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		<description>The original writings of author lifesmith</description>
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			<title>Blank Pages and No Ink</title>
			<description>I trail an inkless penacross fading paperHoping for a flood ofinspired creativityI keep my window open,waiting for a galeDarting eyes to the phone,perhaps the words will callOr the roof caves in and aline or two will fallI&amp;rsquo;ve got my stereo turneddown so Beethove..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/772458/</link>
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			<title>Quixotic Demons</title>
			<description>Unclear horizons fadeinto slippery slopesWhere featheryclouds kiss unknown depthsOnce beautiful andfragrant rosesNow baring vulgarthorns,Stinging nettlestearing at raw fleshThat beating heart,that loud thumping drumWith its awful,woeful rhythmDon&amp;rsquo;t sli..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/753238/</link>
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			<title>The Misty Thought</title>
			<description>Not every poem has a rhyme schemeNot every party has a themeAnd when the river loses its streamI&amp;rsquo;m homesick for a place I&amp;rsquo;ve never beenMy eyes yearn what they&amp;rsquo;ve never seenA soft heartbeat for the extremeLike the last breath of a dying queenPick up a new..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/736152/</link>
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			<title>Poet&amp;rsquo;s Passport</title>
			<description>Of love for words;Superfluously ingenious creativityIntrinsically inspired, Just a flow of emotionOft times a trickleSometimes an eruptionPause&amp;hellip;&amp;nbsp;An eraser perhapsA new beginningNon-existent worldsAnd unfulfilled dreamsThe pleasure of imagin..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/723022/</link>
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			<title>Short Circuit</title>
			<description>Imaginarymessages scribbled on&amp;nbsp;Hot breaths on the ice cold windowWishing you could read themThinking that you canand hoping that you willAnd these tears that fall for youSo bitter yet ever so sweetSwimming in the memories of you and meDrowning in your absence that shouldn't be..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/718614/</link>
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			<title>Illogical Conscious</title>
			<description>Plastic smiles, worse than a botox injectionPrecede that semi hug, just enough to disarm&amp;hellip;And it works like a charmSpilling emotions and staining my floorDamn, I&amp;rsquo;m gonna have to wax that again&amp;nbsp;Your heart so cold, likeFrozen glaciers and ice cubesSuch ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/714138/</link>
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			<title>Amnesiac</title>
			<description>We become such a caricature of our former selvesWhen we are so detached from realityStill sober as a judge, even twice as corruptBut we lose our innocenceAnd misplace our conscienceA slow transition into oblivionWhere we conform to societyAnd lose our identityWalk str..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/709622/</link>
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			<title>Revolutionary Verisimilitude</title>
			<description>I see hatred and bigotry masquerading as opinionI see voiceless people yearning for dominionEven if it be sour as an onionFigurative rape by politics, business and religion&amp;nbsp;The brave ones confined to the recesses of mere thoughtIgnorance and pride hiding in plain sightThey've had their women st..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/708969/</link>
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			<title>Silken Sparks</title>
			<description>The ritualistic tangoA mating dance as old as timeTwo souls as oneBody and mind meetingIn a moment never fleetingWhen words become insufficientReplaced by the touch of your fingersThe soft whispering caressOf your lips on my skinThe tune of a Spanish guitar in the backgroundOr could that just be in ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/708966/</link>
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			<title>Withered Love</title>
			<description>It was fun while it lasted, fast and intenseYet slow and beautiful all at the same timeBut you made me no promises and I asked for noneSo when the time came, I was disappointed but not surprisedI was not surprisedBecause you were gone long before you walked outThat much I had seen comi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/708346/</link>
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			<title>Familiar Strangers</title>
			<description>I thought he was mine, and I hisHe thought I was his, and he mineI thought we could overcomeAnd live to tell the taleTell the tale of an enduring loveThe tale of a patient loveI thought I could count the daysCount the hours down to the last minuteInstead, I watched the lamp fizzleLosing its light wi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/708339/</link>
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			<title>Fallacious Death</title>
			<description>It all began with the devil&amp;rsquo;s heartfelt kissPure bliss that I couldn&amp;rsquo;t dismissThe sweet caress from sinfully crimson lipsSuch perverted thoughts penetrating my soul andProjecting the imperfections that expose my mortalityI&amp;rsquo;m lost in a world of brutality and auto..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/706688/</link>
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			<title>The Academy of the Dreaming</title>
			<description>I want to be allowed todreamTo lay down in my ownimaginationAnd build a life for methereI need to be set freeTo roam about in my ownsubconsciousTo see a world beyond thisrealityThat has me subdued and stagnantEven if just for a minuteRun wild in a world of..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/706004/</link>
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			<title>The Silence of the Sky</title>
			<description>This house feels so empty, maybe too large evenNot a home anymore, not a place for familyThose soft echoes&amp;hellip;almost too soft to hearYet just loud enough so we can&amp;rsquo;t ignoreOf silent whispers in the wallsAnd old reflections trapped in the mirrorsA subtle reminder of ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/704713/</link>
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			<title>Selfish</title>
			<description>How do I stay and wipe your tearsWhen I know that they shed for me?How do I embrace you in my armsWhen I know it&amp;rsquo;s me your heart bleeds for?That it&amp;rsquo;s my feet under which your soul was crushed?But was it so selfish of meTo walk out of a love so sincereTo punish..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/704697/</link>
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			<title>Continuum Spat</title>
			<description>I knew that life would move on without youThe wind still blows, but it plays to a different tuneThe sun still shines, just not on meEveryone&amp;rsquo;s happy laughter hangs in the airBut to me it&amp;rsquo;s a faint echo in the distance,Silent whispers in the backgroundI look down at my watch and I don&amp;rsq..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/704036/</link>
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			<title>Blade in the Door</title>
			<description>Broken hearts and crushed soulsLost tears and wishful thinkingSo much time spent wishing, missing,Wondering how and when we got so coldHow we missed the signsAnd kept on pushingA love gone sourTwo souls gone cold and unfeelingI hurt you and you hurt meAnd we walke..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/704024/</link>
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			<title>Obscure Shadow</title>
			<description>The rain drowns the solitary teardropAnd with that it drowns the hateThe sorrow, the despair and regretAn erosion of all that was human in meLeaving behind an unveiled voidA soulless smile and a heartless mirthAnd I am left unremorseful and unfeelingSimply an obscure shadow from the past</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anonymouspoet1/702060/</link>
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