6 Dead, 4 Wounded, And One On The Way
Leukemia boys and
Leukemia girls wave
in hospital volunteers,
as the angels wave
them away.
What is
love?
Beyond
an overpriced
ambulance ride,
and an unnecessary
hospital stay?
The most beautiful things:
summer sweat,
and Rome after
rain.
Inside,
a child draws
a yellow sun
with trembling fingers.
The IV, taped
down like it’s trying
to hold him
there.
Forced positivity.
A heart full of
apathy.
I see that
same world you try
to see with substance sober,
and I’ll be the first to
...
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Categories:
6, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
hiku 6 liner -EXPLAINED
momentarily
wait hesitate and dream-
imagination cries
unshackled
conception awakens-
formulates
hiku=haiku-in-english
Doubled= 2 separate stand-alone
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Categories:
6, appreciation, poetry,
Form: Other
The Masnavi of Giti and Saeed - Part 6, 7 and 8
Part Six — The Story Begins
The tale begins, as poets say,
Of lovers two who found their way.
That radiant child, so young and fair,
A cypress tall with flowing hair.
The envy of all idols bright,
With beauty born to charm the sight.
Wherever she would softly tread,
A thousand hearts behind her fled.
That idol—when her veil was drawn,
The pride of
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Categories:
6, cute love,
Form: Masnavi
Hiroshima eighty years since August 6th, 1945
Hiroshima – eighty years since August 6th, 1945
About fourteen and a half years
before my birth,
yours truly not even a twinkle
in the eyes of his then
young father and mother
the former born April 9th 1929,
while the latter would be turning ten
that upcoming November 13th
living in destitution
with her three older siblings
(in proximity
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Categories:
6, age, angst, anniversary, august,
Form: Free verse
Random Thoughts 6: Nighttime
I lie awake at night
Thinking of the loves
And opportunities for intimacy
I have missed
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Categories:
6, emotions, heartbreak, lost love,
Form: Free verse
A Porch Swing's Tale
A Porch Swing's Tale
The sun hangs low, a bruised peach in the sky
my old boots are caked with the red dust of a journey I never started
three
This here porch swing rocks on, steady and slow
but my soul feels like it's caught between the back porch and the front gate
somewhere between a hello and a goodbye,
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Categories:
6, sky,
Form: Other
His 9 was my 6
You said I never tried enough,
But I thought showing up was love.
I held your hand through quiet storms,
But never knew how deep they cut.
You wanted words —
I gave you time.
You wanted truth —
I gave you signs.
You asked for more than I could name,
And all I gave felt just… the same.
I saw your tears, I heard
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Categories:
6, boyfriend, break up, care,
Form: Rhyme
6 Dead, 4 Wounded, And One On The Way
Leukemia boys and
Leukemia girls wave
in hospital volunteers,
as the angels wave
them away.
What is
love?
Beyond
an overpriced
ambulance ride,
and an unnecessary
hospital stay?
The most beautiful things:
summer sweat,
and Rome after
rain.
Inside,
a child draws
a yellow sun
with trembling fingers.
The IV, taped
down like it’s trying
to hold him
there.
Forced positivity.
A heart full of
apathy.
I see that
same world you try
to see with substance sober,
and I’ll be the first to
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
6, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
PHILIPPIANS 4-6
PHILIPPIANS 4-6
Count all those blessings
You’ve been given
Be it soul thankful
Of your all delivering
No fretting on yesterdays
Or now tomorrows
Abba Father doesn’t clean you sorrows
Let you be gratitude received
Fill your heart for all that God has done
For you and me
Focus on your blessing, not your struggles
Our Father Originator of all
Promises and blessings
Let you be gratitude received
Fill your
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Categories:
6, appreciation, celebration, encouraging, god,
Form: Lyric
Chiaroscuro
Backlit in life’s shadows –
the exacting burden of responsibilities –
you are lost.
Bathed in light amongst shadows
of trials and tribulations that
internal hope defrosts;
one can but surmise
your inner strength,
as the light bends to reveal the cost.
...
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Categories:
6, appreciation,
Form: Other
The Boxer verse 6
The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel
The Boxer-verse 6
I’ve truly fought the good fight
And I’ve lost more than I’ve won
But no matter what the outcome
I know that I can live with pride
For I gave the best I could in every fight
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie
...
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Categories:
6, song,
Form: Lyric
10-6-2025 Side: B
Sneezing again,
Somewhat lost control over me.
Again.
And now the seasons changed,
Summer’s walking out on me.
Again.
The nicotine chain,
Forcing down another twenty.
Again.
Wheezing refrain,
I feel the rain pouring down on me.
Yet again.
Reminisce again of the roof above,
Something that once held over me.
But the sky now drops tears,
Joyless tears,
Again.
Love washed over me.
Again.
Pointlessly
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Categories:
6, absence, addiction, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
10-6-2025 Side: A
I just want to be loved,
For however long it lasts,
It’s enough,
I just need someone to lift me out of the mud.
I just want to be loved,
Even for five minutes,
Passed over,
I’m fine with being lost in the flood.
I just want to be loved,
For however long it lasts,
It’s
...
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Categories:
6, absence, anxiety, best friend,
Form: Free verse
June 6 2025 Transgender Military Ban
"You may now not serve this country
Though you may be fit and kind
I tell you this quite bluntly
I will suppress your kind
Petitions and the public
Shall never hassle my laws;
Amist a starving republic
They believe me
When I tell them you are the flaws
For I've convince them all the bathrooms
Are threatening where you lurk
I've convinced them all your
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Categories:
6, america, military, usa,
Form: Rhyme
6-6-2025 Took A Break
I slept at the foot of the mountain,
There’s cheese in the trap waiting,
Bait out the prey,
Counting out every second it’s taking.
Haven’t ate in several days,
In a week.
Listen for the snap,
Now there’s dinner in the trap waiting.
I forgot my second language,
Guess I have nothing worth saying.
Thank god for
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Categories:
6, angst, anxiety, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
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