Best Representation Poems

They
Provocatively present;
Frame; focus; capture
Eyes hoodwink, smiles beguile
Us...

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internally I
minute amidst such dark depths
eternally be



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The stories you have heard, sharing a bond between souls and companions.
The dances you have danced, lighting a friendship with every celebration.
The songs you have sung, harmonizing a spirit inside this wondrous land. 
You the ash wood, the catlinite, you the porcupine quills and feathers.
You...

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promised freedoms betrayed -
poverty frolics amid laws….
changing….

Senryu per contest instructions…no capitilzation, commas, or periods
© September 18, 2010
Dane Smith-Johnsen...

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the contemporary
             interpreted
deconstructed
                 at 
            ...

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All efforts tabled on Nigeria;
Experiencing a fortunate miscarriage, 
Feasting Aso rock- a pizzeria 
But never admit it is the cause of this age. 

Upon the solid manifesto, 
That touches all sectors:
Picturing California's Barstow, 
To cajole mandates of the electors. 

Finally, all promises are working... 
Nigerians...

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I saw a man blathering on,
a professor with PhD,
who called himself ‘anti-racist,’
which seemed rather bizarre to me
since he kept saying that we must
see ourselves in culture at large,
singers, actors, must be the same race,
otherwise it would leave deep scars.
Needless to say I was alarmed,
for I...

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Taxation, taxation
Where's the representation
Funds are culled, pooled, and drained
Promises abandoned
By the figures in office, on paper
Doing thing people elected
But never considered or voted 

Let's form our own colony
Regulate or own affairs
Simply as responsible humans
No need for watchdog lair

Our interests are not monied
But to perpetuate quality
Reorganize...

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my Bella we we et et Liberty and happiness in America
amorous from America, My Bella we we are well, very
upset about the election and War, in Iraq and feel some
thing are well taxsation without representation, and 
wonder if the vote if it doesn't count, the...

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streams of thought continue to flow

as ideas endure archaic mindsets

forced silence speaks through the pen

the written word will rise to the occasion

and a Whip-poor-will chant its name endlessly

in enthusiastic appreciation from dusk to dawn...

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Trust is something that is
Non tangible 
Loyalty is something that is 
Accumulated 
Be careful who you associate yourself with
What am I talking about?
The core ingredients of
A relationship 
Admitting it,

Integrity is something that represents 
You
Principles is something that analyzes
Yourself
Be careful on how you learn from your...

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REPRESENTATION of REALITY

facing
  heightened awareness
patterns
   embellished
in
opulent possessions
 & sumptuous attire
with
 no constraints

a contemporary
      accessory
in a draped
costume
    tronie like

in faithful reflections
   manipulated &explicit
 depicted
     impressively
 engraved
    merging
  personality
in a monumental
significance
of
mature
   manners


THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation by the enigma...

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I keep hearing them say it
in the media these days,
we need representation,
it’s the only thing they say!
Now if they say it that much
they must be quite serious,
so I looked on into it,
and ended up quite non-plussed.
’Cause based on demographics
it seems to me rather plain
that if...

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Over x steps we will plot
after y steps up to site.
This is the way we create a body.
This is the beginning and this is end.
One spot along outer curve after spot.

Over time we create form.
After time we create line.
This is learned by measured formula.
This is...

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The Choice is Ours

And so here we are on the brink of d-day
This week we will know how our future will sway
The duffer, the bluffer, the candidates with the muffler
Which one of these candidates will we have to suffer

If you voted for friendship go jump...

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