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  Adrenaline

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  With you my heart races To compete With questions they burn Holes in my heart And away it flies, the dark Perfectly accurate, precise, on the mark Jealously flickers Wavers and smirks Love is manipulating and slyly it works The clock ticks away Tick, tick, tock, tock My heart pound...
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  Regret

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  I sipped questions from my mug Terse grimace, regretful hug Two bells did ring separately And there we let the ending be The story for “once upon a time...” My secrets were yours and yours were mine In my heart woven secretly Along came the devil slyly Apple in my palm burning b...
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  Revolutions

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Rising up, spinning around Flourish her clock off without a sound All of France silent and dark She leaves her last trailing mark Like a coin toss to simmer and glow Away she leaves to and fro Pacing away and around But it is Earth, not she, who is bound...
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  Wistfully

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  I miss the days when I jumped in the mud the days I wasn’t a fool trying to look cool those days when I didn’t get judged I miss the days the sun always shinnied the way that society didn’t confine manners in which I thought out of the box and jumped out of line innocence in which I cr...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Ambivilence

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  The death of summer Brings the life of autumn as I Ponder about spring...
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  Summer Chills

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  My love like the ice Not only melting but also Evaporating...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Soulful Love

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Blasting the music as loud as it can go Is like knowing the fall of an electron Position and velocity at once (there goes Heisenburg’s uncertainty principle) Making our heartbeats a murmur, So you can’t hear how loud mine pounds Faster than that drum solo you played for the talent sh...
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  Salty Misty Fog

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  She craved a new world And raised her anchor; I followed Losing her among waves...
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  Original and Heartfelt

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  I want to ask you Will you go to prom with me I love you Haiku...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  impretty?

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  All the girls you dated were pretty I’m not vain but couldn’t help think Wasipretty and yearning in my eyes Maybe you saw it, maybe not Time makes the heart grow stronger Or so they say But time has made me immune And You cannot have what you’ve lost But ithinkireallyampretty...
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  Lost:

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Pulsing and bright red Might have lost it when “I love you” was being said Return immediately to owner Desperately needed Thank you...
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  Clichés

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  You are a diamond in the rough. Of you I cannnot get enough. You are the silver lining of my cloud. You eyes are the windows to your soul. They glow like a warm candle. My heart melts at the mere sight of you. It was love at first sight. I couldn't help falling head over heels. You�...
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  Lucid

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  The gentle lull of the ocean drowns me to sleep Sleeping tender, dreaming deep. All pain seems to ease along with the Whisper of the breeze Happiness grows Despair, away with the vengeful wind it goes. Everything is gentle, sweet, a delight Simple, joyous A puzzle to the world and all ...
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  nothing

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  White perfection stares me in the eye All my thoughts tumble and scatter to hide I stare and blink and try Writing about nothing with my disguise Unfortunately, most everything ends up meaning something Even my metaphors crisp as day; Let others interpret and guess away. If someone came up...
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  Dance With Me

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Her rosy cheeks shining, Hair that’s perfectly in a mess Laughter bubbles from her very eyes Twinking not like stars, but like a penny Found heads up on a sidewalk on a rainy day She stretchs out her hands-eager As if reaching for the never ending rainbow And the wrinkled hand reaches h...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Sidewalk Smiles

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Her eyes were twinkling Like pennies found heads up on Dreary raining days...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Heads Up

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Her eyes were twinkling Not like stars, but like pennies Found on rainy days...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Let's Dance

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Let’s dance Not on the sticky gym floor Where countless others Have professed their pretend love Not to the sound of the music nor The flashing lights above Loud, glaring, foreign Let’s dance Underneath the stars, Perhaps High on life Doing things utterly. Insane. The music in o...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Loving Romance

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Ah, I love romance Oh, so much. In fact, I think, I just fell in love....
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  Spread My Wings

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  “Spread My Wings” by Donnell was very well written with her voice shinning through brightly. The article contained two very important ideas that I dwelled upon. After reading the article I felt so blessed by the situation I was in and the feats I am able to accomplish that others may not. The mo...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Like Fish

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  The words are mere fish Flashing their shiny scales and enticing me I think a slow tune and cast my net of poetry, gently and surely, into the calm pond and the glass ripples sending my thoughts a scatter I, the fisherman, made the catch The masterpiece gleams like a golden fish in a azure p...
• Poetry > Haiku
  my tears

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Stars tremor under The sheer silentness of summer I soothe them gently...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Like Fish

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  The fish are mere words I, the fishermen, hold the net, poetry, and cast....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Café metaphor with a shot of Love

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Steams of coffee Reach out disappearing Like our love That day in the café Smell of chocolate Clinging to my shirt Like, my tears, On my eyelashes Sticky caramel On the tip of my tongue Like the words and sobs, That just don’t come Sounds of bells, (plural) As we leave, se...
• Poetry > Haiku
  blurrycomparisons

  

  By asofnow, Troy, MI

  Running without thought Her shirt too small, eyes too red The world just too big...