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Category: Random Poetry

Call to Arms

On August 7, 2022 By jbdurnettIn It's Poetry My Dude, Random PoetryLeave a comment

Call to arms, when trying to fight,position, platform, where to go,what to hit, how to aim, hand and eyes together, fighting to survive.Once, there was a call to arms, the first time was the endless barrage of bombs in the skyblasting corpses from the skydefend.A teaching moment, a momentin survival, planning, relying when to fight, …

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Afterthought

On July 28, 2022 By jbdurnettIn It's Poetry My Dude, Poetry on Wednesday, Random PoetryLeave a comment

a creature born, dine to deal a creature dies, born to breathe in the afterlife, it stains the curtains with every strike, knuckles worn a creature cut anymore a creature shocks, caught to catch a creature falls, lives to lie a creature follows, born to die. a creature signs, wrecked a way a creature struggles, …

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Snap out of it

On July 14, 2022 By jbdurnettIn It's Poetry My Dude, Random PoetryLeave a comment

spider legs curl around its prey. Silk falls around the shoulders, gives a minuscule weight that brings two barbs deep into the meat. hanging beast gives protection against the elements. The cold seeps through the strands, and while the soft touch brings relief. Nothing else did. Everything else melted to liquid--torn to pieces. between the …

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State of Mind

On June 24, 2022 By jbdurnettIn Fri-losophy, Random Poetry, Thoughts on WritingLeave a comment

It's supposed to be with feeling. But all I feel is...It's supposed to be therapeutic. But all I see is...It's supposed to be tranquil. But all I taste is...I'm supposed to be me. But all I accomplish is...There's supposed to be peace. But all I hear is...The songs down the line.

A race to redeem

On May 19, 2022 By jbdurnettIn It's Poetry My Dude, Poetry on Wednesday, Random PoetryLeave a comment

when time is running out,I see two eyes in the blackness,telling me to...break from the chains holdingeach limb, blast of rain,a left arm of grief,a right arm of torment,a left leg of a thief,a leg of an advent,leading towards a ripin the tapestry,searching for a cureto madness,breaking a pattern of sadness.

Cenotaph

On April 29, 2022 By jbdurnettIn Fri-losophy, Random Poetry, Thoughts on WritingLeave a comment

Spotting one leopard spotWilted, the heart hurts, just trying to bloom belowthe snow, inside the shallowhall, adorned with red, blue, purple,black, yellow, green, light brown,wilted but never fading.

Bright and Early

On April 15, 2022 By jbdurnettIn Fri-losophy, Random Poetry, Thoughts on WritingLeave a comment

Coral in the sea of emerald, the rolling, crushing waves breaking the beach. Sand thrown aside, rocks thrown in line, and there I am, a pinwheel caught by the wind. One droplet gathered in the clouds. It falls on a single seed somewhere in the desert. And all I can think about is--I don't know …

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For Me

On April 1, 2022 By jbdurnettIn Fri-losophy, Random Poetry, Thoughts on WritingLeave a comment

What makes a good story? What makes good characters? What makes interesting scenes? Fights? Conflict? Villains? Beginning, middle, end? What makes a decent story? What makes a decent plot? What makes a good book? What makes a good post? What makes a good writer? ... Trauma? Heart? Pain? Anger? Self-doubt? Determination. Perseverance. Stubbornness. Confidence. Hope? …

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27 Million Degrees

On March 18, 2022 By jbdurnettIn Fri-losophy, Random Poetry, Thoughts on WritingLeave a comment

Alone i think in back and white, ink and scribblesThe land of a shadow prisonIn the head of born-well bladesI arise with arid acidand burn with beautiful flames

Blank

On March 11, 2022 By jbdurnettIn Fri-losophy, Random Poetry, Thoughts on WritingLeave a comment

losing something in a mirror, looks backand finds the only voice in my head,calling me back to embrace,new

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