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The Zulu Crier
THE ZULU CRIER

Where thou thee
Sons of Afrika
There over the edge is a halo
It's coming to crown the world

He who stands wear it first
So rise up my people, my children
For we had long remain knelt to the giant
That charmeleon, Ananse of our indiference

End him now with...

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Categories: crier, history
Form: Prose Poetry
Crier
I step out and try to make everything in the day worth my while, 
But as soon as I step back in my room, I burst into tears and cry. 
Holding onto this heart just causes me more and more pain, 
Just take it away...

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Categories: crier, absence, abuse, betrayal, cry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Buoyant Town Crier
Sapphire-tinted bells herald life anew
springtide’s dulcet birthstone watch,
omen of fragrant  bloom

Posted ; 29th March 2022...

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Categories: crier, appreciation, art, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Kimo

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Town Crier
I stand on top of a box and cry out
In a world of plastic faces, I find
No one will listen, so I have to shout
And speak to those souls who have lost their mind
They hold anger like trees in a forest
Gave their hearts to a...

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Categories: crier, conflict,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Town Crier
The Town Crier 
Miracle Man
8/21/2024

A life long friend passed this past week,
life didn’t offer much making his life bleak.
Ignored by some, many others were empathetic,
unable to do much his problems were genetic.

He never had a job and he was known by all,
not many days passed...

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Categories: crier, death of a friend,
Form: Quatrain
Town Criers No More Needed
Young man, just try a glass of sangria,
Now, we all can see you are angrier.
Audience is not a ‘a must’ for Town Criers;
Their job can now be discharged by flyers...

One cries too long and one lips get drier,
More pacing about the legs look sorrier.
In some...

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Categories: crier, age, career, change, community,
Form: Rhyme




Book: Reflection on the Important Things