List: Green Cups

• 15 Minutes

  Nineteen eighty-eight
  I was twenty-nine years old.

  27 lines, 10 comments, on May 14 9:57 PM
• A Fairies Lament

  Hooded form from forest dark
  in distance stands with cage.

  22 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 5 1:43 PM 2008. In Contest, Fantasy, Dark, Pain, Sad
• A Moment of Sanity

  Mired in this abyss for what seems an eternity.

  21 lines, 6 comments, on May 19 11:59 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Sad, Pain, Hope
• A Mystical Night In New Hope

  An artist town on the Delaware
  in a basement apartment one night

  18 lines, 33 comments, on Jul 26 7:05 AM 2008. In Contest, Fantasy, Personal, Weird, Thoughts
• A Sailors Lament

  In the foot hills that skirt, this well worn road
  Lies a path, near journeys end

  13 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 16 11:40 AM 2008. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love
• A Shooting Star

  Like a shooting star
  that burnt so bright

  25 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 6 1:46 PM 2008
• Acceptance # 2

  15 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 2 6:44 PM. In Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Acceptance, Life, Contemporary, Society, Noguest
• Against Medical Advice # 3

  Against medical advice
  I recklessly went,

  22 lines, 27 comments, on Apr 17 10:19 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Lost in thought, Abstract, Pain
• Alive In My Dreams

  The crystal sand crumbles
  From the corner of my eyes

  36 lines, 20 comments, on Mar 19 3:48 PM 2008. In Contest, Sad, Personal, Thoughts
• Angel

  When I first saw your face,I knew it was love
  My very special angel, sent from above

  10 lines, 19 comments, on Nov 29 11:00 AM 2007. In Fantasy, Love
• Anneliese (ACROSTIC)

  Angelic aura surrounds her
  No harm will come her way

  10 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 11 7:51 AM
• Anticipation

  Butterfly's loosed
  The stomach quivers

  13 lines, 18 comments, on Dec 8 10:02 PM 2007. In Contest, Romance
• Ascended

  Eden shines in the distance
  through the infinity of time.

  14 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 14 10:23 AM. In Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts, Noguest
• Asylum

  63 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 23 7:28 AM. In Contest, Adult, Dark, Twisted Weird Thoughts
• Baby Rap

  Hey yo yo,
  what up?

  27 lines, 10 comments, on Sep 6 10:42 PM. In Humor
• Balance

  A joy shared is doubled it will shine in the hearts

  6 lines, 1 comment, on May 19 10:50 AM 2008. In Contest, Love, Hope, Faith
• Balance # 2

  Beyond good and evil
  the enlightened conscience.

  11 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 25 10:36 AM 2008. In Contest, Spiritual, Inspirational, Message
• Ball And Chain

  It is not failure that I fear
  it’s so familiar in my life.

  19 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 26 2:40 PM. In Personal, Spiritual, Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Noguest
• Blade of Life

  Frost forms on blades of grass
  as the morning chills my spine.

  24 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 12 1:57 PM. In Life, Death, Nature, Personal, Thoughts, Noguest
• Blue Love

  All the world against us still, we’re powerless to yeild

  31 lines, 6 comments, on May 26 7:51 AM 2008. In Contest, Love, Hope, Life, Sad, Society
• Broken Spring

  Trying to escape lifes shadow
  in pain of loss he’s torn bereft.

  27 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 13 11:03 AM. In Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Pain, Love, Life, Death, Noguest
• Building Bridges

  Mirror mirror on the wall
  it’s been seven long years

  18 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 6 9:30 AM. In Personal, Spiritual, Pain, Weird, Thoughts, Noguest
• Celestial Puberty

  The outer space of inner space
  lay beneath surface of the moon.

  21 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 29 7:21 AM
• Centered

  The short stature of ones candle
  has no bearing on the flame produced,

  4 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 7 3:41 PM
• Cherished Moments

  Gratitude speaks from my tearing eyes
  when life’s dark clouds, break into sun.

  12 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 26 11:49 AM 2008. In Contest, Hope, Love, Pain, Life
• Chrysalis

  I shed the rotting skin of a decadent life,
  it always hurts breaking in new shoes.

  6 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 17 8:02 PM. In Nature, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts, Noguest
• Connected

  A patchwork of perfection, this seasoned heart.
  In spite of being trampled on and torn apart.

  10 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 24 1:16 PM. In Noguest, Heartbreak, Lost love, Hope
• Convergance

  Space, time and thought…
  Not as separate, as they appear!

  2 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 25 7:43 PM. In Personal, Thoughts, Noguest
• Cosmic Color

  My soul is a rainbow
  of lives lived in the past

  21 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 26 10:30 AM 2008. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Cosmic Strings

  So pure a love, there could never be
  wile trapped in the shell of humanity

  22 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 29 5:16 PM. In Contest, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Deceitful Images

  The veil of beauty
  fades in time.

  9 lines, 5 comments, on May 6 10:28 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Pain, Life
• Destination Mars

  Feet planted in the ground
  your mind transcends to stars.

  21 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 26 9:25 AM. In Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts, Noguest
• Destitute Prosperity

  Jubilant hermit abandons, his shanty shack in the woods. Possibilities of a bright future abound for this lotto winner.

  16 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 26 9:52 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Sad, Life, Hope
• Discontinuity

  Our last day on Mother Earth
  being pulled and drawn to breach.

  19 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 24 9:37 AM. In Contest, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Distant Thunder

  Distant thunder,
  in the back of my mind.

  26 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 12 11:26 AM 2008. In Contest, Nature, Personal, Thoughts
• Dodging Bullets # 2

  Ducking out of the rain
  I looked up and said

  3 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 10 10:03 AM 2008. In Contest, Nature, Humor
• Drama-Rama

  Misery loves company
  on this you can depend.

  20 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 11:04 PM. In Humor, Rant, Weird, Twisted, Thoughts, Noguest
• Egg Shells # 2

  Gently peel the egg shell
  from this new born heart.

  12 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 27 10:18 AM 2008. In Contest, Life, Love, Happiness
• Embers

  20 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 6 6:25 AM. In Love, Life, Commitment
• Embers of Love

  With Heaven ablaze in our eyes
  the flames of Hell can not reach us.

  22 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 17 3:28 PM. In Contest, Passion, Commitment, Life time, Love
• Empathy Cries

  The refugee camp overflowed
  a human mosaic on the land.

  18 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 7 3:21 PM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Sad, Society, Pain, Life
• Enchantments Rebirth

  All the woodland Gnomes and Fairies
  had just gathered, in dusks dim light.

  26 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 9 2:25 PM. In Nature, Fantasy, Birth, Magic, Enchantment, Noguest
• Evolving (Phyquain)

  My soul spills forth in written word
  so many paths for pen to tread.

  27 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 2 2:45 PM 2008. In Contest, Form, Pain, Growth, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Expiration Date

  This building like this old man
  a rich history, do they share

  24 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 26 3:19 PM 2008
• Fleeting Hope

  The hikers walked by my shallow grave.
  A thin cover of dried leaves.

  8 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 26 1:48 PM
• Freeze Frame

  The steel gray sky Of mother natures scorn

  7 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 21 1:50 PM 2008. In Contest, Spiritualy, Dark, Painful & Sad
• Frustrated Wisdom

  A blending of mind and soul
  Enlightenment from within.

  26 lines, 14 comments, on May 26 6:14 AM 2008. In Contest, Love, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Gas

  It smells so bad
  But I can't stop laughing

  7 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 22 1:15 PM 2007. In Humor
• Going Down

  I held you in my heart
  falling deep into despair

  2 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 28 5:50 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Sad, Hope
• Going Out In Style

  In the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining
  do I make the best of what I've got, or keep on whining?

  10 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 10 11:32 PM. In Life, Death, Humor, Noguest
• Gone To Rust

  31 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 18 3:50 PM. In Nature, Fantasy, Dark, Sad, Society, Death, Noguest
• Good Orderly Direction (GOD)

  Here on earth, I can not see you
  but I listen to my moral consience.

  4 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 19 10:07 PM
• Growth

  I am leaving the box of conformity
  and living outside my comfort zone

  4 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 23 9:08 AM 2008. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts, Hope, Life, Self Respect
• Half Full

  When impossible becomes possible
  you’ve changed your point of view.

  19 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 15 9:35 AM. In Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts, Noguest
• Home

  When evening comes too soon
  and my day is finally done.

  35 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 23 11:20 AM. In Noguest, Inspirational, Personal, Thoughts, Life
• Humility

  I never go up into my cluttered mind unescorted.
  I always bring my moral conscience as chapparone.

  16 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 11 2:29 PM. In Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts, Noguest
• I See Red

  I see red forming on a single leaf.
  Come autumn they all will turn.

  24 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 16 2:49 PM. In Nature, Personal, Sad, Pain, Loss, Heart ache, Death, Noguest
• Illumination

  My heart echos within the walls,
  of imaculate conception.......

  40 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 26 2:04 PM
• Images

  In a world of pathetic posers, who
  wear their genders attributes

  10 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 21 6:54 PM
• Inner Peace

  To achieve a life of balance
  this message God imparts

  30 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 28 8:55 AM
• Innocence # 2

  This crimson rose
  Pails in comparison

  3 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 29 8:57 AM 2008. In Contest, Life, Children, Love
• Insecurities

  Licken covered chestnut oak,
  gently lists towards back yard swing.

  12 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 6 3:37 PM
• Intimate Darkness (Devil-ku)

  holding you chest to chest
  light goes out of your eyes

  7 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 31 2:08 PM. In Devilku 6-6-6
• Into Madness

  Into the darkness and out of the cage
  I openly embrace, my new found rage.

  20 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 22 4:01 PM
• Juicy Meat

  65 lines, 18 comments, on Feb 24 11:04 AM. In Contest, Appliance Erotica, Adult, Romance, Noguest
• Julie My Friend

  Julie my friend,
  fifty-five makes you ten.

  25 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 11 7:56 PM
• Junk Food Love (A Metaphor Within A Metaphor)

  Scorned by the orange cup cake
  Setting on the event horizon

  20 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 22 8:20 AM 2008. In Contest, Humor, Weird, Love, Nature, Metaphor
• Lauren

  Lauren is such a beautiful name
  your father’s choice was wise.

  18 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 11 11:54 AM 2008. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Legacy

  Looking up into securities hands I saw a future self

  2 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 15 7:34 AM 2008. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts
• Letting Go # 1

  Hush your crying eyes
  Still your grieving heart

  18 lines, 2 comments, on May 12 9:42 AM 2008. In Contest, Emotional, Pain, Sad, Grief, Spiritual, Hope
• Life Preserver

  My life preserver, in a sea of death
  I reached for recovery, with my dying breath.

  20 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 9 9:12 PM. In Dark, Sad, Pain, Hope, Life, Noguest
• Lost

  Like the moth, this lost soul
  was derailed by false light.

  24 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 17 2:12 PM. In Dark, Sad, Death, Spiritual, Angst, Noguest
• Malady of the Jack Asses

  In the light of day, he shows his ass
  testosterone leading the way.

  18 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 3 8:59 AM 2008. In Contest, Humor, Life
• Mirror

  Sun set in paradise.
  Clouds blanket night sky

  5 lines, 4 comments, on May 5 11:29 PM
• Mother Natures Enchantment (Harrisham Sonnet)

  Willow dancing in autumn breeze
  waves invitation to old growth oak

  15 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 2 10:39 AM 2008. In Contest, Fantasy, Nature, Spiritual
• My Window

  (Sung Fast)
  Cars fly by my window, late at night

  75 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 15 8:07 PM
• Nicotine Eyes

  Nicotine eyes bleed
  yellow colors teeth

  20 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 9 6:34 AM
• Oppertunity Knocks

  Each day of life is a miracle unto itself.
  A wonderous gift of the here and now.

  12 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 7 8:21 PM. In Other
• Over My Head

  Drowning
  I do not struggle.

  21 lines, 25 comments, on Sep 4 2:24 PM. In Noguest, Romance, Love, Bliss
• Percocet Please

  16 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 28 2:19 PM
• Philadelphia

  The city of brotherly love
  died on the streets today.

  24 lines, 24 comments, on Sep 16 7:55 AM. In Dark, Angst, Society, Contemporary, Thoughts, Noguest
• Prince Chimp Charming

  15 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 21 4:48 PM
• Prison Break

  My closed mind floated
  in a sea of conformity,

  28 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 22 9:42 AM. In Personal, Pain, Empowerment, Noguest
• Privileged Poverty

  Bedded down for the night
  Royal bum reads, by lamp post light

  4 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 4 10:07 AM 2008. In Contest, Humor, Fantasy, Society
• Prosperity's Death

  Born free taxed to death
  Financial slavery...

  13 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 27 7:35 PM 2008. In Contest, Sad, Society, Personal, Thoughts
• Quantum Hinges

  Reflective alternate universe
  of dark matter birthing color.

  9 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 17 6:02 AM. In Nature, Quantum Physics, Personal, Thoughts, Abstract, Noguest
• Reaction

  fingernails scraping
  body contorted

  3 lines, 5 comments, on May 16 9:12 AM 2008. In Contest, Weird, Abstract, Anger
• Rebel

  Creeping through the tall grass
  learning stealth at this young age

  28 lines, 22 comments, on Mar 25 1:05 PM
• Reflections # 2

  Lately these days in the mirror
  Sincerity wear’s a smile

  9 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 8 11:52 AM 2008
• Relief # 2

  Rising up from the floorboards
  of the old tavern below me,

  8 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 24 7:25 PM
• Road Kill # 2

  My heart bled emotional devistation.
  From this open wound my soul cried,

  14 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 29 6:59 PM. In Heart Ache, Dark, Sad, Emotional, Pain, Noguest
• Rose Petals and Goosebumps

  25 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 6 7:52 PM. In Adult, Love, Life, Romance, Sensual, Noguest
• Salvation (Single Cinquain)

  hold on
  God hears your cries

  8 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 27 8:06 PM. In Contest, Spiritual, Hope, Love
• Satisfaction

  2 lines, 14 comments, on Jun 13 2:39 PM 2008. In Contest, Erotic, Adult, Afterthought
• Saved

  When you called me, my heart felland you caught it.

  0 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 4 3:04 PM 2008. In Contest, Love
• Self-Esteem Dreams

  Mantled by your shadow
  surrendered hope so free

  26 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 20 8:17 PM. In Noguest, Sadness, Happiness, Escape
• Sheltered

  Someone’s knocking on my wall
  I can hear them, but I won’t answer.

  28 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 20 3:18 PM. In Contest, Life, Personal, Thoughts
• Since You've Been Gone (Contemporary)

  Since you've been gone
  The days are so long

  77 lines, 28 comments, on Oct 17 1:50 PM 2007. In Lyrics, Lost love, Sadness, Pain, Hope
• Smelly Bloom

  Timely blossom, Infant fair
  the smell of diapers, in the air

  14 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 4 3:34 PM 2008. In Contest, Humor, Life, Love
• Springs Promise

  The earthen tones
  of brown, tan and beige

  37 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 24 11:03 PM. In Nature, Hope, Happiness, Personal Thoughts, Noguest
• Stardust

  The stars are like dust
  In my eyes tonight

  14 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 5 1:13 PM 2008. In Contest, Love
• Still Life Waiting

  Eyes wide open
  in a blinding sun

  33 lines, 13 comments, on Aug 9 5:24 AM 2008. In Contest, Sad, Fantasy, Life, Love, Weird, Thoughts
• Stinky

  crinkled nose
  bathtub bubble

  2 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 31 9:59 AM 2008. In Contest, Contemporary, Haiku, Humor
• Stuck

  Railway prisoner
  mosaic tracks connect

  9 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 11 2:22 PM. In Contest, Weird, Personal, Thoughts
• Substitute

  Paw prints diminish
  like faded impressions.

  4 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 14 2:32 PM
• Suffer The Love

  6 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 8 9:58 PM
• Survivor

  Trapped in the poverty
  left after Katrinas wake.

  40 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 16 12:51 PM
• Sweet Goodbye Warm Hello

  White sands sparkle
  and reflect in glazed eyes.

  25 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 17 12:33 PM 2008. In Contest, Spiritual, Love, Hope
• Tanka Spring

  snow capped mountain
  yields to spring-times sun

  5 lines, 7 comments, on May 7 9:42 AM 2008. In Contest, Tanka, Nature
• Tasty

  10 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 15 2:29 PM
• Tasty Meat

  20 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 23 10:33 PM. In Adult, Dark, Demented, Evil, Twisted, Humor, Noguest
• Tasty Meat # 2

  47 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 17 9:41 PM. In Adult, Dark, Sick, Demented, Death, Noguest
• The Dark Side

  The dark side of her soul
  had escaped her bodies door

  18 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 25 10:50 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Hope, Life, Nature
• The Eyes of My Heart

  I look into my daughters eyes And their smiling back at me

  8 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 31 1:30 PM 2008. In Contest, Love, Life, Happiness, Family
• The Letter-Freewrite

  Reminissing over the blue skys
  And sunny days of...

  93 lines, 24 comments, on Dec 3 5:42 PM 2007. In Contest, Dark, Sad, Love, Lost
• The Long Sleep

  A long narrow bed, built to hold just one
  comfortably it keep's me, when my journeys done.

  19 lines, 10 comments, on Sep 12 1:32 PM 2008
• The Present

  The angels turned their backs on God
  snubbing his gift, of the human race

  13 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 19 8:02 PM 2008. In Contest, Love, Life, Hope, Spiritual
• The Race

  34 lines, 21 comments, on May 15 3:03 PM 2008. In Contest, Adult, Fantasy, Sensual
• The Silver Rose

  Eyes wide open
  And smiling

  20 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 4 3:13 AM 2007. In Life
• The Spiritual Evolution of Man (Essay)

  Humanity and its many races, in the beginning of civilization were very warring and tribal. Their needs were more instinctually based. Ther

  13 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 31 2:37 PM 2008. In Contest, Personal., Thoughts, Life, Spiritual, Society
• The Tree of Life

  The scarlet fruit,
  Hung,

  27 lines, 20 comments, on Nov 13 2:59 PM 2007
• The Veil of Truth

  The veil of apparent sanity
  holds back the chaos

  11 lines, 3 comments, on May 22 1:17 PM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Personal, Thoughts
• The Voice of Light

  Burdened with the dew
  the night can no longer hold

  55 lines, 25 comments, on Jul 3 3:16 PM
• Top of the World

  Discouragement over-come
  with every step I climb

  27 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 11 10:10 AM
• Torment

  Broken fallen heart,
  awaits the thorns

  4 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 8 3:02 PM. In Sad, Pain, Love, Noguest
• Useless

  Poinsettia's crimson splendor
  so quickly pales to fade

  4 lines, 2 comments, on May 14 5:41 PM
• Vicious Cycle

  Clothed and sober
  or naked and high.

  19 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 14 10:26 PM
• Whale Shit

  You low life scum sucking gutter rat.
  The best part of you ran down your mothers leg!

  2 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 23 3:14 PM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Humor
• Winter

  deceptively barron
  devoid of leaves

  2 lines, 6 comments, on May 25 5:09 AM 2008. In Contest, Nature, Haiku
• Working Relationship

  Long past fancy of Eros love
  when, foundation of sand fell

  21 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 15 6:35 AM. In Love, Life, Hope, Noguest
• Worth The Pain

  Through all the tears of joy the agonizing moments of pain

  10 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 2 9:21 AM 2008. In Contest, Hope, Love, Life
• WWildBill

  Words of wisdom Words of wonder

  9 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 7 12:22 PM 2008. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts

• By me, right now

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