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Scop Scribe
Where Stories Split
and Legends Begin
Existential Poetry
Existential poetry explores the meaning of life, identity, and the human condition, often delving into themes of mortality, isolation, and the search for purpose in an uncertain world.
Fear Being Alone
Alone in my room. A prickly sensation spurns my insides. I must move. Do something productive, constantly. Be around people, constantly....
Lit Liz
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Lost Home
I wish to go home... but, home isn’t there. I’m in the wrong time. The people aren’t there. Only ghosts. The building turned to ash. I...
Lit Liz
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Finding Self
How do I find myself under the layers of bodies laid inside me? Like the layers of the earth. My mother’s body pressed in prayer. My...
Lit Liz
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Uproot
I’ve pulled myself out of the dirt, naked roots stripped by wind. I reached back for the familiar earth, but my arms became weak in that...
Lit Liz
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Spoken Word
Why do I perform spoken word? Because… for ten minutes I have everyone’s attention. We all share this experience together, a temporary...
Lit Liz
Jan 31 min read
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People Pleaser
You won’t see me, unless I do enough. But, enough isn’t a solid accomplishment. It’s a moving goal post, stretching me father and farther...
Lit Liz
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Hell and Peace
I've been through hell several times. I have my passport, if I ever want to go back. Sometimes the familiarity of the flames and...
Lit Liz
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Canaries in the Coal Mine
Crack me open like a coffin. Clean out cobwebs, exhume my skeletons. Skulls don’t speak, unless, presented wine when the clock strikes...
Lit Liz
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Undeath
My heart is hollow. When the wind blows through my empty chambers, desert cockles, it shakes the effigies down the cracking valves...
Lit Liz
Jan 31 min read
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