• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem] - Remembering Tears in Paradise

  Hello. I wrote a poem some months back called Paradise is Crying , in which I told a story of a person visiting a so-called "island paradise" only to discover that even in…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem] - Passed

  I've tried to explore this theme of time and how it affects us, how it defines the direction of our lives in certain ways. This piece is another attempt. If you'd like to read…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem] - The Glowing Flower

  I have been under the weather recently, which has affected my ability to write as often as I'd like. I did manage this particular piece, though unfortunately my voice is not up…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - My Best Friend

  This poem could be treated as a companion to one I previously posted, called, " My Friend ." My Best Friend I've heard your kind words, which so eloquently, Express how…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - My Truth Is Ice

  Here is a piece that I feel continues to explore the selfish nature of a character. The voice in the poem is that of an unashamedly selfish character, unabashedly sharing his…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With an Update] - Who Is It?

  I thought I would re-post an older work, but now include an image that I found that I liked and that seemed to relate to the poem. I hope the community will agree that there is…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - Heart's Desire

  I know these words come from my heart, And are marked with that sincerity, That takes my roughened speech apart, And revises it for clarity. Feeling magnifies my phrases…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - Obey!

  That instinct to community, That holds us in its' sway, That basic instinct driving us, To live a certain way, Caring not for loneliness, But taking up the chains, That…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - The Over There

  My eyes have seen the many ways, The living answer when I call, To bring an end to all their days, And wrap them in my pall. Some in wonder, some in fear, Some pass in…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - Tick Tock

  How cruel the clock, how pitiless, That ticks and tocks away, How dark my fate, how hideous, When the clock takes you away. How honest, time, but so unkind, To certify the…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - Stowing Thrones

  I thought I would try an experiment in spoonerism (transposing the sounds or letters of words). The following poem uses that verbal device in what I hope is an interesting way.…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - Cries from a Paper Bag

  We seven pups have just arrived, so we are strangers here, In this world that seems so big to us, big enough to fear, So we squeak out all our little cries, and hope someone is…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  Poem - Openness

  When first we met I was cautious as a deer, Uncertain where I stood, so very near, And caught within that classic quandary, I knew that what I felt, boiled down to fear. I…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  Poem - Always Watching You

  You know I'm watching you, but I don't think you're aware, Of just how many eyes I have, or that they're everywhere, Not only in your city streets, not only in the public…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  Poem - Just a Shrug

  I cannot stand nor comprehend, The games that people often play, That often mean they just pretend, Like actors all the livelong day. I would not want to live a lie, Nor…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - Dream World

  In that place I often visit, once or twice a night or more, I find each time another world, each one unlike the one before, Where each is furnished in the style of some…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - Reflections on a Star

  I see you, dot of white starlight, Nestled deep in night's embrace, And I know you must be burning bright, Within the darkened sweep of space. Did you know this light you…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - When I Turn To Dust

  When in my time I turn to dust, and feed the flowers as I must, I hope the Angels take what's left, and bear it into Heaven's trust, for I do not wish to pass the time…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - Love's Offer

  There is a word when heard rings like a bell, And to blessed ears it weaves a magic spell, But jaded ears they hear but cannot tell, The tones this word intones so very…

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• bhmcintosh (52)in #poetry • 6 years ago

  [Poem - With Recitation] - No End to This

  The sweet pain of loneliness, sings in my heart so beautifully, a song, but not of mournfulness, but one whose chorus joyfully, reminds me of that soul I miss, for just…

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