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Poet on Acid
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0 posted 2001-03-30 09:39 PM



Security
More elusive than purity
Both illusions here
Nothing is real only the fear

Those who flaunt their power
Remain locked in their minds and cower
Feeling the seeds of fear
Making there eyes tear

They can’t see what’s real
Or remember how to feel
The few remaining pleasures of life
All they see in this world is strife

Blinded by the ‘light’
Casting them into the darkest of night
Because of this they can not see
The reality of the word ‘me’

The fear brings pain
And those it does not drive insane
It darkens, as the light goes out
And drains their souls with unending drought

>¶Øʆ<

© Copyright 2001 Tony Ryan Johnson - All Rights Reserved
Allan Riverwood
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1 posted 2001-03-31 05:32 AM


Okay, the English language needs MORE words that rhyme with "life."  All agreed please raise a hand?  
I've seen two poems today and written one, all using the word "life" and rhyming it to "strife" because it's just so hard to do!  *pouts*

I'll digress from that fact...
Very original format in this piece, POA.  I like the way you changed the length of the lines just a bit to create an odd flow.  It worked out to be a great poem.
~Allan

Its rather handy being at the top of the food chain...you can sort things out and not get the blame for it.  ~~Elizabeth Johnson (anonymousfemale)

Ina
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2 posted 2001-03-31 11:41 AM


hey koool!there was rythming!
something i could never do.

great work!
regina

a small cut is only the beggining of a life in pain

Fading Away
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3 posted 2001-03-31 12:37 PM


*Raises hand*

"Those who flaunt their power
Remain locked in their minds and cower
Feeling the seeds of fear
Making there eyes tear"

Very nice job here, POA.  I like the structure of the poem.
Nicely done.

--Marie

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

Poet on Acid
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4 posted 2001-04-01 12:48 PM


Actually there are a pretty good amount of words that rhyme with 'life'..only thanx to the moderators I tend to shy away from using those words in poems I post here. Thanx for your replies.

>¶Øʆ<

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5 posted 2001-04-01 03:06 PM


OoooOOOooOOhhh Poet, me liked this VERY much....yep...VERY much......nice work, as always..keep writin'.
  ~Carly

Many miles behind my eyelashes, there always seems to be
the strangest things, the slightly sane, that only I can see...

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6 posted 2001-04-01 11:46 PM


I liked this one Acid......very nice

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

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7 posted 2001-04-09 10:47 PM


your poems are pretty much philosophical
you are very talented
keep sharing
it's nice too see you around again

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

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8 posted 2001-04-10 09:07 AM


i somehow missed this the first time around and i'm glad that it was brought back up to the surface.  beautiful work as usual POA, the flow is great and the poem is very well written.

Sometimes, the things that go unsaid are the only things worth hearing.

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9 posted 2001-04-10 09:11 AM


::raises hand::

I agree w/ Allan, but unfortunately, there arent that many, and yet you still wrote a great poem.  Good job!!  

*If the only place I can live my dreams is in my sleep, then I'll sleep forever!*

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