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The Lighting of the Flame "Only One Time"
Here we go, I've been trying to get to this for 20 years. Feels right. Only One Time A complex puzzle of elemental threads A grand and basic mosaic Any wise man will say if you're dreaming You're only seeing something made out of thoughts in your head Altogether it's one thing crafted out of many things Any wise man will…
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The Lighting of the Flame: AN OPEN LETTER TO EDDIE VEDDER AND PEARL JAM 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING
i am bound by the demands of integrity, respect and all I hold sacred, as well as the virtues of courage, honesty and love, to express the immense gratitude I have in the very depths of my soul, for Pearl Jam and even more so for Eddie Vedder, for believing in me and trying to show me just how special I actually am. All of…
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ARE WE STILL DOING THIS??? I know I'm late for an old Sony Message board straggler.
Hello hello hello AGAIN my WONDERFUL most SPECIAL friends... I've been trying really hard to get my slow ass on up in here...Nice to be here...Only took me 20 FUCKING YEARS! I have been trying this whole time and yet.... I just can't quite explain it.....Cause it's EXTRA SUPER SPECIAL yah, and FREEKY WIERD. I STOPPED AN…
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The (Usually) High Priestess-Lettinggo
to the band And the forum this is from me, who's loved you so this is from me, who's letting you go you lured me in and set me free simul-fucking-taneously i blew so much money (not unlike the rest) but of all my addictions, you were by far the best and after years spent obsessing i will never regret it you filled a hole…
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The Dodo
Hi everyone, My little girl, Dahlia has written a beautiful little poem about the Dodo and I would so appreciate it if you guys could throw her a vote please if you get a chance. It’s called ‘Dodo’ by Dahlia. Hers is in the 4-6 year category. Thanks so much, https://poetrytakeover.com.au/peoples-choice-voting/
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Looking for Submissions - Hot Valley Writers, Summer Edition
Thank you PJ folks who have already contributed. We're closing out our quarantine issues, July 1st deadline. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Write about anything you'd like. Life during quarantine, how much you missed seeing the spring PJ shows (2 shows in LA for me, boo), how much you hate wearing a mask - whatever. And…
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ISO PJ 2009 Spectrum Night 4 Poster
Hello. Looking for the Night 4 Halloween 2009 Spectrum poster. Please let me know if you have one for sale. Thank you. Paul
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Response
Liberty's hands are cracked from pulling air. They gossip that she's a bully, as if pulling towards Liberty is a crime. Who are they? Lady Liberty's sword is broken, but she believes in Santa Claus. She is the first to see the sun and the storms, and she knows things. When she walks on water no one is scared. In the…
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May 2020 Poetry Challenge - Are You In?
I thought of this today, which is why I'm late to the April-Poetry Month celebration. Who is up for a month of writing? Onward to May 2020 :)
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May 1st
Hey, haven’t seen you in so long! much has changed this year 'n I’m terribly outta practice but still, so much has stayed the same could take a while to peel off the layers but we be gardeners, we be onion folk saving old seeds, peeling off layers and 'til September I'm here I’m open this summer 'n I’ll be cultivating my…
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Global Citizen
Imagine a band of global citizens, that was given to fly, Way up high in the sky over central Park NY. Singing songs of redemption for the elderly woman and her daughter just sitting in the park, minding their manners. When from behind a cloak, tribocharged as a lightning bolt sprang the Pope. Feeling saucy and alive…
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Hot Valley Writers - the Social Distancing Issue
We're open for submissions and we're going to try to put out a new issue every couple of weeks. So - write about anything. Coronavirus, the new PJ album, what it's like being stuck at home, anything you'd like. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. hotvalleywriters.com Any questions, DM me. Thanks!
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selfish
The
weight of my adoration The
burden of my affection So
selfish, these two I share Inhale
your love Exhale
my whine (the
faintest whisper I me me mine) I’ve heard that with age comes wisdom (though in my case that jury’s still out) Apathy
dropped by just briefly to shout, “You’ve
not any wit to spare” Soon all
that will…
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Thankfully Thwarted
Neck tilted up and to the right Fingers ready, too Sinuses clear Breath is calm Mouth open Back to you now Behind two closed doors Catching no eye contact With infinite whores I do not want to meet you You are not what I imagined My hearts are full, dammit And I'm happy at my desk
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"Button Fly"
My brothers and I have always been huge Pearl Jam fans. Definitely influenced us back when we were touring and recording in the early 2000's. Although we have all settled down and got married, real jobs, kids, etc...we still get together to record once in a while. Until now. Damn pandemic. Anyway, this is a track we…
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New Rough Mix of A Song I wrote Rumination/Catastrophizing
"I started writing this in February and intended to release it on a later album. But being as things the way they are, might as well let it breath. As I tend to gravitate towards putting words to feelings that I have trouble dealing with this one seemed somewhat appropriate for the situation. Maybe it's not the song you…
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Stoned and Shingix Dinged
Stoned and Shingrix Dinged Stoned and Shingrix dingedI wonder if I have what it takesTo make the final grade before the last glide down? The cat hears my thoughts andScatters herself down the hallClaws clicking to beat all hell. My readiness dulls the roarsThat hide behind my wallsBut I still hear them anyway. Stocked and…
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40 years later
Her name was Rena, I can't remember her last. 20 years after, She came back with a blast. I thought she was a friend, and would never do me harm, I was wrong. I was terribly wrong. She came to my house, And asked me to go with her. To visit her boyfriend, She didn't want to go alone. I told her I didn't want to, She…
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Our Cover-Prediction of SUPERBLOOD WOLFMOON
Hi Jammers! We're Black Market Aftermath, an alt.rock band formed in 2015. Right after Pearl Jam released the 15 seconds preview to their song "Superblood Wolfmoon", we thought to write on a rush our own cover-"prediction" of Superblood, to imagine how the complete song was going to be. We wrote it in 15 hours to be able…
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To be Covered
To be Covered... Forgiveness isn’t hard when love was always the biggest part maybe the giant rupture, an earthquake to separate?truth leaves one naked most timesrather we buried the treasure of honesty under some leavesunder some ashes?behind a tree trunk?maybe whisper a word behind the noise of a chainsaw?or a…