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Who Am I?! (really!)

Who Am I?! (really!)

A Poem by J. Land


A tribute to slam poets everywhere, though a short one...
My TCK Story #1

My TCK Story #1

A Story by Jimmy Chen


TCK stands for Third Culture Kid. Traditionally, it means someone who grew up in a culture that is not that of their parents. Here's my take on that s..
Life

Life

A Poem by Avni


Life is full of…..Amazing amazesChanging changesMoody moodsThoughtful thoughtsEmotional emotionsIdentical identitiesImpressive impressionsCrea..
Relish This Event

Relish This Event

A Poem by Avni


This luminosity and good will is limited till the day you live, after that your identity becomes just a body. So just do what you have dreamed for..
Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror

A Poem by caseymichelle31


It's simple but I think it's effective.
Flower Star

Flower Star

A Poem by Qavah Simchah


Just a flower in the stones Pretending she's the sun, Stuck below, but upward grows And she's the brightest one. Don't give up on who you are I..
Real Life

Real Life

A Poem by Qavah Simchah


someone catch me tired of pretending I can fly need to feel the ground beneathe my body the skin around what makes me bleed the love around wh..
...didn't know me, didn't know you...

...didn't know me, didn't know you...

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


"If I am me to meAm I me to youMyself is me as I see,But to you myself is youBe yourself you saySo this is what I doI try so hard to find meBut me ju..
East of the Ether

East of the Ether

A Poem by Julia Squires


East of the ether,I drift in the dreaming;No island awaits me,No reason to rest.I sift through the signs,I curl in the crossing;No effort unveils me,N..
Missing the Magic

Missing the Magic

A Poem by Julia Squires


a smile leaves an imprint...an hour has its price...Missing the magic,When every day was a dream.I used to be youthful,When my thoughts didn't bleed.N..
Parade

Parade

A Poem by Julia Squires


I see them walk byI never know whyI can never see mineIn the mirrorOr the theatreFor as they say,It's all a stageAnd so I playAnd so I waitFor the day..
Someone Still

Someone Still

A Poem by Julia Squires


Will I ever seeThe sea again,Or climb another hill?If I ever reachThe highest peak,Will I finally feel fulfilled?Spin for the fire,Spring for the fall..
Mystery's Mirror

Mystery's Mirror

A Poem by Julia Squires


Mystery's mirror has magically madeA mess of who I am; so I mimic,I'm muddled, my mind is full of moths,And the swirls surrounding shadowsAre not quit..
Dreamlike Ethereal

Dreamlike Ethereal

A Poem by Julia Squires


Scratchy scribbles, lost allure.Shelter away in the womb.Dreamlike ethereal, ask and be awed;Where is what it was?In the castle - or the kind.In the t..
The Grass is More Grey Than the Sky

The Grass is More Grey Than the Sky

A Poem by Julia Squires


What it means to me is not what it means,It's never so easy, it's not what it seems,And as I try to wrap my head aroundAll the things you say, all the..
Name Me

Name Me

A Poem by Julia Squires


Heretical happenings under the bridge,Invested instruction - melody mine.With a waver,Give me time.There's a number, or a nounBut I can't connect the ..
Reams of Red and Royal

Reams of Red and Royal

A Poem by Julia Squires


Curtains of fire conceal her eyes,Her shape consumed in drapes;Cloaked with night, or something like,The feel beyond her fingers.Smoke is smeared acro..
Celestial Shore

Celestial Shore

A Poem by Julia Squires


Shapeless as a shadowThat morphs with every moment...Unformed and unbalanced,Still drifting on a dream...It began when I died,And lay dormant for year..
A City Ceramic

A City Ceramic

A Poem by Julia Squires


I feel my feelings fade and rustAlong with all I find:Smoke and ash and swirling dustFrom a different shore than mine...Through a city ceramicAnd a ca..
Ballerina

Ballerina

A Poem by Julia Squires


Tumbling through the sky toward a summit uncertainMy nights are alight with a flourishing flickerThat burns in my bones with an ache I can't hideDesir..