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  I Am No More

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  Line by line This ink spills My heart poured out From sparrow-feather quills Word upon word Anger is loosed Forgiveness is found Before neck meets noose Mistakes past are simply gone No longer, I, the Devil's pawn No longer my days on Earth, though, For I sit, still, within D...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  From Blossom to Stem

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  Red roses! Red roses! Dancing Daffodil knows it. Knows she is below them. Childish, from blossom, to stem. Red roses! Red roses! Taunting Tulip shows it. Shows she is below them. Foolish, from blossom, to stem. Red roses! Red Roses! Opulent Orchid ignores it. Ignores she is below them....
• Poetry > Limerick
  The Owl

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  In his hollow fern, nests the owl: An innocent face with a permanent scowl. Fearful of dawn, and cunning by dusk, A wise screech whom none would trust! Patiently, in his hollow, waits the owl....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Mine, His, Hers, Yours

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  My desk is the foundation. My pen is the support. An open mind relieves frustration. An open heart is a book. His words are emotion wrapped in ink. His promise is a façade. Like a lie that seeps through the teeth. Like the final seconds of day. Her eyes are a warm embrace. Her voice i...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  A Heart of Stone

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  Full in my chest, are the flies that butter. Flies that flutter and flies that stutter. Beautiful maggots aloft goldenrod wings, Make a scrumptious lunch for the ones who sing. The singing ones whose friends are bees. Bees that sting and bees that tease. A lesson learned of selfish desire, ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Ocean Called Lust

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  Your love swept me out to sea, and pulled me under the waves. I try to escape, but sink from all these binding weights. I’m drowning in the ocean called Lust, and I can no longer see the sun. I’m too far under; too far gone. Why can’t you see that I never loved you all along? Let me go!...
• Opinion > Discrimination
  Be A Man

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  I am extremely frustrated with America’s perception of women, and with men’s actions towards them. Here’s why! I talk with many girls, as many girls are easier to talk to than guys my age. So many are filled with anger, hurt, frustration, and a lack of self-worth. What causes them to take o...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Fire Ant Friends

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  Andy's eyes were glued to the ant mound. He carefully placed four Black Cats into the domed surface of colony’s delicate home. A few scouts crawled out to investigate the boy’s intrusive invasion of privacy. Andy forced a smile to the other two boys, who were cheering him on while George, a...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Letting Go

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  Imagine life is like the face of a cliff. The top is hidden above the clouds, and even though it is nowhere in sight, you are certain it exists. You are climbing this cliff, while tethered to a safety rope that extends skyward into the atmosphere. You pause to look around and notice that there are o...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Rewriting Sonnet XLII

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  I will not repeat my past— I wrote that long ago, my guardian angel then peering into sky; Accepting my commitment with a confirming reply. At last, I myself peered into Heaven’s gates, Seeing not God, but you, Accompanied by angels in your wake. I, previously burdened by the sicknesses ...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Look My Way

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  A girl trapped in this broken world Trying to fit into someone else’s mold And when the weight of defeat finally takes its toll I hope that onto me you will hold When you feel that you have lost your way And you can’t bear to see another day When you’re all alone with nothing to say J...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  She's Like a Flower

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  The most extravagant flower in all of creation; Abandoned, unseen, in a mire of thorns and weeds. And hopelessness abounds in every corner. All around; despair. Eternities of tangled vines have choked the life, The sweet, beautiful life, from my dearest love. Enraged, heart-broken; ripped in...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Words and Love

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  You are the sweetest flower; A blossom of joy in my life. All the beauty in this world can’t compare When I gaze into those green eyes. You fill my heart with laughter; Brighten up my day. Of all the things I’m wanting, You’re the only one I really want to stay. The feeling is mutu...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Kansas Home

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  Spring The ancient oak: lavender buds against a Kansas-blue sky. The sheltering shrub: an abode for the sparrows and kites. The early morning rise: red-orange strokes of sun. The welcoming breeze: a hint of storms to come. Summer The unforgiving heat; relentless waves of Summer’s embrace. ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Faceless

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  Tell me, Tell me what you live for. Is it worth your every breath? Of this unhappy life you so cleverly disguise, Is nothing found but death? Though spring brought with it the waters of life, The green has washed away, and all that remains is bone-dry. In a heartless, winter desert you have a...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Lost Love

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  I want out. I want out of this box you have put me in. I want in. I want to be in your life again. I want you. I want you to fall back in love with Me. I want these things, But you’re too afraid too see. You want change, Yet don’t make an effort to. You want freedom; The feeling y...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Shadows

  

  By spudbud, Newton, KS

  Shadows are where the darkness lives; Untold secrets and lies. But there is a reason for this: The shadows hide from the light. Of the all-revealing Truth, The shadows are afraid. That their darkness be discovered, And made clear; the dark stains. Stains of past events and memories, A scar,...