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Deviousness in the Grey Area
By
GHNeko
Chaotic entrancement with the depths of my mind,
A devilish grin pops up on my face,
And the plot thickens.
Manipulation is what I excel at.
The Grey Area is where I reside.
I know the rules and the holes within them.
And in and out my fingers go.
With a string on each finger, tied tight,
And a puppet on the end, dancing into the night.
A blame on me simply doesn’t exist,
For in the Gray Area, no one but me can see
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by
Goobrz
She used to be Kool
But then something happened
I was such a fool
A boy happened
She changed
She got an attitude
She started acting strange
And started being rude
She blew off her friends
to hang with this kid
She used to be my best-friend
Now she’s just some kid
He doesn’t love her
She’s so gullible
He’s just using her
He’s nothing but trouble
I tried to tell her
She got mad
She’s blind to see he don’t love her.
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by
Goobrz
There is a pain deep inside
In my heart it shall reside
If she were here, the pain would go
But it is here and now I know
That she is gone forevermore
So now it hurts even more
by
Goobrz
Everything goes when she’s here
But now I shed a tear.
Because she has left me here
All by myself
Like a boring toy on a shelf.
And in bad health.
She broke my heart
And left it
Alone in the dark
And that’s a heavy hit
Along with emotional treason
It hurts so much
Because she gave no reason
And I loved her so much
Never loved like that before
It was like I was a bird and flew
Then she went and tore
My loving heart in two
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The following triad of poems is the result of a creative writing assignment based on John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Each part is from the point of view of a different character from Steinbeck’s classic tragedy.
by
Lennie is really nice
He has a mind of a child
Lennie likes to pet mice
But his attitude is so mild
He is big and strong as a bear
Which will soon end in despair
He is not purposely mean
He didn’t want to make a scene
He accidentally killed Curley’s wife
So George had to end his life.
Curley’s
Wife
by
She embarrassed poor stable buck
She was nothing more than a flirt
And still an actress with no luck
There she was lying lifeless on dirt
What goes around comes around
All she wanted was attention
In the barn where she was found
Which will be to mention
Her attention was her brutal death
In the barn she took her last breath.
Curley
by
He enjoyed starting a fight
Karma was coming in clear sight
He did not like a bigger person
The bigger person has beat him
He didn’t know things were to worsen
Everything will soon be more dim
He has only caused tension
She wanted his attention
His wife has died so early
Karma has caught young Curley
He will never get that chance
To give his wife that last dance.
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Hum
By
It
is a fire
when
someone clutches your heart
squeezing
deeply into pain
A
choking fit has started
On
my way home, it's like—
like
somebody ran the redlight
splashing
sewer water as they
Streak
by me
My
face doesn't but,
those
are my arms
Aflamed
with a burning sickness
rather
while my features are
Chilly
pale than warm inside
Then
there's my determination
I
won't let nor allow this
To
happen again
Yet
again, although, here I'm sitting
holding
my breath while
those
eyes fought to tear up
But
haven't been here long enough,
I'll
do better, and I'll promise,
I'll do better sometime next.
^_^
by
Zel
Because in the end
No one wins
We both were wrong, don’t even Begin
To tell me how I never, ever even loved you
Because of the end
Of that very thin line
That was crossed hundreds a time
Is a sticky blood that can’t be washed away
So we say sorry and sorry and sorry
So we can forgive and forgive and forgive
So we can never, ever forget or forget
Or regret how we’re related to the other
Me and you
and you, oh, you
You are my sister
One and only sister
If only you could know
How lazy
I wish I wasn’t
How lame
I wish I wasn’t
How bad
I wish I wasn’t
How sad
I wish I wasn’t
BUT, NO!
Can’t reason with
my;
Lazy-Ass
Lame-Ass
Bad-Ass
Sad-Ass
self
F’only
you were here
To hear and tear
I admit
how great you once were
And how bad I once was
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Where
Were You
Where were you
Everyday?
Me sitting by the window,
Always late,
Sometimes hours,
And yet you never called.
Tears they fell
One by one
Each minute that I waited
When you came, I put on a show.
You couldn’t see my feelings.
Where were you
When I fell?
I was in the hospital
You rushed in
All upset,
Asking if I was ok
Five minutes go by,
Maybe not even.
And then you’re out the door.
You rushed out
Back to work.
I guess you liked work more.
And one by one,
The tears they fell.
Each minute that you’re gone
I see you again
And put on a show.
You never see my feelings.
Where were you
On my birthday?
The “best” day of my life
I waited all day
While you were at work
You never even called,
And one by one
The tears they fell.
I cried myself to sleep,
I make excuses,
Put on a show
No one sees my feelings.
So everyday, it’s something new,
You’re hardly ever there.
You’re supposed to be my base,
A shoulder to spread my tears.
But how can you be all these things
If you’re never there?
New Poem - May 2006
Invisible
Another day has passed,
A day filled up with pain
A single tear falls down her face.
Here comes the endless rain.
Each day passes like molasses.
They never ever change.
Each and every nightmare
Always ends in rain.
A life that is dark and full of fear;
It’s black as black can be.
No need to hide the tears you cry
When you live life unseen.
New Poem - May 2006
Untitled
If
ever you may need,
A
light to lead your way,
I
will be your sunshine
To
help you through your day.
If
ever you may feel alone,
Or
sad we are apart
Remember
I will always be
With
you in your heart.
--Unanonymous
New Poem - May 2006
Untitled
Big brown eyes,
Staring out the window,
Watching for your car,
Waiting for your call,
Silently waiting every week,
Just waiting at that window,
Wondering if you were alright,
Sometimes half the night,
Every week the water would start building up inside,
And every week I swore that you
Would never see a single tear
Fall from your daughter’s eyes.
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New Poem - May 2006
The Window of Pain
Through the eyes of Sodom
Into the window of pain
The mask of joy and happiness
Drowns in the endless rain.
A book that is left unread
A life that’s left unknown
A world of pain and sorrow
A life lived all alone.
Through the eyes of Sodom
Into the window if death
The nearing end is coming soon.
Time for one last breath.
New Poem - May 2006
The Three Stages of a Star
The limelight is coming up,
Privacy is going to be gone,
Fame & glamour is right at the door,
A starlet will be born.
Lots of scripts are sent to her.
As she read her leading parts,
She sees her star in Hollywood.
A celebrity has blossomed.
The red carpet is very long,
The media screams her name,
The actress becomes a headliner in entertainment land,
A superstar has been born.
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New Poem - May 2006
Tonight
Every time I look at you,
My heart begins to melt.
Every time I think of you,
I wish you knew how I felt.
Your beautiful smile
Brings a tear to my eye.
The sound of your gentle voice
Makes me want to cry.
I can imagine your kiss,
Your warm embrace.
I can imagine your hands
Caressing my face.
It feels so great,
So real it seems.
I wish you were here,
And not only in my dreams.
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New Poem - May 2006
Acquaintance
Like a broken heart our friendship broke
Even though we’ve been taking it as a joke
A friendship that for so long we took care of
A friendship that for so long was full of love
And now we just talk like two times a day
Hi and bye is all we can say
I can’t believe it, it makes me want to cry
Sometimes I wonder is it worth it to even try
Can we fix it, is it possible you think
Can we go back and ease the pain within
Can you forget that for a while you were ignored
Can I forget that you don’t trust me anymore
Is it possible please tell me the truth
Do you think we’ll ever again say I love you
When you get a man will I be the first to know
If I break up with mine will you help me cope
I don’t know if we’ll ever be close again
But I do know that you’ll always be my friend
Distant friends may be all we get to be
But I’ll tell you something acquaintance
You can always count on me.
--Jomaira Salas, HR B101------------------------------------------
New Poem - May 2006
Dolley Madison
Born of a plantation
In 1768
Died, to her sons’ commiseration
81 years past that date.
Her father freed the slaves of his estate,
Moved to Philadelphia,
Married to a Quaker
(No, he wasn’t Maddison—
He died 20 months later
From the wedding date)
Gave birth to two,
One taken the year he was born
Along with his father.
And his parents,
That kind of luck, you’d think,
Would make her hisitate,
But I guess it didn’t.
Married to Madison
September 5th in the home of her sister
Lucy Paine.
See Paine is Dolley’s maiden name
And I guess it sort of fits,
‘Cause in the best years of her life,
Her home was burned down by a Brit.
Well I guess Dolley got the blues,
Madison too, Bailing his stepson out of jail
For partying, gambling, booze.
Debt was his game,
Had a great life, threw it away
You’d think after James died,
He’d pick up the pieces,
Stand by her side.
But he gave it all away,
For a shot or a hit,
Ran up a debt,
The first time in Europe,
During the Treaty of Ghent.
First time in Jail scare,
Before he became a regular gent there.
Dolley got 25 though
For selling what James noted.
Put 20 in a trust,
That was a must,
So to booze it would not be devoted,
She died a year later.
For him it was three.
Neither
their fate could foresee.
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New Poem - May 2006
A Man’s World
The Creator made us to be equal…
With the rights of life, liberty,
And the pursuit of happiness.
I see men with independent lives…
The liberty to do as they please,
As long as the laws are obeyed,
They are happy,
With no one to take it away.
Why is it that I as a woman,
Can’t have a life of my own?
I have to obey the laws of
Not only the government,
But my husband…my master.
I make my earnings,
Yet I can’t keep them.
A property once mind is taken away…
I’m obviously incapable, can’t own anything.
With the children I once carried,
I have no say...they do as he tells them.
Well, I’m sick of all this!
I want and independent life!
I want my liberty!
I want the right to happiness!
I’m supposed to have a freedom of speech…
And I’ve been kept quiet way too long.
Now is my time to speak out…
It’s time to get what’s rightfully mine.
I wand my freedom!
--Danielle Uiterwijk------------------------------------------