Cherrypicked stories
Ethnic Origin
Went in a fork in the road today. summer I think as the four way Salt I flung Was a prayer for a day in Brighton. Behind the pier Copper crust green...
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- 1711 reads
Wolf
A wolf went to eat in the city But the girls looked so lovely and pretty That it wouldn't be nice To eat them with his rice So he starved - oh poor...
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- 813 reads
Unspotted Leopard
An unspotted-leopard in tights Once went to the ballet at night A dog said "You sissy! You're dressed like a missy!" And sadly the doggy was right.
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- 939 reads
Monkey
There was a young monkey from Leicester Got kicked on the nose by a jester Cried out with a shout "That wee chap hit my snout! That malicious mad...
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- 802 reads
Art Lover
Unfinished - About relationships and dreams and art
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- 709 reads
Illusions
Is losing your job the end of everything normal in your world&;#063;
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- 730 reads
C: The Final Frontier
The Last Frontier Mother turned around and drug her foot like a bad imitation of the mummy in old scary movies. My three brothers and I howled. And...
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- 714 reads
B: Long Night Gone
Even a child can kill.
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- 652 reads
My Little Lobster
MY LITTLE LOBSTER Little lobster, With your tough exterior, And your succulent bits Lurking within, You've clawed your way Into my heart. The...
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- 609 reads
Ironing the Irony
IRONING THE IRONY I'm as out of luck as I am of it, Sinking fast but I drink well. My jeans match my mood, Bone against flesh, ice against flow. My...
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- 596 reads
So, Mississippi Revision:
Azure eyes just one color of the rainbow mounted above a wrinkled nose, brown and worn-out as a raisin in the sun. With two cheekbones big enough to...
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- 560 reads
The Grip
a poem for the men and women behind the scenes
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- 644 reads
Nets
v2 The nets... I lost a leg when I was only three weeks old. Mum said it would grow back when I got older. I'm older now and there is still a big...
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- 726 reads
On Cloud Nine
When in heaven, do as angels do.
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- 1311 reads
Kindertrain
Kindertrain In obedience I left not panic or fear of war, though fear there was in plenty. I was pushed leaving shadowy memories of tears and shapes...
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- 5224 reads
Going without natural light
You can survive without being happy only if you've never known it, to miss: one who'd lived all their lives senseless in side a cage would not feel...
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- 923 reads
Cracks in the pavement
A stranger e-mailed me with a challenge to write a poem with this title...
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- 995 reads
Key moments
Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation. funk_soul_brother says: ugh I couldn't finish the story man I...
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- 975 reads