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• Poetry > Free Verse
  shines like new

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  Bubbling up inside A smile is on the rise Threatning to set free Another side of me Which all along I've known Was always there, unshown Just waiting for the time When I would let it shine Through the dark To make my mark On a world unsuspecting Me, myself, I'm accepting...
• Poetry > Haiku
  what is this?

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  What is this aching I feel it down in my bones When I remember What is this longing Like something I left behind Is calling me home And who's voice is this Summoning me to the dream Where you still love me...
• Poetry > Haiku
  unspeakable

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  never had a chance to share what was on my mind unspeakable bliss...
• Poetry > Haiku
  heartache

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  my thoughts are racing through the times ive spent with you alone in heartache...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  ode to the strong

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  why do they have to push me down kick me to the dirt and boss me around am i not human do i not cry if you stab me do i not die you and i were no different we both deserve whats right i will make it through i will win this fight i am strong i dont belong living life in fright...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  rushing to you

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  Rushing to you If you want it, you got it If you are searching, it is here L know what you need And baby its clear Let the light shine through And see face to face I am coming for you as if it is a race Chorus I am running, racing, rushing to you The only girl I ever really knew G...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  see you again

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  all I wanted was to hear your voice see you again but i had no choice they took you away out of my reach thus is the point for this speech your all I knew your were my all you’d pick me up when I would fall with you gone its no mystery that my happiness is history all I knew crumbled...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  herself

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  She outside herself Always feeling like someone else With pain she cries with tears in her eyes Always thinking inside herself...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  tough love

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  One day she glared at me and I told her it was OK I knew she didn’t mean it The next day she called me a r***** and I told her I thought she was sweet A few days later she slapped me and I told her I liked her A year later she punched me in the gut and I told her I loved her Ten years later...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  my name is bully

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  My name is bully. I can see right through you without even trying. I know your every weakness everything that can tear you down. I know what makes you cry when your alone and yes, I am one of them. I work like a snake slowly squeezing the life out of you. With every name I call with every painful ac...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Ode to the Journey

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  IT MATTERS NOT WHAT TIME HAS WROUGHT FOR IN DUSK LIES A THOUGHT FOR THOSE IN ALLIANCE WITH THE SHADOWS SEARCHING WITHIN THEIR CAVERNOUS HEARTS SEEKING FOR THE PRINCIPLE SO THAT THEIR EXISTENCE MIGHT START KNOWING NOT A SOLITARY WORD THEY SPEAK FROM SOMEWHERE NEW KNOWING NOT A SOLITARY...
• Poetry > Haiku
  No Wrong

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  I wail a lonely cry Don’t believe his alibi For he hath done wrong...
• Poetry > Haiku
  a picture of us

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  A picture of us Once burned in the back of my mind sinks into the sea...
• Poetry > Haiku
  precious little hands

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  precious little hands bound together by purpose the world starts anew...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  my name is bully

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  My name is bully. I can see right through you without even trying. I know your every weakness everything that can tear you down. I know what makes you cry when your alone and yes, I am one of them. I work like a snake slowly squeezing the life out of you. With every name I call with every painful ac...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  a moment with the lord

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  I heard a voice in my head A voice as clear as day Urging me to speak up So I knelt down and I prayed “Lord, I know it’s you I’m here and I’m ready to learn Whatever your desire That is what I yearn” “Look” he said unto me I squinted as hard as I could The room around me melt...
• Poetry > Haiku
  the sane

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  The sane may seem sane But crazy in the way that They aren’t so different...
• Poetry > Haiku
  heart chains

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  why can't i do it? write you a poem that will rive the chains that bind your heart...
• Poetry > Haiku
  song of my life

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  I had sang a song Though no one heard the sweet mel- Ody of my life...
• Poetry > Haiku
  through hell

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  yes, I've been through hell yes, i nearly burned to death no, I'm not broken...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  its not funny

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  I have written you a poem But you have to promise not to laugh For It’s not a funny poem And it would tear my heart in half I see that you are smiling Now it’s turning into a grin I see that you are drooling And it’s dribbling down your chin Oh my here it comes, I know you’re about ...
• Poetry > Haiku
  voices

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  so bring your voices your instruments of peace we shall make music...
• Poetry > Haiku
  together

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  if we can be one in harmony-together the world shall smile...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  you once told me

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  I remember you told me once upon a time That you can tell a story by writing a rhyme And that innocence aint so innocent when it comes to love And that its okay to fight back when push comes to shove To always keep your head up in times of war And never to fly always to soar To be yourself bea...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  nightime delight

  

  By ctowle, claremont, NH

  the stars twinkled themselves goodnight as the creatures below awed at the sight colorful stars filled the air so bright and the world for once... felt right the lunar haze gaze a shimmering glow casting dancing shadows on the ground below animals eyes were raised all in tow as the lunar li...