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Blog by Lavinia Thompson
Broken Flashbacks
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Disenthrall
Tell me something, boy, don’t you ever wonder What could be if dreams weren’t a void after all these years? Aren’t you getting weary...
Lavinia Thompson
Oct 11, 2018
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Enraptured in Simplicity
He is gentle. There are no sharp words grazing over veins, no daggers from the roof of his mouth to beat me down. There are only pieces...
Lavinia Thompson
Aug 10, 2018
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Hearts Afire
Dive bar nights, neon lights, cigarette smoke, maybe a toke of something a little strong. Dance in the parking lot to an old song, this...
Lavinia Thompson
Aug 1, 2018
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Blood Moon in my Rearview
A long way from the truth is where you stranded me, like snake skin left in dirt, bitter words from fatal fangs. Thought your poison...
Lavinia Thompson
Jul 31, 2018
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Broken by Time
She dreams of lilacs in the rain. Something about old country songs and a June downpour brings out the nostalgia. She says: “Love is...
Lavinia Thompson
Jun 25, 2018
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New poem ~ Calm of a Star
A lone star over a train yard at midnight, guiding home a runaway heart. Your cigarettes still linger leftover in the ashtray; blue eyes...
Lavinia Thompson
Apr 18, 2018
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New poem ~ Shelter
Adoration of you renders me terrified. I don’t know how you see so deeply, so sharply, these fragments, this patchwork. Me and my smart...
Lavinia Thompson
Mar 19, 2018
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Poem ~ Ashes
Two shattered goodbyes later where the word was never really said. Piles of boxes by the door, a strong drink and a cigarette, A yearning...
Lavinia Thompson
Dec 27, 2017
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Poem ~ Wanderlust
I want to run until wildflowers meet the horizon, a mere silhouette, shaking hands, terrified of starting over out where gypsies roam,...
Lavinia Thompson
Dec 21, 2017
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Empty Speed
Outrunning memories, barreling down back roads, past Alberta fields barren. Speed; adrenaline; hammer down. Something endless ahead,...
Lavinia Thompson
Dec 16, 2017
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Weekend poetry ~ Lotus
I am not broken. Rejection doesn’t make me unlovable. I am done living for a dream. It’s time to love me. I am a fucking lotus flower,...
Lavinia Thompson
Nov 26, 2017
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New Poem ~ Sledgehammer
Crumbling bricks of this fortress after all these years. Let them crash around me, crawling in ashes, fighting for myself when the ghost...
Lavinia Thompson
Oct 26, 2017
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Snapping Heartstring
My apologies for seemingly abandoning my blog posts. I am a terrible blogger, apparently. About a month ago, I decided to finally combat...
Lavinia Thompson
May 1, 2017
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Weekend Poetry ~ Heart of Crushed Diamonds
You can crush me to dust; You’ll still find glitter remnants from this heart. I’ll scramble to salvage shards glinting silver in...
Lavinia Thompson
Mar 5, 2017
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Poetry Friday ~ Like Throwing Hockey Pucks at the Wall
It was like throwing hockey pucks at the wall watching shadows dance where holes crashed through. Don’t know where poems like this take...
Lavinia Thompson
Feb 17, 2017
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Poetry Friday ~ Somewhere in the Night
I only miss smoking cigarettes every now and then; a whimsical yearning to let something go when it’s beyond my control. Silvery ribbons...
Lavinia Thompson
Feb 10, 2017
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