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the devil vs my heart
...The devil couldn't reach me He instead put this heart in my chest This heart the beats for all the wrong people A heart that beats too loudly For the people whose hearts don't beat back A h......
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Kady Treutle
Categories:
beat back,
12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Obstreperous Vocal Chords
...I am lost, my eyes wide, and my heart quivering. My legs are paralyzed, and I have no memory. I stroll silently, my consciousness wandering. I am alone inside an unexplored territory. ......
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Sotto Poet
Categories:
beat back,
analogy, appreciation, character, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme
Whatever Happened To Breakfast
...Whatever happened to breakfast, lamented French Toast People love me, gushing with syrup, I used to boast But now my brand is flat as a pancake ~ as popular as a post-H......
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Gershon Wolf
Categories:
beat back,
food, humor, loss, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For War
...The Philistine troops gathered up for war, Between Azekah and Socoh amassed. Israel encamped near in Elah vale And drew a line against the number vast. There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand......
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Jeff Kyser
Categories:
beat back,
bible,
Form:
Rhyme
Oh Gandhiji Come Back, World Needs You
...Parents beating their children with scale, belt, iron rod Burning their hands, pricking them with needles Leaving them in dark room alone I hear them cry in agony Distressed,sad mind says Oh Gan......
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Rama Balasubramanian
Categories:
beat back,
10th grade,
Form:
Free verse
More Than Race-F
...Despite the day-to-day signs of man’s bitter degradation, there were many in the South who somehow still failed to see the endless pain of segregation. From the viewpoint of those who never lived the......
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Curtis Johnson
Categories:
beat back,
america, family, race,
Form:
Narrative
Facts of Life
...The dayz beat back & fourth with the good & the bad rocking a lullaby to our daily agendas. Serenading the arrival of our deaths & the funeral that's sure to come for all. I laugh yesterday, cried la......
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Michael Thomas
Categories:
beat back,
adventure, appreciation, blessing, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
The Countdown
...At ten, I have composure to maintain At nine, I know the chance is all but mine At eight, I beat back fears and thoughts of a one-eighty At seven, I am at sixes and sevens At six, I draw my know-......
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Michelo Mweetwa
Categories:
beat back,
adventure, courage, desire, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
The Toast
...It doesn’t matter if things are going the way you want them; get used to appraise the greatness of small things. Stop pause, and raise your glass to honor this very moment. for: All that for wh......
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Francisco Lopez
Categories:
beat back,
celebration, motivation,
Form:
Free verse
Bounce Back
...Sitting in disbelief feeling anger and grief, as if I’d wish the worst or place a curse On people with more worth while I’m trying to turn a leaf. Why would I hurt after I did desert but no......
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Nick Trim
Categories:
beat back,
anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am But a Mortal Craving Your Existence
...You are a bright fallen star from the mesmerizing sight up above, You make my tender heart pump pure blood of joy with just a minor glance, If only you would grant me the blissful privilege to call......
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Haley Fisher
Categories:
beat back,
desire, devotion, heartbroken, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Hot Summer Days-F
...In a picture I saw city kids on a hot summer day It could have been any city like New York or Chicago Kids are having a feast of fun, laughing with worries none The sidewalks are lined with gazers......
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Curtis Johnson
Categories:
beat back,
america, children, poverty, summer,
Form:
Couplet
The Company You Keep Falls Apart
...THE COMPANY YOU KEEP FALLS APART I’m talking to myself again. I love me. Sorry you don’t. Apologetic for words beat back the devil with a baseball bat. There is a dark spirit here. Push it in......
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Lyon Brave
Categories:
beat back,
absence, abuse, age, anti
Form:
Ballad
Bleed To Be
...A breathing machine is what I've become no engine to rev in anger. A tower of bones with hands to shake hands but no strength to hold onto purpose. These feet making tracks, they don't fil......
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Cameron Boyd
Categories:
beat back,
anger, angst, depression, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Angels of Mercy
...Angles of Mercy By Kevin L Fairbrother There is not to many of us that can say that the owe their existence on this earth to a Native in a Foreign country, in my case I can say that without the ......
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Kevin Fairbrother
Categories:
beat back,
angel, father, memory, men,
Form:
Narrative
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