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The Dark Stuff (Poetry)

by Dr Gonzo

Rated: GC · Folder · Biographical · #2259395

Some people like happy & some not so happy, & this folder is for them.

Intro Rated: N/A

Size: 39 Items

Created: October 2nd, 2021 at 5:32am

Modified: September 1st, 2023 at 6:11am

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Location: My Portfolio

Genres: Biographical, Dark, Horror/Scary

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POETRY

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The Human Species

Rated: E · Nature · #2238311

World population 7.8 billion and rising. Earth cannot support us so a reduction is needed.

Created: Nov 23rd, 2020

Modified: Dec 26th, 2021

Size: 0.96 KB

Genres: Nature, Death, Environment

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POETRY

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Down But Not Out

Rated: E · Experience · #2237433

Every day is a fight, sobriety, those who don't want me to win, just to use as they do.

Created: Nov 10th, 2020

Modified: Dec 31st, 2021

Size: 1.18 KB

Genres: Experience, Psychology, Educational

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POETRY

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What Price Your Dignity

Rated: ASR · Death · #2236845

My Dad developed dementia & went into care where he lost his dignity & eventually his life

Created: Nov 2nd, 2020

Modified: Jun 3rd, 2023

Size: 1.95 KB

Genres: Death, Emotional, Experience

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POETRY

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Sink or Swim

Rated: 13+ · Experience · #2236471

Drug addicts & castaways know drowning & true isolation, so I wrote this with that in mind

Created: Oct 28th, 2020

Modified: Dec 26th, 2021

Size: 1.56 KB

Genres: Experience, Biographical, Personal

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POETRY

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The Battle Lost

Rated: E · Death · #2236475

I have Saxon blood and love all things Viking. But they didn't always win their battles.

Created: Oct 28th, 2020

Modified: Dec 26th, 2021

Size: 0.79 KB

Genres: Death, Tragedy, Action/Adventure

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POETRY

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Why Don't I Get It

Rated: E · Arts · #2236548

Inexperienced in writing I wanted to use words for meaning as well as artistic appearance.

Created: Oct 29th, 2020

Modified: May 22nd, 2022

Size: 1.24 KB

Genres: Arts, Emotional, Other

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POETRY

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The Funny Guy

Rated: E · Biographical · #2236479

A class clown becomes an addict but it's not so funny anymore.

Created: Oct 28th, 2020

Modified: Apr 6th, 2023

Size: 1.49 KB

Genres: Biographical, Experience, Tragedy

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POETRY

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Between Two Worlds

Rated: E · Dark · #2234467

The subconscious battle going on in the mind. I watch on, awaiting a victor.

Created: Oct 8th, 2020

Modified: Aug 17th, 2023

Size: 0.96 KB

Genres: Dark, Biographical, Personal

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POETRY

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A Woman's Tear

Rated: 13+ · Personal · #2234754

Society fears addiction but doesn't try to understand why. Ignorance solves nothing.

Created: Oct 10th, 2020

Modified: Nov 29th, 2025

Size: 1.15 KB

Genres: Personal, Philosophy, Cultural

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POETRY

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Seven Hundred and Thirty Days

Rated: E · Biographical · #2234355

Divorce has been hard on my kids. Forced to choose mom or dad, I didn't stand a chance.

Created: Oct 7th, 2020

Modified: Mar 23rd, 2024

Size: 1.34 KB

Genres: Biographical, Emotional, Family

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POETRY

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Life

Rated: E · Dark · #2234348

Looks at the twilight years. Seeing success & failure in a different light. What matters?

Created: Oct 7th, 2020

Modified: Aug 19th, 2024

Size: 1.69 KB

Genres: Dark, Emotional, Experience

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POETRY

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The Darkness Comes

Rated: 18+ · Dark · #2236003

Deals with depression, loss, abandonment and thoughts of self-harm.

Created: Oct 23rd, 2020

Modified: May 9th, 2024

Size: 0.80 KB

Genres: Dark, Experience, Personal

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POETRY

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Waiting for the Man

Rated: 13+ · Experience · #2234357

In a crack house waiting to score. I looked around and realized I had hit rock bottom.

Created: Oct 7th, 2020

Modified: Apr 6th, 2023

Size: 1.51 KB

Genres: Experience, Personal, Dark

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POETRY

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Don't Ask Me Why

Rated: XGC · Satire · #2234672

This guy is uncouth, misogynistic, a substance abuser, swears and his girl just left him.

Created: Oct 10th, 2020

Modified: Apr 13th, 2024

Size: 2.85 KB

Genres: Satire, Dark, Entertainment

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POETRY

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The Bars of Her Heart

Rated: 18+ · Tragedy · #2235741

A drunk girl is raped by a 'friend'. She doesn't report it or tell anyone until me.

Created: Oct 20th, 2020

Modified: Apr 6th, 2023

Size: 1.96 KB

Genres: Tragedy, Emotional, Experience

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POETRY

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Who Cares

Rated: E · Environment · #2235470

Do we care if we have no planet to sustain us, no air to breathe, we will when that comes

Created: Oct 17th, 2020

Modified: Dec 26th, 2021

Size: 1.12 KB

Genres: Environment, Opinion, Inspirational

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POETRY

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Festival Blues

Rated: ASR · Music · #2235464

Wanted to write something different, and different was what I wrote. A festival tragedy.

Created: Oct 17th, 2020

Modified: Dec 26th, 2021

Size: 1.05 KB

Genres: Music, Entertainment, Activity

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POETRY

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The Dealer and The Doctor

Rated: 18+ · Legal · #2235719

Dealers are bad & doctors are good. But is there any real difference between the two?

Created: Oct 19th, 2020

Modified: Dec 27th, 2022

Size: 1.97 KB

Genres: Legal, Opinion, Philosophy

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POETRY

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Suffocating in my own Regret

Rated: ASR · Biographical · #2235104

Use...stop using...relapse...use...stop using...relapse...ten years...twenty years...

Created: Oct 13th, 2020

Modified: Dec 26th, 2021

Size: 2.07 KB

Genres: Biographical, Personal, Experience

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POETRY

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Silence

Rated: 13+ · Dark · #2235102

A friend confided in me her experiences with her step-father, & this became my first poem.

Created: Oct 13th, 2020

Modified: Dec 26th, 2021

Size: 1.31 KB

Genres: Dark, Emotional, Family

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POETRY

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Something Reminds Me of You

Rated: E · Emotional · #2236889

Written for my twin daughters, who I haven't seen in five years.

Created: Nov 2nd, 2020

Modified: Apr 6th, 2023

Size: 1.57 KB

Genres: Emotional, Family, Parenting

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POETRY

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Addiction's Tentacles

Rated: 18+ · Biographical · #2237713

Placing human-like qualities on a substance and on a problem making it seem more tangible.

Created: Nov 14th, 2020

Modified: Dec 26th, 2021

Size: 2.76 KB

Genres: Biographical, Dark, Experience

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POETRY

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A Dealer's Life

Rated: E · Crime/Gangster · #2237712

The dealers I knew didn't live a charmed life. Most sold only to support their own habit.

Created: Nov 14th, 2020

Modified: Dec 26th, 2021

Size: 0.89 KB

Genres: Crime/Gangster, Experience, Legal

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POETRY

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by 3 members

Wicked Witch

Rated: ASR · Dark · #2237221

I once knew a witch who was evil & cunning & powerful. I escaped with nothing but my life.

Created: Nov 7th, 2020

Modified: Apr 6th, 2023

Size: 1.38 KB

Genres: Dark, Horror/Scary, Gothic

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POETRY

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by 4 members

This Twisted Life

Rated: E · Biographical · #2237117

Self-appraisal was honest & tough. Time for what's good after the trash is out the door.

Created: Nov 5th, 2020

Modified: Apr 6th, 2023

Size: 1.04 KB

Genres: Biographical, Dark, Experience

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Daddy's Chair

Rated: 13+ · Death · #2236968

They knew my father was going to die. Was it wrong that it was a relief for us both?

Created: Nov 3rd, 2020

Modified: Apr 6th, 2023

Size: 1.12 KB

Genres: Death, Emotional, Family

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POETRY

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What's Important

Rated: E · Environment · #2236958

A nice car? A good job? Beauty or fame? Or a planet which can sustain us into the future?

Created: Nov 3rd, 2020

Modified: Apr 6th, 2023

Size: 1.34 KB

Genres: Environment, Educational, Nature

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POETRY

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Peer Pressure

Rated: E · Tragedy · #2240541

Describes the night my friend & I stole a car, crashed & he was killed.

Created: Dec 27th, 2020

Modified: Dec 27th, 2021

Size: 3.18 KB

Genres: Tragedy, Death, Experience

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POETRY

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I'm Not Alone

Rated: E · Relationship · #2239470

Couples feel sorry for me as I don't have anyone to love, yet I feel sorry for them.

Created: Dec 11th, 2020

Modified: Dec 27th, 2021

Size: 1.24 KB

Genres: Relationship, Experience, Philosophy

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POETRY

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Her Bitter Pill

Rated: E · Relationship · #2238678

Rarely do relationships end mutually, or are balanced equally. If one loves more it hurts.

Created: Nov 29th, 2020

Modified: Jan 9th, 2022

Size: 1.16 KB

Genres: Relationship, Emotional, Dark

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OTHER

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Eternity in the Blink of an Eye

Rated: E · Family · #2238614

A story of infidelity, the lies told to support it & the aftermath for all concerned.

Created: Nov 28th, 2020

Modified: Jul 27th, 2022

Size: 2.14 KB

Genres: Family, Relationship, Emotional

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POETRY

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Broken Beyond Repair

Rated: E · Community · #2298664

Bureaucracy & cost cuts within government services replace humanity with a cold emptiness.

Created: Jun 26th, 2023

Modified: Aug 10th, 2023

Size: 0.86 KB

Genres: Community, Cultural, Experience

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POETRY

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Words From a Child

Rated: ASR · Dark · #2297270

I was no higher than her knee as my dad choked my mom. I stood taller than I knew I could.

Created: Jun 10th, 2023

Modified: Jun 24th, 2023

Size: 0.59 KB

Genres: Dark, Biographical, Family

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POETRY

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Must I Change

Rated: E · Biographical · #2295469

When people, friends and family become concerned, rarely do they look at their own lives.

Created: May 11th, 2023

Modified: May 11th, 2023

Size: 1.22 KB

Genres: Biographical, Personal, Emotional

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POETRY

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The Soul Mugger

Rated: 18+ · Dark · #2292711

A dark creature who lives in the sewer awaits. He is willing to bargain for your soul.

Created: Mar 21st, 2023

Modified: Mar 21st, 2023

Size: 0.64 KB

Genres: Dark, Gothic, Horror/Scary

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POETRY

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Shattered

Rated: E · Emotional · #2288988

The connection between the heart and the mind has now been proven. Particle entanglement.

Created: Jan 22nd, 2023

Modified: Jan 22nd, 2023

Size: 0.24 KB

Genres: Emotional, Dark, Romance/Love

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POETRY

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Something From Nothing

Rated: ASR · Dark · #2288987

Every scientist's dream is to get something from nothing. But is that possible?

Created: Jan 22nd, 2023

Modified: Mar 2nd, 2024

Size: 2.56 KB

Genres: Dark, Biographical, Philosophy

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POETRY

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If I Die, Then I'll Be Dead

Rated: E · Nonsense · #2256356

Going for my Pfizer jab in two days and the possible sides brought out this simple poem.

Created: Aug 11th, 2021

Modified: Apr 6th, 2023

Size: 0.56 KB

Genres: Nonsense, Satire, Death

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POETRY

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Penetration Perpetrators

Rated: 18+ · Crime/Gangster · #2251795

Using the same letter at the start of each word isn't easy when a story must be told.

Created: Jun 4th, 2021

Modified: Sep 26th, 2024

Size: 2.28 KB

Genres: Crime/Gangster, Satire, Erotica

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