A forgotten victim of the system
...An untold story of black British history
Throughout history our voices have been silenced
But what happens When they take it further and murder us?
What about those who were permanently silenc...
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Categories:
deteriorated, color, corruption, discrimination, fear,
Form: Free verse
1-5-2025
...As a kid I wouldn’t of thought that this is how it was,
For every feeling of giving up,
For every kick of the drum;
My heart would call my bluff.
As as a kid all I wanted was a feeling I coul...
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Categories:
deteriorated, absence, addiction, allegory, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Whine, Whine, Whine
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Quality of life
has deteriorated.
Rust years, not Golden.
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Categories:
deteriorated, age, health, retirement,
Form: Haiku
Potpourri of silly poems
...In most of my verse, my simple aim
is just sorta to enter tame.
Then, once inside ~
go completely hog wild ~
showing no reserve,
showing absolutely no shame.
"What do you think of m...
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Categories:
deteriorated, giggle, poetry, silly, writing,
Form: Light Verse
My Violin
...With my emotions varying like tremelo this morning,
I reach for my life companion
that has been with me since I was eight years old
while not physically the same one,
it is the one that serves m...
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Categories:
deteriorated, music, song,
Form: Free verse
Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa
...“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”
Spurred by mother dearest
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tr...
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Categories:
deteriorated, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Abandon
...A house so old and ruined even the ghost moved out
shutter and boarder with the roof caved no doubt
decay and desolate not a vagrant dare
seek shelter over there
Once a proud house indeed
gave...
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Categories:
deteriorated, house, poems,
Form: Rhyme
A Letter To My Dead Daughter
...My Love,
The sky reminded me of you today.
The sun set in lilac with a teasing tinge of pink—
just the way you used to love it.
On other days, the sky is yellow and murky,
reeking of sulphur...
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Categories:
deteriorated, beautiful, bereavement, death, extended
Form: Free verse
Years Swiftly Flew By
...The last ten years swiftly flew by;
everyone seems so much older,
I barely recognize faces.
And over time, I've realized;
loyalties and friendships form
on a temporary basis.
Old ag...
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Categories:
deteriorated, age, angst, change, how
Form: Verse
Breakdowns
...I hear that after she broke-up with me
she herself broke down.
A friend of a friend said he distinctly heard
her main-spring go.
They say she broke
in the London underground.
while waiting f...
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Categories:
deteriorated, poetry,
Form: Free verse
They Were Right
...'Everybody said that we won't last'
'Give it some time, you're young, it'll pass'
Alas;
They were right
Regardless of how much I put up a fight,
The tunnel was excruciatingly endless,
There ...
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Categories:
deteriorated, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Ballymurphy Massacre
...Martin Luther King junior was the inspiration
For the Northern Ireland, Civil Rights association
Protests were held and they marched peacefully
The unionist majority tried to stop them brutall...
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Categories:
deteriorated, ireland, murder, soldier,
Form: Narrative
Deteriorated
...12/28/21
"Dodging Karens"
So easily time is merely wasted
Hidden or in fine print, not always clearly stated
People often irritated
You and your bull leaves me infuriated
Stomach such a ser...
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Categories:
deteriorated, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Kombucha Trilogy With Chia Seeds Spells Molotov Cocktail
...(particularly when nursed at room temperature)
I learned that Kombucha
best be kept refrigerated lest
said probiotic drink
served at room temperature
(incorporating live bacteria) erupts
chia...
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Categories:
deteriorated, adventure, analogy, confusion, extended
Form: Free verse
Amidst the Concrete Blazing Sun-
...Amidst concrete blazen Sun
Chalkboard bleeding blue skies
Fresh squeezed clouds raining down lemonade
Implicit deteriorated desert sagebrush
Dusting tropical dirt glowing off the Earth...
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Categories:
deteriorated, absence, adventure, allusion, analogy,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
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