I wanted to see if I could write a poem with only one word each line, it made me think of different ways to convey ideas, and made me try out different strategies
I come to you Beaten Bruised I have faced everything Everyone
A stare down New weapons Old ways Old ways for hurting people Smoke blocks the sky
Fragile fractals compose my flesh Porcelain ligaments Glass muscles Slightest slip up Biggest mistake
The charcoal sky crowned a dreary… Moonlight drifting to the floor Silence Blanketing An old predator prowled
Haikus are tricky. You have to be quite careful. Refrigerator.
Its eyes pierce my soul. Deep crimson, they are. I try to lift my rifle, but I fin… I’m trembling. Trembling!
I have no friends I have no home Till my time ends I’ll be alone I’ll be alone
The rain hits my window I stare at the ceiling The soft patter next to me Apathy I just feel apathy
You kneel there So far from grace Look at what you were And what you have been reduced to It seems not so long ago that I f…
I love these times. When you get a chance to just sit… Basking in the sun, laying down on… Staring out. The azure sky.
The eyes constantly watch me, Digging into my flesh like razors, Judging every move I make, Every letter my pen writes, Glaring into my soul with contempt…
Coughing up blood How? Why? I never smoked in my life I haven’t drank since 20
Silence rings over the field The soldiers stand to arms Tension creeps along the ground Slithering its tendrils into those… Sprouting fear in the hearts of yo…
Why? It hurts So so much Please I’m still here
Frantic scrambling as the man writ… He tells of an epic A masterpiece His magnum opus And as the swelling orchestra rise…