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Poetry: silence
silence Silence. No motors or birds. No chirping or words. Silence of mind; Silence of soul. You and a reflection Mingling with direction – Of sight, Of light. Grabbing for a handle On what is g...
Poetry: Mind Wash
Mind Wash In a jocular manner The gloves come off To circumvent the promise To the secular distrought. Only the blase and dignant Bring the honest insight To the bound, Celestial remorate. In th...
Prose: Darkened Embrace
Darkened Embrace An opening In the desolate plain; Leaving. The only shred of hope In memory of the last time When you spoke Her name; Outloud, in front for all to see. The last time you did that...
Poetry: Mercurial Wieldings
Mercurial Wieldings The mercurial memory of you Makes me tired and strained. I surpress all that is chidish In your presense, lost to blame. No facing of hearts, No voices chased away; Healing fo...
Poetry: Dreams Pass By
Dreams Pass By When the morning sun comes And breaks the night You’ll still have each other Until that next flight. A flight in passing And mournful with tears You’ll wonder if it’s worth it For ...
Poetry: Broken Circles
Broken Circles In silent reverie I sit and wait For mounting circumstance To overtake. To breathe. To see. And feel around Is a blessing in itself That few have found. In spirit I flee From the...
Poetry: For A Friend
For A Friend Your pain Is my pain. We share it One in the same. Shattered fairytales on wisps of cloud, Bring darkened thunder when you’re down. Tonight you’ll dream Of happiness on high Br...
Poetry: Bring Rest
Bring Rest With silent remorse I compress the day away. Seeking condolence; Seeking rest on this day. The evening dove’s coos Frighten even the shadows From their posts behind; Leaving shallow ...
Poetry: In Shadows And Starlight
In Shadows And Starlight In shadows and starlight I break through the twilight To find out blankness From inside my night fight. On to new buildings Of trust through my feelings And staggering ...
Poetry: Melodic Fancy
Melodic Fancy Wind blowing, People throwing; Playing ball out on the yard. Simple pleasures, Hardly measured; Exciting ritualistic yarns. Children napping, Puppies lapping; Protecting families fr...
Poetry: Glass
Glass Through the glass The scene clouds With febrile hauntings And darkened shrouds. In certain pain And desperate grasp We’ll save each other With a sturdy clasp. In peace and night We will pre...
Poetry: Dreaming About Fancies
Dreaming About Fancies Dreaming ‘bout fantacies They may never come true Tonight I’ll sleep soundly Under a glimmer that is you. Your words break through Leaving me speechless, amazed From your i...
Poetry: I Remember When
I Remember When I remember The times that we’d sing On cool, crisp nights That November brings. Arms interlocked, We’d sit by the dock And you’d giggle At my bantering ways. Till crisp rains cam...
Poetry: Inner Measure
Inner Measure In waking light I cling to you Floating, soaring Pretending, too. Silver linings On sickly clouds Bring trickled rains And thunder loud. Post rain humid Lending shallow relief Can...
Poetry: Wastelands
Wastelands Wastelands of time Moving from the river to the sea. Awaiting melancholy feelings To leave me be. If alone by myself, These wastelands will fill. They will separate on whim From this m...
Poetry: Overdubbed Fairytales
Overdubbed Fairytales If you don’t notice Then I won’t exist. Perhaps I’ll run away With tightly clinched fists. Distancing myself From the disappointment That lies within; Stereotypical of mysel...
Prose: Skirting Ideology
Skirting Ideology Sometimes my own existence stupifies me so immensely that the sheer ideology that plagues me provides a kinetic fascination with life. And <font color="red">death<fo...
Poetry: Twice Followed
Twice Followed Twice followed Into the darkness; Once by you, Once by your essence. Tonight I’ll fly alone While you live in your thoughts; I’ll fluorish in my own And be the one that’s forgotten...
Poetry: Grandma, It will Be Okay
Grandma, It’ll be Okay “It’ll be Okay,” They spoke in her ears As the night drawn over Her smitten years. When somber blessings And well wishing were sent; The Lord did come And to him she did r...
Poetry: Guilded Immunity
Guilded Immunity Guilded yearnings Bring slighted earnings Until winter comes again. Unleashed hiding Release vanquished findings While holding down true men. I search for finish Overlooking blem...
Poetry: Teach me.
Teach me. You think you teach me But leave me without words. Secluded and weary Of intrinsically humanistic herds. Fanatically abroach – Quizzically closed. Stirring for a fortnight Longing for y...
Poetry: Numb
Numb I climbed onto your cloud today Wondering it it would tip. We floated soundly as I slept; Supported by your grip. Alone tonight; Haunting tomorrow. I feel sleep overcoming me And stealing my...
Poetry: defective.
Defective. I don’t know if I like Being considered ‘defective’. The word alone is definitely Not one I’d have elected. … I think I prefer ‘broken’. ©2003 Joe Jenkins
Poetry: Midnight True
Midnight True Sail into the midnight; Follow the blue hue. With sails of full-air Go, sail forth true. Between the water And the sky Seek out your mindlessness .. Far from light. The nighttime b...
Poetry: Technicolor Dreamboat
Technicolor Dreamboat If you dreamed in color Would you remember; Or would you try to forget The harsh realities of your vivid slumber? If you dreamed in color Would it all be clear; Or would you...
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General creative writings from poetry to general prose.