Best Commonness Poems

What sad fate does all of these celebrities likely have in common?

Aaliyah
Aaron Hernandez
Abraham Lincoln
Amy Winehouse
Anna Nicole Smith
Bob Marley
Brandon Lee
Brittany Murphy
Bruce Lee
Buddy Holly
Christopher Wallace - Notorious...

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Trees of thickets display different attributes,
the commonness is the cool shade they spread, 
and their branches cradle all the birds’ nests.
Flowers frame diverse shapes and...

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"Let us talk alone for our morning meal. I'm not so BahhhD really. We are not the same you and I. We have a commonness...

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Tears unshed before, fall now
The distance ahead, shrunk to an end
Memories are spared for us to keep
Time continues, even at our standstill
Years spent, succumb to...

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How can one once so familiar become so strange? 
The ease and flow of conversation, so stilted? 
Awkward even.  Our 'in-commonness' a rarity? 
Our...

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Ten men in all
They formed his crew
Some were short
And some were tall

Half were on the left
Half on the right
Working together
They were tight

Padded for protection 
Helmeted...

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Falling falling falling
I fell with a deep scornful laughter
Ha! ha!! ha!!!
Thundering still flattering ominously
Out of my buccal cavity
Like I never did
The spirit lives on
9/4/09...B'day
Broken heart...

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That leading's struggle, scened mundane
in day to day, coerced restrain,
I hold my ground, as if to claim
thy own indenture, in remain
as force for good, by...

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Free verse/ Lyric
Places of mediocrity
Levels of ordinary, 
Commonness 
Seems easy to resist 
Its exceptionalism 
I am exceptional 
Not limited by statistics 
Not settling for less...

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Ten men in all
They formed his crew
Some were short
And some were tall

Half were on the left 
Half on the right
Working together
They were tight

Padded for protection
Helmeted...

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You know what I have never done?
A scandal!
Never have I twirled in another man's arms
Never have I kissed the handsome stranger
Never have I let myself...

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I’m a commoner
fighting the demons of bills, of food, of life.
My meager pension enough to buy
slippers and a jacket at a thrift store.
Once, I sought...

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VIEWPOINT

What’s mine is mine
What’s yours is yours
Too much trouble to look beyond
My own backyard
Safety in staying at home
Within my own circle of neighborhood friends

What a...

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Your last letter had interesting news
I will try to answer for you
The information you give, I need to chew
There is a hungry cow on the...

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Earthy mortality of the 
Mind in unhealthy hues 
As heavenly immortality of 
the soul ensues 
Into a world’s region of 
purity and eternal 
Being banned...

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