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A leap birthday tends to have drawbacks,
for one out of four years it impacts.
by Zephyr Aryn
9 lines, 7 comments,
on Feb 27 12:00 AM. In Thoughts, Life, Birthday, Limerick, Leap Year, Leap, Year, Humour, Funny
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Fabric sweeps along the floor,
teasing the ground with its brush.
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I had a thick blue rubber band
that held a deck of cards;
by Zephyr Aryn
9 lines, 2 comments,
on Feb 25 11:55 PM. In Thoughts, Other, Contest, Weird, Humor, Humour, Blue, Rubber Band, Rubber, Band
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In my chest I held a flame
cuddled behind panes of glass.
by Zephyr Aryn
24 lines, 5 comments,
on Feb 25 10:58 PM. In Other, Contest, Weird, Abstract, Pantoum, Lantern, Light, Fire, Flame
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This is not a poem...it's a photograph.
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Sky gapes at itself- a piece on the ground
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Where there was once a plot of earth now stands a monument of art,
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Although there exist
various forms of intimidation,
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Carefree, watching smoke in the wind,
I laze along a line;
by Zephyr Aryn
15 lines, 3 comments,
on Jan 25 12:07 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Life, Dark, Other, Lost in thought, Sadness, Abstract, Escape, Self
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Thinly stalked stripes bow gently
as the wind tousles their hair
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When I was young I'd sneak outside
to breathe the fresh night air,
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I'm just a chalkline figure
lying flat on the cold ground
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Ascending the stairway
up to my attic realm,
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too short for a prevew 
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Drifting off into a chasm of nothingness
brought on by a mind in recess
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Writing is what sustains us,
gives us a voice of our own.
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A crystal coated world
reflects that of our own;
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An obsidian beast grumbles to life
spewing smog out from the top of its head;
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Colored dust powders my fingers / as I draw a chunk along, / dressing the grey stucco-like surface / in an organized rainbow of patterns /
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Notes stream out to form a song / as dulcid tones weave the melody; / so contagious I tap along / drowning myself in its remedy. / The bass
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A / fin / cuts / through the rippl
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^ ^ / The red / of his / jacket / gleams / brightly / like a / coal / as he peers / out of his
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What happened to my carefree days / when I was just a kid? / My youth ran away from me; / I don't see why it did. / I miss those days when
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To the one I never knew, / a stranger in the shadows; / may your legacy live on / through the life / still pulsing through your poetry. / T
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Stifled by small town life / strangled by the closeness / of all the poverty around, / I struggle to define myself / hoping to find where I
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Gently rolling beads / glide along the waxy emerald surface, / only to pause briefly at the edge / unsure if they want to continue their de
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Here shadowy figures lurk / masked by long forgotten dreams, / plucking strings in your mind / to awaken marrow- jolting screams. / Rulers
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Brought alive by crafty hands, / not always playing the part / of what I truly am; / the magic of my master / gives my life a purpose, / ma
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Magical sparks develop into fireworks, / unleashing powerful curiosities as they / saturate the mind with concrete inspiration, / exposing powerful images to those who stumble upon them.
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White crested caps / fold over gently, / kneaded towards the shore. / Gradually rolling / to greet the sand, / they leap upon / sun- bleach
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Not just a mere idea / or a thing to be grasped- / still men gave their lives / willing to change the past. / Even though it's not concrete / it's a thing that we all share; / fighting our way to freedom /
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A vast expanse of whitened fields ahead / delays my tool in hand from coming down- / this fear to mark the sheet fills me with dread; / my
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Desperate for an ear / to heed these bottled prayers, / squeals kept inside / packaged away within the soul; / a torn shadow wraps itself /
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