Best Downsize Poems
The Downsize of Racism: a Matter of LifeBlack lives sounds exclusive
I'm afraid and fear for my race, its slowly turning into racists
Its like they are still being chained, now mentally
Its student pushed to some degree and turned master
Hate is now embedded into their DNA
Damn struggle is now an entitlement
freedom is a...
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Categories:
downsize, black african american, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Joe and Ann DownsizeGhosts of the past wander
Through rooms dusty, too hard to keep.
Joe and Ann remember when they were new.
Heavy burgundy drapes still hang in Joe’s library,
Where will his books go when he is through
Picking and choosing the loved ones to keep?
Fifty years ago, Ann loved...
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Categories:
downsize, emotions, farewell, moving on,
Form:
Tristich
DownsizingStrong winds of time accelerate with age,
sweep toward the unsuspecting,
forging alliances with atrophy and arthritis,
debilitating the innocent.
The hurricane of decline begins with gusts,
barely noticed in years of productivity.
But without warning gusts become streams.
Streams turn into torrents.
Torrents, tsunamis,
opening submission's door.
Downsizing's time has arrived.
Stuff...
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Categories:
downsize, age,
Form:
Free verse