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Best Escalate Poems


Premium Member Children of a Lesser God
...I’m tired of knowing
That because of my race
Because of where I live
Because of my last name
I’m part of the band…
The children of a lesser God

I’m tired of knowing
That there is so much hate
That i......

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Categories: escalate, god, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Haunting
...Cold, so cold, as everything seems to enshroud me 
encasing light, the flame of life - darkness within.
Slivers of blue, ice my lips, like a frozen lake.
Am I in a nightmare - is this where realms......

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Categories: escalate, horror,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Charlottesville
...I saw Nazis march yesterday
upon the streets of Charlottesville.
And, with swastikas on display,
crazed clansmen chanted blood will spill.

I saw Satan grinning with pride
at racial slu......

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Categories: escalate, america, angst, anxiety, bullying,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Live Or Die, You Couldn'T Do Both
...Live Or Die, You Couldn't Do Both

Upon that dark ground, life was bloody and blue
all dark mists brought more than was due.
Dusty storms, blew about with black hands of Fate
lost as hurt seemed......

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Categories: escalate, art, creation, dark, death,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Displaced In Kathmandu
...Our dinner, boiled to death root vegetables, we swallow in silence as night closes-in on the school. The co-opted Buddhist monastery housing us empties its porcelain thrones into the walled garden’s ......

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Categories: escalate, anxiety, fear, war, ,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Destined To Love
...    "Destined to Love"



twilight Moon cascades, haunting tapestry
as hearts incline to secrets of mellow night
clandestine caresses embrace 'neath canopy
 lovers silhouette engage in swe......

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Categories: escalate, love, romantic, love, moon,
Form: Quintain (English)



Premium Member Young Minds
...young impressionable minds today
fearless leaders of tomorrow
years in between will pass
will slip away in a flash
under our tutelage
our guidance
our encouragement
our influence
our illusion......

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Categories: escalate, caregiving, confidence, dream, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
The Rise and Fall of Mankind
...In essence the unconscious mind,
   Reveals all knowledge for mankind.
   To pursue dreams, each vision brings,
   Then soar above the earth on wings.
   We navigate uncharted shores,
   In ocea......

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Categories: escalate, change, destiny,
Form: Didactic
My Letter To Santa
...Dear Santa

You see Santa,
In just a few days it would have been my brother's 30th birthday
Would've been a big celebration 
Instead I will be spending it alone 
Lost in all kinds of thoughts a......

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Categories: escalate, birthday, brother, feelings, grief,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Senior Year
...It began on a high note
Dreams of a New Frontier
Those dreams were shattered in Texas
In the Fall of the same year
Christmas time was solemn
Before the storm there was the calm
We saw them esca......

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Categories: escalate, nostalgia, schooltime, time,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Whats Next On Their Agenda
...Now the protesting has started. They (Our Government) will have groups of protesters put in with real protesters creating fires, destruction, even violence. They will escalate the protest to where th......

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Categories: escalate, america, dark, military,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pressure
...It’s May 18th, 2022. I’m poised, alone, heart pounding, in front of my laptop, waiting for courage, my finger hovering over the return key, like a child hoping the timing of my keystroke will bring m......

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Categories: escalate, fear, mom, motivation, prayer,
Form: Free verse
The Message of the Cross
...The Message of The Cross

We are living in a troubled world
Where people’s minds are in great turmoil
Society is alarmed at the divorce rate
And child abuse cases continue to escalate
The fabri......

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Categories: escalate, anxiety, bible, change, faith,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Superstition
...
In naive minds where paranoid whispers spread,
superstitions escalate through ancient lies.
An omen of fear that fills a heart with dread.
Be it the number thirteen or black cat's eyes.
......

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Categories: escalate, allusion,
Form: Rispetto
Premium Member Common Sense
...When people aren't right
 I head for the door.
 I no longer ask, why, or what for??
 When people escalate
 I look for the gate, because
 you know things aren't going that great..
 I did not cau......

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Categories: escalate, anger,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry