Consolidated Poems

Death in the New Year

...Our hands are tied, Death
Since you dawned on us this New Year . . .

Shapely bottles of champagnes have shone
And have broken to fragments with the ululation
Of firecrackers that warmed cold an...
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Categories: consolidated, death, sorrow,
Form: Elegy

Was I Wrong?

...I chose myself over her...
Was i wrong?
I wanted it to end, altogether...
Was i wrong?
There comes a sense of impending doom, sooner or later,
For the better, we turned lovers to haters...
Was ...
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Categories: consolidated, 12th grade, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme


The haunted train of Schwenksville

...The haunted train of Schwenksville

After dark every Halloween
since living social in Perkiomen Valley
for seven long years,
a shrill whistle train whistle
(often compared to the sound
of a bi...
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Categories: consolidated, absence, adventure, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Free verse

Among the Angels

...When our grindstone comes into blossom,
A hen's curse might kill an eagle.
Maybe when hell freezes over,
The snake that I see will bite.

I am mortal but among the Angels
Left but never forgott...
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Categories: consolidated, blessing, courage, encouraging, power,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberOPEN VERSE 5-6

...CHANGE
obvious
  abrupt hiatus
distinctive
  light
& shadow
contrastive
  focussed
in
visible
  autonomy
blurred
impressions
with
  striking
effect
  evolving
in
slight
  elevation...
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Categories: consolidated, poetry,
Form: Verse


Protest Against the Racism Suffered By Vini Jr

...extravagant disgust
manifested by evil...outrageous
imbecile sacrilegious,
to torture the color,
to vilify nature,
to demonize the human...
With magnificent ramblas
but spirits so narrow, it
...
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Categories: consolidated, allusion, appreciation, social, words,
Form: Political Verse

Fear

...FEAR”
 
Intimidating obstructing insecurities
Planting seeds of inadequacy
Fear in the mind
Hindering and paralyzing our goals
Questioning ourselves do we qualify am I good enough to take on an...
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Categories: consolidated, character, encouraging, growth, motivation,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Tribute

...Their mere weapon was their forbidden courage, hands barren with  no armaments, no ammunitions, marching towards the proud valley of death, dedication born from their sempiternal dreams of a free lan...
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Categories: consolidated, appreciation, eulogy, faith, freedom,
Form: Free verse

Psycho

...trapped in the category of basic feelings, attesting to the functional regularity of the average human and demonstrating the crystal-clear predictability of their secular behavior, hatred, love, e...
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Categories: consolidated, appreciation,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberDaughter of the Hills

...She’s a daughter of those West Virginia hills.
Each morning she comes down from the holler,
And catches the bus going to another county.
She goes to a fancy, newly consolidated school
...
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Categories: consolidated, anti bullying, appreciation, girl,
Form: Rhyme

Other Terrorists

...Other terrorists have overtaken,
invaded and captured,

have consolidated, merged

and dispersed.

It's a mess.


Splinter groups
have assailed the other's,
infiltrated, established pocke...
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Categories: consolidated, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHis Last Sigh

...HIS LAST SIGH

        In budding youth, we were tied with emotional bond,
         being extremely fond 
         of each other, enjoying life in merry and mirth.
        Call of life separated...
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Categories: consolidated, emotions, remember,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberLatent Black Payback

...Losses not consolidated leave contributor raw
Arrears rip pages of rational compassionate law
Turblent thoughts toss turn to channel retaliation 
Embittered brain rubs static into smooth radio sta...
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Categories: consolidated, absence, betrayal, evil, fear,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberThese Are the Times

...On the edge of a shower beneath gray skies,
All the leaves are still with a sense of calmness
On this summer day, cooled down after the heat
The flowers wait for a drink, as birds chirp in the woo...
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Categories: consolidated, appreciation, life, peace, time,
Form: Free verse

Blood Resin Liquid Blood

...The blood of the forest
           it's green ... consolidated
           hope remains!
           The blood of heaven
           it's blue ... peace reigns
           infinite trust ...
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Categories: consolidated, allusion, appreciation, creation, extended
Form: Free verse

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