SEED OF FEAR Hansel and Grethel A Fractured Folk Tale
...HANSEL AND GRETHEL*—A FRACTURED FAIRY TALE
Poem written for and submitted to “The Seed of Fear Poetry Contest,” Jami Patterson, sponsor, August 5, 2025.
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Categories:
curfews, 12th grade, fear, political,
Form: Other
How to not get raped: A Girl's daily checklist
...Don’t wear shorts — they’ll say you asked for it.
But also don’t wear jeans — you’re being too Western.
Saree? Salwar? Dupatta? — Oh please, that blouse was too tight.
Basically, just wear shame. ...
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Categories:
curfews, evil, girl, poems, violence,
Form: Free verse
To My Little Girl, Always
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I held her first before the world,
A tiny hand, a dream unfurled.
So small she lay upon my chest,
My loudest heart, my quiet rest.
She looked at me with eyes so wide,
As if I’d hung the st...
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Categories:
curfews, daughter, father,
Form: Quatrain
I Miss My Freedom Most
...Once there was a freedom
from passwords, logins, codes-
a trust in you to be yourself -
no cameras on the roads.
Once there was a personal choice
to smoke wherever you chose.
Ther...
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Categories:
curfews, age, change, fear, identity,
Form: Quatrain
Drinks and Blues
...Together we walked the road
Through the heat and through the cold
Many years ago
While those day were ours to lose
Ten bucks bought the drinks and blues
We grew past the school days
Slowly we...
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Categories:
curfews, life,
Form: Rhyme
Grand Dragon Press
...Some may say grand dragon others grand wizard either or it began in 60s everything was a bit chaotic the death of John f Kennedy Bobby Kennedy pope John XXlll my birth and Martin Luther kings famous ...
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Categories:
curfews, allah,
Form: Quintain (English)
Manhood
...My bears' beard came in when I turned eighteen.
I dipped my audacity in manhood
and it spit me out like sugarless tea.
The trenches near sent me back to curfews.
A man must talk and bear his ow...
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Categories:
curfews, adventure, allah, appreciation, me,
Form: Sonnet
Covid 19
...Like a swarm of bees it flew
In disarray and confusion, everything it threw
From a minute virus to a pandemic it grew
In a sobre, scary and tense mood, the world it threw
But this is just a test ...
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Categories:
curfews, anger, anxiety, bereavement, courage,
Form: Free verse
Jallianwala Bagh
...The occupation of India began, with the East India company
And prospered across large swathes of Indian territory
Then the British Crown took control, bringing military might
And to maintain s...
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Categories:
curfews, death, england, garden, history,
Form: Narrative
Pandemic
...Palpable fear permeates the air,
Anxiety rules the hearts of men.
Novel disease brings death and despair.
Demands exceed supply, - no plan!
Endless accusations - who's to blame?
Mandatory curfew...
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Categories:
curfews, anger, anxiety, conflict, death,
Form: Acrostic
Reflection On a Changing World
...Remember those days we once shared,
With friends and loved ones who cared.
Those times will return to us again I pray
Though changed somehow, someway, someday.
We will meet each other, face to ...
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Categories:
curfews, change, remember,
Form: Rhyme
Open Your Eyes Open Your Mind Say I'M Not Going To Take It Anymore
...Do you see What I see?
Dr Fauci says to wear a mask and social distance, it will prevent the spread of the virus. Has it, NO! It is spreading like wild fire. Fauci either is wrong or he's lying or b...
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Categories:
curfews, america, anxiety, goodbye, storm,
Form: Narrative
The Brainwashing Is Almost Complete
...The government proposes a new danger threatening our lives
in order to sell you their protection racket against it
Fear is the successful product used by ancient empires
if we do not bow down they...
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Categories:
curfews, abuse, betrayal, conflict, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Corona Virus
...HEY YOU DEADLY VIRUS! What have you done to the world?
You came in like a hungry wolf
We are shattered because of you
You made our governments create new rules
People are locked inside their hous...
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Categories:
curfews, sick,
Form: I do not know?
Oh Moon
...Oh moon, so full, so dearly
bright, You are the light
of lovers; misty glow of night,
Dimmer than sun, his subordinate
reflection, yet remains he jealous
despite; for even death, cannot silen...
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Categories:
curfews, heart, heartbreak, loneliness, longing,
Form: Free verse
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