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Writer from South Carolina. I'm using the site to upload new and older works. Signed first publishing contract recently and waiting for a release date for my first collection. I can be followed on Twitter @JoeStricklandAU

  May 2023     2 hours ago

Submitted Poems 385 total

Memory

I wish I could plant a forest
where every tree is a memory
that we share.
mostly good and not bad.
then you and I
can live there
off the grid,
just us,
living amongst ourselves
and every moment
that made us...

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Inner Peace

is my conviction
that there is no way
to arrive at the shore
without surrendering
to the undertow.
peace is the way
the waves crash
in my chest,
a relentless
pounding.
i've tried to chart
a course through
the turbulent
waters of my...

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Melancholy Mystic

quiet one
in the corner
of the room
where legends are made,
his fingers
weaving a masterpiece
of melancholy
and devotion.

in the shadow
of giants he found
his own voice,
a gentle breeze
that rustled
the leaves
of love
...

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Apostate

the depths
of your faith
i find my own apostasy,
a mirror
to your fire,
where doubt
is the only prayer
that sets my soul...

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Joe

once told me
i'm a genius but no one knows it.
yet,
the words echoed
in my chest like a bruise,
a slow-rising bloom
of doubt.

he was a published writer,
a scholar,
a know-it-all.

in the mirror
i searched for signs
of...

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Fantastic work

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Lovely

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"Two stars colliding, a crash course in destiny" is a fantastic line!

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Fantastic

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thank you so much

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thank you so much

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This is fantastic work

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I'm not familiar with it

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Very good work

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Beautifully written

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I really like this a lot, John

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I wanted the poem to be short and sweet. Essentially, so many conversations simply have no meaning. People talk and talk but they talk about nothing. Thank you for your comment and advice

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Fantastic

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Fantastic imagery. Well done.

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great point

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