Paul Neglia, Author at The Creative Exiles

Murder of Passion

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017 Paul Neglia 2482 Views 4 Comments body, crime, dissociation, emotions, manipulation, murder, passion, pathological

Unrequited love is so cruel, an evil crime of passion’s fuel. This fiery passion I had known a well

Free Verse

Pearl Jam Hoodie

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Paul Neglia 3386 Views 6 Comments glassy eyes, heart and soul, jaded, love, Pearl Jam Hoodie, unrequited

The campfire blazes on, piercing the unlit night. Each slight ember bounces, trying to jump away. There she sat, so

Romantic Poetry

Total Immersion

May 5, 2017April 13, 2018 Paul Neglia 2617 Views 7 Comments destruction, purging, sadness, tears, total immersion, walls

Total Immersion … The scene is set. At night the shadows climb. The moonlight gently slips through my fingers Cathartically,

Acrostic Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Savage Knave

May 2, 2017August 1, 2018 Paul Neglia 3869 Views 4 Comments anchor, brine, foam, Knave, rum, savage

The Savage Knave This home is where the anchor drops, How petulance has fueled the top Eventually a pirate’s flag

Fiction Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Butterfly’s Withdrawal

May 1, 2017May 1, 2017 Paul Neglia 2394 Views 8 Comments broken heart, butterflies, flames, heart, moth, passion, unrequited love

She was a disciple of love So when it fell, unrequited, She couldn’t help but gag the doves, And kill

Fiction Rhyming Verse

Desires of a Sinful Heart

April 28, 2017April 29, 2017 Paul Neglia 2427 Views 6 Comments black, fade, hate, Hell, obscured, ruin, shade, sinful, woe

Desires of a Sinful Heart The valley lights they never fade Yet darkness washes over me Remote my place, His

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Heavenly Paradigm

April 26, 2017April 26, 2017 Paul Neglia 2591 Views 8 Comments Angels, bliss, Golden, Heaven, paradise, St. Peter

The streets are made of golden glass A maxim for the spoken mass The hats of men arranged on

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Haunt My Dreams

April 24, 2017April 23, 2018 Paul Neglia 5999 Views 10 Comments breathless, divinity, dream, forbidden, gossamer, harbinger, ineffable, lustful

Latent dreams … Flawless, this ineffable sight Exists as harbinger of light To me she came in latent dreams routing

Poetry Rhyming Verse

But a Number

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Paul Neglia 2542 Views 4 Comments age, complex, number, superiority, wisdom

But a Number You of endangered castes Wandering days of the past The sum of your age matters not

Rhyming Verse

Broken

April 15, 2017April 19, 2017 Paul Neglia 5281 Views 11 Comments empty, heartbreak, pain, vacant

Heart seeks passion … The doors ever open, The plan was for a while… But empty rooms on notice the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Close Your Eyes and Work

April 8, 2017April 8, 2017 Paul Neglia 2544 Views 20 Comments cause, dreams, effect, eyes, fantasy, imagination, possible, silence

Silence isn’t empty, it is full of answers. And stories can be told with minimal phrasing Tis the affluent mind

Fiction Poetry Rhyming Verse

Cold Nights and the Desert

March 25, 2017March 25, 2017 Paul Neglia 3330 Views 13 Comments alone, Dark, desert, PTSD, shadows, war

Tis the soul that is lost in the pillars of sand Tis the ready acumen of dismantling life, where we

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Her Body

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Paul Neglia 3175 Views 14 Comments body, ecstasy, indulging, passions, requited love, wines

Her Body …and how I would barter my soul For one more night of requited love, Lost in the shambles

Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

Lingered Kiss

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 Paul Neglia 5464 Views 13 Comments desires, fleeting moments, lingered kiss, passion, subtle hints, trembled lips

Lingered Kiss How many times my eyes must speak, of promises

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Aokigahara

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 Paul Neglia 4614 Views 12 Comments Aokigahara, bones, breeze, caves, hung, macabre, ropes, sea of trees, sound, suicide, suicide forest, twilight, twisted

Aokigahara In nature’s cradle slowly drowning Upon the moss they wait for breeze In front and east, a snowy mountain, And

Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

Love’s Musing

January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 Paul Neglia 3373 Views 14 Comments chemistry, flame, kiss, love, passion, romance

Love’s Musing This diamond, a small scintillating tick, A flawless passing to

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Petty Larceny

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 Paul Neglia 3119 Views 9 Comments albatross, betrayal, blind, counterfeit, deceit, frail, petty larceny

Petty Larceny … So frequent I question when your lies began how secrets clasped through granite chests. Where penknives pierced

Creative Writing Novel Excerpt Rhyming Verse

Growing Kings: A Brother’s Plea

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 Paul Neglia 2144 Views 5 Comments brother, freedom, judge, knig, names, soldier, war

You think I do not want a simpleton’s way Father chose me to

Creative Writing

Facades for the Greater Good

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017 Paul Neglia 2478 Views 6 Comments existence, Facades, moments, old tavern, play

Facades for the Greater Good Author’s Note: This is an excerpt from a play I never finished. It is a conversation

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Snow and Sun

January 18, 2017January 19, 2017 Paul Neglia 4827 Views 10 Comments crystals, kiss, resplendent, snow, snow angels, snowy, sun

Freshly Fallen Snow Way tucked away beyond the eyes The

Ode Poetry

Remembrance

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 Paul Neglia 2799 Views 9 Comments darkness, death, dirge, ebbs, elegy, mourn, soul

Remembrance, Beauty Sublime Supinely you laid a victim to time ‘til the trumpet keeper blows his trumpet clear A

Poetry Rhyming Verse

More than Language

January 13, 2017May 31, 2018 Paul Neglia 2985 Views 23 Comments demons, heart, language, poetry, right, thoughts, verses, wrong

More Than Language It’s more a cadence than a march Your knees will bend your feet will arch Your

Poetry Rhyming Verse

I Keep this Light as a Guide

January 11, 2017January 14, 2017 Paul Neglia 4884 Views 4 Comments Angels, darkness, demons, fire, guide, life, light, moon, stars

I Keep This Light as a Guide Brilliant measure; the stars in her eyes A guide to defining the