Paul Neglia Archives - The Creative Exiles

A Moment Away

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 Paul Neglia 338 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 494 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,

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Promises Kept

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Paul Neglia 559 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 440 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

Mind the Brain: When Worlds Collide

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Paul Neglia 460 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

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The Best of You…

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Paul Neglia 448 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

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The Metal Edge

March 21, 2023March 22, 2023 Paul Neglia 459 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 485 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

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Heaviest, the Purge

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Paul Neglia 452 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

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999

January 28, 2023February 1, 2023 Paul Neglia 454 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

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An “Exile”

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Paul Neglia 547 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

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Always Outside Looking In

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 Paul Neglia 759 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

Haiku Poetry

The Universe is…

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 Paul Neglia 2050 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

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Picking Lanes

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 Paul Neglia 828 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

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Bahamut Attacks

January 17, 2022January 23, 2022 Paul Neglia 1210 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

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Money….hmph..

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 Paul Neglia 1275 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

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Multiple Bifurcations

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Paul Neglia 1142 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,

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Barrels for You

December 2, 2021December 6, 2021 Paul Neglia 1257 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

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

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Paul Neglia 1220 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

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Add i c t

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 Paul Neglia 1193 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

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Angel Wing

November 30, 2019December 1, 2019 Paul Neglia 1771 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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Torched Lance

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 Paul Neglia 1771 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

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Sleep, My Friend

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 Paul Neglia 1947 Views 10 Comments fall asleep, grand ideas, Paul Neglia, peace, sleep friend, while writing

Sleep, my friend…. Iced or warm, the bourbon burns Down my hollow throat to where it goes The liquid spawns

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