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Best Whippings Poems

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She Goes Back
She Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey


Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop

Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works...

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Categories: whippings, anger, devotion, hope, passion,
Form: Alliteration



A To Z Then Back To A.(X Is Always the Hardest, Y and Z Follow Closely Though)
accidental boundaries crush despair easily, fragrant gravity heckles ignorance judiciously. 
kindness levitates mindless numerology, overt principles qualm ridiculous sexualities. 
transgressions uproot vindictive whippings. xanadu yields...

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Categories: whippings, visionary
Form: ABC
Premium Member Growing Up, La - Part 1
- - - Chapter 1: Early Days - - - 

My father was a rich man, la, *
Though schooled in poverty, (1)  
As such...

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Categories: whippings, life, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What Would You Do If
What if you were born in the 1800's?
                 ...

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Categories: whippings, abuse, america, analogy, black
Form: Free verse
Weeping Willow
Mom sure loved willow switches.
Those willows never wore out,
she’d make them sing forever.
Worse, I had to pick them out.

I needed to change some things,
mom did...

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Categories: whippings, childhood, introspection, love, me,
Form: Dodoitsu



She Goes Back
She Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey


Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop

Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works...

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Categories: whippings, courage, freedom, loss, spiritual,
Form: Alliteration
She Goes Back
She Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey


Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop

Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works...

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Categories: whippings, courage, dedication, journey, pain,
Form: Alliteration
Mom,You Are Still Alive and Well
MOM, YOU ARE SILL ALIVE AND WELL

I miss your smile, the times we shared and the world that
	you opened my eyes to.
I smile at the...

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© Reid Lewis  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whippings, bereavement,
Form: ABC
Shame of Silence
In the year, nineteen an’ thirty-nine, 
in a small town that seemed not to care,
a little girl tried her very best
to dress well, and groom...

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Categories: whippings, sad, socialgirl, life, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Romans 7:24 : My Birth & Rebirth
'O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?'

      None have I yet,...

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© Gavin D.S.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whippings, faith, inspirational, life, thank
Form: Narrative
Chopsueycide, a Recipe For Disaster
Chopsueycide; They’re gathering for the feast this time; last time it was a roasting. 

Chopsueycide; An acquired taste that’s guaranteed to raise temperatures, but not...

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Categories: whippings, dark, depression, suicide,
Form: I do not know?
Around Me
Times are hard
Money is in a vice grip
Numbers scare people & use to stretch a tight lip
Dice get roll
Lose your life when the card flip
People...

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Categories: whippings, black african american, community,
Form: Free verse
The War Demons Exposed
My father marched gung-ho towards anarchy,
Many friends by his side fell before the end,
They died brave in the face of danger and sin,
Their memories erased...

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Categories: whippings, dark, war,
Form: Rhyme
The Tormentor, Warning Extreme Content
In a dark part of hell the tormentor lives
exploiting all of your deep darkest sins
then making you forgive
punished you beg
tormentor you scream as he peels...

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Categories: whippings, dark,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member He Is Risen
   
"And he (Jesus) said to them.  Be not afraid.  You seek Jesus
who was crucified: he is risen; he is not...

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Categories: whippings, easter,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things