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States Of Mind.(Poem) by Terry Collett - [331 words]
There, On The Ground, Her Poor Body Lay, Dead. by Abracadabra It's a villanelle about a girl who died on her way to a funeral.... [159 words]
Your Love by Lamar Cole - [52 words]
Where Are They Going? by Terry Collett - [82 words]
Walking With Ghost. by Terry Collett - [168 words]
Waiting For The Phone To Ring. by Terry Collett - [169 words]
Waiting For Harrison. by Terry Collett - [188 words]
Unwelcome Attention In An Asylum. by Terry Collett - [212 words]
To Start Anew by Angel Of Hope - [121 words]
The Truth About Lies by Kira Carlee The process of all your lies becoming your truths [83 words]
The Evening Red by T J Rintoull Do you drink....wine? [46 words]
Sometimes Always. by Terry Collett - [125 words]
Some Days The Sunlight. by Terry Collett - [196 words]
Shalom At Sheepshead Bay. by Terry Collett - [233 words]
Save My Daughter by Z Dimuu *For women all over the world who have been treated unjustly based on rediculous predjudices a... [318 words]
Not Just Distance. by Terry Collett - [159 words]
Not Camera Shy. by Terry Collett - [150 words]
No Great Escape. by Terry Collett - [188 words]
Misunderstood Freedom by Kira Carlee - [53 words]
Missy's 1966. by Terry Collett - [250 words]
Lost Opportunity. by Terry Collett - [287 words]
Limericks: The Creature From Venus And The Pierrot Who Danced by Abracadabra A couple of nice limericks. Guarantee: They follo... [50 words]
Last Visitation To Coney Island. by Terry Collett - [198 words]
Inside Her Head. by Terry Collett - [175 words]
Hey, Girl by Angel Of Hope Goes to the tune of "Hey, Jude" by The Beatles. [57 words]
Guess How Old I Am by Angel Of Hope Read some of my other poems, and tell me how old you think I am. [107 words]
Fishing At Lowell Lake. by Terry Collett - [143 words]
Favourite Place. by Terry Collett - [172 words]
Death Of Daughter. by Terry Collett - [302 words]
Dead On Arrival by Abracadabra Nonsense, but a pleasure to read because of the nice rhymes. No idea why it disappeared last ti... [171 words]
Cliches Are Still Feelings by T J Rintoull The entire poem is one big cliche nowadays, or so I'm told. Is it still relevant? Is... [90 words]
Child At A Bus Window by Terry Collett - [162 words]
Bramshaw & Brassieres. by Terry Collett - [192 words]
Began With That Kiss.. by Terry Collett - [184 words]
Because What Happened There. by Terry Collett - [179 words]
Bag Lady. by Terry Collett - [225 words]
As An Encore. by Terry Collett - [177 words]
An Awareness Of Being. by Terry Collett - [236 words]
An Apple A Day (Poem) by Terry Collett - [215 words]
Always Seeing Him. by Terry Collett - [257 words]
All In The Cards. by Terry Collett - [173 words]
The Branches Of The Palm by Abracadabra Short poem. Enjoy. [214 words]
You Surmised He Did. by Terry Collett - [135 words]
When I'm With You by Angel Of Hope - [154 words]
Too Many Pretty Things by Angel Of Hope - [81 words]
The Asylum Has Gone. by Terry Collett - [230 words]
Sonia Sleeps. by Terry Collett - [72 words]
Some Evenings Near Death. by Terry Collett - [176 words]
On Waking One Morning. by Terry Collett - [281 words]
My Release by Jasmine P Batey a small poem about cutting (as you probably guessed) I know some one cutting and thats what inspired... [75 words]
My Love Lives Forever by Lamar Cole - [35 words]
Lost Thoughts Of Chairman Mao. by Terry Collett - [128 words]
Ling Say. by Terry Collett - [44 words]
Kiss On Cheek Or Brow. by Terry Collett - [92 words]
Hate Days. by Terry Collett - [234 words]
Discover Breath by Angel Of Hope - [131 words]
Crumbled Cookie. by Terry Collett - [123 words]
Christ In Central Park. by Terry Collett - [66 words]
Cafe Waitress. by Terry Collett - [97 words]
Breaking And Entering by Zebrastar A little about how i felt one day.. [120 words]
Bo Lee & Now. by Terry Collett - [59 words]
Birds Of Depression. by Terry Collett - [74 words]
Berthe's Blues. by Terry Collett - [89 words]
A Little Colorful Art by Angel Of Hope If you're gonna read it, you might as well just tell me what you think of it...honestly. [78 words]
Better Times. by Terry Collett - [76 words]
You Will Smile Again by Joshwa Leigh This Is A Poem About How Much Hurt Love Causes But Also How Much Joy It Can Bring. [192 words]
You Thirst, My Pain by Veronica Habib - [107 words]
You Are The Beat by Jasmine P Batey This could also be transformed into a song...? About ome one famous -- see if you can guess ... [84 words]
You And The Dog. by Terry Collett - [145 words]
When Summer Comes Again by Jasmine P Batey a small HAPPY poem :) [97 words]
When Lights Were Out. by Terry Collett - [106 words]
The Weak Worker Of Steel by Kira Carlee when everyone is a stranger [110 words]
The Sun (Creation) by Misery About nature and the sun. [73 words]
The Only Person I Want To Be by Veronica Habib - [69 words]
The Nightmares (Why) by Jasmine P Batey - [61 words]
The Far Side Of The Room by Piper Davenport - [228 words]
The Far Side Of My Room
The Cloud by Jasmine P Batey again, a challenge I accepted from Frankie, the beginning is a bit bodgy, (the first stanza) anyway,... [121 words]
That Summer by Misery About a sad summer [138 words]
Sweet Genell by Lamar Cole - [87 words]
Something About Him. by Terry Collett - [105 words]
Satisfied by Misery A bath of oils and lust [79 words]
Remembering Miss Fleavage. by Terry Collett - [141 words]
Psalm 23 (New Labour's Psalm) by Colin Baker - [108 words]
Playing The Game by Veronica Habib To stop anyone to get affended, this is not about men. this is about Sleazes, cheaters, player... [81 words]
Morning Has Broken. by Terry Collett - [90 words]
Jack The Ripper by Jasmine P Batey a small jokey poem, written for fun as a tongue-in-cheek thing. as the title says, It's about J... [77 words]
I've Been Dreaming by Georgia Lauren Theasby This is about falling in love, and trying to show it. [59 words]
It All Began. by Terry Collett - [87 words]
In Dreams by T J Rintoull Poem written at work, for nothing more than disillusioned ambition. [69 words]
Hers Was The First by Terry Collett - [157 words]
He Lost At Sea. by Terry Collett - [135 words]
Graveside Musing. by Terry Collett - [213 words]
Girl At A Bar. by Terry Collett - [229 words]
Disappearing Mask by Veronica Habib - [89 words]
Child's Grave. by Terry Collett - [94 words]
Battered Mothers. by Terry Collett - [109 words]
911 Blues. by Terry Collett - [184 words]

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TITLE (EDIT)
The Far Side Of My Room
DESCRIPTION
A writer's journey.
[228 words]
AUTHOR
Piper Davenport
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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[June 2009]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (26)
A Sunday Story (Novelnovella Excerpt) (Short Stories) A small town loves and lies on a Sunday afternoon. [2,381 words]
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An Obligation In Kalamazoo (Short Stories) - [1,298 words]
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (Short Stories) Patricia Fudge, a chocolate-lover who suffers a breakdown after becoming fixated with a guy named Elliott, whom she stalks. After she finds out that she cannot have his affections, she decides to use ... [1,143 words]
Finding A Poem (Poetry) Writing poetry is the one of the most challenging venues of a young writer's career. Mastering the technique requires the power of language, and finding a poem somewhere in your thoughts. [13 words]
Grayfield South (Short Stories) Two families converge when tragedy strikes. [7,086 words] [Mystery]
How I Ought To Be As A Writer (Plays) - [803 words]
Let No Man Tell My Story (Non-Fiction) - [1,274 words]
Morning In Detroit (Poetry) The beauty of Detroit on a weekend morning. [354 words]
Moving Beyond The Pain (Essays) - [2,014 words]
Nighttime Babies (Short Stories) A man encounters two strange individuals on a weird Sunday night. [5,565 words] [Science Fiction]
On And Off The Wall (Essays) - [1,538 words]
Secrets From A Writer's Notebook (Short Stories) Isn't it wonderful when a writer's work is read and fiction becomes reality? It makes you wonder whose following you, who are your "true fans." Lovely is the new sarcasm. [257 words]
Sestina!The Look! (Poetry) A woman walking in an inner-city neighborhood after a rainstorm questions the disconnection she feels from others of different backgrounds. She undergoes an epiphany that challenges her preconceived n... [306 words]
Sing The White Note Black (Novel Excerpt) (Short Stories) An aspiring jazz musician comes of age in 1950's Detroit. [11,701 words]
Sips Of My Coffee (Short Stories) - [732 words]
The Cat And The Mouse (Short Stories) An adventure short story. [1,367 words] [Adventure]
The Far Side Of The Room (Poetry) - [228 words]
The Man Called Daddy (Novella Excerpt) (Novels) - [5,589 words]
The Motown Chronicles: Sing The White Note Black (Novel Excerpt) (Novels) A jazz musician comes of age in 1950's Detroit. [11,701 words]
The Nightmare Of Henry Dudds (Short Stories) This is a novel excerpt from The Motown Chronicles: Sing the White Note Black. I have decided to include this story in the trilogy that I am working on after all. [3,344 words]
The Other Side Of Me (Short Stories) This story was inspired by the darker side of my hometown of Detroit, Michigan. [1,456 words]
The Sidewalk (Poetry) A woman sees her neighborhood for how it really is. [396 words]
The Theory Of Knowledge According To A Woman Named Righteous (Poetry) A woman is hearbroken over her decaying hometown. [224 words] [Romance]
The Weight Of His Hands (Poetry) - [13 words]
Three Different Ways To Tell A Lie (Short Stories) A father finds out that his son is not what he seems. [1,177 words]
The Far Side Of My Room
Piper Davenport

Dullness is
Wisdom breaching, trembling, C R A C K I N G under the
foundation of
a
woman
scorned by many
tolls bleeding shades of
desolation
over and over again,
popularity that F A D E S away
tranquilized by buttered-down power
that grabs the wickedness of a serpent's spite,
giving life in fragmented reckonings
with vain pleasure.

I know the ballad of a woman you've probably met:
It doesn't end the way you might think
     with a fat prince's kiss
     with a wicked slipper
     with a golden apple
     champagne on the wall
          and piano-plump behinds scratching in their seats
     and antique, solitary gowns
          with smeared-down lipstick
                    on
                    her
               hands.

That woman, communed with her heart saying,
"Look, what I have attained . . ." (fill in the blank)
with the bread of silence pulling on her chest
without mercy, without privilege
and prick her fingers against thorns
as she escapes into the syrupy-sweet of lost dreams
to the half-deserted, swallowed quiet keeping her awake thereafter

until she lays her distresses against morning,
to pamper the sacrilege of her tear-flooded bed
and stained-sorrow tissues dashing her floor.
She is clumsy, a medieval, maimed cancelled plan
that crashed surrended affections against a dwindled gaze
that never cuts the jazzy-flavored paradise like complex,glowing scars.

She runs, she walks, she smiles, she freezes
like . . .
a cake splattered on the ground
and blotted, dreaded, smashed sincerity
covering a blank mind in a state of shock
and screams alone
and praises the illiterate barricades of tomorrow:
the unexpected, imperfect messengers welcome
her
to
the tangled road of uncertainty.

 

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STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
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