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Af Poems - Poems about Af

Bend, Don't Break
...She walks through storms—not afRaid, but awake, With calm in hEr bones though the skies may break. Time doesn’t heal—it only weatherS the ache, Yet she plants her feet I...

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Categories: af, inspiration,
Form: Acrostic
My Rosemary
...My Rosemary Looked up, and the sun was awake Bright and shining down on me Reflecting off a beautiful lake Then I thought of you Chorus: What a find, oh yeah ever so kind, My Rosemary Ros......

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Categories: af, analogy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member I Changed It
...Ever since AOL was a thing (yes, I did graduate high school in the 90's) internet abbreviations have been a thing also. Having said that there are one or two or more perhaps that at least one of thos......

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Categories: af, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member BROKEN DOWN ANGELS
...BROKEN DOWN ANGELS It disny seem that long ago Toddling and having fun, Crawling then walking along the floor And learning how tae run. Potty trained and full eh life They’d run you af yer......

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Categories: af, abuse, addiction, dark, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member TWA HAIRY DUGS
...TWA HAIRY DUGS Twa hairy dugs Walking doon the street, Raking in the buckets Tae find a bite tae eat. Licking oot a puddle Tae git a nice cool drink, Survival on the streets alone They r......

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Categories: af, animal, care, cute love,
Form: Rhyme



Irin Ajo: Journey
... Bàbá, what eyes do you have of a big bigger sort, which portaled my entryway into the blindnesses of our Ilé, wherefrom I made to look to see with your primordial eyes? Bàbá, why is your sou......

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Categories: africa, change, courage, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hit Lists
...There have been many times in my life when I heard about hit lists (kill lists so to speak). Sometimes these death threats against others even make it onto international news. I’m reminded of the......

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Categories: af, murder,
Form: Prose
The Goddess Appetitey
...The goddess Appetitey, a figure I have known The mirror makes it all so clear just look at how I’ve grown Yes, Appetitey is a joy when she com......

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Categories: af, fantasy, food, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
How To Kill a Cow
...We use to know Howt o put thinggs down. People gowin roundd, Their lives tied behindt em by a spyne of brown strings. You know we use to know howter kill cows Wid the back af wharrever, hackin......

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Categories: af, animal, dark, death, food,
Form: Free verse
A Cold Coffee Type of Month
...It’s a cold coffee kind of month. It’s a day when I stare down at a cold liquid in a clear plastic cup and think about that day so long ago when I met a girl near the window. When we had a conver......

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Categories: af, 8th grade, drink, environment,
Form: Free verse
Let's Live King-Size
...Never say adieus my Lord, For I need Thy assist. To become an astute bard, Bless me I persist. Fed up of the folks around, Who never honor. Selfish motives are abound, Among all creature. ......

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Categories: af, angel, appreciation, art,
Form: Couplet
The End of the Rainbow
...Remember the days when we all felt free Back in the days when we were happy as can be Not a worry in the world,where all our dreams came true When we believed af the end of the rainbow was a pot o......

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Categories: af, addiction, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gramps Is Not An Acronym
...My gramps was a long-staunch Baptist of the sort S.B.C., Until his local congregation got beholden to the R.N.C. Gramps was a hoot – on a Friday he joined the K.K.K., Saturday, he quit becaus......

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Categories: af, character, grandfather, humor,
Form: Couplet
Mma
...Mma (Beauty) Izunna Okafor dere ab? a Kere kere ka ? na-egbu ?b?nad? n’anya onye ìsì Onye chi ya g?zìrì O were nke ya, mebe ngàlá Mma ad?gh? n’ótú ?n?tsha Maka na ihe d? ?t? bu ihe d......

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Categories: af, beauty,
Form: Epic
Chuka Nnabuife: Nwoke Na Mma
...Chuka Nnabuife: Nwoke Na Mma (Ab? p?r? iche maka mmemme ncheta ?gb?gba ah? iri ise nke Sa Chuka Nnab?ife) Izunna Okafor dere ab? a A s? na mma nwoke b? mpempe akw?kw? Mana nke ah? b? ......

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Categories: af, birthday,
Form: Epic

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