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Two Poems By Matt Coppens
Posted by Marie on 06 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Art, Poetry, Photos
The Sun Rises
I’ll never fully recover
I’ll never really completely get her
out of my system
We spent years together
raging against the reality
of the world.
We created our own world,
a false and sometimes
magnificent world
that was all our
own.
But it all came crashing down
when we came to the realization
that our peace
was really just an imitation
of the real
thing.
Our love
was just an imitation
of the real
thing.
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Brothers and Sisters
Posted by Marie on 14 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Art, Poetry, Photos
(The following is written by my friend’s 12 year old daughter for a school project on Black History Month)
written by RebeccaB
We ignore
What we do see
The violence, the hate
The atrocities
Ku Klux Klan
They must have the right plan
Look at their cross
The way they act the boss
Showing no fear
Causing their tears
My Trick
Posted by Marie on 15 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Art, Poetry, Photos
A poem by Matt Coppens
I can look out, into nothing
with my eyes squinted, hazy, dusty, smoky.
Hold my eyes closed and see.
I can see my mother walking beside my father’s
blue 1967 Chevy convertible, refusing to get in
as we coast slowly along, she at the roadside.
I can feel the cold white leather seats
on my young thighs and behind as my two older sisters
sit in silence beside me.
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Relentless (A Prayer for Strength)
Posted by Marie on 17 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Art, Poetry, Photos
SS.EX song lyrics
I’m addicited to hope.
Everyday I shoot faith into my blood.
I dream to believe,
but my reality is less than I perceive.
Days run short.
The end comes closer.
I’m nearing the final stage.
Of this false I’m falling off into a bitter age.
It’s a wound which will never heal.
It doesn’t speak it yells in RAGE!
To engage in what it feels.
To engage in what’s not real.
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