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Pete reads a story about an artist who never sold a painting until he was 80 and then sold one for a million dollars. Finding the artist on the internet, Pete says his work is just odd shapes in bright colors. Another Jackson Pollock, Pete says, whose work Pete views as dry paint dripping, an…
“Neck” [by Sarah Arvio]
Neck That isn’t done Grabbing your girlfriend’s neck isn’t done I mean it is done by god often enough but not when I’m the girl or the friend I love you with all my soul and all my I don’t know what else to say my friendliness and my girlishness but by god my friend…
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The demented song of a woman forty four people in this city die of the same disease Her voice rises and falls between two notes up and down the scale two words unintelligible at first She is unseen invisible out of sight maybe no more out of her mind than anyone else except that she…
Heard | Hino Black
Through my bed room window.. I’m aimlessly looking at the sky… Thinking of my life so far.. I’ve only knew things.. I didn’t want to know.. I lost my voice and only their words.. I’m now speaking.. There’s a voice in my heart… Telling me ..Don’t follow the orders of society… And be free like…
An Urge toward Absolution | Scott Thomas Outlar
Passionately dedicated to complete detachment Wanting so much to have no wanting at all More at https://17numa.wordpress.com/. The post An Urge toward Absolution | Scott Thomas Outlar appeared first on Best Poetry Online. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online
Awake | Tress
Reading Rumi, there you are beside my mother’s bed. A whiff of father’s smoke– orange passes overhead. Inside the bureau drawer laughter, a handkerchief of tears feels wintry. Moon night an invisible eye transfigures. The post Awake | Tress appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online