Best Cropping Poems

Not friend of man or beast, or kind to any soul, 
not even their own. 
Perhaps compassion deserted them, along with reason
leaving not even an...

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My mind is always running like an overflowing faucet
Like a never ending bouncing ball that someone took and tossed it
Paid for with attention that I...

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Not a wood yet, just sapling trees
with the circle of friends around,
mostly plots still unfilled but here
and there a freshly turned mound.

And it’s here she...

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In a perfect world




 
Mesmerising sunrise
to effulgence of moon,
Mysteries manifold 
unveiling nature's boon,
Morning hymns
and melody of chirps,
Vibrant colours of flowers
as butterflies flutter,
Calm oceans depths
while rowdy...

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Mother Africa,
Gather your sheep like a good shepherd.
Teach them morals and guide them rightly,
Educate them on African Values and culture.
Protect your sheep from the hynas...

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You can not force me to sit at the back of the bus!
I was born after the 1960's Civil Rights Movement.
My grandfather barreled through the...

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He lives there, where people love
Land as mother, worship agriculture

People of his nation, after independence
brought green, white, yellow, blue revolutions
to meet with the crisis of...

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One-Two 
Life from a differerent view
Open ur eyes- to these lies,
From the world,
Thats underground curled,
Askin questions,
Wantin mentions,
To plant the bead,
Not to evils deed,
For a need,
As...

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Native American Translations

Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

I will extract the thorns from your feet.
For yet a little while, we will walk...

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Black mystic clouds 
forever engulfing my life. 
no one knows what I feel deep down inside. 

unlike a cyclone, I'm taciturn and calm on the...

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A kettle can never call a pot black 
Are they not from the same world of pain?
I swing my Ego in one last time of...

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Passion Fruit

The harvest is abundant it’s rewards grow plentiful 
               ...

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haiku – senryu
JUST THINKING
********************
life... rife...
some strife...
it's reality

not all life is fun
get with reality
heed natures warnings

love thy neighbor
turn the other cheek
let peace prevail

no news today
for my...

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Home
Cosmopolitan suburbs take shape
Form, not far from the metropolis
Streets bustle, enlist design, become cities 
Drawn down the street, concrete solid
Buildings line up one by one
In...

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I always felt I knew what sort o’ thing on which to earn our fam’ly’s, and our friends’, respect depends…
But when I made comparisons between...

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