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Poems by RaiseIt, by newest first

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  • I cover myself in leaves / fallen from the Tree of Knowledge. / They provide warmth to my soul / long frozen by / society, a meat locker filled / with cold and hardened / pieces of flesh and bone.
    by RaiseIt 6 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 25 11:40 AM 2007
  • I wish we could have been together forever / and I wish I could understand why we are not. / Mostly I wish that you were here now / and I wish I knew why.
    by RaiseIt 3 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 25 11:34 AM 2007
  • His name was Finklestein / but they all called him Wrinklestein / on account of his shirt. / He’d politely smile, / although all the while,
    by RaiseIt 8 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 17 1:12 PM 2007. In Humor, Life, Sad
  • As I listened to the violent lyrics / of that Beatles song, / the one about Maxwell’s silver hammer, / I wanted to shoot-up my high school
    by RaiseIt 7 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 11 11:35 AM 2007
  • Your smile was more intoxicating than the wine we drank / and my heart more fragile than the glass it was served in / I wish that night could have lasted forever / I wish I understood your explanation for leaving.
    by RaiseIt 3 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 5 3:34 PM 2007. In Angst, Relationships, Pain, Sad
  • There will always be temptations / But to have no regrets / Choose "character" over "circumstance".
    by RaiseIt 2 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 5 3:09 PM 2007
  • You would be perfect if I were someone else
    by RaiseIt 0 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 21 5:57 PM 2007
  • I remember the moment I first saw your face from across the schoolyard. / The way the sun reflected in your eyes, I swear that at that very moment / I heard the angels singing like they must have on the day the w
    by RaiseIt 12 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 21 12:48 PM 2007
  • We used to sit and smoke together, laughing, / now from a distance you make me laugh, / albeit alone, / thinking you made it, career wise, / with your new set of friends. / Hey, congrats. /
    by RaiseIt 20 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 20 2:33 PM 2007. In Life, Work, Friendship, Sad
  • At the poker table / if you throw away the hand that you’ve been dealt / then you have no chance of winning the game / BUT WHEN YOU RAISE IT / you let others know that you will make the most of opportunities
    by RaiseIt 26 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 14 3:09 PM 2007
  • There is a guy in church / who looks like / another guy I know. / So every Sunday, / I shake his hand and say, / very quietly, / “Hey Johnny” / although I doubt / that is his name.
    by RaiseIt 8 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 11 3:05 PM 2007. In Humor, Life, Weird, Religion
  • Dr. King turned words into wine, / full-bodied with a pleasing aftertaste, / I never saw one more robust. / Full-bodied with a pleasing aft
    by RaiseIt 14 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 11 3:02 PM 2007. In Hope, Life, Society, Change, Power of Words
  • When the bar closed / at 3 a.m. / I headed over / to the subway station. / I saw a sign that read / "Pets must be carried down escalator" / and I thought to myself / "Geez, / where am I
    by RaiseIt 9 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 8 3:37 PM 2007
  • My cholesterol is high but I'm not.
    by RaiseIt 0 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 7 8:16 AM 2007
  • Leaves fallen from the Tree of Knowledge, / Neither blowing here nor there, / Dispensing common sense to humanity, / Much is grown and picked, / Ripe for effortless swallowing; / Keep eating, children, til
    by RaiseIt 10 lines, on Jun 6 12:27 PM 2007. In life, faith, society
  • There I sat, broken-hearted, / pissed you off, then departed. / I’m glad you didn’t say “good-bye” / because I really don’t want to sever this tie. / But I do want to head back in an old direction,
    by RaiseIt 13 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 6 12:19 PM 2007. In humor, life, love, relationships, weird
  • My head is / As full as my heart / With thoughts and ambitions, / And yet my mouth remains vacant. / This bus is / Full with people / Whose heads and hearts are vacant, / But whose mouths a
    by RaiseIt 10 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 6 12:16 PM 2007. In humor, life, society
  • I found a potato chip / that resembled Jesus. / I ate it. / Because I don't need / the aggravation, / the media frenzy and the believers / who would come to my door. / I
    by RaiseIt 15 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 4 3:30 PM 2007. In humor
  • HOW IT STARTED / There is a girl who works on the tenth floor, / I see her a lot but I wish it were much more. / So I decided to stand by t
    by RaiseIt 23 lines, on Jun 4 10:24 AM 2007. In Life, Love, Pain, Personal, Sad, Regret
  • We dated for awhile / ‘til I found you vile, / had my dog leave a pile / on your tile. / Now still filled with bile, / feeling all this guile, / grabbed the phone to dial / the number in you
    by RaiseIt 15 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 1 10:51 AM 2007. In angst, humor, life, love
  • I got to second base with this girl / just standing on the bag, / so I knocked her over, without thinking. / I immediately picked her up, / instinctively brushing off her / velour track suit
    by RaiseIt 14 lines, 3 comments, on May 30 11:50 AM 2007. In sports, life, politically correct
  • Alarm-clock-sounds! and I think, / “Well, / another day, another 78 cents”. / Half sleepwalking to my window / to make sure the world is still there. / “Hello cruel world”. / I have t
    by RaiseIt 37 lines, on May 30 11:45 AM 2007. In life, work
  • I have seven friends, / I wish I had more, / or not so many, / because odd numbers, / are unsettling. / I have thought to, / change the mea
    by RaiseIt 28 lines, on May 25 11:49 AM 2007
  • Bob and Weave / Bob and Weave / Like the stealth boxer / working it out alone / in a moonlit corner of the gym / That is what your changing hairstyle makes me think of / One day cropped sh
    by RaiseIt 14 lines, 6 comments, on May 22 2:10 PM 2007. In humor, co-workers
  • YOU PUT THE MANSON IN ROMANCIN’ / I was much too focused on what the future held, / I failed to notice that the / rich fabric of my being /
    by RaiseIt 12 lines, 3 comments, on May 21 9:58 AM 2007. In anger, pain, dark
  • What of the high priest in Rome when he flexes his ecclesiastical muscle? / (different from the one flexed by the local priest / in the bas
    by RaiseIt 8 lines, 2 comments, on May 18 3:12 PM 2007
  • You set down your Heineken / in the shadow of my thighs / and like a fly to the bug-zapper in a filthy restaurant / I was immediately drawn
    by RaiseIt 29 lines, 7 comments, on May 16 11:58 AM 2007. In Love, Summer, Pain, Sad
  • When did you turn / from my "soulmate" / to my "cellmate"? / I could walk out that door / a "free" man / But I choose to suffer in silence
    by RaiseIt 11 lines, 2 comments, on May 16 11:51 AM 2007. In Love, Sad
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