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by C.M. Selbrede
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Poem: I Am… (II)
II. I am the flesh and life is the blade but all it takes is scarlet for me to bleed myself back. I regret the wounds, but not the scars,...

C.M. Selbrede
Jan 8, 20181 min read
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Poem: Felicity
Nobody can comprehend the depth of your complexity This beating heart shuns simplicity and simple sighs, Tussle and tear your skin in...

C.M. Selbrede
Dec 22, 20171 min read
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Poem: Childhood
Our beds are stacked together Each at their own height Each with their own color Purple, Pink, Blue They fit together, But they are not...

C.M. Selbrede
Dec 19, 20171 min read
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Poem: Blood Bond
I have a daughter, beautiful and bright She has locks of hair which are different from mine Long where mine is short, curled where mine...

C.M. Selbrede
Dec 12, 20171 min read
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Poem: The Watch
Watches speak They tell us of ends and beginnings They help us feel the Ticking murmurs of inevitability Approaching both infinitely...

C.M. Selbrede
Dec 5, 20171 min read
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Poem: 21 Lines Off the Coast
A lighthouse casts starlight across the harbor. A young boy drinks some as he rows. The stars taste like fire, though they look like ice....

C.M. Selbrede
Nov 28, 20171 min read
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Poem: Clara
The forest is filled with life alien to me Unpleasant things buzz around me harshly Their view of me altered by their alien eyes I must...

C.M. Selbrede
Nov 21, 20171 min read
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Poem: Anna
Sun rests lightly on the roadside where flowers grow They spring from the cold, dank soil with warm life They organize themselves in...

C.M. Selbrede
Nov 14, 20171 min read
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Poem: Fluffynose Almondtail
This poem was written in 2012, during 6th Grade. Fluffynose Almondtail was a small, tan squirrel He slept in a tree hollow on top of a...

C.M. Selbrede
Nov 6, 20171 min read
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Poem: break/be/free
tear up the instruction manual they left for you & break free push away the boxes they built for you & be free do your best and get a B...

C.M. Selbrede
Sep 4, 20171 min read
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Poem: Sorry
Listen– I’m sorry for how I ramble on for how eye contact doesn’t always click for how I didn’t speak up because I was scared and for how...

C.M. Selbrede
Aug 30, 20171 min read
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Poem: What Are You Wearing Today?
Thanks for asking, great question. This is a 6’2″ mixed-race suit designed by God back in 1999… embellished with some scars and wear and...

C.M. Selbrede
Aug 28, 20171 min read
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Poem: untitled
It’s easy to burn. All you have to do is care. Everyone thinks they can save the world, but we can’t save anyone. Because if you try, the...

C.M. Selbrede
Aug 25, 20171 min read
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Poem: hate
here’s the funny thing about hate it just happens no rhyme or reason no sense or sensibility people they just hate they take your words...

C.M. Selbrede
Aug 23, 20171 min read
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Poem: Look Up
Written Spring 2016. Memories are a funny thing, I guess They fade, they falter, they have a midlife crisis They decide to tweak...

C.M. Selbrede
Aug 22, 20171 min read
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Poem: This Title is Yours to Write
Listen, kid, I know it hurts. The bruises, I mean. The bruises hurt. I know you’re tired of walking alone but Please, hang on, a bit...

C.M. Selbrede
Aug 19, 20171 min read
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