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Thunder Throat in My Poetry Slams
Thunder rumbles from my throat Worried you didn’t see the smoke? Lightning cracks behind my back I’d jump but the ropes got no slack A terrific weight that’s held me down Carrying a starving past...
1K Cuts in My Poetry Slams
And what it means to me Eyes peeled, all pain see And I know you can’t let it be Sadness a flavor to savor Beating wings against the cage Rats all living on rage residue Testing everything on the...
A Stitch In Time in My Poetry Slams
If you’re thinking of me Let me save you some time I’m everything you want to be Your gut can’t read road signs Blinders on, pedal to the metal A full screaming ride That you can’t step off Wave...
Trip and Fall in My Poetry Slams
Black over white Pains not bright Enough to carry A hung jury No ones innocent Who bothers repent When the crimes confined And nary a sad bemoan Comes from that place Born in the green space Col...
A Queasy Seabreeze in My Poetry Slams
Experiments run amok Not bad or good, just luck But you’d be hard pressed To find me less impressed By round of applause Tell me how you feel Pressing palms to the sky Raising lips that can’t lie...
Harshish in My Poetry Slams
Mounting pressure like a horny basset hound Baying at a full, blood red moon How many more times can I trick myself By pretending to throw love and acceptance While truly having nothing in hand? ...
That good Sad poem! in My Poetry Slams
Another slap across my face Feelings bleeding into space Pain blossoms orange crimson While dead limbs rest on pins A heavy burden I’ve become Just another inconvenience A fresh stain on your old...
Winning for Sinning in My Poetry Slams
Cause nobody ever survives This wild ride we call lives Just one foot in front of the other Thinking about caring, don’t bother Save your soft thoughts for someone Deserving of a soft touch No on...
This Sad! Dance in My Poetry Slams
Body heat heartbeat to heartbeat If you never win is it still defeat A struggle to the end to fight for amends To right the wrongs and write the unsung songs Darkness creeps while daylight leaps ...
Je Suis Fatigue in My Poetry Slams
Eyes drooping and lids so heavy This exhaustion hits like a crack in the levee Threatening to break the fragile line Between awake and asleep A twitch and a spasm And I’m back to empty here, empt...
I Miss You in My Poetry Slams
Food to dirt and wine to ash You got your bill, ready to dash Leave your responsibilities behind Forget the fast forward and just rewind To the times you weren’t afraid to live When you were quic...
Walls so Tall in My Poetry Slams
If the whispers lit upon you, light as a feather but twice as bitter If bliss found you blind and opened your eyes Could you find love again? I thought love was dead But it just needs another sho...
Cut yer strings in My Poetry Slams
When the occasion finds you When all eyes are on you Take your chance Your ready stance And give it your all Dance like the puppet you are Bleat like the sheep you are Regret until the stone blee...
Of a Madman in My Poetry Slams
Vision blurring, words slurring, these are the words of a madman Everyone stands around, lips shut and walls about Even in a room of plastic people, there’s no love in this steeple Seven billion ...
The Low Bar in My Poetry Slams
Spinning round To kiss the ground The sky was much too high So I’ll keep these expectations Grounded Lower the bar Close your eyes Forget the stars This is life It’s not fair Get a helmet Mines m...
Body Language in My Poetry Slams
A raised eyebrow Asks the questions You could never Bring yourself To put into words Silence answers A clenched fist Warns you of the Coming storm Take a breath Remember Rage kills A set mouth Br...
The Death Of in My Poetry Slams
No aspirations No respirations This is how you spell The death of something Beautiful Pushing boundaries Pushing friendlies This is how you spell The death of something Daring Wanting more Wantin...
War Today in My Poetry Slams
Antennas that strangle, wireless phones mangle, so much communication, so little connection. The beating of drums and signals of smoke herald our undoing, might as well go for broke. This is the...
Recycled in My Poetry Slams
A pen in my hands is worth two heavy books, Gather round and have a look, What I have here is nothing to fear, Mingled truths in separate booths.
Doubting Drizzle in My Poetry Slams
Falling tears and falling rain, Pool about my feet, These words I cannot stomach. Hidden meaning and twisted phrases, Put me through the grinder of phases, Each emotion stronger than the one befo...
Wildling in My Poetry Slams
A dirty face, smiling back, playful bees fly and sit nearby, That flower, looks like how I feel on the inside. Don’t get discouraged, there is beauty all around you. Smile, Breathe, Remember. Eve...
A Filthy Clean in My Poetry Slams
Heaven’s calling Has angels falling Trampled under the boots of We, the Wicked No time for shuteye Just enough time for Disruption Distractions From the real Dilemma Dirty hands wash dirty feet W...
Learning to Forget in My Poetry Slams
In these ruins of me You will see A classic example Of dreamer gone wrong I started with a song Born with eyes of blue Blond hair a strawberry hue You wonder if all the stories are true Born a ba...
Extra Large Soul Cries in My Poetry Slams
My heavy heart and heaving chest pour out the tears that my soul cries The gunshot painting the back of my head makes me wish it were all too real Choking on the words I can’t say, whispering be...
My Personal Rapture in My Poetry Slams
At first there was light A little hope that shone bright As I sat and pondered Lost in thought and wondered If it was just a bad day, a sad day One became two And two became a few That’s when I k...
