I once contemplated Suicide
...I once contemplated suicide,
But only if I couldn’t have you by my side,
Reading my eulogy, shedding a few tears is nothing compared to the endless ocean before my eyes, we are given this one lif...
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Categories:
conforming, anger, anxiety, black african
Form: Rhyme
Come to the Waters, Adaptable
...I flow like a river that moves around rocks,
Molding like water splashed into cup or box;
Like tides conforming to the force of the moon,
A stream twisting through a bending valley's tune.
A so...
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Categories:
conforming, change, faith, nature, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Fortunate Failures of Fallacy and Regret
...Fortunate failure of fallacy and regret
Contortionist cartoonist illustrating what id like to forget
Proportions of misfortune that I have to measure then reject
Insubordinate illusions of what th...
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Categories:
conforming, life,
Form: Rhyme
God Made My Bed This Morning
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God made my bed this morning
Of course, I made my bed, but God planned according
God ordains all things, (good or bad, all things)
Yes, even the Drill Sergeant’s inspection to see if my bed spri...
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Categories:
conforming, encouraging, god, wisdom,
Form: Couplet
Poetry
...Everything we experience in life
shows in our poetry -- both shallow
and deep – weeds and blossoms~
words come forth oscillating bitter/sweet
harvest, from, hopefully, an honest
sowing --
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Categories:
conforming, creation, language, poetry, spiritual,
Form: Prose Poetry
The nanosecond bad **** to risk romance
...The nanosecond bad a** to risk romance
Twenty first century technology
allows, enables, and provides
instantaneous virtual unconsummated love.
Within the course of a texting or sexting sessio...
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Categories:
conforming, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Blender
...The blender switches on,
The Clock starts ticking.
Stitching it's imprint,
Into Existence.
Each Instant,
Different.
Gears whirring,
Agitated, Stirring Emotions,
Splicing, Thou...
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Categories:
conforming, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Sunday Morning
...Its a beautiful Sunday morning.
The people are swarming.
Church pews are warming.
Bodies conforming to contours.
Souls performing a symphony,
Witnessing Everybody,
Sounds of Childre...
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Categories:
conforming, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Vortex
...A vortex of energy surrounds me,
Its shared collectively.
Full of possibility,
And my responsibility.
Bare feet grounding my body,
I begin to see Its capability.
Spinning uncontroll...
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Categories:
conforming, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Undergrowth with Two Figures - Van Gogh
...Nature distorts humans
to conform to its pattern, in shape and form.
Stretching, bending, squeezing
the human form to somehow fit in,
as an odd Chameleon,
hiding out of place
distorted and mis...
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Categories:
conforming, art, nature,
Form: Free verse
WINTER’S BREATH IS A LAW OF CONSTANT PROPORTIONS--
...WINTER’S BREATH IS A LAW OF CONSTANT PROPORTIONS
Dead the winter colors bland, non-conforming;
Winters colors bleak yet told brown, tan, and gold,
Deaden blanks the washed out colors ...
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Categories:
conforming, absence, adventure, appreciation, color,
Form: Ottava rima
Holiday Fun
... Poor Frosty snowman kids can't cuddle
His carrot nose sits in a puddle
Guess it's global warming
Winter's not conforming
Our seasons are in a right muddle
A randy elf whose name i...
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Categories:
conforming, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Want to play the YES Game?
...Need a dash of distraction?
Want to play the YES Game?
(A curious voice whispers)
Are you a poet with lone-wolf personality tendencies?
(Answer YES silently, so only you'll know)
Are y...
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Categories:
conforming, creation, culture,
Form: Rhyme
COLORS AT A DINNER FEAST-
...Brown came to dinner
but black had to leave fast
Purple royalty spread,
the news How orange fled
All ain't well,
when you have combination screams
Kaleidoscoping
Melting pot ...
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Categories:
conforming, addiction, analogy, anxiety, color,
Form: Rhyme
Twisted Maze
...Non-conforming impresses me
Humbleness is sexy (if you can't see)
Arrogance is not even worth my precious time
Too many people nowadays - are making true love a crime
Too many mundanes play g...
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Categories:
conforming, love,
Form: Rhyme
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