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Premium Member Persecuted Petals

In a province exploited 
by prejudiced seasons,
a minority ebony rose 
is taunted by prominent 
i v o r y      ...

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Categories: persecuted, analogy, community, discrimination,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Narrow Margin
In the narrow margin between life and death,
I feel as I'm walking a tightrope - but balancing.
I'm a portrayal of metaphors, 
illuminating like spring's moon,
who...

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Categories: persecuted, analogy, how i feel,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Oh Jerusalem
Remember

Israel of three thousand years
expulsed at times
enslaved by the Romans
gassed by Europe
persecuted by Saudi-Arabia
murdered by Iran and Iraq
shackled by Egypt
attacked by Jordan
robbed by Syria
sold out...

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Categories: persecuted, allah, bible, god, gospel,
Form: Free verse
In the Name of Dove -With Ram R V
little Rock
               Doves at my feet
     ...

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Categories: persecuted, appreciation, bird, , cute,
Form: Shape
Premium Member True God
Awakening morning darkness falls heavy clouds
walking outside stretching in deep thought 
Firstly alone dreaming in freedom love 
Looking into the mountains a prayer

Faraway winds howling...

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Categories: persecuted, truth, , cute,
Form: Narrative



Eyes of Blue
A people persecuted beyond imagination;
To help them he felt, was his obligation.
He joined the army in World War II;
Not knowing his hell would be Eyes...

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Categories: persecuted, freedom, hero, memorial day,
Form: Rhyme
Apartheid
Africa's children blighted in the rich land of birth
Persecuted by the oppressing hand of foreign greed
Agitate for love to find in ancient pigment its worth
Rights...

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Categories: persecuted, people, children, , cute,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Paul Callus: Ego Sum
Paul
Husband of Sheila, Father of Kirsty and Paul-Mark, 
Grandfather of Valentina, teacher, and friend 
Son of Pauline and Nazarene, brother to six siblings:
Joseph – Angela...

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Categories: persecuted,
Form: Bio
My Primary Emotion
~ My Primary Emotion~

Three days ago I decided to become heartless by
eliminating my Spirit and Soul I could not take
the agony anymore.

I urged my lawyer...

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Categories: persecuted, brother, poetry, , cute,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Gangs of Our Human Zoo
Gangs are here
And their here to stay
Going about their day to day
Harassing me 
Harassing you
Infidels in our Human Zoo
 
Triads, Yakuza
The Wild West
Terrorised townsfolk
With their...

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Categories: persecuted, social
Form: Rhyme
My Confined Mind
Untamed self control my own worst enemy I can be
I can not be the poison and the remedy
The voices I hear are not in my...

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Categories: persecuted, character, , cute,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Thousands
Thousands living in fear
For they knew Hitler was growing near
In Poland her career would soon to be
As she helped scared persecuted to flee

Gas chambers were...

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Categories: persecuted, history, obituary, tribute, woman,
Form: Free verse
Bullysoup
whopping bully
torments soupers fully
picks on others writes
although her writing bites

great big bully
eyes must be woolly
she attempts hurt
with words curt

Diana-Marie Bombardieri
January 29, 2012
Contest - Clerihew 2

“poetry...

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Categories: persecuted, funny, on writing and
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member The Reality of Magic
Magic is everywhere, but stage magicians, 
have no clue, as to what it really is.

Magic built our universe.  
That something so complex, as the...

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Categories: persecuted, imagery, inspiration, life, magic,
Form: Prose
North American Indian - Contest
Native American people had  a set rule of living
The men hunted and protected
The women, cook, child mind and made clothing
To maintain both was an...

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Categories: persecuted, history, , cute,
Form: Verse

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