Best Welts Poems
Escape of the Bluesman's Song...Within the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your old pair of getaway feet gives
a different walk of life......
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Categories:
welts, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Eddy...I try to see
back before
to who Eddy once was
just barely before when
the bending began
Eddy was after all
a cute child
wide eyed
hugging kissing and kind
Somehow horrible happened
It ......
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Categories:
welts, angst, cute,
Form:
Alliteration
The Uninvited Stranger...Another tirade of drunken anger
Brought to life by the uninvited Stranger
I lay trembling, still, ever so quiet
In a corner, hidden beneath a blanket
Biting down hard on bleeding lips
I knew it wasn'......
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Categories:
welts, write,
Form:
Rhyme
When The Bed Burns...Tongues of solar flare writhe in combat kiss
—flame-throwers unleashed
iron words h a m m e r e d in fire
ferrous words melt-morph into heart-welts
once under......
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Categories:
welts, conflict, fire, loss, love,
Form:
Free verse
Abused...Belt in hand
Red of face
Eyes bulging into space
The children scatter every place
His temper is in full bloom
They know they will pay for it soon
Tiny hands and tear stained faces
The......
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Categories:
welts, childhood, sad, social
Form:
Rhyme
My History...When you look at me what do you see
Can you see the land that I descend from, where we were once Kings and Queens.
Can you see my forefather’s journey, across, tear tarnished seas
Can you count th......
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Categories:
welts, black african american, me,
Form:
Solace In My Quill...I had found solace in my quill
Because therein could be expressed
That tragedy which gave me chills.
The pen and ink gave me some rest—
Because therein could be expressed
The cold emotion that......
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Categories:
welts, on writing and wordsme,
Form:
Pantoum
My Opinion On Religion Take 9...My opinion on religion Take 1
I am in the unexpected throes of spring cleaning
Suddenly with no warning
7 people are unexpectedly arriving in a few minutes for an Easter lunch.
Easter lunch alre......
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Categories:
welts, confidence, deep, devotion, easter,
Form:
Free verse
Part 2 You Have To Whistle...Neither Tray or I take any guff from adults, especially adults in authority; it’s a result of having had the belt when you are young, thus learning you cannot trust your care-givers or anyone else.
......
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Categories:
welts, child abuse, giving, i
Form:
Free verse
Escape From Horror...When I first awoke in this hospital, they tell me I had stared straight ahead and never uttered a word. I was in shock for a while, but now Dr. Albright, the therapist assigned to me, tells me I am o......
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Categories:
welts, horror,
Form:
Narrative
She Lives...She flushes and drops bright eyes
to hide my image...
I cup her face and drown it.
[me]
She breathes hesitantly, mouth
Pressed and obstinate...
I gather her corners up.
[drawin......
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Categories:
welts, love
Form:
Choka
Broken Heart...The story is about a boy and his dad,
The father struck the boy every time he was bad.
It started when he was five, he was your average child,
His father screamed at him, to take away his smile.......
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Categories:
welts, sonfather, child, father, time,
Form:
Lyric
My Cold Acceptence...Truth is truth and pain is pain both are burdens felt
Scars of darkness carried since a young child
Yesterday's gone
And yet it stays
Haunt......
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Categories:
welts, emotions,
Form:
Verse
My Pickup Truck...(song lyrics)
Verse 1:
Now I can’t go fishin’, ‘cuz ya’ sold my rod and reel
Can’t go snow-racin’, ‘cuz ya’ sold my snowmobile
And I got flaws - that’s for sure - and sometimes run amuck
But the fina......
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Categories:
welts, anger, conflict, fun, funny,
Form:
Lyric
An English Adaptation of Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea From Faust...There was a king once reigning
Who carried a great, big flea—
And far from him complaining,
The flea filled the king with glee!
For to him that flea was dearer
Than even his only son,
And to ma......
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Categories:
welts, allegory, humorous, irony, political,
Form:
Light Verse