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Nothing Can be Done
...Love has been described as a battlefield as it can leave us with scars that can be seen and unseen by others. Especially when the notes are singing in harmony. A Harmony that is purely Bella to t......
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Aaron Vialpando
Categories:
backgrounds,
love,
Form:
Sonnet
Friendster's Footprints
... The dial-up whine, a familiar slow embrace, Connecting to a world in a digital space. And there it was, that friendly, teal-tinged hue, Friendster calling, "Come and join our crew." Reme......
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Bernard F. Asuncion
Categories:
backgrounds,
nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
The Juvenile Delinquents' personal informational Bible scam part two
...Those two partners pretended to be against each other, with one of them pretending to be a 'bad influence on the other one,' but the so-called good kid was just as bad as his partner in crime. And......
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Roxanne Dubarry
Categories:
backgrounds,
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Prose
SELMA WISDOM
...It was that bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965 The fight and struggle The revolution with Hate and Love The multitudes to convey the Civil Rights message The shall in overcome Marching for Miles It w......
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Anthony Blake
Categories:
backgrounds,
care, color, conflict, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Paul Beadnall My Testimony short
...PAUL BEADNALL TESTIMONY. FEAR TO FAITH TO FREEDOM. I was brought up on a rough council estate 1 of 6 kids, Mam and Dad from ungodly backgrounds there was no love plenty of arguing and fighting, w......
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Paul Beadnall
Categories:
backgrounds,
analogy, beautiful, beauty, bible,
Form:
Free verse
HerStory
...HerStory HerStory YourStory MyStory Somehow always ends up being the same It's a blessing To be a woman Let me explain We are so unique Eloquently made We are a demand in stock ......
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Concetta Hardnett
Categories:
backgrounds,
age, anxiety,
Form:
ABC
Tri-Holiday
...The time of the year was ripe with people being able to change their styles of fashion and desires by merely becoming part of a holiday that allowed them to be different. It was a time of the year w......
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Aaron Vialpando
Categories:
backgrounds,
analogy, anxiety, lonely, longing,
Form:
Sonnet
The Prayer of the Outsider
...The Prayer of the Outsider (A little old lady whispers all alone in the cold. Looking up at the rain filled sky.) Dear God You brought me to life from nothing To try to do something To ......
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John DuffyASY
Categories:
backgrounds,
spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Generations
...I often ponder about the perpetuous anathema in my household, because growing up, that abominable behavior was quite normalized. I’ve always heard derogatory, disrespectful remarks or comments, God,......
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Reya Suri
Categories:
backgrounds,
abuse, angst, child abuse,
Form:
Elegiac Lyric
Super Soupers
...I've roamed the halls of Poetry Soup for nearly nine years and had lots of ups and downs, cried happy and sad tears Some poets are super duper people that I call my 'friends' There are some snoope......
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Lin Lane
Categories:
backgrounds,
community, how i feel,
Form:
Rhyme
Racism
...Racism you all know it isn't good, It causes fights and it draws lots of blood. We are all different colours we don't need to fight, It really does not matter if your black or white. Why does rac......
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Joanne Mobley
Categories:
backgrounds,
discrimination, racism,
Form:
Rhyme
Excuse Me: Say What: Are You Blind: Well I Never:
...I err on the side of formality in receipt of undetermined gender-initiated contact via a surname known to me to be of two different genders, despite that, appropriates; To Whom It May Concern: ......
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Hilo Poet
Categories:
backgrounds,
analogy,
Form:
Free verse
Bengaluru Now, I Witness You!
...Silicon city That pulsates, Both day and night, The Tech Capital And the sky, veiled With urban haze And dense, sprawling cityscape. Grey city of its Gridlocked roads Surrounded by Toweri......
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Dr. Padmashree R P
Categories:
backgrounds,
anxiety, appreciation, city, life,
Form:
Free verse
Sarah’s Origin
...My eyes stare straight, fixated on something in the distance, humming a song that would send chills, if you ever got the chance to listen. A padded cell and a straitjacket, the doctor giving ......
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Beatrix Macabre
Categories:
backgrounds,
dark, death, gothic,
Form:
Epic
Radio -PS
... From morning light until 6pm at night, I'm behind the scenes curating delight. With tones that echo on your radio, blending local stories into audio. In the heart of waves, where frequencies......
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Silent One
Categories:
backgrounds,
work,
Form:
Rhyme
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