A handfull of it
...A handfull of it
Wont buy a pint
Wether its milk
Or beer, even a coffee
Black or flat white.
A handfull of it
May jingle and clank
Wont buy a chunk of wood,
Not even bus fare
Certainly not...
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Categories:
bus fare, business,
Form: Free verse
Behind the Facade: The Real Borga Borga Story
...
The infamous Borga Borga! Kings of self-deception, lords of make-believe, and emperors of "I've got it all together"!
They travel to far-off lands, where the streets are paved with gold (or so...
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Categories:
bus fare, africa, anti bullying, art,
Form: Spoken Word
Behind the Facade: The Real Borga Borga Story
...
The infamous Borga Borga! Kings of self-deception, lords of make-believe, and emperors of "I've got it all together"!
They travel to far-off lands, where the streets are paved with gold (or so...
...
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Categories:
bus fare, africa, anti bullying, art,
Form: Spoken Word
If You Value Your Freedoms, Please Stop President Joe Biden Part One
...If you value your freedoms, please stop President Joe Biden's
reelection campaign for 2024 for the following reasons:
i) Nine members of his immediate family have business
interests in Red China...
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Categories:
bus fare, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Homeless
...HOMELESS
Pale palms spread ! Lie flat, damp on a beer mat
lip stained pint glass, bubbles rising,carbon gas.
Puddle, pooled, red-eyed perspective, insulin injected.
Life lives in a toilet visit...
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Categories:
bus fare, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Rapture
...I have seen yet another miracle under the sun,
An eastern girl.
A firefly that has brought light to my pitiable living....
Poetry like music is just another description of art a painter never had ...
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Categories:
bus fare, angel,
Form: Free verse
Early Poems Xviii
...EARLY POEMS XVIII
You didn't have time
by Michael R. Burch
You didn't have time to love me,
always hurrying here and hurrying there;
you didn't have time to love me,
and you didn't have tim...
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Categories:
bus fare, 10th grade, care, love,
Form: Rhyme
Sometimes We Pay Extra
...Sometimes we pay double extra
During inflation
Price rise in cooking oil
It has been a long time
We're eating waste oil
Increment in electric bills
Already suffering from
An extreme hot day
...
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Categories:
bus fare, car, drink, food, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
The Enemy Incubates
...They could be anywhere
Greased on my bus fare. Any Tom Dick or Jack and Solitaire
On every bit of bittie bit, on any drop of there.
They're everywhere in ambush
On every pull you push. Each pa...
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Categories:
bus fare, anxiety, clothes,
Form: Rhyme
The Night Before Quarantine
...Peace breezy night skies that fills the air. Working night shift scrambling through your pockets looking for bus fare. The moon comes out and gives a warning. Now it’s setting behind the clouds becau...
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Categories:
bus fare, america, evil, home, moon,
Form: Free verse
You Picked This Day
...Your day wasn't bad enough.
You had to work late,
on a job with no
time and half for overtime.
On your way home,
waiting for the bus.
Only to be held up
by two members
of Thugs-R-us.
Th...
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Categories:
bus fare, destiny, fantasy, irony, life,
Form: Free verse
Once Seen, Never Forgotten
...She saw him as she was driving by
She noticed an air of desolation about the guy
Huddled in his overcoat, his face was blue with cold
Stooped and unshaven, walking slowly as if quite old
She st...
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Categories:
bus fare, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
My Prayer--
...Aware, armchair
Cross hair, forebear.
Compare Despair,
Frontiere-Frontier,
~
Beware, forbear
My prayer.
Childcare, Bus fare
Healthcare, Home-care
~
My prayer
Mankind not ki...
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Categories:
bus fare, analogy, caregiving, devotion, god,
Form: Footle
Misplaced Loyalty
...I've invested too much time
Into people I thought were genuine
It's baffling
How many people you know
You think have your back
But actually don't
When you need me there
I show up
When I ...
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Categories:
bus fare, anger, character, conflict, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Chances Seemed To Be Pretty Fair
...Chances Seemed To Be Pretty Fair
Chances seemed to me to be pretty fair,
When London's city was found to be fair,
Was thinking,
Hopes sinking;
Price had been high for their bus fare.
Jim Ho...
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Categories:
bus fare, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
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