Paul Neglia, Author at The Creative Exiles

A Moment Away

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 Paul Neglia 656 Views 3 Comments Dreaming, imagination, joy, Paul Neglia, reading, tranquility

A Moment Away … Foliage undisturbed, in sunlight beams Whispers travel in groups of echoes, clean Scenes of chestnut boughs

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Wall Fly Reporting

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 Paul Neglia 789 Views 3 Comments fights, fly, Paul Neglia, popcorn, traumas, wall

Wall Fly Onward clocks, I sit here staring down Like a raisin frozen to a board Minutes tick on,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Promises Kept

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Paul Neglia 1380 Views 2 Comments father, heartbreak, Parent, Paul Neglia, protection

Promises Kept Dumbfounded you are in the allurement of youth Younger hands grasping the diadem of growth Clandestine breaths

Poetry Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

Art Form

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 Paul Neglia 864 Views 4 Comments love, Paul Neglia, Rhyming, romantic, seduction

Art Form … My world asunder with those stormy eyes, if permissible, In the cinquefoil bloom, in lockstep with the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Whispers in the Mind

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 Paul Neglia 770 Views 3 Comments faith, God, mind, strength, temptation

Quite the Killing Spree: Whispers in the Mind Applause, to your narration, a pen to note causation, Trace me the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Mind the Brain: When Worlds Collide

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Paul Neglia 768 Views 1 Comment conflict, good and evil, mind, Paul Neglia, resolution

Mind the Brain: When Worlds Collide The witty ones, couched side by side Banter onward with fancy looks My friends

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Best of You…

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Paul Neglia 707 Views 2 Comments breakups, Foo Fighters, Paul Neglia, relationships, song titles, Villanelle

Written in Villanelle form. I chose to use the song titles from the Foo Fighters to write this. The featured

Haiku Poetry Rhyming Verse

Wasted Talent

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Paul Neglia 820 Views 3 Comments Drugs, haiku poetry, hopelessness, overdose, sadness

Wasted Talent … Just when you think you have “the world by the lapels,” life happens. Too many people

Haiku Poetry Rhyming Verse

Yield to Time

March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 Paul Neglia 693 Views 2 Comments album titles, death, haiku poetry, life, Pearl Jam, realization

Yield to Time … I think I’ve found a new love for writing in haiku, taking song titles from some

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Metal Edge

March 21, 2023March 22, 2023 Paul Neglia 713 Views 4 Comments Haiku, metallica, Paul Neglia, song titles

The Metal Edge I like Haiku poetry and my favorite band is Metallica so I figured as an interesting exercise

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Dying Light

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 Paul Neglia 797 Views 9 Comments confusion, dying light, Loneliness, lost love, Paul Neglia, sadness

Dying Light If I said that I’m over you, I meant almost Stuck in my room reading poems to your

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Depraved Son/ Fallen Angel

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Paul Neglia 788 Views 3 Comments conflict, despair, Devil, God, judgment

Depraved Son / Fallen Angel I fight along my kin as such, a war against Your name You gave lumps

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Rebellious Son / Fallen Angel pt.2

February 22, 2023February 23, 2023 Paul Neglia 774 Views 3 Comments final call, God, pride before, satan, Talking

Rebellious Son / Fallen Angel: part 2 Continuation… I will lead them where you cannot Father. I, their hero of

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Heaviest, the Purge

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Paul Neglia 821 Views 6 Comments courage, fighting, Paul Neglia, pushing forward, self-preservation

Heaviest, the Purge … Ask the mirror like, “I could be happy, why won’t you let me?” I need a

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Patronizing Child / Fallen Angel

February 6, 2023February 11, 2023 Paul Neglia 928 Views 7 Comments Devil, father, God, silence, son

Patronizing Child … Always wonder if God even talks to the devil. How would the conversation go? What are the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

999

January 28, 2023February 1, 2023 Paul Neglia 678 Views 4 Comments closed chapter, ending, family issues, finality, Paul Neglia

999 Finality and Completion ***apologies for cursing*** Stairs cleaned lead to gray gates, last one of great genes A

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

777 Affirmation

January 27, 2023January 31, 2023 Paul Neglia 1003 Views 7 Comments affirmation, faith, God, prayer

777 777 Affirmation … My verses ride in hearses, dispersed at night in silhouettes I curse my intuition, my amusement

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…this day…

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 Paul Neglia 671 Views 3 Comments coping, funeral, loss, pain, sadness

I cannot sleep, for sleep is the sibling of death A young Queensbridge poet stated Just the facts, when the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Tides of Despair

January 13, 2023January 14, 2023 Paul Neglia 1221 Views 7 Comments despair, Loneliness, loss, recluse, sadness

The Tides of Despair … Rough shards of tossed paper intrude in this halcyon dark Down a dingy path upon

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An “Exile”

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Paul Neglia 962 Views 6 Comments creative, different, Exile, imaginative, lifestyle, Paul Neglia

An Exile … As of late, I’ve tried hard to compile a profile My comprehension of the life of an

Poetry Political Poetry Rhyming Verse Slam Poetry

Unapologetically Fighting

December 13, 2022December 14, 2022 Paul Neglia 1752 Views 9 Comments fear, fighting the good fight, happiness, liberty, life, Wordplay

Unapologetically Fighting … My story is untold, I uncover my own soul like a Buddhist’s tome. My I.Q. alone remains

Poetry Rhyming Verse

His Demons Won…

July 15, 2022July 16, 2022 Paul Neglia 1105 Views 3 Comments alcohol, Drugs, family, lies, media poison

…The Demons Won… I don’t really care about those skeptics who devalue truth And choose to Poison subjects with subjective

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Always Outside Looking In

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 Paul Neglia 1055 Views 6 Comments affairs heart, heartbreaking, Lovelorn, Paul Neglia, sad, soul entrapped

Always Outside Looking In … This tale merits the reader’s realm, this writing while I’m at the helm, I’ll

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