Kamikaze Karma
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A Kamikaze peddler
Who follows his nose
fluorescent green Lycra
A middle finger he shows
Slower than a snail
As wide as truck
Forget the highway code
He pushes his luck.
Side by sid...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Something Sweet
...Something Sweet
I want something sweet
Pestered by my brain
It’s like a recurring tweet
I am trying to refrain
Something sticky like toffee
A gooey dessert of delight
To eat with a cup of ...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Don't!
...Don’t!
Don’t put your thoughts on paper
Don’t dare to think out loud
Don’t express on social media
Don’t put them up in cloud
Don’t criticize the useless
Don’t voice a point of view
Don’t ...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I Wear My Suit
...I wear my suit while my house burns
I wear my suit while my wife dies
I wear my suit when my son’s body arrives
And I wear my suit for you Donald Trump
I wear my suit while Russians torture
I ...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I Wonder
...I wonder.
I wonder what will happen when
all the English dictionaries are burnt
and Shakespeare is abolished
as FAR RIGHT and Racist,
and when the Beatles are
vilified for 'She Loves You...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Oblong Faces
...She asked her daughter to explain fully
How she became the target of a female bully
“The bully said I have an odd, long face
The kids cried, ‘Disgrace, disgrace, disgrace!’”
“Oh Mom, please, ...
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Categories:
cox, anxiety, bullying, encouraging, mother
Form: Couplet
Labour of Hate
...Labour of hate
Turn on the heating
It’s getting cold
Why do we shiver?
Just because we’re old
It’s Kier’s labour, who wants us all to die
Said he liked pensioners just another lie
Another l...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Promise
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I want you to stand in front of the tv
Vacuum when my favourite show is on
Wash the floor with the steamer
And me smile as if it’s fun
I want you to not hear what I am saying
And ask quest...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Is Santa Coming?
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Is Santa coming?
Can you hear above
Are reindeer running?
Bring presents of love
Why’s mother crying?
Cradling her son
The world is lying
No peace for anyone, anyone!
Is Santa coming?
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I Feel So Little Send Me what you heard around the worlds said It is Good It feels Like Good Energy
...United States (US):
United Kingdom (UK):
Australia (AU):
Germany (DE):
France (FR
Spain (ES):
Italy (IT):
Netherlands (NL)
Poland (PL):
Sweden (SE):
Japan (JP):
Canada (CA):
T...
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Categories:
cox, adventure, america, analogy, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Our Time Will Come
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In broad day light
In plain sight
The rain has fallen
And evaporated free
Speech over night
Riotous murder
Blame the simpletons
Protect the perpetrators
Who’ve political value
Kill the pr...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Missing Girl
...Missing Girl?
They have a child, a little girl
A special gift a diamond a pearl
The left her alone so they could play
They find her dead the next day.
Fake the scene, make it safe
Make it clea...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
He left his life
...He left his life one morning,
while she was sound asleep
he left hr without warning cos there
are secrets you have to keep
he didn’t wait to see the tears form
in her beautiful eyes
and as he ...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I am a Refugee
...I'm a refugee
in my own country
I'll never be free
because they've
labelled me
They say I'm far right
And I'm not too bright
Took away free speech
Now it's out of reach
My mother would...
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Categories:
cox, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Autumn Statement
...Fresh football fixtures, fill our Saturdays
kids all get haircuts and new shoes for school
white summer dresses are folded away
north winds caress us as evenings turn cool
Summer's end harvest,...
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Categories:
cox, 12th grade, autumn, racism,
Form: Sonnet
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