Jukebox RequiemANGIE, that last slow dance in smoky haze—
you slipped UNDER MY THUMB like twilight’s ache.
The Rolling Stones crooned fate through tangled days;
I tried to PAINT IT BLACK for mercy’s sake.
But YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT—truth stings—
just loaded TUMBLIN DICE in neon towns,
chasing HONKY TONK WOMEN on borrowed wings
while WILD HORSES dragged dreams to...
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Categories:
motivation, imagery, inspirational, meaningful, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Emil CioranI've been fed a prune of life,
Spooned it silver, everlasting.
I spat it out to seek a knife,
To chop and cease it of forecasting.
The birth is reason as much itself:
Not 'yond the self conceived.
Wrote for book on busy shelf,
Whose tales unread aren't grieved....
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Categories:
motivation, history, humanity, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme
Ruled by Trees
I beheld the quaking aspen, shaking and gold
I quaked in resonance with the breeze
If you're young inside, you never get cold
Its recriminations that make your spirit freeze
I wept beneath the weeping willow
It felt like the right place to cry
Under its cascades I found a pillow
Had a sad feeling, didn't know why.
When autumn colored I found...
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Categories:
imagination, motivation, nature,
Form: Lyric
Categories:
motivation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Pick Up Your SwordIt's your choice to keep going.
It's your choice to heal.
It's your choice to reflect.
It's your choice to look at
that broken reflection and
to see a warrior.
It's your choice to quit.
It's your choice to stay broken.
It’s your choice to reflect.
It's your choice to look at that
broken reflection and...
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Categories:
motivation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Tumultuous:Self-Esteem Expectations brings
about self deprecations,
sometimes I wonder if
the thoughts running
through my head are
my own or somebody
else’s?
The world lives
in constant turmoil,
waves crashing,
tides swerving in
and out from open-
ended beaches,
abysmal delays of
the lighthouse directory,
guided by supplemental
shocks of lightening
rays trajectory.
I stand firmly in front
of the baseless sandcastle,
a fragile foundation of
past voices from lurking
shadows who slowly...
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Categories:
motivation, conflict, emotions, fear, life,
Form: Free verse
Lubricant- MJFI feel it smoothly, gliding freely,
Liquid fluidity surging.
Not a fraction of too much friction,
An undulating path followed effortlessly.
Movement and balance allowing continuous flow.
A sense of harmony as the lubrication guides easily.
Embracing depth with no distraction.
No tension felt as if all melts with fluid energy.
A transition of like particles melding without abrasive motion.
A sleek silky transition...
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Categories:
motivation,
Form: Ekphrasis
Solely on UsWe can harvest well,
But we must plant our saplings;
We can build up luck....
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Categories:
motivation, allegory, character, destiny, encouraging,
Form: Senryu
Change The SystemThey tell us we’re the future
yet 63% of us stand under twenty-five,
hungry for more than empty promises.
They say unemployment is only 6.8%
but when each job vacancy spawns nineteen hopeful faces,
those numbers shatter.
It’s not our fault alone
we’re taught to pass, not to prepare,
and leaders build bridges to nowhere.
change the system,
rebuild classrooms with real tools,
forge curricula in...
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Categories:
motivation, africa, community, courage, creation,
Form: Free verse
House I CarryI carry a house upon my back,
A fragile frame of dreams and stone.
Its windows cracked, its timbers black,
But still I walk, and still alone.
Each wall is built from words unsaid,
From nights I stitched with fraying thread.
Its roof is shingled with the dread
Of all the tears I never shed.
I pass through valleys, rivers wide,
This house sways...
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Categories:
motivation, emotions, environment, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
motivation, confidence, conflict, imagery, inspirational,
Form: Monoku
I sing the praises of SteriliteI sing the praises of Sterilite
(even Mary Poppins would tout
a plug for said company she would spout
forcing playthings scattered helter skelter
retreating into their respective bins
analogous to a defeated army
beating a hasty retreat after a major rout
against all odds fighting off
the aggressive incursion
of a trumpeting lout,
which troops use weapon of choice
namely breath issuing "Kraut"
which in German,...
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Categories:
motivation, america, appreciation, beautiful, fashion,
Form: Free verse
The Journey In Me
I stand with the world in my hands,
Not because I own it,
But because I believe
A better world begins with me.
One step, I walk a quiet road,
Learning life, one lesson at a time.
Another step, I climb a hill,
Chasing dreams that feel too high.
Behind me is the man I was,
Before me is the man I will be.
In...
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Categories:
deep, dream, life, motivation,
Form: Narrative
Falling Leaves, Fading ChaptersI watched a leaf release its breath,
A golden sigh upon the air.
It tumbled softly into death,
A quiet dance without despair.
The wind, a gentle funeral song,
Caressed it with a lover’s grace.
It drifted, weightless, swept along,
No bitterness upon its face.
I thought of all I’ve had to leave,
The hands, the homes, the hollow years.
I thought of how we...
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Categories:
motivation, deep, extended metaphor, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Be Your Own Life DJYou built the skills, you have done the work,
Faced every challenge, adjusted to every quirk.
Now comes the fork in the road of life that is yours to face
Grab the microphone of life with a warm embrace
A DJ doesn’t follow sound,
They craft the moment, feel the ground.
They blend the old with the new, create the...
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Categories:
motivation, analogy, care, character, courage,
Form: Free verse
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