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Tee M. Allison
Member since November 23, 2016
Member for 9 years, 6 months
'Scream', Said Poetry
I said to poetry,
I don’t want a diary.
It wasn’t tears on that prairie,
It was– That lie holds no chivalry!
The lies are simply cowardly.
I never laid claim to gallantry,
I will not recreate history.
Tell me of this antipathy,
It said back to me insistently.
I was nine years and willowy,
He was an adolescent and wily.
Naiveté, I wore so blissfully
While he masked his predatory grin diligently.
I said to poetry–
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What is it to you, this asininity?
Go on, why stop so abruptly?
I resolved to finish hurriedly.
He was– He was family…
He ran long fingers over my skin, purposefully
He took my shivering hands callously
Those eyes stared at me with vicious intensity
Some days I feel his weight on me crushingly,
By the time I knew to scream fearfully
Socks were crammed into my mouth efficiently
He had claimed me rather forcefully
And slid into me without exigency.
No one freed me from his tyranny.
I make light horrors and write so listlessly.
Pain so ordinary in calligraphy.
My penance for naivety.
I said to poetry.
I seek resiliency.
Tee M. Allison’s timeline
- November 2021
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23 TueAnniversary
5 years of membership
- November 2017
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23 ThuAnniversary
One year of membership
- January 2017
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01 SunReceived a critique
on The Truth For Us All from @weirdelf
"It works perfectly in, excuse the phrase, man-handling myths. To me the repetition works fine because it is used differently each time. We seldom get work of such depth and perception here, you are so welcome. I really…" - December 2016
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31 SatReceived a critique
on The Truth For Us All from @Esker
"this poem is thought prevoking! and a great one at that! I do have a daughter...we are speaking again.. I helped raise a few kids..something many selfish men cannot do and chose not to do.. but I did! I helped many alon…" -
31 SatReceived a critique
on 'Scream', Said Poetry from @weirdelf
"The insistent, trivialising rhyme in the face of such horror. I didn't know at first if it was denial or a savage juxtaposition. A very brave write. I suspect that the people who responded before me were repressing the…" - November 2016
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29 Tue
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23 WedFirst critique offered
on "Lost Friends" by @alidzain
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23 WedFirst publication
The Truth For Us All
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23 Wed
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23 WedJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
I love poetry and just recently started dabbling in poetry. I read almost everything i can lay my hands on, and i love shopping for books.
Location: Wichita, Kansas
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