Paul Neglia, Author at The Creative Exiles

Always Outside Looking In

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 Paul Neglia 135 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Friend Zone: Center Stage

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Paul Neglia 188 Views 6 Comments Friend zone, heartbreak, pain, sorrow, unrequited love

Friend Zone: Center Stage… Always the same games, with the same types, inner circles were close knit Only room left

Haiku Poetry

The Universe is…

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 Paul Neglia 752 Views 12 Comments bliss, erotic, flying, haiku style, Paul Neglia, soul cleansing

The Universe is… …With quick adjustments My body in weightlessness, I catch up with sound Caressing substance Air surrounds, like

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Picking Lanes

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 Paul Neglia 363 Views 6 Comments alcoholism, Choosing paths, drinking, Making Decisions, Paul Neglia, Seeking Help

Picking Lanes What Lane Are You In? Don’t even think of finding me My footsteps are erased There was

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Just a Little Faith

January 30, 2022January 31, 2022 Paul Neglia 360 Views 10 Comments burdens, determination, faith, happiness, sadness

Just Call it Faith Doubt is a purveyor, haunting my nightmares, killing my dreams sitting on my couch confused, my

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Bahamut Attacks

January 17, 2022January 23, 2022 Paul Neglia 490 Views 4 Comments death, Dragon, evil, fire, Paul Neglia, terrifying

Bahamut Attacks… …. Sometimes the Dragon Wins…. The sun went truly dark, and they impugned the moon First

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Money….hmph..

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 Paul Neglia 623 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 614 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 574 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 798 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 545 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 493 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 610 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 1312 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 3042 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 1676 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 1979 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 1930 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 1076 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 836 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Snowy Recess

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 Paul Neglia 939 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 1186 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 1311 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

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