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Soul Splitter – I

Posted on June 1, 2021April 20, 2022 by alexis

“Sometimes I wonder which of us is more crazy,” she said through gritted teeth, the cold snowflakes making her cheeks feel thick and numb.

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Gilded Frames

Posted on May 24, 2021April 20, 2022 by alexis

A poem about how we frame our lives and our stories for the benefit of others.

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Take Me Back

Posted on May 3, 2021May 4, 2022 by alexis

“Take me back,” she said with a wistful gaze, and a hand played over loose strands of hair.
“I cannot,” they said, and dipped the pole agai

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All the World’s a Grave

Posted on April 11, 2021April 20, 2022 by alexis

Sinew and bone to rough-hewn stone. A wooden cross or corpse still lost. In fields of gold and rivers, red, the sparkling water of forgotten dead. This is how the world has been, this is how the world will be. Born and die and born anon some with stories, but most just gone. #poem #poetry #grave #life #death #circleoflife #legacy

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8

Posted on April 10, 2021April 20, 2022 by alexis

Sky of gulls
and whispered wind
and murmured soft
the crowded din

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Relief

Posted on December 3, 2020April 20, 2022 by alexis

She said close your eyes
and tell me all
and I saw black, red
stars too far
and told her so
but she just smiled
and with her heart

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This is not a Rant

Posted on November 3, 2020April 20, 2022 by alexis

A perspective on the end-game with Covid-19 from a less politicized viewpoint, without appealing too much to empathy.

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Divide

Posted on October 2, 2020April 20, 2022 by alexis

A poem about living in a world of division and distrust.

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Because I Said So

Posted on July 21, 2020April 20, 2022 by alexis

Because I said so,
Just do what you’re told,
Ask too many questions
And you’re out of the fold.

Believe what you should,
It’s a matter of l

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Lines & Shapes

Posted on July 17, 2020April 20, 2022 by alexis

We are made of lines and shapes,
so easily connected.
And with a pencil we can make
our art form, undirected.

Shading lines and smudges,
is

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