detox
...self disgust
and disappointment
for the slip-up
but I need to know
what cheapens intimacy
devaluing myself
devalues anyone
with whom I
would share something
valuable
it's why
I'm deto...
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Categories:
devalues, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The Fifties
...With nostalgia Mom looks back to the year
A little girl walking to Riverside Park, without fear
Except for the bowery, no homeless on the street
Kids played outside, lots of friends to meet.
A ...
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Categories:
devalues, america, community, freedom, history,
Form: Lyric
I Breath For Living
...I breath for living
Intoxication is certain
In hard world
Where humans has turned so evil
With hearts full of selfishness
And greed
In a world where care keep
Getting lesser and lesser
Hu...
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Categories:
devalues, africa, courage, freedom, humanity,
Form: Epic
Love Is Love
...Love is not a volatile shallow stream,
There's whirlpool of passion and zeal within;
Liking is not love or vice versa seem,
Love is its sole kind; love alone can win;
Love can be concern, union, ...
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Categories:
devalues, love,
Form: Ode
Dollar By the Collar
...symbol of power, arrogance, conceit,
currency that transmits fraud and deceit,
once it had value that was backed by gold
the fiat’s value has dropped many fold,
does not hold value prin...
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Categories:
devalues, conflict, evil, money,
Form: Rhyme
Nonplatitude Attitude
...They say I need too much
to keep a positive
young-yang attitude,
More
and deeper soul,
higher sacred grace
of gifted gratitude.
So do I often feel,
except privileged they feel too little...
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Categories:
devalues, culture, education, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Heroes
...One does not have to die to be a hero,
Though many heroes paid the ultimate price,
That is but one among many scenarios,
Of steel, faith, valor and noble sacrifice.
Heroes dwell in neighborhood...
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Categories:
devalues, courage, hero, hope, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Man and Power
...man and power
men in power
nowadays equals
men and abuse
they abuse the authority
they acquired by
our vote
some times I blame
our votes
it has brought a lot
griefs
it has cost us ...
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Categories:
devalues, abuse, africa, corruption, humanity,
Form: Epic
Their Is a Way For a Way
...their is a way for a way
this way is very meaningful
some are looking for
this way
through religion
some are looking for
this way through science
some believe
they know this way
still th...
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Categories:
devalues, africa, change, courage, freedom,
Form: Epic
The Cost of Freedom
...The cost of freedom
Life is a free zone
If the earth is the only one planet
for every human
So We oath to live freely
If not what is the worth of life
When all we have to do
is keep fight...
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Categories:
devalues, africa, change, courage, dedication,
Form: Epic
Creative Spirit
...In a world that devalues art in favor of sports and academia I think I need this reminder once in awhile, so I am posting this on my office / crafting room door.
Remember:
God gave you ...
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Categories:
devalues, art, music,
Form: I do not know?
Drat
...Drat!
To the obscuring daylight,
That buries the stars;
Devalues the character of the moon;
And most of all,
Blinds my eyes,
To the essence of your candlelight beauty.
Drat, I say.
Drat!...
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Categories:
devalues, angst, love, passion,
Form: Light Verse
A Talk With the Corpse
...I talked to a somber corpse as distant as lone
Transparent, defiant, obstinate, drone
It wanders aimless, no future nor past
It's given to whimsical, selfish, trespass
It said: "I glide through a...
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Categories:
devalues, introspection
Form: Rhyme Royal
False Prophets
...Pimp C (RIP) often said it
On a song that is often
In many hood homes played
Everybody sittin in the pulpit
Ain't saved most preachers
Just false prophets
Prophets freaking pros
...
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Categories:
devalues, life, philosophy
Form: Rhyme
Panthera Tigris Altaica
...A beauty so rare in it's habitat
Endangered they are by the human brat
Like many others on our planet earth
Our greed devalues their living worth
These Siberian Stripe-rs from the Trans-Caucasu...
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Categories:
devalues, animals, hope, naturetime, planet,
Form: Quatrain
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