Tag: NoHoldsBarredPoetry Challenge
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Freedom is an Illusion
What a pretense: freedom. Even locked in a cell, Vivian had grasped the reality of those who weren’t. There were just too many people in the world for freedom to truly exist. She’d observed the evidence of it while smoking with the hookers. The way people rushed around, animated by their obligations to someone else,…
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Highlights of a Life
Young and dazzledSo in loveBaby, come to bed Armed and AfraidAn overseas warBaby, come home safe Tired and frazzledOur family lifeBaby, come help me Old and AloneMemories, they hauntBaby, come back • • • • (Had to add this, even though it’s not related to the poem. Soon as I saw the prompt, I couldn’t…
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Elation
It’s a flurryTrembling, expandingShivering boundless It’s sporadicBursting white steamSpontaneous sound It’s too big Too big to contain;This kiss in the snow © A.C. Melody
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Love Like a ’90s Flick
You could fall, possess a body Take a dare to make me a hottie I’ll dress like a doily and teach you to drive stick We could go on a killing spree Or take a doomed cruise Guard baboon hearts, sing Rhythm & Blues We’ll kiss as outlaws And wait to exhale Dance in ice…
A.C. Melody 