Paul Neglia, Author at The Creative Exiles

Empty Monolith

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 Paul Neglia 377 Views 4 Comments Broken man, empty building, empty monolith, failed business, pain, sadness

Broken down business, empty monolith, or broken man??!? Empty Monolith Cavernous walls placated inner hostility yet outward atrocity swelled beneath

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Stage Fright

June 1, 2020June 4, 2020 Paul Neglia 1237 Views 6 Comments overcoming fears, Stage Fright, strength

Stage Fright Stage Fright I watch your body language deciphering every tumult and delight I recite I wonder if my

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How the Monarchs Were Silenced

May 7, 2020May 12, 2020 Paul Neglia 1081 Views 12 Comments aflame, butterflies, devotion, love, lust, woman’s resolve

How The Monarchs Were Silenced How can I speak to her, without a good game to proclaim, All I know

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Pen and Pencil

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 Paul Neglia 818 Views 7 Comments emotions, inspiration, pen, pencil, writing

Pen and Pencil The product is not interwoven with the vines In my skin, it’s deep and refined, with each

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Mind my Heart, We’re Uneven

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 Paul Neglia 548 Views 6 Comments balance, fire, heart, mind, passion, understanding

Mind my Heart, We’re Uneven… Too many strains on the soul lends to the breaking of chains Those grounding the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Nancy…Nancy…Nancy…

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020 Paul Neglia 407 Views 9 Comments death of politics, opinion, politics, turmoil

Nancy … Nancy … Nancy … There are no clinics for cynics Just critics who like to visit These civic

Poetry Rhyming Verse

I Wonder About You Moon

January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 Paul Neglia 381 Views 9 Comments moon, sun, unrequited

I WONDER ABOUT YOU MOON Into your silvery wisp the crescent curves I yearn Upon the night air crisp You

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Snowy Recess

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 Paul Neglia 337 Views 7 Comments Away from the noise, cabins, peace, Retreat, snowy

Snowy Recess …and I love it, a nook of quietude In the snowy evening amidst the stars My chilled breath

Poetry Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

One Night

January 5, 2020January 6, 2020 Paul Neglia 289 Views 6 Comments amazing, body connection, intensity, passion, rapt euphoria, woman

ONE NIGHT Written from an observing perspective only… She looks demure, but only from certain eyes. Stormy dark hair gently

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Angel Wing

November 30, 2019December 1, 2019 Paul Neglia 506 Views 7 Comments addiction, angel, helping, Paul Neglia, sponsor, wing

Angel Wing … Pray tell my friend, do you know of this matrix, The one still held down by lost

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Penurious Patron

November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 Paul Neglia 318 Views 8 Comments addiction help, helping, homeless, life lost

Penurious Patron … Midnights when birds take flight, inhales feel deep like, When words bear breadth, sometimes I don’t

Poetry Rhyming Verse

I Have a Question?!?

November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 Paul Neglia 196 Views 4 Comments Devil, evil, God, question, religion

I Have a Question … Humble is the silence that understands the mess The crafting of disaster in lines I

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Torched Lance

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 Paul Neglia 418 Views 8 Comments addiction, nicotine, Paul Neglia, relapsing, torched lance, willpower

Torched Lance … I stagger by your habits and addictions in disgust Those mini monuments that hold you hostage though

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Wagon Crashed and Burned

September 1, 2019September 1, 2019 Paul Neglia 377 Views 15 Comments Alcoholiism, anger, coping, impulses, pain, sadness

The Wagon Crashed and Burned … Alcoholism hits home to so many families. This is so personal for me,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Not My Type

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Paul Neglia 695 Views 7 Comments finding balance, rejection, sadness, unrequited love

“You’re not my type,” Was like daggers to the heart, The instance where I learned to disappear. In that limelight,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Irreparable Strings

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Paul Neglia 422 Views 9 Comments fate, inevitable, irrepable strings, no change, puppet

Irreparable Strings … The life of a puppet, the world as a stage, Shakespearean to some, to some, it is

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Rise From the Ashes

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Paul Neglia 543 Views 8 Comments knowledge, Rise up, saving, wisdom

Rise From the Ashes … Upheaval of the people, demons camping at the steeples, My soul now stuck in contemplation,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Sleep, My Friend

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 Paul Neglia 570 Views 10 Comments fall asleep, grand ideas, Paul Neglia, peace, sleep friend, while writing

Sleep, my friend…. Iced or warm, the bourbon burns Down my hollow throat to where it goes The liquid spawns

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Because of You…

April 14, 2019April 15, 2019 Paul Neglia 426 Views 3 Comments because of you, butterflies, life, love, relationship, taking it slow

Because of you… Sentiments filled with empty plight And butterflies… tons of butterflies. Butterflies that go soaring at first sight.

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Reflections: An Elegy??

March 24, 2019March 25, 2019 Paul Neglia 691 Views 10 Comments elegy, good or evil, me, my truth, reflections

Reflections: my own Elegy… Should I compose words about my failures? Will listening crowds enjoy this type of passion? Can

Poetry Rhyming Verse

An Angel Fallen

March 17, 2019March 18, 2019 Paul Neglia 470 Views 10 Comments affected by prison, demons, despair, sadness, Wrongfully accused

An Angel Fallen… ~written from the perspective of an inmate wrongfully accused and awaiting the death penalty… Too many

Poetry Rhyming Verse

You Caused This Suffering

March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 Paul Neglia 433 Views 4 Comments addiction, death and suffering, evil, Pills, sadness

You Caused this Suffering … In the clear parallel of unburdening one’s self, In myriad wealths of truth foretelling of

Poetry Political Poetry

Down the rabbit hole of Millennial Socialism

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Paul Neglia 846 Views 9 Comments evil, millennial, Ocasio-Cortez, socialism, socialistic, stupidity

Millennial Socialism … Twenty five thousand!! Twenty five thousand?? Yup twenty five thousand jobs were forfeit Gone like common sense,

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