The Ugly Truth (2011)
By jennifer
Poetry that hurts.
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Heart
Too early for Valentine's...
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Bend and Bleed
Bend and Bleed (5th January, 2011) It might be too late for apologies and gives, not takes; truth disguised by my vowels and your consonants, these bones of mine you bend and break.
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Salt
Salt (3rd January, 2010, 1.05aam) You linger where you’re not welcome, hovering at the edge of my conscience, prodding my memory when I forget you; could you bear to disappear?
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Don't sweat the small stuff
Really a performance poem.. now all I need is somewhere to perform it! J x
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People Don't Change
People don’t change (1st February, 2011) I watch you try to rearrange your spots, leopard-skin shining in the light of mustered illusion. You hold an unsure
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IP. One is one and all alone and evermore shall be so
Came out a little odd...
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Taxi Ride
This just came out. A response to a local tragedy. Bit close, this one.
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Let's get critical
Response to a certain comment! *wicked smile*
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Rain Blood
Rain Blood (4th April, 2011) This is the kitchen of memories; broken china pieces under bare feet of crying babies. Don’t sweep before you grieve; the door swings open like
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Paper Proof
Paper Proof (4th April, 2011) Raw pain like an itch I can’t reach, so close, on the inside; it’s where I breathe, deep; it’s where my heart beats. These words are not for your ears
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Let's Start Again
Competition Entry
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Let's Start Again (2)
Competition Entry
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Words
Words (26th August, 2011) I can’t promise you anything but words: Of those, I have an endless supply; They come, they press, they beg to be Upon my screen, out of my mind.
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Wise Whys
Wise Whys (4th Oct, 2011) I don’t have your address to write you a letter; If I had done, would it have made things better? You won’t leave me alone, like a dog with a bone;
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Freedom
Freedom (4th November, 2011). We brought our placards and our peaceful words; We brought our passion, hoped that we’d get heard; We brought our strength, our dignity, our righteous heads
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The Gap
The Gap (8th November, 2011) The silence that interrupts a conversation; where the pins drop, no-one knows, but we have all felt that strange sensation, that frozen moment of
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Unbelievable Plea!
Unbelievable Plea! (8th November,2011) Dear all that read and write on ABC, (So many already been good to me!) There’s two days left in which to get my book
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Want and Need
Want and Need (24th November, 2011) The weight of your silence makes me feel old: lead weight replacing a promise of gold. Resurrect your idol just where she fell,
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