Struggle of Being a LadyHer beauty turned to malison and woe,
As ladies, envious, scorn her radiant face,
Their hearts, inclined to rivalry, bestow,
A bitter enmity, her charm’s disgrace.
The world casts down her fortune with its spite,
Her colleagues seethe when she but speaks to one,
The officers and ministers, not right,
Exploit her grace, their honor left...
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Categories:
anti bullying, allusion, america, analogy, anger,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
boys lessons
They told him, “Boys don’t cry or feel,”
“Stand tall, be hard, and never kneel.”
So he learned young to wear a mask,
To fake the strength they dared to ask.
He bit his tongue, he clenched his jaw,
Afraid to show a single flaw.
And every tear he held inside
Just made him hollow, made him hide.
They praised him when he...
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Categories:
anti bullying, bullying, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
LamentationI feel maybe I hadn't chosen
My dream of studying abroad
with lots of sacrifices and restless body
I still end up being miserable
Abroad makes you thirsty for money
Where you quench it by slowly
Killing your health and body
Is it possible to go back ?
My heart always plead me
I smile gently and...
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Categories:
3rd grade, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Poetry is my passionPoetry is my passion,
Empathy is part of my job; it is a deliberate choice.
We just must tell the stories of others
Who can’t defend themselves?
He is an unpopular character, this old man,
Who sits and draws cartoon characters
Of all his childhood abusers,
While blasting their names....
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Categories:
anti bullying, 10th grade, allegory, anger,
Form: Dramatic Verse
in the name of peaceIn the name of peace
I will put you against a wall, shoot you blue
green and yellow with my paint until you
a white flag of surrender
I will paint blood dripping red paint on your
for hire a plane, the one that dropped a bomb
In a café in Gaza
We know where the plane's pilot lives.
If that doesn't...
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Categories:
anti bullying, abuse, adventure, age, anti
Form: ABC
My Name
I want to buy a wardrobe,
And in it I place my name
In the top left corner
Of its darkest spot.
I want to buy a wardrobe
And in it put a billion chambers,
To keep my name safe
From vultures aimed
To pounce tiger like
And tear it into pieces.
I want to hide my name,
From the sadistic...
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Categories:
anti bullying, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Divinity On Trial
**I.**
Does my radiance scorch your comfort?
Does my presence rattle your idols?
You call me delusional—
Yet tremble when I speak without chains.
**II.**
You offer pills like prayers,
not to heal, but to silence.
Still I rise, voice unmuted,
confessing only that I am whole.
**III.** ...
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Categories:
anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form: Rhyme
Struggle to be FriendsPresence of you ignites my heart with joy,
If you go out of sight it makes me sad.
This bond between us always brings me joy,
The world will try to break our steadfast bond
By phone we share some talks of daily life,
And they do keep a watch on all our deeds,
To save...
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Categories:
anti bullying, absence, africa, allusion, anger,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Is He Man Enough?If she was the one who unbuttoned her blouse first, who closed the door, who whispered “Come on, don’t be shy,” and still—he said no. If she was the one who laid herself bare, threw herself at him like a dare in a quiet room—was he man enough to say he didn’t want it? To...
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Categories:
abuse, angst, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
anti bullying, absence, allusion, america, anger,
Form: Haiku
horn musicHorn Music
In the late forties and middle fifties
horn music and military marches tunes
were often parlayed in the town's park
and we lived nearby and bore the brunt
of this noisy music
to complain was not easy as the music
was seen as an expression of freedom
chasing the German army out of our
cherished country, admittingly with...
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Categories:
absence, age, anti bullying,
Form: ABC
IMMIGRANT FABLEAmerica the place
Ice feels immigrants should be erased
Lady Liberty welcome
Constitution says stay
Washington wants to put the immigrants away
Immigrants have a right
It’s turned into a plight
Immigrant’s rights went from bright to dark
Leaving a disgrace mark
They want to live and pursue
What are they to do?
The constitution is the thing
Washington wants the departure sling
America spells opportunity
The taste of...
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Categories:
america, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
F the Doors OpenI am he who says goodnight.
Don't take me for a label.
At least I'm from a time when thought,
Use portents undue fable.
Vuck doors and rules to hide lyrics lying for a sadist,
Lest the sense of selves perchance; employ spells of'n alchemist.
I invoke the inner man.
I invoke to see that who wants for...
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Categories:
america, analogy, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Tonight I Cried
Tonight I cried.
The silence after giving was louder than my music ever dared to be.
Six cards, six names—none turned toward me.
I asked why. The void answered with its back.
Tonight I walked into the open like a soldier with no armor.
The wind was a warning. The world—cold, familiar....
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Categories:
anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form: Rhyme
demise of my horsesdemise of my horses
I had been away for a few days
visiting an aunt in Cascais
on returning home
my three stone horses are gone
a cheerless hole where they
had been tethered
Widening the road, they said
for this beauty must go
the enlarged road can carry
more and more cars
until the enlarged road is
too small, they decide to
build a motorway
with toll booth
The...
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Categories:
anti bullying, best friend,
Form: ABC
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