Benjamin Kibbey

Joined January 2021

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Award-winning journalist, Army vet and current freelance writer living in the woods of Montana.

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I hope you don't understand
What I have seen I cannot unsee -- Would not unsee, but damn... So many ways for a heart to fill Until it is overfull and sinking.
By Benjamin Kibbey3 months ago in Poets
A Better Me
I set out to be A better me A version I see Who has all the keys, -- Who knows what to say And is always okay And can carry the weight
By Benjamin Kibbey4 months ago in Poets
Dopamine
I think poems are fun When prose is a pain Because poems are word puzzles And so much less plain. - It's all combinations,
By Benjamin Kibbey5 months ago in Poets
Confronted
A friend confronted me, said I was still in love with you. Now thinking of weddings, and your white dress and smiling Of course there's no doubt that he was right.
By Benjamin Kibbey5 months ago in Poets
Morning Poem
Tears of joy, Tears of sorrow, To closed eyes open past tomorrows; To dreams of peace, To thoughts in war;
By Benjamin Kibbey5 months ago in Poets
Agonal Breathing
"Last gasp," a poet would call it, Ignoring the EMTs comment That what was is gone. Conclusion's foregone. King's cornered by pawn.
By Benjamin Kibbey5 months ago in Poets
Tired
I understand for the first time Why old people say They are ready to move on and Rest in their graves. I could not fathom a tired that
By Benjamin Kibbey5 months ago in Poets
Homesick
An odd question from a man looks like he fits here, could be an old Grizzly Adams: "Are you homesick yet?" And I didn't know how to answer, so I just smiled and said I wasn't.
By Benjamin Kibbey5 months ago in Poets
Writer's Block
Writer's block is nothing next To the walls that jump Up unexpected, mid-path. Like if life had writer's Block, but was a sensation
By Benjamin Kibbey7 months ago in Poets
This Road
This road, it is a river, A vein cut in the earth, That marries destinations And separates the hurt. They're endless, all these rivers,
By Benjamin Kibbey8 months ago in Poets
The source
I am more broken Than I may seem, dear, If I have done well With my disguise. If I have softness: Hardness cored-empty. When I have patience: Fatigue looking kind. If I have strength, now: Earth dense and tamped-down. If I have goodness: Well then, there's a thing...
By Benjamin Kibbey3 years ago in Poets
Orion
I am told that, in a time before history, someone carved you in ivory. Recognized around the world by different names, stars so far apart, unrelated, unconnected, yet a picture forms so easily to our human minds.
By Benjamin Kibbey3 years ago in Fiction

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Benjamin Kibbey

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I hope you don't understand

A Better Me

Dopamine

Confronted

Morning Poem

Agonal Breathing

Tired

Homesick

Writer's Block

This Road

The source

Orion

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