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Poems by whitemd, by newest first

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  • We bought no tickets
    I am why the child is hungry
    I am why the child is hungry
    by whitemd 30 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 9 2:57 PM
  • The king of pop
    The king of pop
    died alone
    by whitemd 2 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 11 12:52 AM
  • It was me who broke your heart.
    As the sun rolls over Eden,
    Warm and bright and east of me,
    by whitemd 13 lines, on Jun 15 12:38 AM. In Relationships, Medical Theory
  • This is not a waltz.
    This is not a waltz.
    This is no song and dance.
    by whitemd 15 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 21 11:43 AM
  • Once you start with goats
    It seems to me that once you start with goats,
    you more or less stay with goats.
    by whitemd 43 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 9 5:06 PM. In Goatherds, friends, keeping
  • Fall for someone better than me
    If I had your ear on a locket
    And I'd done a single thing you wouldn't hate
    by whitemd 14 lines, on Feb 16 1:59 PM
  • Love is after me.
    The sun sets quickly in the mountains.
    Dark falls thick and you’re surrounded.
    by whitemd 18 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 20 1:12 PM
  • My father's clothes
    I am dressed in my father's clothes
    his leather belt wrapped tight
    by whitemd 19 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 11 2:49 PM 2008. In fathers, clothes, yellow crust
  • Don't you worry now
    Heartache walks the beaches two-by-two
    Hopin' to find a ship to climb into
    by whitemd 18 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 10 7:22 PM 2008
  • It's watching the sun set through cedars
    It's watching the sun set through cedars
    as a soft breeze blows kisses at changing leaves like
    by whitemd 20 lines, on Nov 6 4:40 PM 2008
  • A comfort in dust
    I figure your momma has told you by now,
    so I'll skip all the teary-eyed shit.
    by whitemd 33 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 6 12:37 PM 2008
  • as you will love me still
    My soul is a closed convenient store
    with an empty cash machine out the door
    by whitemd 18 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 21 8:40 PM 2008
  • This may seem like it's a shot at you
    Now this may seem like it's a shot at you.
    And sure, I may have taken aim once or twice
    by whitemd 22 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 13 5:08 PM 2008
  • Picking figs
    You undid
    The fig leaves that I hid in
    by whitemd 9 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 2 5:03 PM 2008
  • My heart is a dark and dirty corner
    My heart is a dark and dirty corner
    floorboards under floorboards under heavy rugs and mortar
    by whitemd 7 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 2 4:58 PM 2008
  • One Day He's Gonna Leave This Town
    Marcy finds the doctor in a pool-hall filled with smoke
    And stands just out the door shoutin that her water broke
    by whitemd 28 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 23 10:41 PM 2008
  • It's nothing
    It’s nothing
    If you don’t have the time for me
    by whitemd 28 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 10 5:26 PM 2008
  • It's awful tryin'
    I’m tearing down a railway through my heart
    Pulling all the spikes and ties apart
    by whitemd 46 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 3 11:30 AM 2008
  • My gun and my powder (lyrics)
    My gun and my powder
    My old woolen trousers
    by whitemd 22 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 2 2:27 PM 2008
  • Gold and Silver
    Say what you will of gold and silver
    You know, they killed her
    by whitemd 22 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 4 10:37 PM 2008
  • These bones in me
    We were dry bones
    Piled like skulls after a battle.
    by whitemd 12 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 1 6:31 PM 2008. In Redemption
  • I am smoking down my heart
    I'm out of Raleigh, resting
    With a burnt down cigarette
    by whitemd 26 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 1 12:10 PM 2008
  • in this place you aren't
    In this place you were
    the rosebud beneath your sneakers
    by whitemd 10 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 28 5:38 PM 2008. In Personal
  • Waiting for spring to come home
    The birches are balding on Amity Hill.
    In brown mounds their old friends lay still
    by whitemd 13 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 27 7:18 PM 2008. In Nature, Love
  • The tallest man in the sand
    Left for dead in the desert
    Face in blisters, bleeding hands
    by whitemd 22 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 22 10:25 PM 2008
  • Right as it ever was
    We begged each other
    Cupped our hands and showed our teeth
    by whitemd 25 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 22 10:20 PM 2008. In Love, Hope
  • The gardener
    A beast of a stone
    unearthed and uncut
    by whitemd 86 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 8 4:27 PM 2008. In Dark
  • Don't bloom in the Spring
    Don't bloom in the spring, at least not in full,
    When branches are lonely and long for the bud
    by whitemd 13 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 7 3:47 PM 2007. In Nature, Friendship
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