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“we dream of peace and tranquility, the day when we no longer despair but our self-imposed angst cannot be avoided. we can't run. it won't go away. the noises i hear in my hell are very real and i'll continue to exist in an interested sort of anguish, looking for bloodstains on acid free sidewalks.”

Peace Hell Dreams Despair Angst

Author:Scott C. Holstad

“nocturnal goings on like thunder dreams of a dark, dank hunger...like bitter tendrils of ghostly hands forcing you apart, like the boogeyman hiding in the eternal closet, waiting & wanting you & me too,..”

Dreams Poem Nightmare Ghostly

Book:HSTQ: Winter 2025

Source: HSTQ: Winter 2025

“i've been killed so many times, i can't begin to count the carcasses. my dreams provide plenty of ammunition for me, murdered most mercilessly and it never freaking ends,”

Dreams Murder Nightmares

Book:Shrapnel

Source: Shrapnel

“Like long lost love abandoned in forgotten letters, you lose yourself in others and dream their dreams, become their aspirations. When you look in the mirror, you see a black, blank picture of Them staring back and you vow not to, before giving in once again.”

Love Relationships Dreams Self Esteem Isolation Self Reflection Codependency Dysfunctional Dysfunctional Relationships

Book:Places

Source: Places

“i often wonder at what point my thoughts cease to be my reality and simply merge with my dreams to become my fiction, my life.”

Life Philosophy Wisdom Poetry Quotes Knowledge Dreams Thoughts Meaning Of Life

Book:Distant Visions, Again and Again

Source: Distant Visions, Again and Again

“they are a little more solid even in the exquisite nakedness of their existence and they glory in their reality and read music and dance poetry on the sidewalks and in the lavatories of bombed out buildings. we take their words and cup them in our hands and we take their lips and crush them to ourselves and dream the dreams and think of sands and faraway places and wish for death and pray they see IT soon.”

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Book:Industrial Madness

Source: Industrial Madness

“a beautiful girl spoke to me today thru little honey’d whispers dreaming icicles streams of words mouth moving saying much in little tones traveling passionately into distant lands far off hopes stranger’s arms a hoped-for death told her secret.”

Poetry Dreams Future Connection With People

Book:Grungy Ass Swaying

Source: Grungy Ass Swaying

“she dreams dreams wrapped in unknown skins. sweat scented covers are tossed aside in her urgency. she dreams recklessly of reckless abandonment in a dark, dank world.”

Poetry Dreams Isolation Abandonment Meaninglessness

Book:Shadows Before the Maiming

Source: Shadows Before the Maiming

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