Reinvent yourselfBe determined, put your game on,
take it up a notch, jazz it up.
Get into character, be your own best self.
Rewrite your destiny,
draw your path and follow it.
Be fearless and audacious.
Let your imagination run wild,
you are the hero of your life story.
Feel free to fake it till you make it.
Be bold, be grand, be awesome.
...
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Categories:
change, confidence, dream, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Her Victory SongPlease don’t hate me
Don’t debate me
And you damn sure
won’t underrate me
Cause I’m here now
Gonna show you how
I can rise above
What you dish out
You call my name
Play that blame game
But I don’t hear you
Cause nuthins now the same
You showed your true face
Left me in disgrace
But I rise above
Your endless chase
I know I hurt bad
I’ve been so...
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Categories:
abuse, betrayal, confidence, self,
Form: Rhyme
Up From the DeadDead, Dead.
Decay and rotten flesh,
melting beneath the scorching sun.
Worms, maggots, and flies-
a parade in time with the vulture's drum.
Teasing, tearing, ripping this way and that, dashing, splashing like an artist painting madness.
Bumblebee, whisper to me:
Am I dead...or just asleep
in the scariest dream?
No...
I can't be dead.
I refuse to be dethroned.
Oh death, you have no...
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Categories:
birth, blessing, celebration, confidence,
Form: Free verse
YouMany years have slipped beneath the tide of time, yet still I remember.
I was just a youth, standing high above the world from Ocean Towers in Downtown Kingston, gazing out toward the pier, when my eyes caught sight of her. A woman, moving with eerie calm, made her way down Duke Street. There was something...
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Categories:
betrayal, blessing, celebration, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Coral and Lime stoneCoral and Limestone**
You can take the country out of me, but the essence of acid lime runs through my veins like an indelible mark of my heritage. Growing up on the island was a unique blessing, where the roots of kinship ran deep and everyone seemed connected by an invisible thread. It was a place...
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Categories:
angst, celebration, character, confidence,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
A Father Seed O' Lord Water MeA Father Seed ( O' Lord Water Me)
I am a Seedling oh! Lord water me;
You planted me in a vessel;
I'm yours, your energy;
O' Lord water me;
And I'm in the the desert heat;
O' Lord water me;
Love made me
Grace saved me
Father planted me
I am graced and loved
A chosen pick seed
Atop this heated earth
My flesh is not...
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Categories:
adventure, confidence, devotion, god,
Form: Lyric
9AM9 Am, You wake. Not to be at work so you wont be late. No, but to put your fist up not to pray, But to go toe to toe with a enemy that never goes away. Arms and legs feel like concrete, The spinel cord is shot with a steel rode. Eyes red and...
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Categories:
anger, care, confidence, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
My Unwritten FateYou deserve everything you don’t think you do
The sentence is heavy, yet the sweet truth
It shows us how little we think of ourselves
In another’s eyes, we’re the best they can see
The things you deserve, the things that are yours to claim
Aren’t decided by your looks, your money, or your fame
We choose a path,...
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Categories:
confidence, encouraging, hope, self,
Form: Free verse
confidence of Pharaoh AkhenatenPharaoh Akhenaten liked his potbelly to show
He told the artists to draw him Rubenesque without woe
An Egyptian monarch with confidence back in the day
So, the skilled artesian painted Akhenaten exactly that way....
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Categories:
confidence, history,
Form: Rhyme
Purple RainI can be a headache. A match lit at 1,000 degrees.
I'm sorry I never meant you any harm.
Even if I inflicted pain and made you bleed.
Allow me to minister the band-aid to your arm.
I believed in you to perform all of your glories
We all as people have dreams within
It sucks that this...
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Categories:
10th grade, blessing, confidence,
Form: Free verse
The Saddle WaitsThe sunrise paints the prairie gold,
The breeze still hums that tune of old,
Where once I’d ride with reins held tight,
Now I rock through the hush of night.
My boots sit still by the old back door,
Dusty dreams from days before.
The saddle waits on its wooden stand—
But now I hold life in my hands.
No roundup calls, no...
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Categories:
confidence, baby, beauty, change, child,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Self Esteem"If you put a really small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price." --Anonymous
Hard to be a humble soul
In a world of silver and gold
Some rather tweet than to speak
Others prefer cookie cutters than unique
Self esteem is like a boat's sail
Without it more likely to fail
It’s ok to...
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Categories:
appreciation, character, confidence, identity,
Form: Couplet
InnocenceI saw it first within your eyes—
A calm that mirrors twilight skies.
No games, no veils, no words rehearsed,
Just love in bloom, so pure, uncursed.
You touched my hand and time stood still,
A silent spark, a softened will.
No past to chase, no scars to hide,
Just you and I, and hearts wide-eyed.
Your laughter danced like summer rain,
Unburdened by...
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Categories:
blessing, confidence, innocence, love,
Form: Rhyme
Imposter me not SyndromeI just write. Sure, I have pieces in several books just scattered all around. Probably have written over 999 Poems by now. Still, My accolades are hard for me to gather and jot down. Let alone celebrate any milestone of accomplishment that I won’t remember when you ask what I have been up to anyhow....
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Categories:
confidence, conflict, courage, love,
Form: Rhyme
green threadThe earth holds stories, secrets old trees keep, deep inside, it's true,
?My uncle's farm, where family wisdom feels so real, fresh and new.
?When soil I touch, old memories bloom, like whispers from a cozy room,
?A history carried by the wind, chasing every scary, chilling gloom.
Yet most days, I’m trapped, a pheonix in...
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Categories:
8th grade, confidence, nature,
Form: Sonnet
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