Best Straw That Broke Poems

His wise council and kind patience bolstered my resolve
to overcome my youthful woes and nightmarish troubles solve.
His humanity may have saved my life. His memory I hold dear.
But whenever the name Mister James arose—
Other kids just called him q****—By Poet


It’s May of 1966.  Mr....

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I am the long shot.
I am the one they never so coming.
I am the life beat of a heart once dying.
I am the old horse that keeps kicking.
I am truth in a world that keeps lying.
I am the runner who though the race ends,
Keeps running.
I...

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Was thinking long and hard about giving up writing.
Convinced myself that I'm a quitter and there's no sense in fighting
To keep the only thing that kept me far from the edge
But I can't pretend.
Pretend that it isn't my Fortress of Solitude 
That's honoured me with...

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To lighten the load, just remove the straw that broke the camel’s back.

4/19/2022...

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i am me
by Ty Ngachira on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 6:24pm

I am the longshot
I am the one they never so coming
I am the life beat of a heart once dying
I am the old horse that keeps kicking
i am truth in a world that keeps...

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waking rakes your thirsty dreams.
you laugh thinking you pushed
the nightmare aside.  swallowing
down the bone-stealing juice,
you match your daily attire.

gritting or smiling, you hold fast to the talon-fists
of surviving.  it's 120% you give
to the double switchblade of office generousity
-- the mirror of your tell-tale...

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To the Ignorant in Chicago
By Franklin Price
3/12/2016

To the ignorant in Chicago and their organizers too,
Who gathered to cause mayhem, 'cause the Trump is not for you
That was not the way to do it. The way I now will note
Travel to the polls and have your...

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It was 8:46: Eight minutes and forty six seconds to solemnly remember;
 George Floyd desperately gasping for breath; until, he transitioned yonder.
Though he pleaded and cried, with every breath, that couldn’t be sounded louder;
Even bystanders joined, echoing his dying pleas, to this the cops didn’t...

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How I wish I could make you see
The thought in my head, endless as the sea
How I wish I could make you understand
Without you I cannot stand
How I wish I could make it easy
To care for this wretch, silly.

I could spend a thousand years
Shed my...

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Imagine if for once I could smile at my storm
Or that by some chance I could be accepted by the norm
What if I really did find the pot at the end of the rainbow
What if all my hurts and pains I could finally just let...

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BECAUSE OF CLAWS

The lady was flawless
I, however, am lawless
A confessed king of fools
Best at breaking the rules

I am best at harming myself
I told her “charming art thyself”
In her I found no imperfection
Until I suffered her rejection

I am unbelievably unruly
And I suffered her farewell unduly
Her beauty...

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When I was young love was a game
I did not think about it when I took his name

I love him, I need him is what I would say
“I will show you we can make it one day”

At first it was a fairy tale, a dream...

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It was an ordinary day for an American girl,
typical run of the mill stuff consumed her life,
Yet, no one knew her daily strife,
The abuse she feared from day to day,
The horrible thoughts that constantly got in her
way, she knew one day he would surely kill...

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The straw that broke the camel’s back
A straw quite ordinary
Its weight did not mean very much
Not challenging to carry

But even though this measly straw
Was worthless on its own
It had a value and a strength
That was only timely shown

The straw itself, pretentious not
Had knowledge of its...

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not going to fly 
not having it 
not backing off
if this goes a stray 
will not take it 
will not step down 
will not give up 
will fight for territory
this is last straw 
this is straw that broke 
this camels back 
this turf 
this territory...

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