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As The World Turned For Some
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Caren Krutsinger
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abject, tribute,
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I Stand Here
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Mark Peterson
| Couplet |
abject, hope,
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NRIs Arrive on November 16th
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Caren Krutsinger
| Narrative |
abject, money, political, school,
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Blame it on the Cat
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Eileen Manassian
| Free verse |
abject, metaphor, missing you,
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Inspiration From Marlee Bee
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Caren Krutsinger
| Prose Poetry |
abject, inspiration, inspirational,
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Hopelessness Comes To School
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Caren Krutsinger
| Free verse |
abject, depression,
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Rose
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nur holis
| Free verse |
abject, rose,
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Theater of Utter Charm Part 22
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Walter Alter
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abject, how i feel,
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Grow from pain
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Lakshna Shivashankar
| ABC |
abject, art,
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Topsy Turvy
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
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abject, society, truth, wisdom, word
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Look There
by Solomon Ochwo-Oburu
Her red lips
ripe as apples in garden
almost killed men
but their hearts sang unknown songs
all the way home
in abject poverty...
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abject, beauty, girl, song,
Abandoned
by fauxcroft wade
She was alone in a house
A bombed out shell
Living in a city that resembled hell,
Face caked in dirt and dust
A forlorn little girl alone...
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abject, child, death, horror, life,
Love Shared At The Bottom of The Pyramid
by john sensele
Open hearts to victims of neglect
In communities immunized from kindness
Hardened by design to the core to select
The affluent whose blindness and fondness for coldness and...
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abject, poems,
Passionate Poverty
by john sensele
Poverty seems like a repellent stuck on the poor
Whose only fault lies in owning no property or asset to parade
Among wealth admirers and worshippers to...
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abject, poems,
Word Manuevers In F Sharp Minor
by stark hunter
Word Maneuvers in F Sharp Minor
As it goes, so it goes.
Imperceptibly.
As the languorous lizard soaks in the sun,
It’s fat green belly filled with flies,
You and...
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abject, angst,
ONE THING REMAINS
by Lyric Man
Life's been good
Sometimes sublime
I've never needed more
Every day's a rhyme
I have lots of friends
Yes, money and fame
Escaped life's sorrows
No regrets or shame
I've cared for orphans
And...
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abject, life, lonely, longing, love,
A world needs a heart and soul
by fauxcroft wade
We live in world that's lost its heart and soul
By those who rule and exert too much control
We live in a world of rot and...
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abject, humanity, light, love, pain,
Twin Flames Support Each Other
by Caren Krutsinger
Her heart felt like it had been ripped out of her chest,
By a giant bear paw.
She had suspected for a few months that her twin...
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Dramatic Monologue |
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abject, conflict, missing you, moving
Global Novelty and Poverty
by john sensele
Shuffling between high and low
In search of sanity
Thrown to the dogs despite its glow
I deride the vanity
That in much of the global world
Climbs to the...
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abject, poems,
Cut Off Cakes of Mistakes
by john sensele
Always on my mind
Nibbling at the core, fiddling at the soft centre
Quizzing, teasing me to find
Space and time to enter
The pantheon populated...
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abject, poems,
DONALD TRUMP MUST BE PERMANENTLY BARRED AND FURLOUGHED TODAY
by matthew harris
FROM WHITE HOUSE
I ham aghast at increasing banality, deviltry, ferocity,
imbecility, liability, obscenity, rapacity, ugly
offal popularity witnessed by Donald trump
hence...
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Cowboy |
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abject, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Weeping Webbed World: Apropos of a Syrian Nightmare
by millard lowe
Weeping Webbed World
(Apropos of a Syrian Nightmare)
Affronts to humanity streak the skies
Like once perched war eagles
Soaring over communities of prey
Where the lingering smell of...
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Prose Poetry |
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abject, children, death, grief, imagery,
YOU HAVE TO GO WITH HER
by Caren Krutsinger
Our school secretary woke up every day, begging for unhappy.
By her daily face, I knew she was almost always able to find it.
By her heart,...
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Narrative |
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abject, encouraging, fun, funny, humorous,
Death Wish
by Caren Krutsinger
Death Wish.
Do we have them?
Are they real?
How do you get one?
Death Wish.
Does it make sense?
Is it what we strive for?
Is it a good thing?
Death Wish.
I...
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abject, death,
A love story
by Jeff Kantor
Her beauty will be known for all the ages,
Deserving of its story in these pages.
A fathomless flame in eternity rages.
A rhapsody is her name sung...
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Lyric |
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abject, beauty, black love, dark,
NATION BUILDING
by Oluwasola Abiola
How can we build a Nation?
When we are under the attack of corruption
How can we build a Nation?
When our leaders are without passion
How can we...
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Rhyme |
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abject, black african american, city,
I've Shut You Out
by Caren Krutsinger
You say yes.
I yell no, silently, in my head;
But I do not answer aloud.
Whoever says come, makes me go.
Whoever says now, slows my feet.
Whoever says...
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Free verse |
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abject, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Select Animosity That is Abject
by James Horn
Select Animosity That is Abject
Trump selected animosity that is abject;
On others wondered what was the effect;
Many did bother;
Mother and father;
In his own mind would...
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Limerick |
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abject, allegory, analogy,
addictive ampoules annihilate after alluring
by matthew harris
amphetamines acquaintanceship assuages
agonizing aches also advocates amorousness
assiduously activating admiration
aggressive attacks assault afoul
affable affinity and affectionadumbration
anatomical accidental addiction attested as academic,
although afterward abnegation absolutely...
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abject, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Frank Gard 1887-1912
by stark hunter
Frank Gard
1887-1912
I loved her as much as Jesus loves his bride.
My friends, she was my saintly intended, indeed!
Created by my God especially for me; this...
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Epitaph |
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Categories:
abject, lost love,