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Apr 19, 2024

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Rome’s Poetry
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Another Stranger
Apr 19, 2024
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Poems I wrote for AugustBefore the month of August, I challenged myself to write one poem a day for each day of August. Here are the poems I wrote for August. Most…
Sep 1, 2016
Sep 1, 2016
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AcidIn the lab
 in my stomach
 in my throat
 in the sky
 in the streams
 in the river
 in my head
 in my heart
 in my mind
 it keeps burning…
Sep 18, 2016
Sep 18, 2016
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FirstUnbeatable
 Best
 One of a kind
 It will never be the same
 even if you try again
 There can only be one
 yet there’s so many you can try…
Sep 18, 2016
Sep 18, 2016
In
Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
All-Star WarBomb tests aground and from air
We are being watched
Some hunted, caught
I am still running
Piecing things together
How to win this war
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 2016
In
Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
Audie S. O.Wanted, needed
That’s what you are
Oh dear, where can you be found?
Sep 21, 2016
1
Sep 21, 2016
1
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Rome Juanatas
0.8 secondsI love you
You love me
We love each other
Now we are moving
A heartbeat closer
Feb 22, 2017
Feb 22, 2017
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Poets Unlimited
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Rome Juanatas
Don’t look at meNot now please
don’t look me in the eye
No, I am not shy
I just wont be able
I can’t take it
Feb 25, 2017
Feb 25, 2017
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Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
Farewell to that one good roosterTens of thousands of times
the roosters crowing
has also woken me up
Mar 8, 2017
2
Mar 8, 2017
2
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by
Rome Juanatas
A minute before 11thEvery night I dream
of that day I dread
when roses turn into ashes
when your shadow doesn’t show
when I grit my teeth to death
Apr 18, 2018
Apr 18, 2018
In
Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
TogetherYou are beat
and I can’t spell defeat
You and I
together, will
Apr 20, 2018
Apr 20, 2018
In
Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
You Are BeautyIt isn’t summer
’cause it’s November
the leaves kept falling
soon you will go
that I know
so to keep your memories
I snap and capture
my…
May 5, 2018
May 5, 2018
Rome Juanatas
Today’s MealSniff
those crispy old sheets
dusty, yellow turning brown
it is made of these, your brain
May 12, 2018
May 12, 2018
In
Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
DaydreamI would often stare
yes, that’s the window
the rain drops keep on falling
like notes on a music sheet
a quarter, eight, half and full
like…
Jun 9, 2018
Jun 9, 2018
In
Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
StrangerSome people open up
their greatest secrets
both the shameful and the proud
bring the darkness into the light
to those whom they don’t know…
Jun 16, 2018
1
Jun 16, 2018
1
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Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
Read me againI want to say it
one more time
for every syllable
every word
has its own ring
to the ear
do you hear the sound
perhaps
you move your eyes…
Jun 20, 2018
3
Jun 20, 2018
3
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by
Rome Juanatas
I want to sayStop what you are doing
listen for a moment
give me this chance
to tell what I couldn’t
for so long I endured
not to speak, not a word
for…
Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018
In
Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
I existNot that I’m hungry for attention
am I not, but if I were
it wouldn’t be anyone else’s
but yours and yours alone
I exist
Jun 23, 2018
Jun 23, 2018
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Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
GoodnessToxic, dangerous, evil, and unkind
this is the world we live in
though on the same side
we call them enemies
they whom we brush our…
Jul 14, 2018
Jul 14, 2018
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Poets Unlimited
by
Rome Juanatas
StareIn a crowd full of strangers
those eyes like lasers
cutting through each part of me
burning every cell of confidence
it hurts, my heart is…
Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018

Rome’s Poetry

Another Stranger

Poems I wrote for August

Before the month of August, I challenged myself to write one poem a day for each day of August. Here are the poems I wrote for August. Most…

Acid

In the lab in my stomach in my throat in the sky in the streams in the river in my head in my heart in my mind it keeps burning…

First

Unbeatable Best One of a kind It will never be the same even if you try again There can only be one yet there’s so many you can try…

All-Star War

Bomb tests aground and from air We are being watched Some hunted, caught I am still running Piecing things together How to win this war

Audie S. O.

Wanted, needed That’s what you are Oh dear, where can you be found?

0.8 seconds

I love you You love me We love each other Now we are moving A heartbeat closer

Don’t look at me

Not now please don’t look me in the eye No, I am not shy I just wont be able I can’t take it

Farewell to that one good rooster

Tens of thousands of times the roosters crowing has also woken me up

A minute before 11th

Every night I dream of that day I dread when roses turn into ashes when your shadow doesn’t show when I grit my teeth to death

Together

You are beat and I can’t spell defeat You and I together, will

You Are Beauty

It isn’t summer ’cause it’s November the leaves kept falling soon you will go that I know so to keep your memories I snap and capture my…

Today’s Meal

Sniff those crispy old sheets dusty, yellow turning brown it is made of these, your brain

Daydream

I would often stare yes, that’s the window the rain drops keep on falling like notes on a music sheet a quarter, eight, half and full like…

Stranger

Some people open up their greatest secrets both the shameful and the proud bring the darkness into the light to those whom they don’t know…

Read me again

I want to say it one more time for every syllable every word has its own ring to the ear do you hear the sound perhaps you move your eyes…

I want to say

Stop what you are doing listen for a moment give me this chance to tell what I couldn’t for so long I endured not to speak, not a word for…

I exist

Not that I’m hungry for attention am I not, but if I were it wouldn’t be anyone else’s but yours and yours alone I exist

Goodness

Toxic, dangerous, evil, and unkind this is the world we live in though on the same side we call them enemies they whom we brush our…

Stare

In a crowd full of strangers those eyes like lasers cutting through each part of me burning every cell of confidence it hurts, my heart is…

Rome Juanatas