worker bee makes the rulesChuck has rules for his children
for his house, truck and wife
his rules are inflexible
staunch edicts in his life
a rule for eating, for putting things away
a rule for gardening and swimming in the bay
Chuck’s rules are obsessive, some are silly too
But since none of them are working, what else can his family do?...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Truth Of SocietyCover your mouth and laugh it out.
The world blinks,
Clink, clink.
Every bottle comes with a label.
Every child comes with a mother.
Every person comes with an identity.
Every murderer comes with a motive.
They explain,
They birth,
They express,
And they kill.
But someday will they become the meal?
What if it was reversed?
Would they try to become more diverse?
Or become mentally...
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Categories:
10th grade, age, birth,
Form: Free verse
You And I, We Ain't So Different
Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
I Lost My BodyIf I could go back in time,
I’d go back to when I believed in soulmates
the way I believe the stars in the night sky
guide us to a predetermined destiny.
Poorly illuminated by the moon,
leaving you to seek yourself intentionally.
Well,
I’ve learned you can throw away fate
when you make an extremist choice,
deviating against that destiny.
Like salmon in...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
annoyed with the feythe elf boy came out of the meadow annoyed with the fey
They had not been especially kind to him on this July day
Some had jeered and made fun of his overlarge ears
His feelings were hurt by these mean sounding jeers
the elf boy’s mama could tell by his face
That he had not been treated respectfully or...
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Categories:
10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
brave steampunk bee couple escapesteampunk bee couple slipped out of the hive
Do you have the address? Three asked number five
If caught by the queen, neither would be alive
Drone soldiers came and they hid under a bus with one dive
Could they ever escape the queen’s querulous hive?
It was a conundrum that worried both three and five
They wondered if they would...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Signs of the times Q and A Q Did they really make a practice sacrifice of a red heifer on the temple mount?
A There's a great deal of speculation with both parties making their educated
hypotheses: They really did sacrifice a red heifer cause the temple institute
doesn't make 'practice sacrifices' and they made...
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Categories:
10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Prose
How much do you love Jesus etcO just how much do you love Jesus?
Is He really 'your all and all and your
Everything?
Do you get 'goose bumps all over'
From singing psalms and worshiping
God instead of admiring four leaf
Clovers.
Then one of them, a lawyer asked Him a question, testing Him and saying,"
Teacher, what is the great commandment in the law?
Jesus said to...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Other
Faith--BlossomMonyei--
Walk by faith not sight
What if I fall?
What if I stumble?
In this darkest night.
My faith is weak
In volumes fear speaks
Show me your face
My doubts will burn.
#blossommonyei
#liberiapoetry
Liberia Poetry Association.
Voice of Liberia-VOL...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A black man--BlossomMonyei--
Raised in the harshest sun
It hurts in his bone
This life he asked from no one
Planted amongst those with hearts of stone.
A black man
Clueless, clumsy
His life's navigation was turned off
The don't care about him.
His mistakes
He can't erase
He'll move on somehow
Though he withers.
A black man
Meets friends
They did him wrong
They did it again.
"Is the world against...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Race of life by Blossom Monyei"The Race of life" by #blossommonyei
The race of life
I am about to describe
Where some has to work and strive
While the others bribe.
As the first car runs faster than the other
With ease it crosses every border
It wins every level
Without any struggle.
The second car lacked speed.
And prays not to be defeated.
To him the audience paid less heed.
You...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Those We LoveThose we love don’t go away,
They walk beside us every day;
Whether close or far, lead the way,
So, what if it’s a weekend or a weekday?
Until we stand at crossroads;
Until we stand in contemplation.
Do we both go north?
Do we part? There’s so much temptation,
But sometimes it's better to just let go;
To live, to know, to understand...
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Categories:
10th grade, best friend,
Form: Rhyme
A Pair Of Glasses, A Swan, And An Origami ClockNature is calling,
your hips swaying.
A light snowfall takes
place in a winter
breeze.
The footprints of a doe
and her fawn grace the
land in fragments.
Broken bits of
grass poke out
from where they
were last seen, in
brown, sticky
patches.
A moose,
a rabbit,
a raccoon—
resting, rejuvenating,
saving their strength.
Birds chirp,
wolves howl.
I close my eyes
and know I’ve
made it.
Did you make it
to Italy, sparrow?
For I am yet to
make...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Suppress Everything And You Wont Ever Get HurtLove me,
goddamn it,
just love me.
I
know that
I'm worthy
or deserving of
something,
at
least,
don't make
me have
to
get on
my knees
and beg again.
Oh, wait,
I forgot-
I'm not
allowed
to be
vulnerable.
...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Catching Constellations Like FirefliesIf I could
catch the stars
in a mason jar would
it be enough to
prove myself?
I
don't
want
to
be
here
anymore.
I want to be up in space
where all of the fireflies reside.
They
don't
care
if
I'm
not
good
enough.
...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
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