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diesel breathing (from January 2007)

Submitted by andrew on Fri, 2023-03-03 15:20

i found a red light that turned to green
the moment i sped past

that hour’s train thundered above as
i threatened the glossy paint
against the stone trestle
of the railroad bridge

the fog of thinking dissolved on that
cold road as I watched it
consumed underneath,
seventy miles per hour
pulling the yellow snake
across the black

i thought about abbreviations
the way you squeeze otherwise respectable words
as you punch out the order for a classified

Workshop: 
Poetry in the Age of AI

If I Die Young

Submitted by Shelby Pryor on Fri, 2023-03-03 13:51

If I don't get to live a full life
If I don't get to fulfill my days
All I ask of you is don't forget me
Don't forget all my quirky ways

Don't cry for me, that won't help
Don't wish I'd taken things slow
You wouldn't be grieving my loss
If you could see what I finally know

Don't wear black to my funeral
Wear white and yellow and red
It would hurt me to see you in pain
Please don't cry, I'm not really dead

SILENT VOICE IN THE LAND OF CHAOS

Submitted by scribbler on Fri, 2023-03-03 13:15

In dark of night I sit alone
upon a rolling river's bank
beyond the reach of any phone
upon a near flat granite stone.

My thoughts flow free in this late hour
forming words I'd like to share
as closely as is in my power
yet lack of skill near makes me cower.

I look across the wide slow river
and see the lights where people gather
while silent rain drops make me shiver
and the cat tail's dry stalks quiver

Time for tea?

Submitted by Leslie on Fri, 2023-03-03 12:37

You may think we’re crazy
But in reality we’re just simple folk
Searching endlessly
For someone just to talk to
Someone just like you
Who possess the inner power
To discern our individuality,
Accept us in our weakness
And take enough time
To sip some tea!

Invocation

Submitted by Clentin on Fri, 2023-03-03 07:06

Words that have no sound
Are heard by the one who counts
Seeking an answer

New Space

Submitted by Rosewood Apothecary on Fri, 2023-03-03 06:09

I am slowly but steadily carving
A cache to hold my tender heart
Protect it from the world at large
From the rank and file I must depart

It’s hard to flee when hurt hits home
Others clutter up your thoughts
Threatening to tear the fabric
Of the the peace so dearly bought

It’s not my nature to ignore
Pandora’s box now open wide
Entangled I must watch the ghosts
Demons that were hid inside

READYMADE 3 (NO ENTRANCE)

Submitted by Entend2u on Fri, 2023-03-03 05:39

NO ENTRANCE
Keep at least one metre from the rear
STAND WELL BACK FROM THE TRACK
THE TRAIN WILL NOT STOP HERE

KEEP LEFT
NO WAITING
WALK DON'T RUN
QUEUE THIS SIDE
(Don’t look into the sun.)

SCRATCH THE CARD FOUR TIMES
THEN CHECK THE CHART
FOUR BELLS FORETELLS A MILLION
(Three bells only tolls for thee)

EAT FRUIT DAILY (‘til you fart)
GET MORE ROUGHAGE
DRINK LESS WINE
TEAR ALONG THE DOTTED LINE

World Building

Submitted by Depressed 1 on Fri, 2023-03-03 03:49

Was having lunch with people the other day

Could not understand a word they had to say

As my mind wandered away, I started to feel

That none of these people were even real

Implanted memories from a long time ago

To turn me into someone who I do not know

I hear voices inside my head I cannot see

They are all just part of the grand conspiracy

I feel so much better when I am all alone

Living in this world, I built all on my own

Living inside of this cold, cold ice box

Held together by mental blocks

An Unfair Reflection

Submitted by Michael Keens on Fri, 2023-03-03 03:01

Like facing a mirror, if I went back in time
Reclined on the floor, when this boy aged nine
Keenly approached, as I sipped my wine.
Mum by his side, he desperately asked
What’s in your flask? And come back to ours!
His mum then said No! Leave him alone
We have things to do, then we must go home.
The boy defiantly said the man is cold and it’s dark
He doesn’t have a mum, a bed, or even a phone.
She said don’t trust that man, he can sleep where he’s at
No! said the boy, he’s a man not a cat!

I Can Now Hear Him

Submitted by lovedly on Fri, 2023-03-03 01:32

Honey voice of god
from veiled curtains
heavenly clouds

God also smiles for me
as I see and hear
the unknown being
where is God
still tell me

anybody!!!

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