I have decided to follow Jesus
*BLOSSOM MONYEI
*Liberia's Poetry
*I have decided to follow Jesus.
I've been here before
Where I promised I'll keep myself clean,
again you came in
And left with a heart of sore.
You can't stay
You despise dirt
Like the light of day
You slowly go away when comes the night
“I have decided to follow Jesus”
A line in a song I sang
But when
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Categories:
7th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Africa
Africa
By Blossom Monyei
Africa’s like an ocean,
We teach ourselves to swim so we don’t drown.
The words of others
sharp like arrows,
ready to pierce our tender skin.
But we ignore,
blocking those arrows of discouragement.
We’ve been swimming for so long…
Look how far we’ve come.
The storm rages,
yet we swim forward.
We are children of the sun,
its fire burns deep in our bones.
Here,
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Categories:
7th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A mind's cell
I was arrested,
Locked in a prison I call my mind
Battling with thoughts.
When did life stop being kind?
As a kid I knew no pain
Didn't know it won't remain the same.
I was taught not to cry,
No matter how hard life hits.
Blossom Monyei
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Categories:
7th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A broken kid
A Broken Kid
By Blossom Monyei
His dad doesn’t talk much,
He just grabs a bottle from the fridge, then walks away.
His mom doesn’t cry,
She only says she’ll take her child and go away.
One day… she did. ??
The boy asked,
“Am I really their child?”
He was young, but not blind,
They argued in front of him,
Not caring he was listening.
Now
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Categories:
7th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Haiku
Pending
(Verse 1)
In the city of Chicago, a tale untold
Where star-crossed lovers yearn for a fate foretold
Underneath the neon lights, a mystery unfolds
As they navigate the shadows, keeping their love concealed
Her hot girl vibes make the boys drool
But her heart belongs to him, a love that's so cool
With a killer's gaze, he keeps her safe from
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Categories:
7th grade, 10th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Lyric
The Fs Playing
Freddy’s frantic frenzied flashlight feels frazzled.
Forward feelings fearful, frightening Franny’s
frolicking freckled French fried fruit fricassee.
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Categories:
7th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Cross-Examination by My Nosy Friend
Do you have a crush on someone recently? you pry,
Girl, you sound like Sherlock, but with less alibi.
I know, I know- but are you sure? Perfectly sure?
Yes, unlike your math skills, my answers are pure.
You're not lying? I read your poems- caught my eye…
Congrats on your reading skills, do you want a pie?
Did someone else
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Categories:
7th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
But as the days of Noah were Matthew 24:37-39
"But as the days of Noah were, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.
"For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying
and be given in marriage, until the days that Noah entered the ark,
(Gen. 7:1,7 cross ref) "and did not know until the flood came and
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Categories:
7th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Categories:
6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Other
Seed in the Shadows
In seventh grade’s uncertain glow,
She sat outside where shadows grow.
Backpacks slumped, the sunlight waned,
While restless truths could not be named.
A thought slipped free, both shy and sly,
A quiet murmur: I think I’m bi.
The friend leaned close, her gaze intent,
Questions sharp as the day was spent.
How do you know? Does a girl’s soft face
Haunt your mind
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Categories:
7th grade, feelings, pride,
Form: Rhyme
You have to Visualize a Life for Two
one plate, a dish, a spoon, a knife
you live for one, there is no wife?
all your art pieces feature only a single
If you go to a party, do you ever mingle?
you have to visualize a life for two
your artwork must be changed immediately too
you have to buy two plates, two dishes and two knives
but please
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Categories:
7th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
riggle raggle piggle paggle rat rat rat
riggle raggle piggle paggle rat rat rat
what’s the average weight of a Siamese cat?
riggle raggle piggle paggle rat rat rat
what’s the most dangerous blood sucking kind of bat?
riggle raggle piggle paggle rat rat rat
Aunt Mary, how did you get so enormously fat?
riggle raggle piggle paggle rat rat rat
why are you sitting on Uncle’s thoroughly squashed
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Categories:
7th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
My Query as Found to be Airy
I have always been a bit wary
of Gary, Mary, Sherry and Larry
They each seem a little bit contrary
Fighting over blue, straw, or raspberry
I took this to Carrie, our head faerie
She thought my query was a tad bit airy
Looked it up in her faerie dictionary
Experts’ opinions appeared to vary
Enter an expert from a local dairy
his name
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Categories:
7th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
The Sturgeon Moon
There it was outside my passenger side car window looking so close over the tree tops like it was here I seemed to feel the magnetic pull in the liquid in my brain clarity bringing me a sensation of understanding and well-being part of the whole of life my mind adjusting accepting no need to
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Categories:
7th grade, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
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