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Loving the Tao of Laozi
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Anil Deo
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child abuse, environment, flower,
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THE STORY IN MY HEAD
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Emmanuel Adedayo Ojelade
| Narrative |
abuse, child abuse, depression,
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The Disappearing Woman
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Catelyn Meeker
| Free verse |
child abuse, absence, abuse, betrayal, child
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Day My World Stood Still
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Junie Moon
| Free verse |
child abuse,
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Family law
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Frankii Fame
| Free verse |
abuse, bullying, child abuse,
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Herone Within Trumps Bad Label
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Caren Krutsinger
| Free verse |
child abuse,
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The cry of a suffering child
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richard nnoli
| Epic |
abuse, care, child abuse,
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The boy who played with Barbie
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Alex Duffy
| Free verse |
child abuse, childhood, inspirational,
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The heaven I hate
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Isor Chand
| Rhyme |
child abuse, culture, death,
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Have you ever seen a rose bloom in the winter
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Sarafiel Light
| Free verse |
anger, child abuse, dark,
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Mama Said
by Caren Krutsinger
The screaming, the yelling, the kicking, the clawing.
All because he did not get his own way.
He did yesterday and all was fine.
This is the first...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
bullying, child abuse, school,
BETWEEN THE SILENCE THERE ARE STILL TEARS
by Vickie Thayer
If I could tell you...
How I felt...
Every time...
The monster...
Whipped me...
With his belt....
Welts upon my flesh...
He left...
But they're not...
The only...
Scars...
You'll see...
Pain still...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
child, child abuse, childhood,
The Pope in Eire
by Rico Leffanta
The Pope came to Eire
And found millions there
But they did not care
For priests anywhere
He dealt with the nuns
And all of the puns
Regarding bare buns
And Irish...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
betrayal, child abuse, evil,
Mollusk
by Brianna Hobson
I was five when you started to notice
I loved the extra attention
I was foolish mollusk.
I was a child
Sticking to shells of coercion.
You were twelve and...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
abuse, child abuse, childhood,
A Survivor of Child Abuse
by Holly Primerano
I was a victim of abuse,
afraid and without trust.
Hate ran through my veins most times,
my heart full of disgust.
How could he abuse a child,
I couldn’t...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
abuse, child abuse, christian,
It Doesnt Take Genius
by Maurice Rigoler
If the Pope’s goal is to end
the epidemic of paedophile priests
he might start, at the least,
by aiming his axe at its root –
unscriptual celibacy, then...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
child abuse,
Mother Mother
by Virginia Waters
Song:- 1990
Mother Mother
love me love me
love me love me
I...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, child abuse,
Child Abuse
by Caren Krutsinger
Child learns to be
Hyper-vigilant, secretive, quiet, unseen, un-hungry,
Initiate to violence, hiding in corners,
Little relief or sleep, waiting and fearing,
Disturbing feelings of mass destruction
Adult stuff...
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Acrostic |
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Categories:
abuse, child abuse,
Lolita's Conceit
by Gary Bateman
Lolita’s Conceit
Obsession defined
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
An accursed passion
Love’s true abomination.
Literary allusion
Tintinnabulation
Sounding moral oblivion
God’s sure condemnation.
Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved,
August 18, 2018 (Double...
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Double Dactyl |
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Categories:
child abuse, allusion, angst, betrayal, child
Make it Out
by Todd Aguilar Jr.
One day!
One day!
One day we will make it out.
One day in this life of mine
I will what
will be doing fine
avoiding crime not losing...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
abuse, child abuse, dark,
for HEATHER HEYER: LOVING PAINFUL TRUTHS IN UNITY
by Anil Deo
Your pain is my pain, because human suffering was never an individual matter
The wisdom of every culture, the founder of every faith, made that clear
We...
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Tristich |
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Categories:
child abuse, america, animal, anti bullying,
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : XLVIII and XLIX
by T Wignesan
IF ever I had a country : XLVIII - XLIX
XLVIII
If ever I had even on a rocky wayward moon of a gaseous planet a country
And...
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Dramatic Monologue |
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Categories:
allegory, caregiving, child abuse,
The Man Who Puts Kids in Cages
by Rico Leffanta
The man who puts kids in cages
Laughs at the folks it enrages
Whilst taxpayers bleed
Republicans need
Bilingual pedophile Pages...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
betrayal, bullying, child abuse,
Dirty Sheets
by Paige Reed
head in pillow stuffing blocking a noise,
sheets soaked of fallen tears, hand tied in fists, blood seeping through the fingers.
his hand on he back...
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Dramatic Verse |
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Categories:
abuse, betrayal, child abuse,
Childhood Inequality In School
by Caren Krutsinger
Some children come into the school building dancing, singing, hopping, bursting with uninhibited glee.
They exchange giddy, happy stories about their day at the mall, dropping...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
child, child abuse, children,
Foster Child
by Caren Krutsinger
Foster child, unworthy of love,
Unknown in last six placements,
Unavailable, unresponsive, unobtainable,
Unadoptable and possibly un-foster-able also.
Foster child, must show strength,
Show he is tough, show he...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
child abuse, abuse, care, child, child
Pity Patty Peddy
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Peddy don’t know-no betta to do,
he just following his imaginary urges,
friendly suggestions from TuSac Boy Blue
Sayin’ little Timmy and Sue
wanna play ...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
child abuse, dark, evil,
Senryu
by Raynolds Moseamedi
The house beast,
Children are afraid,
Of their mother.
...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
child abuse,
STOP DISCRIMINATION
by JAQUIN MOKAYA
POEM: ‘STOP DISCRIMINATION!’
By JAQUIN MOOGI MOKAYA
(July 7th 2018 8.57pm East African Time)
Group 1: Assertion ...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
anti bullying, child abuse,
Beautiful Damaged Butterfly
by Laycie Premoe
Beautiful butterfly
Do not worry
Though your wings are damaged
I will help you fly.
You will have a place to stay
And sweet nectar to drink
You will...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
abuse, child abuse, courage,