Eugene
...There was an older man who was not very liked.
He sits and draws cartoon characters based on his childhood abusers, often saying their names out loud.
He remembers people who have passed away and...
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Categories:
dayroom, analogy, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Poetry is my passion
...Poetry is my passion,
Empathy is part of my job; it is a deliberate choice.
We just must tell the stories of others
Who can’t defend themselves?
He is an unpopular character, this old man, ...
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Categories:
dayroom, 10th grade, allegory, anger,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Psychosis
...She sits by herself in the dayroom
absent-mindedly taking her meds,
her head is a blank, she knows nothing,
as she's braceleted, brought to her bed.
Sedation has settled her nightmares
and delivered...
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Categories:
dayroom, depression, sad, stress,
Form: Quatrain
Disorientation
...She sits by herself in the dayroom
absent-mindedly taking her med,
her head is a blank, she knows nothing,
braceleted, brought to her bed.
Sedation has settled her nightmares
and delivered her safe ...
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Categories:
dayroom, depression,
Form: Quatrain
Dementia
...She sits by herself in the dayroom
absent-mindedly taking her med,
her head is a blank, she knows nothing,
braceleted, brought to her bed.
Sedation has settled her nightmares
and delivered her...
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Categories:
dayroom, sad
Form: Quatrain
Mouthbreather, Bottomfeeder
...hours fracture by
spigots clog every pore
the ideatron flickers on off
on off, on off, on off
flexing muscles and flipping through
maladjusted soft spots in the lightly lit dayroom
sometimes i...
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Categories:
dayroom, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Dementia
...She sits by herself in the dayroom
absent-mindedly taking her med,
her head is a blank, she knows nothing,
braceleted, brought to her bed.
Sedation has settled her nightmares
and delivered her...
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Categories:
dayroom, confusion,
Form: Verse