Paul Neglia, Author at The Creative Exiles

Renewal and Replacement

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 Paul Neglia 2150 Views 7 Comments love and life, nature, renewal, replacememt

Renewal and Replacement In garish rays the sun mocks the stars upon Orion, Restaging the flora and fauna that hours

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Pride

December 22, 2017December 22, 2017 Paul Neglia 2188 Views 4 Comments intellect, persuasion, pride, stimulation

Pride…. For the faint of heart, steer clear and beware, My words may pervert you in this cerebral warfare. Where

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The Keys are not Set in Stone

December 18, 2017August 14, 2018 Paul Neglia 1938 Views 6 Comments forgiveness, learning, love

Sometimes I see you in the stars When the world seems so bleak, Where copious thoughts rove and jar, And

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Sometimes…

December 7, 2017December 7, 2017 Paul Neglia 1661 Views 5 Comments love, Miss you, remembering, sad

Sometimes … Sometimes the greedy me, needs a touch of space So I drape my soul on an empty three

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A Gift…

November 22, 2017November 25, 2017 Paul Neglia 3261 Views 11 Comments being grateful, empathy, forgiveness, live right, second chance

A gift… We shall blossom like untold bards Call it whatever you want, a gift from God, Or even a

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Lament for the Young

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Paul Neglia 2347 Views 6 Comments death, love, sadness, too young

For those who have lost something or someone too young. As the sun grew atop me and eventually ensconced my soul, within

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My Flashlight

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 Paul Neglia 2623 Views 4 Comments crying, fear, finding the light, paranoia, scared

My flashlight … The dark itself is truly daunting. And fear sends tremors down the spine Soon will paranoia settle

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Synthetic Deceit

October 24, 2017March 17, 2021 Paul Neglia 2018 Views 6 Comments fraud, no accountability, rich get richer, scam artists, stock crash

Synthetic Deceit… Remember, higher risk reaps greater rewards and where is your place on life’s chessboard. Are you King of

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Preferred Breath

October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 Paul Neglia 2110 Views 2 Comments beauty, country, nature

My preferred breath – –Your country breath to city hush, the tumbled grass and verdant lush, the Lily pads and

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Muse-ic

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Paul Neglia 1809 Views 4 Comments embracing poetry, muse, power of words, writing

My Muse Awakens … The best epiphanies happen at night The magic when dreamers are left to dream And writers

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Rembrandt

October 10, 2017 Paul Neglia 6526 Views 6 Comments beauty, burning love, passion, seduction

My Rembrandt… I couldn’t really appreciate her, Through the lens I couldn’t smell the lilacs The way their delicate scent

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The Sky’s Betrothed

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 Paul Neglia 2245 Views 4 Comments love, moon, sun

The Ebon Night … A sheen of alabaster haunts the ebon night, In breathless epochs that come to pass Schools

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Fading Star – Hope

October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 Paul Neglia 2757 Views 6 Comments clarity, hope, Light in the Dark, rebirth

Fading Star… Surging the night sky, where certain want is welcomed. Drifting eyes rake the velvet waves, in tumult,

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Fallen

October 5, 2017October 7, 2017 Paul Neglia 2682 Views 7 Comments Dark, Devil, evil, faust, mephistopheles, pyre

Fallen…enthralled in a pyre This world is ablaze, and I dwell in its hellfire. Tween the coals of rapture, I

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Behind the Mask

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 Paul Neglia 2744 Views 13 Comments help, love, sad, self-esteem, self-infliction

Behind the Mask… Her bony hands flowed on the ivory keys— immersing into the shadows above. Behind the hammers

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Mysterious Ways

August 31, 2017September 3, 2017 Paul Neglia 2464 Views 8 Comments appreciating oneself, child's love, freedom, God's work, love

Mysterious Ways Maybe… In awe we watched Him, as He reworked the art, Both hands, unwavering, repressed from empathy, Wiping

Poetry Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

Just You and Me

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Paul Neglia 2237 Views 5 Comments love, ocean, passion, sand, waves

Just You and Me I wrote to you, though you may never know. My heart was air to your paper

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Crossroads

August 23, 2017 Paul Neglia 2877 Views 12 Comments american state, anarchy, free speech, media poison, violence

At the crossroads…. It would be presumptuous to state we are in chaos, For me to assume society is at

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Simplicity – A Plea

August 16, 2017 Paul Neglia 3374 Views 17 Comments friendship, take a chance, togetherness, unity

Simplicity… Simplicity, it’s just wood and nails right? A table tucked into a far off corner A world we can

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And with a Heavy Heart

August 14, 2017August 15, 2017 Paul Neglia 2801 Views 11 Comments faith, inspiration, pride, sadness, strength

…and with a heavy heart …just a little something The individual is but an atom From birth, to acts, to

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Reaffirmation

August 9, 2017August 9, 2017 Paul Neglia 4479 Views 16 Comments faith, God, love, Reaffirmation, rediscovering faith

Reaffirmation I’ve been questioning my faith a lot lately. And to go back and read Job, and how God let satan

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Falling Again

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017 Paul Neglia 2750 Views 10 Comments beauty, Cupid's strings, freedom, rekindled love, yearning

Falling in Love Again… She never, ever once looked nice Nice being new lampshades She was a work of

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Writers on the Web by Paul Neglia

July 18, 2017August 4, 2017 Paul Neglia 3595 Views 23 Comments dreams, passion, poetry, scenery, taking chances

Writers on the Web by Paul Neglia Essence of the Rhyme Essence of the Rhyme The muse on borrowed time