cultural differences toward firefliesjapanese folklore
sweet souls of the departed
gentle fireflies
african culture
fireflies are bad luck
such diversity...
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Categories:
culture,
Form: Senryu
First ClassLiving under the influence
of a lifestyle so exotic,
wrapped up in appearance.
An unrequited luxury,
I am the fire not the smoke show.
Inspired on a budget.
The purity of an orchid,
that magic lies in hard to grow.
You have the only one.
Such a lovely fragrant flower,
Italy’s perfect cannoli,
rich enough for my blood.
No cash but I’ve...
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Categories:
culture, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
CurseEverything you touch rots. Not because of me—but because you became a f*cken white supremacist when you raped a Black woman and expected silence.
Goodluck....
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Categories:
culture,
Form: Free verse
Anti-Intellectualism or not BEING THEREI never think my thoughts deep thoughts :
though I'm no Peter Sellers, they are
but common trite reactions. l do not live
an examined philosophic life; nor have I
focused fathomed understanding.
But -- there is, everywhere, widened blank confusion --
crowds who do not listen, do not hear, cannot ken,
even who do not choose NOT to grasp
what is...
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Categories:
12th grade, confusion, culture,
Form: Free verse
A Triad of Tanka I
Sat on a park bench
She exposes her heavy breasts;
Offers him a teat.
Lewd...
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Categories:
appreciation, character, culture,
Form: Tanka
MessagesWhen at dawn I find three stones at my
Doorstep, I smile at dawn
Prayers, in haste, come to my lips
My eyes rove wantonly and behold a
Poet caressing a naked virgin.
When at dawn I find three stones at my
Doorstep, messages rustle to my ears
I prepare a costly repast for a palmist
My smile is faint.
I am from Caesar’s...
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Categories:
africa, culture, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
JezebelAmnesia
... or impaired memory?
Jezebel stood firm before my eyes!
Behold Her Imperial Ruthlessness!
And her bosom, harbouring bile,
Was bleached like lightning.
Arachnid fingernails mock the efforts
Of talons from revelling vultures.
Eyes pierced my brows with lasciviousness
So atrocious like the willpower of romantic gales.
And I saw her bathing in full nakedness
Upon rocks of blood,
Naked with the accoutrements of raw power.
And...
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Categories:
allusion, culture, history,
Form: Free verse
Correctional Choreography poem
It’s a place I feel off—
not wedded to anything.
Truculent.
I think in riddles
and answer in metaphors.
I dance on my tiptoes—
an adagio of agony.
Passion pirouettes
out of sight.
Tethered.
Bound by grief.
Temptation forgotten,
tempered.
It no longer exists.
It was a pas de deux,
now it’s just a deuce—
a petulant penitent,
an unwanted pardon.
The dancer stirs.
The pulse quickens
to a tango.
Recalcitrant and longing.
Unable to follow the...
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Categories:
angst, change, culture,
Form: Free verse
Blurring the LinesThe fakification of modern life
Is almost complete
As AI and disinformation
Crowd out the real and true.
If you didn’t see and do it
How can you even trust
It ever happened
Or at least how they say.
Like the old Emperor and his new robes
But in reverse
Now it’s the old calling out the lies
While the young just accept the illusion.
To the...
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Categories:
culture, discrimination, society, truth,
Form: Narrative
Is it really hatred or something much deeper?They told me I was pretty for a black girl
But if that is the case
You want me to interpret that as being special
That out of every black girl
Im the exception
To your pre conceived perception
To how you view a black woman
The only way to take it
Is as an insult
Black women are beautiful
But your attitude isn't
And when...
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Categories:
culture, discrimination, hate, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Liberals Explained
Wanna know what unhinged looks like, America? You’re looking at it. The Biden era is over thank God, and with Trump back in the White House normalcy and sanity and common sense returns. Congratulations to American Eagle jeans for leading the way. Woketards can drown their sorrows with a can of Bud Light....
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Categories:
america, culture, sick,
Form: Political Verse
Your North StarWhat is your North Star,
Your moral compass
Which all your oughts and shoulds
And not good enoughs revolve around?
Every time we see the world
Either as good or needing to be better
We’re judging by an internal compass
It has taken a lifetime to form.
And it’s a compass
Influenced by and expressing
Everything we have ever learned
Everything we have ever...
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Categories:
culture, education, introspection, perspective,
Form: Narrative
Nightingale’s LampDemanding schedule,
Shadows lengthen in the quiet hours.
Everyone pushing pens, crumpled papers in bins,
Mistakes made, restarts with no end.
Demands unmet, demands that are too much,
Yet the heart still whispers dreams of peace.
Desperately seeking solace in the stillness of the night,
Navigating nightmares in Teams meetings,
Seeking calm amidst the digital storm.
And wondering what the hell people actually do...
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Categories:
culture,
Form: Free verse
Toxic RondineRavage the taste of this city,
that sound of a midnight train ride.
Haunt glitz and graffiti collide,
vile smoke rolls toxic within me.
Some roots crack concrete completely,
DNA's script won't be denied.
Ravage the taste,
every morsel spells DMV.
Authentic you do not let slide,
nothing ever rattles your pride.
The underground rules discreetly,
ravage the taste....
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Categories:
city, culture, emotions, feelings,
Form: Other
The balalaikaIt includes Sopka Veles speaks
the balalaika
Eumetopias Jubatus spoke this to the people.
from the Stone area of Mesozoic and Paleozoic.
Severo-Kurilsk in the Kuril Islands
the reports spoke of a 8.8 magnitude quake here
a...
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Categories:
character, culture, film, music,
Form: Ballad
Specific Types of Culture Poems
Definition | What is Culture in Poetry?
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