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Neo-Romantic Indie Beat Poet
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Depression

Its Hard (a Tanka)

Harder and harder To breath, climbing up the hill Harder and harder To not cry out in pain […]

April 12, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

The Mask (a Tanka)

Laughing in public Always a smile for the crowd A mask perfected Nobody will ever hear The wailing […]

April 6, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Alone (a Troilet)

Isolated, alone, even in a crowd. Silent, quiet, but not without something to say, Darkened corner, a solitary […]

April 4, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Troilet

Dreams of Poems Already Written

Allen was in Asgard reciting America and Singing the Buddhist Bible Blues for All-Father Odin While Bobby and Baldr compared […]

April 3, 2017 Poetry

High Water Rising

High water rising, Gently caress my collar bone, Drip drops and patient streams Wear away granite stones. Darkness […]

January 22, 2017 Poetry

Darkness at the Break of Noon

When does it become too much to bear? Flood gates threaten to burst, Held whole by will alone, […]

January 18, 2017 Poetry

Anguished Roaring

My God, my God, why have You abandoned me; why so far from delivering me and from my […]

November 2, 2016 Poetry

Warmth (a haiku)

Wrapped in a blanket, Warm, safe; nothing can hurt me. Don’t want to get up. 10/22/2016

October 22, 2016 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu, Poetry

Depression

And sometimes I just feel nothing Except a dull pressure in my chest. Nothing seems worth doing anymore. […]

October 19, 2016 Poetry

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