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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 419 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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Pedagogy

the cramped pews
of childhood,
we were taught
to fear the flames
that licked the damned,
our sunday school teachers,
stern as judges
wagging fingers,
warning of eternal pain,
as if the fires of hell
could sear our souls
more than...

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Slow-motion Suicide

throat,
a narrow alley
where shadows
of memories
gathered to whisper
their cruel nothings.
as I choked
on the silence
the taste of it bitter
like last night's regret
like the words
I never spoke,
like the love
I never gave,
...

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Unhappy Meal

I'm unhappy
but that's the price
of being the rock
they lean on

my wife's smile
is a fleeting thing
a sunset on a
bad day

my daughters' laughter
is a distant hum
a reminder of
all I've undone

I'll drink alone
tonight, again
and...

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Always Tired

probably sleep too much,
but I like sleeping.
it's like being dead
without the responsibility
of being...

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thank you so much

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thank you so much. I wasn't sure about using Neptune as an antagonist because of the ocean metaphors but I'm glad you like it

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leaps and bounds? No....you can teach me....

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Fantastic

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I love everything you write. The line "I don't want anyone to see me the way I saw you" is a fantastic expression of the speaker's desire to avoid being seen as deeply and intimately as they saw this other person. For me, I interpreted it as a fear of being truly understood or exposed, or a desire to maintain a sense of control over how they're perceived. Well done, my friend. 

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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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