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
OPEN 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
The 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
Daughter 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
His 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
Latent 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
These 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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