Grandma Shares the Truth
...Poindexter was irritated about his name
His litter mates were Frisky, Fralin, Frederick and Frances.
Why had he not been blessed with a name beginning with an F?
He could not ask his mother, for t...
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Categories:
approachable, life,
Form: Narrative
PS Atheists Get Your Own Dirt
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Part I
Rock n Roll came through the slave trade
The Hippies and Moonies said “We’ve got it made”
“Rock n Roll sounds came from the jungle” [Lennon said]
The blues helped through the strug...
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Categories:
approachable, conflict, culture, history, philosophy,
Form: Epic
september
...I have a couple of ‘research for credit’ classes this semester and I’m spending a lot of time with my TAs. Teaching Assistants (grad students) are essentially approachable professors with longer offi...
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Categories:
approachable, humor, school, strength, stress,
Form: Free verse
We are never loosing family members
...,,What do you mean?", I say while running after Josh, my uncle.
He likes to drink wine so it's not unusual for him to be like that.
Don't worry, I am 27, I can handle that.
I broke up with my girl...
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Categories:
approachable, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
In Evidence edited
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** In Evidence **
Go now! Get a title down
……………………………before the ending
E va por ate s
leaving
as i praise
Our Most Ho...
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Categories:
approachable, christian, god, good morning,
Form: Free verse
No More Reason
...Step into the light
Illuminate your soul
No more reason to fight
Your a shiny peice of coal
Polish all the way to the core
No more reason to be poor
Let's soar to a higher place
Put on a w...
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Categories:
approachable, inspirational, meaningful, repetition, spoken
Form: Rhyme
The Wheel of Time
...Though we know the moon
not source, we snuggle to its cooler
light...at times
seeming more approachable,
less imposing,
more accepting
we heighten such sleep
inclined toward our own ...
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Categories:
approachable, humanity, identity, moon, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Quick Encounters
...Some people are just uncomfortable
She is putting on a smile
under her mask
I don’t know if it’s her
or it’s me
She’s nice, a little hurried
Even her son’s spirit
seems lost to the horizon
Th...
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Categories:
approachable, people,
Form: Free verse
That's What Lips Are For!
...Well it is so soft and tender
bringing home the thought of touch
makes you anticipate your visit
bringing thoughts be never too much
So many different colours
it's entirely up to you
though m...
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Categories:
approachable, kiss, passion, romantic love,
Form: Rhyme
Sheba Island
...Sheba appeared on a gorgeous September day
An island in the middle of the water
Shaped more like a woman than a real woman
With markings that made the trees sigh a bit
No one in the forest knew...
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Categories:
approachable, september,
Form: Free verse
The Love of a Good Woman
...The brave seemed ferocious to many
He wore a scowl that fended them off
Unfriendly and unapproachable
Until the right woman discovered him
She tamed him into a new man
Protective sure, but the...
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Categories:
approachable, native american,
Form: Free verse
Toxic Masculinity
...The toxic masculinity
The big gorilla, a silverback, found in the woods a tiny creature
it first had thought of killing, but in the tiny animal saw beautiful
eyes trusting him and the great a...
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Categories:
approachable, abortion, anti bullying, autumn,
Form: Blank verse
Hero Or Villian
...Germany is sinking, Germany wallows low,
Having swallowed the (green agenda) they've
Nowhere else you know.? Into the swamp in
Free fall, covered in old geen slime, they didn't
Look round about...
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Categories:
approachable, character, conflict, courage, green,
Form: Rhyme
Poetry of Shapes An Open Form
...POETRY OF SHAPES
haunting
enigmatic
in
poetry
of the everyday
so approachable,
yet mysterious
encounters
with the
metaphysical
a silent reckoning
endlessly
rearranged
in solitude
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Categories:
approachable, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Strong Sip
...Right now I'm struggling and my heart is hurt
I'm trying to find a way to get my scars to reverse
I'll pour a glass of brandy to calm my nerves
Will it make me feel better or will it disregard m...
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Categories:
approachable, anger, dark, depression, drink,
Form: Rhyme
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