The boy called a LUNATIC by Blossom Monyei
...The Boy They Called a Lunatic
By Blossom Monyei
I was just a kid, about 12 years old,
when Joseph Nyumah Boakai’s wife asked my landlord to send his son, Francis, to work at her house.
At tha...
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Categories:
assistants, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
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don't talk,
you'll spoil it—
this version of me
I've been trying
to see as you—
don't say anything,
let's enjoy
our basic witch status,
excel in the practice
of angles—
let's remain ...
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Categories:
assistants, extended metaphor, magic, word
Form: Free verse
The Art of Illusion
...Amazing crowds just like that
Pulling rabbits from a hat
Producing coins from your ear
Making tigers disappear
Doing card tricks for a laugh
Sawing assistants in half
It's abracada...
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Categories:
assistants, magic,
Form: Rhyme
The Andromeda Strain Part II: ILMO - my son
...Dr. Mark Hall undertook the task of unarming the rigged satellite there in the secluded part of the lab. He is trapped in a section that, due to an oversight, has no substation. He must navigate Wild...
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Categories:
assistants, mystery, science fiction,
Form: Narrative
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:
assistants, humor, school, strength, stress,
Form: Free verse
what is his name?
...the older lady asked for help
she requested a gurney for her dog
two veterinary assistants went out
with a gurney
this dog must have weighed three hundred pounds
his body and head were enormou...
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Categories:
assistants, dog,
Form: Prose Poetry
The kindness of strangers, Pennsylvania's human service agencies
...It's ten weeks now since that fateful day when I tripped in a hole
and my life went array..
I'm finally on my feet and walking again, reflecting on those angels,
the help they did lend..
I wouldn...
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Categories:
assistants, feelings, health, people, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
For More Effective Communication
...Do you remember Helen Keller?
She was a really awesome speller
Who couldn't hear nor see nor speak,
So to communicate
She would ges-tic-u-late.
Marcel Marceau spoke perfect French,
But he was...
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Categories:
assistants, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Pass the Trash
...PASS THE TRASH
Poem sure to sound familiar,
Catholic church scandal recall.
Pedophiles bounced just everywhere,
predator list … kept growing tall.
Clergy, priest but now teachers, are
prob...
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Categories:
assistants, child abuse, school, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Unwritten
...Unwritten actions, seen by eyes , heard
by ears but missed ink to write down. "
Quote by poet.
My pen writes this
Unwritten truth to you
Men and ...
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Categories:
assistants, 12th grade, bible, boyfriend,
Form: Free verse
The Future With Ai
...The future with AI is already here,
A world that's changing, with each passing year.
We've come so far, from the first spark of AI,
With endless possibilities, that reach for the sky.
The curre...
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Categories:
assistants, africa, computer,
Form: Rhyme
Come Float With Me
...Come float with me
I'm light as air
Higher, ever higher I soar
You will too, if you dare
Keep all your hair, and
you needn't grow wings
Make this your focus -
Let your...
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Categories:
assistants, flying, life, magic, together,
Form: Rhyme
Mister Monk Goes To the Dentist
...Adrian Monk
was in a funk,
Till he got
assistants.
But this particular case
held him in a space,
With which he felt
resistance.
That I can't blame
I feel the same--
Phobia of ever...
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Categories:
assistants, abuse, drug, fear, murder,
Form: Rhyme
Myth of Churning of Ocean
...There was a war between Gods and demons,
The Hindu mythology says with reasons;
This went for long with full-fledged fights,
Each troop spending sleepless nights;
Dead remained dead and the gods...
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Categories:
assistants, myth, mythology,
Form: Free verse
The Suite Life
...Yale student radio (wybcx) is playing throughout the suite. I’m working on chemistry problems but when a song I don’t know is good enough to catch my attention, I add it to one of my gazillion Spotif...
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Categories:
assistants, community, friendship, student, teen,
Form: Free verse
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