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No Bird

Published on Fri, 2nd Oct 2026 at 23:17

No bird, whose patience rarely flaunts, delights in a cage to slowly bide; their flight, whose feathers do rarely recall, awaits the battlement to gracefully fall. A wholesome flower prevails in truth, as summer's veil beckons their youth; no bird, whose callings scarcely
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Pleasure First

Published on Sun, 27th Sept 2026 at 00:17

For pleasure first, the anodynes break this deadened heart; now pastures sleep! Anew in pleasure, no queries beset this addled mind; aloft in peace! Regaling pleasure, this mumbling pride, to fleeting ears; I'm all but sleep! For pleasure first,
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Would I Suit Your Gentle Ear?

Published on Mon, 7th Sept 2026 at 23:04

Would I suit your gentle ear? my voice is all you may hear! how the axe did cut the tone is where I remain, standing alone. So friable in this desperate land, my heart did turn to sand, and what did come is a listening knight ... so would I suit your gentle ear?

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Tests

Published on Sat, 29th Aug 2026 at 01:12

At his behest, with little protest, they did invest in faithless tests. At his contest, with weary guests, they did request an earnest quest. At his address, with addled pests, they did arrest and free the best. At his recess, with little prospect, they built a
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His Masters High Demands

Published on Thu, 27th Aug 2026 at 16:40

Unwillingly, to himself, addressed his masters high demands; within the saddle, he did retest a trail he had yet to command! Open wounds did flow his pride; a freshly scented curse! now warders hold those souls at bay, as crimson red divides. Unwillingly, on
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Fire, Fire!

Published on Thu, 27th Aug 2026 at 00:33

Fire, dire, learning light, catch the forest in the early night; eternal embers hands the eye a fallen star, in wistful fights! Flyer, higher, yearning knight, catch the feathers in the flailing plight; embittered flowers cast a hand on failing hearts, in whimsical bites! Fire,
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Chess

Published on Tue, 25th Aug 2026 at 01:00

And said I that my heart is cold, and said I that my voice is old, as earnest fires all but die; this path is bare in recreant proof. And said I that my soul is dead, and said I that my mind is dread, as hawthorns pierce the final beats; this garden is replete with
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Beneath the Leaves

Published on Sat, 22nd Aug 2026 at 22:20

Beneath the leaves the soil believes this world still greaves for clouded thieves. Of what they achieved, we can but weave? as oceans deceive the shores of leaves. Beneath the leaves the stone conceives a rose in eve; shall we believe?

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Warm With Sun

Published on Wed, 19th Aug 2026 at 23:51

Warm with sun in this dying room; ferns cling to hopeful clouds that speak in tongues from a quite doom; mocking thee! taunting thee! Distance wrinkles show their face in lines I cannot retrace; and of morrows tempest? the woodpeckers sing, yet thier
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Remember

Published on Fri, 3rd Jul 2026 at 00:15

I came upon a journey, but I couldn't tell you where; I've tried in vain to remember, but all I see is despair! I've slept through many a night hoping the dream would come, yet further did I fall, and all that remained is scared ... I came upon a
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High Tide

Published on Mon, 22nd Jun 2026 at 21:56

It came upon the high tide, here, we've nowhere to hide; now afar, on the other side, rests an ocean so short of lies! Poseidon dreams upon the storm we've begat from stolen trees; what it leaves? we cannot believe! ... as frozen is the forgotten truth ...

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Love Did Never Consume Me

Published on Thu, 18th Jun 2026 at 00:00

Love did never consume me, nor take its toll on time; Her flowers bloomed in gentle winds that yearned for me to begin! My love did scream in glee! yet scream of me in greed? My ghastly fears prevail, with tears, as my heart does longingly dream ...

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A Jest

Published on Wed, 17th Jun 2026 at 23:39

A jest beyond your doors yields little chance of succour; what of solace upon the floor? this voyage awaits the shore ...

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Winters Maladies

Published on Mon, 15th Jun 2026 at 22:58

Winters maladies beset this mind; what of me will find the line? frozen pines still lace the times where a journeys eye did reach the blind! Blustery madness lingers in walls; what of me will make the call? chosen lines regale the fall where morrows heart did land in
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