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Premium Member The Elephant In the Room
3 polished oak fans,
Swirling in robotic unison

High maintenance socialites,
Sipping on Merlot fallacies

Lemon yellow coated walls,
Flat,
Like their smiles

Comparisons of dangling Porsche & Bentley keys
A glorified day...

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Categories: profiled, funny, humorous, life, metaphor,
Form: Free verse



It Has To Be
Embrace this torso decaying in the wardrobe I wake up those skeletons laying in the warzone 
I make up the rules as I go along...

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Categories: profiled, rap,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Into the Distance
INTO THE DISTANCE

a solitude
with
    an abrupt
transition

  depictions
in  parallel
designed to
   balance the
organic

  profiled
 losing oneself
to
the void
    ever returning
simmering
  on the surface
of the
featureless
   sands

THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently...

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Categories: profiled, poetry,
Form: Other
Abc of Love
A is for activities that are excellent
B is for brave and bold days
C is for courage and understanding
D is for days with friends
E is foe...

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Categories: profiled, appreciation, god,
Form: ABC
The Mothers Cry
I am tired of seeing our mothers cry;
It’s painful to see their tears.
It’s been happening much too long,
Down through the years.

You don’t want us to...

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Categories: profiled, africa, bereavement, culture, god,
Form: Rhyme



This Poem Wants 2 B a Revolutionary
This poem wants to make a change . . .

To be a strong yet silent raised fist in Mexico, 1968.

To stand at a window w/a...

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© Mari Banks  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: profiled, analogy, discrimination, inspiration, political,
Form: Free verse
Soap Opera
You called her unmarriable because she fought for her rights
You wanted her to stay home
And cook, clean, wash, iron and bear you children
It was okay...

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Categories: profiled, culture, gender, society, strength,
Form: Free verse
I Said, You Said
Race -
Did it start the big debate, in 2008?

He’s not my president 
Show me his papers.
Why don’t we impeach him 
Silence all the haters.

Take back...

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© Dana Black  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: profiled, race,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Good Journeys
I have heard many moms repeat
"You never stop being a parent."

Sadly, I don't see or hear that quite so much from the dads,
although I know...

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Categories: profiled, age, career, happiness, love,
Form: Prose Poetry
Hunted
We are being Hunted!
Our sons,
More than our daughters 
Our mothers,
Less than our fathers 
By the hunters,
We've been made into a sport,
at their discretion,
Not served with...

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Categories: profiled, black african american,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Eve By Edna Manley
Seductively symetrical in form and presence
She calls it Eve, I call it sepia political
Aroused motherhood of nation, a glamorous sense
Of identity, modern and yet mystical
Naked...

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Categories: profiled, politicalart, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Some Thoughts On Myself
I cant seem to find the happy
antedote to cool my negative
consequences--- malignant non standards
freud pennance desires to capitulate-re
the never  know   mores ...

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Categories: profiled, angst, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wake Up George Floyd- Wake Up These Are the Voices of Victumised Black Man In the Usa Part1
I CAN’T BREATHE, I CAN’T BREATHE, I CAN’T BREATHE
WHY? WONT YOU TAKE YOUR KNEE OFF ME
These are the voices of victimized Blackman in the USA
WAKE...

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Categories: profiled, america, analogy, black african
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Criminalised By Colour
Freeze! Freeze! Cops here, put your hands in the air!
Get on your knees! Put your hands behind your head!
We had a report of a crime...

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Categories: profiled, color,
Form: Narrative
Handshakes With Angels
I flew one time
Over the going ons of this life 
I saw fate's plan
From my conception to my third ex wife
From the dumpster babies to...

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Categories: profiled, angel, birth, fear, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs