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Regret
I was the object of your affection,
Useful for a time;
Lost in the ritual of loving
The man I thought you were.
How much of me did I...

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Categories: devalued, loss, me, me,
Form: Free verse



Surviving the Narcissist's Merry-Go-Round
You seduced, you stole, you exalted, you annihilated, 
You elevated, you decimated, you connected, you sucked me dry,
You opened me up, you closed me down,...

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Categories: devalued, betrayal, break up, conflict,
Form: Romanticism
At the End of Day
Mid afternoon overhead sun retreats
heading west to bring comfort and solace 
trail of red embers as horizons meet
darkening skies such a treat so flawless,

birds sing...

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© Roy Pett  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: devalued, good night, imagery, nature,
Form: Sonnet
You'Re Just a Critic
Did you know....
about the look in my eyes?
The ongoing fatigue....
The fact that I sleep more....
the fact that I distance myself....
away from you?

Don't you see,
what you've...

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Categories: devalued, abuse, anger, hate,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Unwanted One
"And I rejoiced in being what I was:
In the lilac change, the white reptilian calm,
In the bird beyond the bough, the single one,
With all the...

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Categories: devalued, angst, depression, introspection, sad,
Form: Free verse



A Technology Fast
Turn if off!
I told myself

Are you behaving like an addict?
Do you have to read your emails, look on Facebook, tweet a few lines,
Play a game...

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© Lara Wash  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: devalued, addiction, technology,
Form: Didactic
Everyone Is An Immigrant
Everyone is an immigrant 
We all are human 
I guess we belong 
On this planet 
Called earth 

We all are human 
Born by a woman...

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Categories: devalued, africa, humanity, identity, immigration,
Form: Epic
Jamaica Jubilee Years
Remember it just like yesterday 
'Twas the sixth of August, independence day
Manley called the election, Busta took the drive
New nation at UN assembly, Jamaica arrived
Topsy...

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Categories: devalued, anniversary, business,
Form: Rhyme
Betrayed
The thought of all trusts,

Was it all just rust?

The thought of all confidence,

Was it because of your insolence?

The thought of all friendship,

Was it all just...

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Categories: devalued, best friend, betrayal, conflict,
Form: Free verse
The Untouchables
THE UNTOUCHABLES

devalued dignity, dirty rags and odours
poverty driven humbled begging
Jesus touched and healed a leper...

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Categories: devalued, poverty,
Form: Haiku
I Have a Dream
I have a dream 
I saw Nemesis pursuing them
Them that dont want peace 
In africa 
I saw them running 
But there destination is full
Of confusion...

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Categories: devalued, africa, change, courage, faith,
Form: Epic
End of the Arms Race


Archie A. Agag, the American Idol Kaiser
Be hiding in an underground concrete bunker
Closed-eyed hate peeper sleepy late-riser
Dreaming of a bottom end H-bomb dumpster
Enter the REM...

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Categories: devalued, perspective, society, truth, wisdom,
Form: ABC
The Breakup
You detached me from your regard.

You devalued me with your unkindness.

Your unapologetic apathy underscored my uselessness.

But, when you told me to get out, you were...

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Categories: devalued, angst, me, me,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Keep Moving On
Extra committed; yet excommunicated. Highly dedicated; yet not facilitated.                ...

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Categories: devalued, bible, christian, courage,
Form: Couplet
The Truth In the Hand of the Devil
the truth in the hand of the devil
the devil never speak 
no truth
so why listen to those voices
in a world of lies 
where the truth...

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Categories: devalued, africa, encouraging, metaphor, remember,
Form: Epic

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