Author: rak

  • Penned In

    Penned In

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    Blanked Out a new fountain pen filled up with untold stories a silent blank page Photo by Janson A. on Pexels.com

  • Beautifully Pointless

    Beautifully Pointless

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    Gorgeous For No Reason pink orchid flowers delicate and beautiful pointlessly gorgeous

  • Empty Bottles

    Empty Bottles

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    An Empty Life empty wine bottles emptied by an empty man such an empty life Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com

  • Spring Sprung

    Spring Sprung

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    Surprisingly Wonderful wonder of wonders another spring has been sprung and I am still here Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

  • Something Somewhere

    Something Somewhere

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    Maybe Somebody a rainy evening winds mutter under the eaves something screams somewhere Photo by Yan Krukau on Pexels.com

  • Good To Be Alive

    Good To Be Alive

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    Live In The Moment the warmth of the sun blue skies, laughter, her perfume let me never die Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels.com

  • Hell Is Oneself

    Hell Is Oneself

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    Hell Is Alone that howling silence it is the sound of oneself of being alone Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com

  • Flowering Things

    Flowering Things

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    Springing Into Flower spring flowering things candlelit magnolia blackthorn and cherry Photo by Francesco Ungaro on Pexels.com

  • Unseasonal Feelings

    Unseasonal Feelings

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    Feeling Lost a cold east wind seagulls tangled in the air a feeling of loss Photo by Fidan Nazim qizi on Pexels.com

  • Goodbye Little Brother

    Goodbye Little Brother

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    Time Just Slips Away We burned my little brother yesterday. It was almost appropriate that he went up that chimney after all those hookey fags. That was what killed him, (the smoking, not the burning). We gave him a good send off. He would have enjoyed it, the silly song at the funeral, the words…

  • Alive Or Dead

    Alive Or Dead

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    In The Moment living or dying this being or nothingness there is nothing else Photo by Teddy tavan on Pexels.com

  • Fame At Last

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    Maybe Infamy Many thanks to the very wonderful Freya Picard at Pure Haiku for selecting some of my poetry for this competition. I’ve never had any of my work showcased like this before. I like it!

  • Life Comes Quietly

    Life Comes Quietly

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    Buds Burst My Heart the buds are coming life is a quiet wonder i am part of it Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com

  • An Acceptance Of Nothing

    An Acceptance Of Nothing

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    Nothing To Accept thinking in the night knowing and accepting my life meant nothing Photo by Maria Varshavskaya on Pexels.com

  • Die On A Bad Day

    Die On A Bad Day

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    Live For The Good Days a dreary, dull day cold, wet and miserable a good day to die Photo by MOHAMED ABDELSADIG on Pexels.com

  • Throwaway Lives

    Throwaway Lives

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    Lost And Not Found an afternoon walk a nice, quiet country lane needles on the ground Discarded Needles

  • What Comes Naturally

    What Comes Naturally

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    With Innate Knowledge two birds build a nest intuitive, untutored it is their nature Photo by Alexas Fotos on Pexels.com

  • Waving Goodbye

    Waving Goodbye

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    Taking Leave That will be my last memory After the faces of everyone I ever knew Those few I have loved And the many I have not After all the places I have been All the lands and seas All the wonders of this world I have seen Skipping over all regrets All sorrows, the…

  • The Wet Garden

    The Wet Garden

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    Fresh From The World dew-sprinkled spring grass mist over good, worm-chewed earth sunlit from heavens Photo by Jochen Breuer on Pexels.com

  • the secret to a good life

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    From A Grunty Over-Thinker

  • Monstrous Gods

    Monstrous Gods

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    Devilish Creations this is a truism all of our gods are monsters we made them that way Photo by KoolShooters on Pexels.com

  • Unbearable Beauty

    Unbearable Beauty

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    So Fleeting a bright spring morning such unbearable beauty all life is so brief Photo by Simon Berger on Pexels.com

  • All Of Our Gods

    All Of Our Gods

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    Made By Mankind they all came from us every god you dare to name born in mortal minds Photo by AXP Photography on Pexels.com

  • A Spring Morning

    A Spring Morning

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    Shining Shyly a housewife singing the fetid smell of wet earth timid spring sunlight Photo by Eva Bronzini on Pexels.com

  • It All Adds Up

    It All Adds Up

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    All Of The Time all the little moments of our lives those childhood Christmas mornings the first time you saw your own blood how you shamed yourself that time how her lips first tasted how wet she was seeing the newborn open its eyes how scared you were when they were late home the warmth…