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Best Act Up Poems


This Pill
...There has to be another way
      cause I fear staying will only break me quicker
        I'll snap like a twig 
            therefore I'm consumed by my meds
             Doctors think i'm crazy......

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Categories: act up, life, me, parents, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mary Jane Vs Arthritis
...DURING MY WORLDLY TRAVELS, I MET ARTHUR ITIS. 
   TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH HE WASN'T THE BRIGHTEST. 
   HIS GOAL IN LIFE IS DISTRIBUTING PAIN. 
   HE LOVES TO ACT UP DURING WINTER AND RAIN,

   I W......

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Categories: act up, conflict, confusion, drug, education,
Form: Light Verse
Black Mama
...Child if you don't get yo nappy head;
Imma give you something to cry about.
Get yo butt over here.
Say one mo thang.
Ima beat the black off of ya.
Wait til i'm finish. 
I bet not hear another w......

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Categories: act up, black african american, childhood,
Form: List

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Roads of Reason
...Thin are the lines between love and hate,
  Between life and death...
  But I'll tell of your fate
  With my dying breath...

I open my eyes wide
 To see through the windows of my soul 
 All t......

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Categories: act up, angst, dark, deep, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Precautions
...It’s good to take precautions
When you’re going on a trip – 
Umbrella, bug spray, meds will ease
Your mind when in your grip.

Yet even if you’re more prepared
Than someone would advise,
There......

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Categories: act up, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Player 1
...I spit game proper, like a pro-batter, I got the right stroke
I work deals, like it's Black-Friday, I'm far from broke
I can't help but make the girl proud and gay
Want some of my time, like takes, y......

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Categories: act up, humorous, life, men, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme



Hit 'Em Up Collaboration With Brenda Chiri
...I write like bakers bake
my rhymes make earth shake
Going into contest with me was your biggest mistake
I control the earths plates, tectonics, your rhymes are bollocks
I cause land slides and ea......

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: act up, england, hip hop, rap,
Form: Rhyme
She Is and She Always Will Be
...He was a gambler
who had been knocked down by a sizeable margin,
not that his bank account would show low returns.
He was a wealthy man.
Quiet and calculative at the poker table.
Meek and mild i......

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© No Thanks  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: act up, character, dark, murder, scary,
Form: Narrative
Forgiveness
...When you're hurt by someone you love and trust
                  You become sad a jumbled mass of nerve- crushed
                    You cover your bleeding self with a crust of smile
            ......

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Categories: act up, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Do What You Want
...Do you think you can do anything you want to?
You can my friend
But do you have to?
No
You don't have to do anything
Not if you don't want to
God does not force you
No matter what He tries
Go......

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Categories: act up, faith,
Form: Free verse
Frustrations and Failed Suicide Attempts
...Depression can't be seen, yet he follows me everywhere
You can't see him beating me down and taking away my strength
I feel it everyday, he makes me act up and brings me to tears
He laughs at me f......

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: act up, deep, depression, discrimination, sad,
Form: Free verse
I'M a Dog Now
...I’M A DOG NOW
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


I’m a dog now I once was a tree
In my other life I had no one but me
But this time around I’m petted and groomed
Better than pelted by a tropical monsoon
I......

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Categories: act up, allegory, allusion, emotions, home,
Form: Rhyme
Racing Thoughts - All For Naught
...My mind is as hollow as the dead of night
My spirit is dancing out of cheer and fright 
My soul is shattering because I’m too late
To talk about what’s on my mind these days– 
In love with your l......

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Categories: act up, angst, anxiety, deep, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Thn, But, This, and Now
...i used to bee the T'keyah Thatt -
Laughed at others whn they were hurt,
cared only about myself,
played entirely too muchh,
thought i wus [above] othrs whn it came to my education,
tried to be bestfr......

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Categories: act up, life, teen, father, father,
Form:
Oh Charlie, That Spoiled Doberman
...Charley was being obnoxious so I took away his hedgehog,
it’s such a small toy anyways for a big Doberman dog.
A spoiled rotten boy who whined for an hour or so
hoping to get his way and t......

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: act up, dog,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry