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Strong

Strong

A Poem by KLGreen


I am battered and bruised but I am holding on. Because I am strong The world is beating down my door but it will not last long. Because I am str..
An ode to Langston Hughes

An ode to Langston Hughes

A Poem by KLGreen


He writes like jazz. The trumpet is his paper and the notes make up the words. He writes like jazz. Just like the b-major scale that the alto sax..
I write for me

I write for me

A Poem by KLGreen


I pump it out like automobiles on an assembly line. Fake it till you make it is my sister's advice. God I want to make it! Not for prestige. Not..
Writing breaks my heart

Writing breaks my heart

A Poem by KLGreen


I know what it feels like to bleed your soul onto a piece of paper. I die every night so the words can live. Each pen stroke is a death knell f..
To each their own

To each their own

A Poem by KLGreen


I found God in a synagogue surrounded by Jews galore You found God just like a dog with flea-ridden curs and more. God flung down his grace and w..
Mania

Mania

A Poem by KLGreen


A poem written during an all night manic episode
A mild modification

A mild modification

A Poem by KLGreen


I stretch my lobes slowly. The infinitesimal difference between gauges barely noticeable. I'm banking on that. Banking on the idea that by the tim..
I wonder what dying feels like

I wonder what dying feels like

A Poem by KLGreen


I wonder what dying feels like. Is it a slowly letting go, or a desperately hanging on? Is it universal like taking your first breath after being..
A nursery rhyme for the macabre

A nursery rhyme for the macabre

A Poem by KLGreen


Little Miss Molly sat on a wally minding her business as always. But that was to easy so God sent a breezy, knocking her dead to the ground. And ..
I rejoice in my shroud

I rejoice in my shroud

A Poem by KLGreen


A talitot is the hebrew plural of a prayer shawl

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