Ulay's Silent Apology
...I never could find the words...
For, I’m a man of fewer words
Than a stone
That’s not how my Heart speaks, though!
For, my Heart sings with hidden fire
(and it chokes
When I try to get out ...
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Categories:
depair, art, conflict, divorce, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
I Was There
...Where was I on "Bull" Conner's day,
When the world saw white-hate on display?
Attack dogs, hoses, and lawmen's feet,
Blacks felled like timber on a southern street.
As fists and batons flayed the...
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Categories:
depair, emotions, imagery, perspective, racism,
Form: Rhyme
Dragonsfire
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Two loving heart filled with desire,
these souls set ablaze by dragon's fire.
Torn apart and cast assunder,
raging storm hear the thunder.
Both halves searching ...
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Categories:
depair, first love, heartbreak, lost
Form: Romanticism
Architects of Humanitarian Crises
...Copyright © 2008 #03
4/12/2008 // (Edited: 1/22/2013/lp
(a historical glimpse of humanity's rise)
*This poetic epic begins with the
greatest sin against humanity
*This poem is dedicated to all
serv...
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Categories:
depair, christian, devotion, faith, history,
Form: Couplet
You Drive a Stake With In Me Every Time I Hear Your Name
...Did you see me bleeding in the corner
Hiding in the shadows of the darkness
I was scared and frightened
In fear
No where to turn
No one understood
No one felt the pain I was going through
No o...
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Categories:
depair, sadme, pain, me,
Form: Free verse
The Visitor.
...Heartened by perfumes of Arabia
Alhaji salaams,
on the scented grassland of Naira notes.
Ivory-toothed, his illiterate wives
fart noxiously,
to and fro the market,
in leather-cushioned Honda ...
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Categories:
depair, angst
Form: ABC