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5 days ago1 min read

Music begins

Scott Whitby, 2024 At first, I couldn't even hear the sound. It was there, just the same as later when I could, but my ears were deaf to...

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My cross road

Scott Whitby, 2024 I found my cross road Ain't nothing here Finally I found it, but now I'm scared I crossed alot of bridges It was a...

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Nov 181 min read

Haints

Scott Whitby, 2024 I've one last haint At the door hovering He's a monster I'm not and he's drooling I'd fought and died again and again...

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Nov 181 min read

colors

Scott Whitby, 2024 sunrise colors in the spaces - so many and they are all so bright then they drain one by one, leaving only the black...

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Nov 181 min read

If you don't care

Scott Whitby, 2024 If you don't care that the sun sets Why would I even look? If you don't care that a bird sings ...

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Nov 101 min read

The Poser

Scott Whitby, 2024 Writing a poem might take a day Thinking I used time well I'm not Walt or Bob or Emily I'm just a poser, you can...

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Nov 11 min read

Colored

Scott Whitby, 2024 You colored everything Sometimes yellow and bright Happy And light Or you might make it dark Clouds between me and the...

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Oct 271 min read

Water falls

Scott Whitby, 2024 Water falls Off rocks and the skies And tears from our eyes Thundering and whimpering It fills the spaces especially...

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Oct 271 min read

Certain people

Scott Whitby, 2024 There are certain people But none are more than you They sing And dance And love and wonder But none are more than you...

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Oct 271 min read

I can't dance

Scott Whitby, 2024 I can sing and play I can write a song And a poem But I can't dance I can find the words And I can play in key With...

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Oct 271 min read

Summer said

Scott Whitby, 2024 Today is the day Summer said "hell with it... I gave you pain, made you sweat, forbade the rain". Summer said "I'm...

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Oct 271 min read

My angel

Scott Whitby, 2024 My angel hugged a little girl On a table in the corner next to a cross and the candle row Then she was gone Both her...

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Oct 271 min read

Listen

Scott Whitby, 2024 When there is no sound, there is No noise No music Not a word said When there are no words, there are No suggestions...

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Oct 271 min read

Cracks

Scott Whitby, 2024 Be it seeds or eggs, your very soul Only cracks make them grow Seeds sit inert and dry Potential for sure but not a...

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Oct 271 min read

Matador

Scott Whitby, 2024 I won't be your Baron I've no loyalty for some land Nor a Lorde with inherited authority Not a titan also-ran I won't...

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Oct 271 min read

Teacher

Scott Whitby, 2024 A little girl waits for the early bus. It's cold out and black like she is. Mom watches from the door, but then the...

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Oct 252 min read

The Plageur

Scott Whitby, 2024 A fancy lady believes if it's pretty then it's real and she can have it She can buy it or make a deal And when she...

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Oct 21 min read

Poems To Me

Scott Whitby, 2023 Poems to me - should they rhyme? They may not or they may Poems to me are more than rhymes... ...

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Oct 21 min read

Another bird cried

Scott Whitby, 2024 One flower in a meadow Bright and in bloom He listens intent Flaunting nature's costume A yellow bird he could hear...

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Sep 281 min read

I make songs.

Scott Whitby, 2024 I make songs Sometimes mine, sometimes theirs Still they are songs Listen...Just be fair I make songs In my mind,...

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