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Blackballed Poems - Poems about Blackballed
Response To Ilene's Tush
...Though Sampson was known for his hair Delilah quite fancied him bare She thought he'd look cute Not quite so hirsute And shaved him where no one would dare Alas, when Mother Nature called The......
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Rico Leffanta
Categories:
blackballed,
word play,
Form:
Limerick
Elected Rejected
...Discrediting plausibility by shredding their humility to a place of vulnerability devoured by inabilities cowardice incompetence showered into consciousness empowered causing confidence ......
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Nick Trim
Categories:
blackballed,
philosophy, word play,
Form:
Rhyme
Get a Grip
...12/1/21 "Get a Grip" It's fake or is legit Get a grip Live or quit You either do or don't give a s*** It's all hit or miss Being credible or illegitimate Able to show and prove or another h......
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Dalton Ogletree
Categories:
blackballed,
dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Who Cares
...If a prisoner gets beaten, Who cares? If a mental patient is tortured, Who cares? If an antagonist is blackballed, Who cares? If a prankster is shunned, Who cares? If people like these are mi......
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Robert James Liguori
Categories:
blackballed,
angel,
Form:
Rhyme
Fishing For Floaters - Warning Its a Poopy Poem
...Have you heard about fishing for turds … It’s for children and maybe for nerds For brown floaters you’ll fish Or there's nets which you swish For once I’m almost lost for words! My......
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Jan Allison
Categories:
blackballed,
children, fishing, games,
Form:
Limerick
The Tear
... “The Tear” How many oceans of salt does it take to form a tear? Unrelenting waves of sorrow pounding a broken heart hears the howl of sha......
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Lady Labyrinth
Categories:
blackballed,
dark, muse, psychological, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Dirty Laundry Doesn'T Go On Facebook
...You've been told. Dirty laundry doesn't go on Facebook especially if You don't want to get caught. This was cold By a thousandfold You two blocked a family member from a family Function. Then ......
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Bette Bavington
Categories:
blackballed,
bereavement, betrayal, computer, conflict,
Form:
Villanelle
Fatso Cops It Sweet
...Fatso Greedy fatso, super rich, Fat miners and some lunatics, Tumor on brain seems to be, Another treasure a certainty, Are you following this pitch, He he… Imported workers, paid $1000 ......
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Don Johnson
Categories:
blackballed,
adventure,
Form:
Ballad
- + - = +
...I know I’m supposed to be humble or should I say tame But I’m positive it’s negative to stay in that mind frame I’m trying to raise the consciousness of my black brothers So we don’t continue to l......
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Rodney Turner
Categories:
blackballed,
black african american, inspirational,
Form:
Couplet
The Blackballed Poet...
...They say my writings are weak and without meaning? They say I will never be published, no not even overseas? Nobody in the main stream wants to read about your Ghetto life... Nobody in th......
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Jay Anderson-Taylor
Categories:
blackballed,
black african american, people,
Form:
Lay