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Blank Pages and No Ink

A Poem by lifesmith

I trail an inkless pen across fading paper Hoping for a flood of inspired creativity I keep my window open, waiting for a gale Darting eye..

Quixotic Demons

A Poem by lifesmith

Unclear horizons fade into slippery slopes Where feathery clouds kiss unknown depths Once beautiful and fragrant roses Now baring vulgar ..

The Misty Thought

A Poem by lifesmith

Not every poem has a rhyme scheme Not every party has a theme And when the river loses its stream I’m homesick for a place I’ve n..

Poet’s Passport

A Poem by lifesmith

Of love for words; Superfluously ingenious creativity Intrinsically inspired, Just a flow of emotion Oft times a trickle Sometimes an ..

Short Circuit

A Poem by lifesmith

Imaginary messages scribbled on Hot breaths on the ice cold window Wishing you could read them Thinking that you can and hoping that you will An..

Illogical Conscious

A Poem by lifesmith

Plastic smiles, worse than a botox injection Precede that semi hug, just enough to disarm… And it works like a charm Spilling emotions..

Amnesiac

A Poem by lifesmith

We become such a caricature of our former selves When we are so detached from reality Still sober as a judge, even twice as corrupt But we lo..

Revolutionary Verisimilitude

A Poem by lifesmith

I see hatred and bigotry masquerading as opinionI see voiceless people yearning for dominionEven if it be sour as an onionFigurative rape by politics,..

Silken Sparks

A Poem by lifesmith

The ritualistic tangoA mating dance as old as timeTwo souls as oneBody and mind meetingIn a moment never fleetingWhen words become insufficientReplace..

Withered Love

A Poem by lifesmith

It was fun while it lasted, fast and intense Yet slow and beautiful all at the same time But you made me no promises and I asked for none So when t..