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Writer from South Carolina. I'm using the site to upload new and older works. Signed first publishing contract recently and waiting for a release date for my first collection. I can be followed on Twitter @JoeStricklandAU

  May 2023     2 hours ago

Submitted Poems 399 total

Memory

I wish I could plant a forest
where every tree is a memory
that we share.
mostly good and not bad.
then you and I
can live there
off the grid,
just us,
living amongst ourselves
and every moment
that made us...

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An Ode To Hank

further
i drift from the human tide
the better i feel.
no noise,
no chaos,
no expectations,
just the silence
of my own skin.
people do too much,
they say too much,
just sleep all day
and forget the day
of the week,
of the year,
...

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Anonymity

i'd rather be an unknown poet
than a celebrity,
lost in the margins
of my own making
where the only fame
is the echo of my name
in the hollow of my chest,
a whispered promise
to the words that haunt me
like a ghost in my mouth
refusing to...

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Ruins of a Dream

america's teeth are rotting
from the inside out
like mr. russell's
after years of neglect
and too much sugar.

the dream's a cavity
filled with the gold
of broken promises
and the rust of progress.

millsters we were called,
the ones who...

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Simon

the corners
of my upbringing,
a voice whispered secrets
of the american heartland,
a troubadour
of the mundane.
he constructed towers
of words that rustled
like leaves
in the autumn chilly wind.
his rhythm,
a gentle lapping
...

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leaps and bounds? No....you can teach me....

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I love everything you write. The line "I don't want anyone to see me the way I saw you" is a fantastic expression of the speaker's desire to avoid being seen as deeply and intimately as they saw this other person. For me, I interpreted it as a fear of being truly understood or exposed, or a desire to maintain a sense of control over how they're perceived. Well done, my friend. 

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Fantastic work

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Lovely

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"Two stars colliding, a crash course in destiny" is a fantastic line!

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Fantastic

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thank you so much

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thank you so much

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This is fantastic work

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I'm not familiar with it

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Very good work

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Beautifully written

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I really like this a lot, John

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