So glad you enjoyed the write my friend. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- inechoingsilence
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  This post, at first blush, leaves me with what to disagree with. After a second read, and seeing the layers underneath, it is powerful and insists that one consider it on the deeper level. Many thanks and blessings. <3 Echo
  - Damian DeadLove
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Echo. So glad you enjoyed the write my friend. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- Willow
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Fist in the air, I’m over here going “Yeah! And…yeah!” All the way through this one. I remember this one & I’m glad she followed you over. Some truths should never fade into darkness. Favorite line:
  
  Only way to quit the lie is to go cold turkey
  
  That is gold, my friend
  - Damian DeadLove
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I loved that line as well. It ranks high as one of my best in my opinion. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- Thomas W. Case
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Raw and gritty. Love it.
  - Damian DeadLove
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Thomas. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- DampKitten
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Totally agree…
  We got a shitstorm of rhetoric and meaningless ambiguity to wade through. I remember the term “Double Speak” from Orwell’s 1984. So legitimate. The dude had the future pegged.
  
  What we need round here is another Nostradamus and some hymnals.
  
  Great write
  - Damian DeadLove
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, DK. So glad you connected with the write my friend. He did get some of it spot on, indeed. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- Poemstar
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Love your raw writing man ❤️‍🔥
  - Damian DeadLove
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Poe. So glad you enjoyed the write my friend. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- Damian DeadLove
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Keith. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
  
  Damian
DampKitten wrote a new post

• 1 year, 4 months ago

The Pond (N.E. Challenge)

Poetry, Spirituality

May 24, 2025

17

Like an old man,he stares out over the still and calmat age seven,on the slick, red clayby the edge of the pondwhere his brother slipped and slidaway under the milky, glass surface,bobbing up and downlike a corkon the end...

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13 Comments
- DampKitten
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  I don’t want to be wiping away your smile, girl.
  Thanks for checking this out
- Backdeckbenny (Peter)
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Different face, different smile from Adira but same effect.
  There’s a few ladies on this site that I’d crawl naked over cut glass just to spend some time with….your one of them.
  - DampKitten
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    That’s such an amazing thing to say, Peter. Don’t cut yourself. I want your body unscathed so I can sign my name on your skin.
    
    xoxoxo
- Fia Naturie
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Dark and engaging . Nice spill
  - DampKitten
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Definitely and thanks!
- Damian DeadLove
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Powerfully penned, DK. This is an incredible write with stellar imagery my friend. Appreciate you.
  
  Damian
  - DampKitten
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Thank you, Damian!
- DampKitten
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  You are too sweet, girl!
- DampKitten
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  When I was young, there were two kids that drowned in the pond across the street… brothers.
  Thanks for reading, Keith
- DampKitten
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  I will never forget it. Everyone on my street held hands and made a human chain as they walked across the pond. Unreal.
- NAAJIR
  1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Deeply felt. Tragic yet majestic at the same time
  
  Much respect
  
  Naaj
  - DampKitten
    1 year, 3 months ago
    
    Hey, Naajir! Thanks for the read and comment. I love hearing your thoughts.
    
    xoxo
- RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS
  1 year ago
  
  I lost a little brother….🙏
  
  So, this one hits especially close to home, Meg.
  Beautifully rendered Free Verse, with all the poetic attributes that make this form so expressively powerful to read and vividly sink one’s mind, heart, emotions, and soul into.
  
  No one speaks with a poetic voice like yours!
  Thank you ever-so warmly for YOU! ⁓ Richard🖌
Pinkdreams wrote a new post

• 1 year, 4 months ago

Spin the Globe

Poetry

May 24, 2025

10

Second to last day of schoolTomorrow, who gives a fucLast year my 6th graders dumped giant bags of Flaming Hot Cheetosinto a hastily washed storage bin,then added copious amountsof hot sauce and lemon juice.They polished off the whole thing.They...

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6 Comments
- Pinkdreams
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Thanks, Adira. It feels great to be free, at least for a while.
- DampKitten
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  You know, in my class we’d spin the bottle, and the teacher wasn’t invited. I’m so glad you’re in there doing the spinning. It’s obvious that you make learning fun. (I’m not saying we didn’t have fun learning, but it wasn’t on the curriculum.)
  
  Have fun in your new life! You’ve earned it.
  - Pinkdreams
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    If it was Van Halen’s Hot for Teacher, the teacher might have been invited to Spin the Bottle (old video but still fun, I think anyway).
    
    Thanks for the good wishes on my new life. While web surfing I stumbled upon a school I might actually like. Going to apply. Can always turn it down.
- Pinkdreams
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Thank you! Now that I’m out of school, I’m going to get caught up on your writing.
- Poetspeak
  1 year, 4 months ago
  
  This is a great read.
  I wish I had teachers like you who gave a damn about her students. I’ve had ADD my whole life. I outgrew it for years but now as a geezer it’s returning…. which sucks.
  I skim everything but I read every word here…
  
  Best of luck going forward.
  I’m thinking of retiring but the thought of it makes me kinda want to puke. I’m old enough to retire but I’m not done yet.
  Need a new career not so much for the money but more for identity..
  
  BIG LIKE
  IMAGINARY RL AWARD
  - Pinkdreams
    1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Thank you PS. I get the retirement struggle. Even if I could afford to retire at this point, I know I would feel lost. Like you, I feel I have more to give. And structure is necessary for ADDs like us. I’m just hoping to find a new gig that’s not as stressful. Hope you find what you’re looking for too.
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