Paul Neglia, Author at The Creative Exiles

Bahamut Attacks

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Paul Neglia 48 Views 2 Comments death, Dragon, evil, fire, terrifying

….Sometimes the Dragon Wins…. The sun went truly dark, and they impugned the moon First thought was it

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Money….hmph..

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 Paul Neglia 104 Views 7 Comments materialism, money, Paul Neglia, religious, sadness

MONEY Material submersion, affluent lives become dwarfed by their possessions The real tragedy in photo ops being blurred out is

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Multiple Bifurcations

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Paul Neglia 176 Views 3 Comments America, division, Paul Neglia, ponderances, sad, tactics

Multiple Bifurcations… ‘Tis prose or does it beckon form This heart in stormy skies conformed To angst; from crestfallen beats,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Barrels for You

December 2, 2021December 6, 2021 Paul Neglia 250 Views 8 Comments choices, evil, Guns, Paul Neglia, people kill, trigger

Barrels for You… Just a side note, I am a firm believer in everyone’s right to legally possess a firearm

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Nothing Spells Masochist Like my Pride, Don’t Worry My Heart Can Take It

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Paul Neglia 583 Views 4 Comments Masochist, pain, Paul Neglia, pleasure, punishment glutton, self-inflicting

Nothing spells masochist like my pride … I staggered miles in barefoot to pray, Gird my soul from earth-shattering

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Flower Cover

November 16, 2021November 17, 2021 Paul Neglia 225 Views 7 Comments flower, growing up, maturing, parenting, Protecting

Flower Cover … Is a vacuum really nothingness? The true beginning that we will see A planted seed with subsequence

Poetry Rhyming Verse

This Life is Rotten Friend, Purposely Led Astray

November 16, 2021November 18, 2021 Paul Neglia 284 Views 5 Comments agendas, astray, coercing, life rotten, Misinformation, sadness

This life is rotten friend… Walls built between rapports; souls razed on notice Discourse the social lexicon used to

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Add i c t

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 Paul Neglia 317 Views 9 Comments addiction, alcohol, pain, Paul Neglia, Pills, sad

Add i c t … Add i c t He’s been more than a little ill and missed you more

Free Verse Poetry

Empty Monolith

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 Paul Neglia 1060 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 2593 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

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

How the Monarchs Were Silenced

May 7, 2020May 12, 2020 Paul Neglia 1475 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

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Pen and Pencil

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 Paul Neglia 1656 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 1428 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 763 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 676 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 659 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 958 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

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Angel Wing

November 30, 2019December 1, 2019 Paul Neglia 1048 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 771 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 463 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 849 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 674 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 1669 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,

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