Poetry Game, Anyone?

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Just a touch away,
This memory that eludes me.
Just the scent from a secret river,
A slice of sunlight on a rockface,
Will bring it back to me.
Just a fleeting moment in time,
Lost forever,
If not for the stones on which I tread
And that particular sound they make
As they are crushed beneath my feet.



Next word: HAIR
 
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KTC said:
Just a touch away,
This memory that eludes me.
Just the scent from a secret river,
A slice of sunlight on a rockface,
Will bring it back to me.
Just a fleeting moment in time,
Lost forever,
If not for the stones on which I tread
And that particular sound they make
As they are crushed beneath my feet.

The whole thing was worth repeating. Beautiful, KTC! I am so there.


Ode to my Hair

I put you under heat
Yeah
Scapegoat found
Blown away, homebound

It doesn’t stop there
No
I sear with metals
Strangle with chemicals

Then, it gets bad
Oh!
Patches bare
How salty fingers twist and tear

The torment you suffer
Why?
Can’t I be kind
To the one I hide behind




Next word: Hide
 
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Hide the sadness of my heart
Within the folds of years behind me.
Hide the laughter of the moon
Within the darkness in which it shrouds me.
Hide the anger of growing older
Within the child inside my heart.
Hide the madness of approaching lunacy
Within the veil of normalcy I wrap around my smile.


Next word: Ice
 

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KTC, I loved that.


When you touched my bare shoulder
your hand like ice
your face dripping sweat

Then I knew.

But I let it pass as just an oddity
an ice cold hand
on a warm spring day.

Touch me again on my bare shoulder
and I promise
this time I'll feel you.

For I know.
 

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Thanks Word...liked yours too!

What's the next word?
 

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My feet are cold
My nipples rock
Cold my thoughts
Weak my walk


Icy spirit
Frozen dart
Form ugly words
From wounded heart



Next word: Removed

Whoops. That's what I get for composing in the reply box. Sorry, guys.

Edit again, use wurdwise's word.
 

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Sorry about that. The next word is healing.

Well, oops. I guess the next person can just pick one of the two.
 

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Healing wanders across my scar-covered body,
Teasing with its hint at perfection.
Healing threatens to cleanse the blood of our mothers,
Bringing them back to existence.
Healing tricks us into believing
We will never, never die,
While whispering to our hearts
the passage of time.

Next word: Heart
 

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Heart

You stepped on it
Let it lie
When you broke it
said good bye

Ripped out by raw strings
Let it lie
When you broke it
said good bye

Walked out, away, no return
Let it lie
when you broke it
said good bye

I came back to life
Let it lie
When you broke it
said good bye.

word: strings
 

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The strings that hold me to the world
Puppet mobility make me dance
Float up to the face of the moon
and laugh.
The strings that bind me to your moods
beat me with the ripeness of your anger.
The strings that play along
with the harmonic aria
break the darkness of my heart...
and cause me to sing.


Next word: Tree
 

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The Living Trees


I like the way
the Trees stand;
tall and proud
on their precious land.
As I stand by
the tall brother,
we both understand
that we support one another.
The oxygen we need
releases by its power;
so that I can live
to blossom like a flower;
and my carbon dioxide
keeps the green flowing,
so that they can live
to keep everything going.
So just remember when you
chop down that living tree-
for you’ll be actually
killing me!



next word=life
 
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LIFE

Deep in the inner part of my spirit I always feel your needs...
Sometimes I take hold of your pain and it becomes my life.
The restlessness that keeps your mind turning and your heart
beating is always with me.
I see it well and know it well, for I am a part of this existence.
Rather it be light or dark...I always see me, in the heart of you
and I see your eyes searching mine but I have no answers.
Take what we have had and let it be a memory so that we
can both move on.
I am not you and you cannot be me so let our love blow through
the hole in the wind and set me free.

word: misplaced
 

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I left my heart behind
misplaced it I suppose
tucked it away when you left me
behind my fancy new clothes

It's been hidden so long now,
I've forgotten where it is
Misplaced, I quess, forever
or drowned in my tears.

Next word, fancy
 

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Fancy fingers falling
across the wet surface of my lower back
We are languid
within the warm water
of the tropic waterfall.

Your caress, touch, tease
sends me to places
even warmer
than this paradise.

Fancy heart in Eutopia,
My Eros, my morning Goddess...
tempt me with your fingers,
with your slightest touch.


Next word: today
 

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Today

And over the sea of reality you must face your greatest fears and truths.
And in the water you feel you are relaxed and your mind is soothed.
Your eyes close and your mind drifts to a place where you soon wish to be.
Standing over the water, looking down and laughing at the raging sea.
And under your feet rests a place of fantasy and reminds you of future times.
When time is strange and mortal life seems to be an unchanging rhyme.
With your mind still open you continue to float on water of monotone.
And dreaming of a place where violet skies and blowing winds
carry the sunlight shone.
The swaying surface does not frighten your spirit or feeling of peace.
But, today you still scream.

Word:Mortal
 
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Banging on my chest
I scream
I am mortal
I will live forever
in the place beyond the here.
I am mortal
I will die in bed
after the torment
of lengthy illness.
I am mortal
I will see the sun rise
on another day
and I will gasp.
I am mortal,
forgetful of the ultimate voyage.
I am mortal
closing my eyes to reality,
falling from the karmic wheel
and landing
just long enough
to see the demise
of this body.
I am mortal.


Next word: Earth
 

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The Future



Up into the sky,
deep into space,
lies a small planet
with a human race.
They called the place Earth,
for a long, long time;
until all their problems
exploded in its prime.
Soon the deaths
took there toll,
and everyone began,
to lose their soul.
They prayed to the Lord,
Jesus Christ;
for art thou willed,
thee ultimate tryst.
Whatever happened then
is not very certain;
so it became time
to draw the curtain.
For we are a people,
many light-years away;
and soon our people
will be there some day.











next word=aliens

 
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Aliens on the highway's edge
Awaiting sanctuary
Rides to the other side.
Nirvana, it is rumoured,
Though one never knows.
That great America...
Whore of lost dreamers.
But still,
To get in there...
What a dream it would be!



Next word: HIDE
 

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HIDE

I hide my little alien
Deep in my side pocket.

It only comes out late at night
To eat my popcorn and my fudge.

Its beady eyes and questing antennae
Peek out to see earth and night time sky.

It wants to date my sister
She said no to "alien three-eyes!"

I guess I'll keep my alien
Till the mother ship returns.

No staying on this planet
No little sister to love.

word: popcorn
 

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The darkened aisles cause my tripping,
Blind in the dark, I am.
My dreams are about to take life
On the screen...
something about a writer
and wine tasting...
and drinking
and getting sh*tfaced in hotel rooms.
I finally find my seat
After falling, tripping, stomping and pushing.
I sit back,
Relax
Await with great anticipation
While I dip,
first one finger (to test the buttery stickiness)
and then my hand, three knuckles deep...
Into my vat, my bucket, my main vein
of creamy, high colesteral
Popcorn...

next word: Challenge
 

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The Illusion of Perfection



Never entertain
the Illusion of Perfection.
Don't even invite her in
for one drink.
The fine clothes she's wearing
she bought at a thrift store.
That cigarette she's smoking,
in its fine ivory holder?
It came from a carton
bought for ten bucks,
in a scam run by a crook
at the end of her street.
And that ivory holder
you covet so much?
It’s plastic,
sold at the dollar store
on that same corner,
where Illusion is a regular
and buys them in threes.

Better to befriend
Fault, bring her right in
open some wine.
She's honest
and forthright,
we all know her well.
The clothes on her back
are the best that she owns.
She bought them
brand new.
Scrimping and saving,
till they were marked down,
though it took her last dime.
And that contented look
she wears on her face.
The one Illusion is missing?
Fault paid for by being challenged,
each struggle a victory
so her heart's filled with pride.

So sorry. The next word is pride.
 
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Pride! Pride! Where did ya'll go, I'm sorry, I have my head up my butt, don't run off. The next word is

Pride!
 

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Hey, this game is moving right along with some wonderful entries!

Here's my next - "Pride"

Soul…jaundiced
but mask's in place,
jewelled, gold-filagreed.
Heart…breaking,
still skin swathed
in silk, satin,
laced with Chanel.
Solitude…onerous,
yet steps are a
child’s prance.
Bed…lonely,
save for the
soothing reach,
the seductive succor
of her pride.


Next word: solitude
 

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Solitude
Emptiness of others.
Thinking alone
with only yourself to disagree.
Shake off the loneliness,
Smile at the what ifs
And agree with the voices in your head.
Solitude,
the gift
that whispers
your deepest thoughts.
Listen...be loud
allowed to be
yourself
Alone.


Next word: chair