Sunset Sunrise
...The sun closes her eyes, and I must close mine, this time,
but my breaking blood-brain barrier bids otherwise.
Another long night bodes foreboding in this light.
Forbidden thoughts seep d...
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Categories:
backups, anxiety, fear, mental health,
Form: Lyric
Termination
...TERMINATION
I never imagined that I’d be back at school
Retired from work, yet I’m no longer a kid
But all modern media has caught me out
That flicking and tapping makes me pout
For all the wr...
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Categories:
backups, school,
Form: Rhyme
Buhari's Poetical Graphics Representation
...All efforts tabled on Nigeria;
Experiencing a fortunate miscarriage,
Feasting Aso rock- a pizzeria
But never admit it is the cause of this age.
Upon the solid manifesto,
That touches all s...
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Categories:
backups, abuse, africa, art, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Superbowl Champions
...THE GAME REQUIRES DETERMINATION.
ALONG WITH LUCK AND SKILL.
YOU PROVE YOURSELF OVER TIME
THAT YOU CAN FULFILL THE BILL.
YOU SAID YOU WANTED
TO PLAY THE GAME.
AND CLAIMED YOU HAD A
REASON.
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Categories:
backups, celebration, community, confidence, football,
Form: Free verse
For the Greatest Song
...Every song has a story under our big sun
Our song we sing forevermore from since a note begun
Let us roar from our core, powerful with might
Mighty might with delight for others to unite
Sing...
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Categories:
backups, song,
Form: Lyric
No Crushing, Let's Ignite
...NO CRUSHING, LET'S IGNITE
(LOVE)
The same way every year
Shoes strips slightly away
A hole we're meant to cover
The Harmony in my solo witter
It's bitte...
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Categories:
backups, crush,
Form: Free verse
Memories of Insomnia
...Last night rolling over in my bed
with drooping eyes and racing mind
I boarded a train of random thoughts.
Only to find millions of flashes
that I couldn't get hold of.
Memories, conversations...
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Categories:
backups, memorial,
Form: Free verse
The Dark Side of Canada
...I do not have to go far away
but just look within canada to see
there is starvation poverty and death
now, this will never be taught in schools but not a secret
that our firs...
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Categories:
backups, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Hacked Off
...Hacked off
Somebody hacked my poetry page
Shut down my account
I don’t feel anger don’t feel rage
I’ve backups all about
I just feel sorry for this act
And the comments that are gone
But Ro...
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Categories:
backups, angst, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Boden's Mate
...It all began with both parties arranged even and still
with nothing more challenging ahead of them than options
a thought was made that provoked the other to take precaution
one thing was for cert...
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Categories:
backups, anger, anxiety, confusion, courage,
Form: Sonnet
Breaking My Heart
...
chinese food dripping sauce
spicy beef and noodles
steaming vegetable rice
eggrolls and plum dip
spareribs and garlic
delightful
food
oh so delicious- most of us have all the foo...
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Categories:
backups, death, food, history,
Form: Free verse
No Puppy Equals No God
...Part I.
The organized church, whether Catholic or not,
Probably kills more people's faith than Satan.
Its grand pomp and circumstance all 'tommy rot, '
And designed solely to up ‘the gate' b...
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Categories:
backups, god, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Steel Bars
...Tried to trace this man,
studied the case and had my plan,
a soul is whispering from somewhere
asking for help, I said, back off !!!
But a call is a call
it searches my soul and being,
the...
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Categories:
backups, abuse, addiction, bullying, father
Form: Narrative
My Quest
...(2/25/12)
I have put myself on a quest
To turn my life around and do my best
So many things that go on in life
And having to make a sacrifice.
There is nothing in life that comes easy you kn...
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Categories:
backups, life, love, life, life,
Form: Rhyme
Etceteras!
...Etceteras!
By Dane Smith-Johnsen
Hey, she's alive!
Yeah! She survived!
All day learning,
CD burning.
Etcetera!
Etcetera!
Etcetera!
Images fill
80 GIG drive:
Art. Trees. Sun. M...
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Categories:
backups, on writing and words,
Form: Rhyme
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