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#WeeklyHaiku: Voyeur

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From a safe distance/
Watching her daily doings/
'Til she notices
(Ana Beatriz Ribeiro)

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Darkness

A gothic haiku.

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Rejection’s ramifications

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In rejection, we not only feel hurt but it seems more than that.

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Throwback Poetry: The empty, party-fueled aftermath of a #breakup and learning how to heal properly

In the past, in the aftermath of a breakup from a long-term relationship, I tended to seek out constant external stimulation (besides validation). I tended to try to "stay high" on the rush of fleeting romances and parties that, after the fact, only left me feeling more alone and empty.

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“Krämerbrücke” – the first poem auf Deutsch on this blog

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Heiner Horlitz‘s poem takes me back to moments when a certain memory of a loved one – through an object or place associated with them – was so vivid that I almost had the feeling that the person was there and I could touch them, although they’d been long gone. This makes such an ability

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Kevin and millennial love and sex

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I met Kevin Dublin when he was 22 and I was a little bit older, I think at some university poetry event he’d invited me to in Wilmington, N.C. Me, practically still a rookie reporter but already on the verge of a burnout, a caustic combination of neurotic and hard-partying, running a newspaper-hosted poetry blog

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