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Give Me Something to Hold: A Short poetry Collection

The poetry collection “Give Me Something to Hold” juxtaposes some of the writer’s more recent works to find a common theme of longing and the search for meaning. Collected and named by ArtParasites, these poems beautifully capture the mood of our uncertain present. On a cold, cold floor Of a cold night club In a […]

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Of Wounds and Hauntings: A poetry Collection By Naila Hess

Loss is that rusted blade through thick bone, it cut you off, my ghost appendage, and now you are a wound that festers. I have no idea how to care for something that is no longer there. Not when love still sprays from me, in complete denial of your absence. I’m not really sure what […]

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There’s a Life Stirring in My Gutters: A poetry Collection

I am Falling On scattered pages of lines crossed through. I am the record of nothing true. From windows, limbs sprawling. Surrendering to pavement like a dream caught in the afternoon. I am the wings that departed the nest a wisp too soon. To my knees. I flail through it all—falling from the person an […]

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Ode to a Cheap poetry Book

Thou shall not grow rich From dissecting your soul In small splinters And selling it for pennies To the hungry and the silly. You will hide in blank pages In spaces between rows In the plain sight of human patience You will grow quiet Unnoticed Your hands will smell like the ink That has gone […]

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Best of Our Readers’ poetry

Haikus capture a vast expanse of emotions and perceptions in just a few words. These are some of our favorite original haikus submitted by ArtParasites readers.   A gun to my head Triggered by your memories The bullet’s your name -Alexandria Dellera Piñon   I try to revive my inner child once a day to […]

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poetry: When You See Love, Embrace It

When you see love Embrace it, hold it too tightly While love herself decides to leave on a ordinary day When you see  love show all those nice things you like to The other person When I saw Klimt at the museum for the first time I was held up briefly in front of his […]

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Lang Leav, Best Selling Author of “Love & Misadventure” Talks Love And poetry, Opens Up About Childhood And Her Passions

“My name is Lang Leav. I am the author of the international best-selling books: Love & Misadventure, Lullabies and Memories. I was born in a refugee camp in Thailand where my parents were seeking refuge from the Khmer Rouge regime. We emigrated to Australia where I grew up in the low socio economic town of Cabramatta as a second generation migrant. […]

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What Is poetry? A Discussion On The Things That Make Us Write

It is the extension of my voice. The silent weep in every agony. The tears that have dried out. It is proof that words hold more meaning than what a dictionary provides. It gives me freedom to present a genuine emotion. It is the joy, the hope that I will be constantly reminded that what […]

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Why Writing poetry Is One Of The Most Genuine Forms Of Love

I write poetry because I Feel something inside me that Tries to break trough. When I don’t write I Feel like it’s Breaking my ribcage, Screaming and urging to get out. I don’t know if it’s schizophrenia or A demon or something like that. I write poetry because I’m that guy Who sees the sadness […]

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