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Original: 4/29/2008 7:48 PM
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
 

I am Writing This Poem to be School Appropriate

I am writing this poem for a reading at my school,
Probably full of people I closely know, and then -- just the opposite.
I don't want to say that my poetry is too honest,
All I'm really saying is that it's not school appropriate.
No one wants to hear about how I was nearly naked in front of another person,
Or how we don't remeber how we met, and how I think I'm in love with him.
And not the, "I say I love you after a week" teenage love.
The, "Love only hurts because one day you'll die forever without me" love.
Or how I write about weed and cigarettes,
Neither of which I smoke.

I am writing this poem while listening to Sondre Leche,
Whose CD I picked up because I like his name, and it was free.
And the music is medicore at best.
I wonder if this poem is mediocre, at best.
He said that pretzels fell like tears upon the sidewalk,
Which I can only equate with a bitter joke he has with an ex-girlfriend.
Also, with New York, which I will be packing for once I read this poem at my school.
Assuming I have done so at all.

I don't want to say that my poetry is too honest,
But it definitely doesn't try to make rhyme work,
And sometimes I wonder if it's even poetry.
You can still break rambling into lines and stanzas.

All I'm saying is that I'll never be school appropriate.

 Posted 4/29/2008 7:48 PM - 9 comments

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So, I've been reading your writings for a while now, and I always really enjoy them. They make me think. And you're really awesome with the imagery. =]
Posted 4/29/2008 10:27 PM by nikkiback - reply

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Beautiful crap.

*this is me preparing to be flamed to the Dickens...*

(At least I capitalized Dickens)

Posted 4/29/2008 10:28 PM by Scrittore_di_cielo Xanga True Member - reply

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I have similar feelings. Like, my parents could never read what I write... because of the sexuality and because then everyone will think I'm emo lol.

"And not the, "I say I love you after a week" teenage love.
The, "Love only hurts because one day you'll die forever without me" love"

And I know that love. And I was just writing about it yesterday. psychic.
Posted 4/29/2008 10:36 PM by statisticalanomaly - reply

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Oh RYC: I meant not like myself in a good way... if that makes any sense.
Posted 4/29/2008 10:51 PM by statisticalanomaly - reply

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"You can still break rambling into lines and stanzas."

true, but i think you've got poetry :)

Posted 4/29/2008 11:28 PM by scifi_ffish - reply

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This made me laugh.
It's so honest (not too honest) and just raw and real.

I like that you're not hiding behind the sexuality, the love, and the drugs of so many other poems teens write.
This is truth. And I like it.
Posted 4/30/2008 3:03 PM by behind_the_lens - reply

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I wonder if there has been an author named 'Dickers.'

No flames! Apparently everybody doesn't understand my comment or they're all in agreement with your Conformity piece. (You can have your own opinions and still respect everybody else's)

Posted 4/30/2008 4:51 PM by Scrittore_di_cielo Xanga True Member - reply

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Yes, you can break rants and rambling down into lines and stanzas, and that's what I like best about this, and a lot of the other stuff you've written lately as a matter of fact.
Posted 5/1/2008 6:49 AM by flyfox65 Xanga True Member Xanga Premium Member - reply

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I liked this one but I didn't like the newest two poems you wrote that much.
Posted 5/11/2008 10:49 PM by redfox21 Xanga True Member - reply


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