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  Feel It

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  It’s possible I may be thinking too much Calculating my every single step But what I feel Of what you feel Is not what you say you feel It’s possible I may be running too fast And leaving you to follow slowly behind But what I feel Of what you feel Is not what you say you feel Itâ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  First Time

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  10 years old Sitting at the side of a bed It’s a dark room Breathing in and out You can hear him breathing Softly, slowly He lies there with eyes closed tight Wiling the feeling to go away He’s falling But there is no ground beneath him Just the bed He is lying there Falling, spinnin...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Need of Poems

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  The need of poems Please take away my memories I cannot hold on...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Sky's Touch

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  As I sit longing for a day to fly To finally rise up and touch the sky To see the world from a place anew In a world that I always thought I knew To people and places so far down below I would watch with joy without a hello But here I sit staring at my face In the mirror it seems such a ver...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My Shell

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  As long as I stay in my little shell No one can hurt me I can tell No way to penetrate my calloused skin Thick with regret and no way in A small goodbye brings no fair warning To a disaster spell in the turning One small step could be the last When you slip you may tumble fast To find yo...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Take Me Away

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Lying six feet underground Surrounded by nothing but dirt Waiting maybe for someone To come take me away Breathing doesn’t feel like a need And my eyes just want to stay closed Stiff as boards my limbs are turning As I’m sinking further from the open Into a new land where I may Fin...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Anklet

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Jingle on my foot As each new step is taken The ring continues...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Earrings

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Dangle from your ears Catching the rays of sunshine Glittering beauty...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Necklace

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Wrapped around the neck Caressing the soft, smooth skin Beauty in small form...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Love Gone

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  I thought that you love me I thought that you care But then you turned and left With no time to spare I thought that we were perfect That you were the opened Then I blinked my eyes And soon you were gone How could you play me My one shattered heart You probable planned it All along f...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Cellphone

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Words at my fingers Thoughts blowing onto the screen Only one text more...
• Poetry > Haiku
  The Yarn

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Woven together To find the warmth hidden there In your new artwork...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Wreath

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Shut up in a box Hung only on special days Even then ignored...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Whistle

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Shrill sound bites the air Telling us we must go home Using little words...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Wallet

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Small, leather wallet With your life in its pocket Don’t ever lose it...
• Poetry > Haiku
  VCR System

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  A thing of the past Where videos met the screen Memories were made...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Trophy

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  First place in event Defeated, all others groan But not lost in life...
• Poetry > Haiku
  The Frog

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Croaking so slowly Sitting on its Lilly pad Quietly waiting...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Remote

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  A button to push To move on to the next place A channel higher...
• Poetry > Haiku
  A Crib

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Caged child sleeps inside Hidden from all dangers Ignorance is bliss...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Smoke Detector

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Breathing in the smoke Wailing for the child to wake Her only survive...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Teether

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Dents bitten through me As the little baby bites Keeps pain from her gums...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Sports Car

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Speeding down the way To the end of the race track But not the journey...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Paint

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  Splashes of color Hit the wall at random times For a dream come true...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Rattle

  

  By phlogiston, Hermitage, TN

  A baby’s play thing Thrown far to the child’s delight Then brought back once more...