RhymeMosaic

Meter, Metaphor, Memory + Meaning

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Founding voice · Brandon WordSmith

The Founder's Canon

The original 205 — the poems that started RhymeMosaic.Meter, Metaphor, Memory + Meaning, in the voice that wrote them first.

205 poems · 10 categories · never twice the same way

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Founder's Canon
№ 1

Ascension

The young man who feels so old,

Love & Relationships

Founder's Canon
№ 2

Divine Re-alignment

Tonight, the stars have aligned

Faith & Spirituality

Founder's Canon
№ 3

TruthSeeker

Anchor my roots in Your dirt by the river

Faith & Spirituality

Founder's Canon
№ 4

Natural Selection

Help me, I’m coming apart at the wrists

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 5

Open Letter

To anyone who reads this

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 6

Igneus Velius

First a sting,

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 7

Make Up

You don’t know what you do to me

Love & Relationships

Founder's Canon
№ 8

Throw It All Away

You’ve been so blessed with an enlightened way

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 9

Perfect

Last night, I dreamt of perfection,

Heartbreak & Loss

Founder's Canon
№ 10

Blink

Homogeneous mechanical melting pot

Social Commentary

Founder's Canon
№ 11

Somewhere

I know you’re there somewhere

Faith & Spirituality

Founder's Canon
№ 12

All Along

For the longest time, it seems

Self-Discovery & Identity

Founder's Canon
№ 13

Every Time

Every time I’ve held it tight

Self-Discovery & Identity

Founder's Canon
№ 14

Connecting Through A Screen

I’m sitting here so silently,

Self-Discovery & Identity

Founder's Canon
№ 15

Stupidity

Ignorance lifted up, high on a pedestal

Social Commentary

Founder's Canon
№ 16

Where I'm Going

I don’t know where I’ve been

Faith & Spirituality

Founder's Canon
№ 17

Nightlight

Love bursts forth,

Love & Relationships

Founder's Canon
№ 18

Open Your Eyes

Something sang to me a song of inconsistency

Life & Philosophy

Founder's Canon
№ 19

Impending Doom

You can laugh at me

Life & Philosophy

Founder's Canon
№ 20

PsychoLogically Naked

Come with me! Leave your body behind

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 21

Don't Tell Me

Don’t tell me not to be sad.

Heartbreak & Loss

Founder's Canon
№ 22

I Remember

When I think of you,

Family & Memories

Founder's Canon
№ 23

Selfish?

I look and all I fucking see

Heartbreak & Loss

Founder's Canon
№ 24

Absolutes

As the sun sets every day,

Love & Relationships

The canon never ends the same way twice.

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