Mama N Tem' Part 1
...Mine mother had 3 sisters and 1 brother
All of em’ had married young
Not because they hada
All of em’ had more than 3 children
Cept mine mama she had only 2
Mama N tem’
Cook ta gether
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Categories:
bobby pin, analogy, character, family, mother,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Here She Was
...I woke up on the floor again this morning,
Remembered what it was had laid me low.
That hardwood wasn’t meant to be a mattress,
But ever since she left I’ve made it so.
I curse the brutal hon...
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Categories:
bobby pin, break up,
Form: Lyric
Before the Locks
...Deep in the lands where friend fought foe,
and spoilt queens reached all new low.
Who'd take the bounty of a heart,
or curse a kingdom for a start.
Their was one sly, little devil,
corrupt bey...
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Categories:
bobby pin, childhood, fairy, muse, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
Ring Down the Drain
...Slipped through my finger my diamond ring
Down the drain it went so I got out some string
I attaching a bobby pin then coiled it like a box spring
Lowering it down gently but the phone started to ...
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Categories:
bobby pin, recovery from,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Antique Christmas Ornament
...ANTIQUE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
An old-fashioned bell that Grandmother send.
Her last old antique Christmas ornament.
Rounded bell, with recessed grooves,
so out-dated, yet still to use.
Place me h...
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Categories:
bobby pin, beauty, blessing, child, courage,
Form: Rhyme
The Noise
...I was studying in the library where
the solitude almost lulled me to sleep,
when out of the blue heard
a quaint noise that startled me,
Curious I got up from my seat
and started looking around...
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Categories:
bobby pin, books, silence, solitude,
Form: Light Verse
Blessing From Heaven On a Bittersweet Day
...The dress is zipped, the veil is in
One last touch up and dry my tears
Another bobby pin
I need you here to calm my fears
But here I stand feeling all alone
Looking up at heaven
Wishing I cou...
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Categories:
bobby pin, daughter, death, faith, family,
Form: I do not know?
Today's Mistress
...She entered the class...
All was loud...
She stepped into the class...
The class was out of sound...
Today, discipline has been found...
Today, the drop of a bobby pin didn't dare to make a so...
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Categories:
bobby pin, education, on work and
Form: Rhyme
Bobby Pin Birds
...the ground is littered with bobby pin birds
shot from your fingers like lightning
straight at my chest
i'm hit! god help me i'm going down
falling ever faster into the sea of green
your eyes, yo...
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Categories:
bobby pin, life, love, peace,
Form: Free verse