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Ended April 20, 2017 • 30 Entries • Created by cloudyvision23
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Cover image for post Bones, by sandflea68
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sandflea68 in Poetry & Free Verse
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Bones

Ravens peck at my fingers

     alabaster bones peek through

     like trees rooted in my palm

     devoured flesh feeds hungry flock

Ravens peck at my fingers

     no longer pointing at empty heart

     my yearning for you bleeds out

     begging lend me fingers once more

Ravens peck at my fingers

     unfilled spaces where you used to be

     I wish your fingers filled the void

     of the person I was meant to be

Ravens peck at my fingers

     no longer able to touch your stars

     unfurled and flapping aimlessly

     adrift, unable to fill missing gap

Ravens peck at my fingers

     searching for missing pulse

     you’re imprinted forever on fingers

     images floating in my mind

Ravens peck at my fingers

     shoveled into maw of yawning earth

     weight of a casket in my damp rest

     fingers not required in final repose.

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Cover image for post Who Knows?, by MrPendlum
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MrPendlum in Poetry & Free Verse
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Who Knows?

It smells but it doesn't stink

It runs but it's not my feet

In English it sounds all knowing

But in Spanish it means "I don't know"

It is loud when it is blowing

I just hope mine doesn't grow

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Cover image for post Bound to the knees, by Tyla
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Tyla in Poetry & Free Verse
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Bound to the knees

I bowed to you 

opened wide 

and born the pain 

of earth 

I swallowed by saliva 

and pressed my knees into the ground 

and toke my position at feet of temple 

I wrinkled you in the aging of years 

of perfecting the art of obedience 

knees I suffer 

scabs and blood 

for the wars 

I let rage 

inside 

your 

canal 

of holy water 

your amniotic 

sac 

of hope 

that the embryo 

of mother nature 

would sprout 

legs and arms 

and become the next leaders of hope 

knees 

that carried late night sins 

that left an imprint on satin night skys 

of leftover love 

knees 

like elbows 

bowing 

down 

in 

the 

dirt 

they 

were 

planted 

in 

to

grow 

in 

the 

sunshine 

of 

hell 

knees 

dipped 

in 

the 

river 

jourdan 

to 

heal 

me

of 

my

sins 

knees 

that 

woed 

the misery of the devil 

that 

drags 

them 

to window 

sill 

and 

bounds 

their

hands 

in 

the 

confession

of 

Amen 

that whitewashes 

the 

stained sheets 

of purified sin 

the blood fades 

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jwelker76 in Poetry & Free Verse
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The Histories

The hollow at the base of the throat

- the supersternal notch -

is just large enough to hold

the tip of a finger, 

nestled like a bird's egg

in a nest.

It is here that the old physicians

used to check the pulse,

laying one finger

     gently

where the body meets the neck

at the root of the throat

where words climb

     upward to be heard,

to feel against their own delicate skin

the low thrum

of the internal sea.

Waves at low tide crawl up a beach

and the sound is like a mother

     shushing a baby to sleep,

or a womb.

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Cover image for post Clairvoyance, by Vyxyn
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Vyxyn in Poetry & Free Verse
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Clairvoyance

It's been said the eyes are

the windows to the Soul

I can tell you that's not true

because I can see better than you

and I'm blind as a bat, ain't no lie.

Look into your soul I can

I see many traits over your lifespan

Life happens while you wait

So why do you hesitate

If you love someone tell them now

Tomorrow my be too late somehow

We are here in the now

Not guaranteed the next moment anyhow

Your destiny is your own if you make it

Otherwise someone else will take it

Be the strong warrior you were born to be

The ancestors revealed and want you to see.

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Srilekha in Poetry & Free Verse
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That Ecstatic Feeling

His eyes shine so brightly

A glimmer of hope in the sky

A light blue electric shock 

I shudder with euphoria

Am I high?

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twistofrhyme in Poetry & Free Verse
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Manus Sensuales

Holding

Molding

They do it all

Teasing

Squeezing

How they enthrall

Tweaking

Speaking

Not just for the eye

Waving

Shaving

They cannot lie

Rolling

Cajoling

They can bring pleasure

Assessing 

Caressing

Moments to treasure

Soothing

Smoothing

They can make you moan

Slick

Flick

For that happy groan

Steal

Feel

They might direct bands

Slap

Clap

Give thanks for those hands!

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Sawyer_Ross in Poetry & Free Verse
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we always forget these.

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crawling everywhere

unblemished

chubby

malleable

5

scraping raw on the pavement 

grass stained 

scabbed

grubby 

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reluctantly performing fellatio

numb

bruised

sweaty 

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proposing to A Person (naively) 

shaking 

weakened

springy 

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begging A Person to stay 

uncomfortable 

throbbing 

clammy 

52

negotiating with Death (for a little more time with A person)

numb 

trembling 

swollen 

79

praying to Someone Out There

leathery 

fragile 

wrinkled 

... knees. 

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ToTheRiver in Poetry & Free Verse
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The Empty Deceased

In sand and stone we seek

Wonders of those gone

In hidden rubble

Lay the rotted deceased

Seismic waves

Lead the way

Pinpointing markers

To etch the earth away

Placing shovel and brush aside

Glancing, eyes open wide

Into chasmed eyes

Etched in a hollow cranium

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comfortablejoe in Poetry & Free Verse
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Hello, Leg!

Hello, leg!

How do you do?

I see you there dangling below

Attached to your base,

In lieu of a face

A family of various toes

You serve a great purpose,

Most noble indeed

By propping me up with your brother

And when the day ends

And exhaustion sets in

You work your way out from the covers

Walking through rooms

You can easily bruise

When you find the sharp ends of a table

This doesn't exhaust you

Or permanently haunt you

You're resilient and endlessly able

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