Category Archives: Poetry

current events

Posted on August 24, 2010 by letesting

who the hell could possibly know that life would plant seedlings that’d grow into friendships of grass and snow.

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meta.

Posted on August 3, 2010 by letesting

in the passive voice, we quit regrets and quickly flee to dance among debris. in the passive voice, we know we’re making the right choice to dive into the sea.

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ill-usion [[re-dux]]

Posted on July 28, 2010 by letesting

[[(re-)read the original]] Sparrows hum disfigured melodies as memories become days. I awake dazed and bemused by the dampened soil caressing my back. Apparently I have fallen. Asleep beside me is the abstraction of a woman, her deep blue eyes … Continue reading →

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one change per-chance

Posted on July 9, 2010 by letesting

man this train smells, but at least i’ve got a seat. on a subway going somewhere, and that where is up to me. the first stop is dunn loring, yes i’m on the orange line, then you walk into the … Continue reading →

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the block buster

Posted on July 9, 2010 by letesting

if you’d just rewind, i’d see clearly its our time, at least in my mind. if you wouldn’t mind, like a mix tape we’d rewind, making up lost time. in a moment’s time, i could resurrect your mind, if you’d … Continue reading →

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cocktails and cliffdives

Posted on June 22, 2010 by letesting

with a flick we arrive, but you’re acting like you don’t care. your back greets us with a smile as your eyes watch the setting sun. i think we’re making too much noise finishing our last rhymes. oh well. nothing … Continue reading →

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dictionary

Posted on June 10, 2010 by letesting

12.09.08 this poem is a metaphor. a meta-formality of postmodern poetry. this poem is written from a third-person point of view, but a first-person state of mind. [that second person interjects sometimes.] this poem is a form of the verb … Continue reading →

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in case you were wondering

Posted on April 13, 2010 by letesting

15.09.08 i write to fight the injustices committed unto myself by embarrassed girls with ponytail curls by the dusk-covered stars in the overcast sky by the weeping nights under unlit lights i write to fight the injustices committed unto myself … Continue reading →

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went for the gold

Posted on April 13, 2010 by letesting

18.11.08 i am a battering ram made of tinker’s dam. an unsteady surface serving a worthless purpose. shaking the walls of this mistaken city, a city unshaken by the gravitational constant of my constantly repeating dreams. the repetition is nuclear … Continue reading →

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hitting the language barrier

Posted on April 13, 2010 by letesting

27.12.08 [ed. note–this was the inspiration for this blog.] i write more than i eat thrice a day i poeticize put words to paper to humanize emotion but in all the subtlety of this poet he can’t seem to find … Continue reading →

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