Paul Neglia, Author at The Creative Exiles

Pitch Black Room

July 17, 2017August 4, 2017 Paul Neglia 3100 Views 14 Comments blindness, darkness, despair, hopelessness, sadness

Pitch Black Room It’s always night-time in the depths Behind the eyes, a vacant life Alive, my mind, my dying

Embracing Time

July 13, 2017July 14, 2017 Paul Neglia 2325 Views 19 Comments Eighty six thousand four hundred, embrace life, non-refundable, Wasted Time, worth

Embracing Time The world is nothing but some paint A canvas charged of kindling signals Inside the brain they

Rhyming Verse

Standing Still

June 30, 2017 Paul Neglia 2444 Views 12 Comments broken heart, empty relationship, no quick fix, sadness, toxic relationship

Standing still…. Standing still, I do welcome you here To the greater edge of hopes and cares Where it’s

Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

I hunger

June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 Paul Neglia 2771 Views 8 Comments desire, hunger, intoxication, passion

I hunger… Serenity plagues me, As in, this deepening calm Purloined my intimacy Gone that body chaffing balm… My

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Awakening

June 13, 2017May 30, 2019 Paul Neglia 3674 Views 13 Comments becoming an adult, maturing, self realization, understanding

The man matured … Hello to you, my dear old friend, Between these walls I breathe again When last

Rhyming Verse

No Conscience

June 9, 2017 Paul Neglia 2702 Views 13 Comments cold shoulder, distant person, hurtful, treating friends poorly

No Conscience…. I find myself confused and hurt As though my friendship has no worth You’ve lied to me

Memoir Rhyming Verse

Early Reels

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 Paul Neglia 2780 Views 9 Comments layers, memories, movie reels, my life, special to me

A little clarity/background on this. I am diabetic, I got the diagnosis when I was 4 years old, 1985 to

Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

True Love

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 Paul Neglia 5095 Views 6 Comments affection, no boundaries, pain, true love, undefinable

True Love… On my lips she shared with me her secret a secret that I chose to not forget.

Poetry

Going Home

June 2, 2017 Paul Neglia 1850 Views 8 Comments car accident, hiding feelings, life and death, mistakes, sadness

Going Home… Can you smell the fires burning, the dewy globes atop the blades of grass, the crickets singing lullabies,—

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Each Day

June 1, 2017June 1, 2017 Paul Neglia 2749 Views 8 Comments bond, life, relationship, sun

Each day … Dear sun, I pity you You unfortunate soul Each day coveted anew A prayer, a thank you,

Free Verse

Goddess Born

May 31, 2017April 13, 2018 Paul Neglia 2123 Views 6 Comments burden, goddess, inspiration, leader

Goddess Born At the ruins in austere light This stormy night, you are born human; A student of fractured pillars

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Woodland Stir

May 26, 2017 Paul Neglia 1632 Views 4 Comments addictions, bickering, bloodthirst, rage, sadness

Woodland Stir… The chariot of Ra revved up to cascade tall and began its circling across the morning bends Today,

Acrostic Poetry

Another Alliteration Acrostic

May 26, 2017April 13, 2018 Paul Neglia 5542 Views 5 Comments acrostic, alliteration, knowledge, power, rhyme, writing

Rhyme respects reason … Rhyme respects reason, reprieving reaction, Heeding Hamlet, harnessing heaven’s hues, Yielding yesterday’s yarn-spinning’s, yearning you Meticulous

Acrostic

Inspiration Comes From Within

May 26, 2017May 27, 2017 Paul Neglia 3396 Views 6 Comments God, good person, help, insight, inspiration

Inspiration Comes From Within I’m involved in all aspects, so am I— Nothing less than some small inclinatioN? Splashes of

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Jim’s Grave

May 26, 2017August 3, 2017 Paul Neglia 2760 Views 6 Comments grave, Jim Morrison, poetry, teacher, The Doors

Jim’s Grave My stop on the Metro, Pere Lachaise with rose plants in hand to visit his grave, I adore

Rhyming Verse

The Tragic Man

May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 Paul Neglia 1833 Views 8 Comments cry, dark side, fighting demons, struggle, tragic

This tragic man within the dark … Unsure with whom I’ve dined tonight after this world had gone to sleep.

Poetry Rhyming Verse

My Breath of Life

May 19, 2017May 20, 2017 Paul Neglia 2846 Views 16 Comments baby girl, breath, growing up, home, protection

The floor is a mess, with blood from her dress And I must confess, I think I am dreaming. It

Romantic Poetry

Thirteen Year Anniversary

May 15, 2017 Paul Neglia 3606 Views 14 Comments 13 years, anniversary, blessed, heart, love

Unlucky thirteen, I’ll contend Through all the pitfalls and the bends Through all the journeys left to take And all

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Abject of Perfection

May 10, 2017May 10, 2017 Paul Neglia 2484 Views 8 Comments absolutes, contradictions, doubt, imperfect, knowledge, perfection

Perfection Perfection is diverse its worth, an opinion— With no set absolutes or certain dominion Perceiving these changes

Rhyming Verse

Terpsichorean Butterfly

May 10, 2017May 10, 2017 Paul Neglia 2553 Views 10 Comments Ballerina, Ballet, butterfly, dance, Pose, Stage, Theatre

Your simple pose, is breathtakingly explicit You shan’t fear worlds beyond the uncharted curtain. Trust in your legs and your

Rhyming Verse

Scarecrow’s Requisite

May 10, 2017April 13, 2018 Paul Neglia 2062 Views 5 Comments character, desires, knowledge, passions, truths, understanding

Scarecrow’s Requisite … There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. Though it’s all ignorance, until understood. I well recollect these

Free Verse

We are All Broken…and it is Lovely

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017 Paul Neglia 1784 Views 4 Comments broken, compassion, love, lovely

In tattered pieces, I understood it, that fact that she was broken, and I didn’t care I knew with her