Best Authenticity Poems

In times of retrospection we discover
The miles our vagrant compass trekked 
Silent horrors from which we recovered
What be righteous or unworthy we assess

For to all children life is not toys and hugs
Or enchanting dances on daddies feet
But bitter realities of drunks and thugs
Eggshell walks and...

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I fell off the assembly line,
halted production ... 
cost the robot makers money 
in lost time
No labor was given in the interrupted duration
Mind control wires weren’t put in the cranial console
Free radicals floating in society
	is a no-no
Independent thought permitted?
	I don’t think so
Reject models are shipped...

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look it up in the 
dictionary by kristi-
authenticity



angel card #22...

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Privacy tenaciously holds on to freedom and seclusion. 
It is soul-spirited and viciously fight like pirates to obtain. 
Beautiful front yards displayed to the world with hundreds,
Maybe thousands of  dollars spent on flowering plants, shrubs
And trees for many wholesome  views by a passersby.

But...

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I thought I’d seen the worst, many times, many times
                          -  No, I hadn’t  -
We are now in...

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Requirements, or strictures, often stifle creativity
Thus, I tend to avoid forms with strict syllable count,
I appreciate a suggested topic, but I may not feel it,
And the message of any poem should be paramount.
Best expressed in the poet’s unique choice of phrases
Its origins are necessarily found...

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This is to all my sisters, 
Who are in the market for a Grand Marqui.
Please make sure to ask the jeweler for a certificate of authenticity.
See i knew this jeweler who's work was well known
Many admired his work without having work done.
His cuts were made...

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To unmask a false identity is to identify genuine authenticity.
It's painful, no, it kills me, but it's the only way to heal what's deep.
Pain in my body, it was a lie to me.
Deep regrets built in from long ago.
No.
Deep pits that have since grown cold.
The...

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while I sleep deeply
my imagined world comes to life
my environment has darkened 
as a result of my waking
who am I?
an artist! 
a poet! 
a singer! 
a dreamer!

Written: October 14, 2022...

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If you want to be true, you must be you,
Though the people will seldom understand.
Listen not to the crowd, make your soul proud,
Be authentic and be the best you can.

Trying to please all, just assures you will fall,
You must follow your truth, with all your...

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I come from the borough of Queens, New York
My classmates call me a Klutz and a dork
Those names pervaded my soul, taking a toll
Being at the bottom of the totem pole.

Then Dad took me to the town of Tortilla Flat
I walked into a store, bought...

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since writing is being,
who the hell am I, 
measuring meter,
caring about perfect rhyme,
an attention seeker
trying to impress

writing is being
breathing
unreeling 
unraveling
unearthing
seeing 
hearing 
smelling
touching
feeling
e.e. 
        ("since feeling is first
         he who pays...

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Right now,

There is no right, no wrong,
Everything feels so dumb
It’s hard for me to describe 
Because you made my mind a scribe. 

Out for your gaze
Feeling like a haze
I went into a maze 
To see your face
That’s where I got Amaze.

It’s 1:28 still thinking of...

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The Edges of Rhyme 

I wrote the playbook, watching what they took 
While the earth shook I could not look 
In the direction of the Big Book 
Like a fish caught on a nasty hook 

Ruminating , contemplating, configurating, 
instigating my own insinuating perspective 
while...

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What a tragedy 
Nothing but life 
No love just reality
People making promises 
They say they'll keep 
But I've been wondering 
Where's the loyalty

Mindless sayings and
Heartless love 
Who on earth are
We supposed to trust
Family supposedly
The best remedy
But really just
a lot of misery...

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