A letter
I am reaching out to you
Because I could not stop it
How have you been?
I have been missing you
Hope you have been missing me too.
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Categories:
a letter, art,
Form: Free verse
The End of an Era: A Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu,
you once stood as a symbol of Israel’s resolve,
but power gained through fear and manipulation
is a flame that burns its master first.
You rose through the ranks
on speeches of security and pride,
but history has already spoken—
the tears of Gaza will not be washed away by silence.
Every forty-five minutes, a child died,
and the world watched—
but the
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Categories:
a letter, conflict, god, history, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Ghosts of Havana: A Letter from the Other Side
I speak now, not with breath,
But through the bones of history,
Through palms that never bore fruit
Because your embargo starved the soil.
You feared not our weapons—
We had none to match your bombs.
You feared our ideas,
Because they burned too brightly in the dark.
Sixty-two winters and summers,
My people have walked in chains—
Not of iron,
But of isolation, hunger, and
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Categories:
a letter, america, color, discrimination, hate,
Form: Free verse
A Letter from the Ravens
after Alone, by Edgar Allan Poe
We understand you Poe,
You saw the world through a darkened
lense-- The passions you sought
were from a spring that was filled
with pleasures most twee--- One's
sorrow is uniquely painful from
another's, don't fret now Poe, for there is
worse to come-- That is not true
Poe for the Ravens who know you won't
let
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Categories:
a letter, dark, gothic, hope, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
A Letter to Mr Keating
A Letter to Mr. Keating
Your F1 visa is calling you for the last call to submit a paper
“To love that strong thou must leave ere long.”
We met there with notarization, tax return, Gre and 1099 questions
I saw you. Ruthless, unplugged and in a killer mode
You asked me with a mode in anonymity, (they served well
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Categories:
a letter, dream,
Form: Free verse
What You Eating? A Letter to Friendship, Fur, and Fried Calamari
Our story began behind bars with the broken,
Displaying our armor with truths left unspoken.
Through the gates each day, our counselor hats on,
Where pain wore a face, and hope felt long gone.
You, with your wisdom and counselor’s grace,
Me, burnt out but still showing my face.
We stitched up souls with words and care,
In a world where few
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Categories:
a letter, best friend, care, friendship,
Form: Free verse
A Letter To Rainbow Bridge
Any pet owner knows…
Our furry friends are as much
a part of the family as anyone.
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Categories:
a letter, how i feel, loss,
Form: Rhyme
A letter to the future
Good morning there
Here I come..
With nothing in hand
But promise of the better you
I lament no more…
The torment of the past
Remain in the past
Here I pass my greetings.
I wax thinking my yesterday was the worst
Until I heard you are the best
Then I got perplexed by your possibilities
I got possessed by your peace
Here
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Categories:
a letter, 12th grade, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
A Letter to Father
**A Letter to Father**
In the quiet moments, I find my heart,
Whispers of worries as shadows depart.
I hope for the solace that soon will arrive,
A gentle assurance that I'll truly survive.
Oh Father, I carry this burden so deep,
Each thought of my health steals away my sleep.
Though I strive to care for this fragile estate,
I confess that
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Categories:
a letter, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
A letter
I had a letter today on the envelope was my name
As I started to read the letter I could see the writer was in pain.
The writer was happy the writer was sad
The writer was angry the writer was mad
The writer was reaching out in a letter to a trusted friend
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Categories:
a letter, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
A Letter Home
Since I left home in Memphis, Tennessee,
and landed on my face. I woke up in this place,
and saw fishes swimming next to me.
I found firewater, never the sun.
Is this any way to drown, in the soaking part of town?
Goodbye, good luck, your loving son.
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Categories:
a letter, depression, drink,
Form: Rhyme
A Letter from My Mother
Little girl, don't you give up now,
Unravel that quizzical brow.
Run like a roar, not with dread,
Stand tall, hold high your head.
Remember the words your mother said:
"O sweet daughter of mine,
Let the whole world see you shine,
Everything will be fine,
O sweet daughter of mine."
Become an alchemist,
See through the mist.
Turn the pain into your
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Categories:
a letter, beautiful, blessing, light, mother
Form: Rhyme
A letter never sent
They call you my ex—
like you were just another chapter,
just another name to forget.
But how do I forget
the girl who made forever feel real?
You weren’t my past.
You were my present,
my always.
The one I whispered dreams to at 2 AM,
the one I laughed with
until my ribs ached and my guard fell.
They say time heals.
But time can’t
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Categories:
a letter, lost love,
Form: Dramatic Verse
a letter to future me
A letter to future me
Dear future me
I hope not tears to be hope you see the light at the end of the tunnel
I hope you win this miserable fight
I wonder if I might
I wonder if I might dance
I wonder if I might come out of this
I wonder if my
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Categories:
a letter, 6th grade, child, emotions,
Form: Free verse
A Letter to You
On a spring day in the afternoon sun
I write these words to you
It's here that I've died and been reborn thousands of times
I've been scattered amongst the cirrus clouds that are swirling through the sapphire sky
I've shed my skin and found myself anew with the budding leaf of green
I've buried the ashes of my previous
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Categories:
a letter, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
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