Choose One
...Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die—quote by Carrie Fisher
You must pick one or the other time has passed
Warning signs have stopped tipped...
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Categories:
dominos, hate, hurt,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Space Rock
...The meteor was coming near
But little Robbie had no fear
His parents knew earth was DOA
But he tried to argue, to save the day.
He said, “Dear Space Rock, don’t I have rights
My life and liber...
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Categories:
dominos, character, conflict, death, evil,
Form: Lyric
The Loops
...She's clutching her necklace,
As if the pendant were made from her mother's hand.
She's scratching her own neck,
As if no one had noticed her trembling glance.
She makes her way through the cro...
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Categories:
dominos, anxiety, dark, depression, innocence,
Form: Free verse
The last letter by James Ottawa
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The last letter by James Ottawa
Journal Entry
4005
December
28th
1986
In this crazy long night
Like all the many others
Before I lost my beloved child's m...
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Categories:
dominos, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The Rebound
...Will I ever be enough? You see sometimes it feels like it’s just you and me. I turn around ready to flee the scene, so we can have the alone time I’ve seen plague my dreams. But we were never really ...
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Categories:
dominos, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Megaphone Misery
...I used to be concerned as to if my voice would be heard. As if the silence I've been hearing has been searing my mouth shut. I'm always leaning to yell my feelings out and shout from the rooftops so ...
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Categories:
dominos, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Resurrected
...a roughened garden
devil's claw over blossom
stones like dominos
estate sale today
fingering through memories
grief cold uncaring
sold to the future
children bouncing on the grass
laughte...
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Categories:
dominos, death, life,
Form: Free verse
The Person I Want to Be
...I want to lead by example
But would I even follow my own steps?
Would I want to walk beside a person
Who never knows what might happen next?
What if I tripped and everyone fell downhill?
Topplin...
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Categories:
dominos, 9th grade, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Its in yer face
...Oh trudeau 'in your troubled place' with idea-ology so out
Of place!
Sad to see the ( experiment?) Has destroyed Canada
With much dis-content!
Many people homeless, in a bountiful land? What were...
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Categories:
dominos, assonance,
Form: Rhyme
Without Within
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"Without Within"
It just takes one over-zealous do-gooder
to set the dominos of destruction on a roll
and the war begins
without within
within without
heaven w...
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Categories:
dominos, muse,
Form: Free verse
Pizza
...Pizza
Pizza is fast
Pizza is easy
Pizza has cheese
Typically white cheese
Pizza has marinara sauce
Some have Alfredo sauce
Alfredo makes pizza white
White pizza is good
White pizza is eas...
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Categories:
dominos, food,
Form: Blitz
Chef Boy Ar Dee Pizza
...What kind of pizza do you want?
I don’t want Dominos or Jacks or Pizza Hut.
My favorite pizza is vintage Chef-boy-Ar-dee
We used to fry up hamburger and make this greasy delight
It was so smear...
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Categories:
dominos, food,
Form: Free verse
Be Careful Who You Let Enter
...Growing up and now
As adults, we always
Had each other's back
We threw parties, had cookouts
Play cards and even dominos
We were a happy family until
Until an outsider came along
With a family...
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Categories:
dominos, betrayal, family,
Form: Free verse
Envy Pays Off
...I saw a CEO in her workout suit
riding on a Peloton when there was a toot
'Dominos Delivery,' rang the voice, 'Your pizza is still hot'
CEO opened the window just enough, saying 'Than...
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Categories:
dominos, cute, dog, food, jealousy,
Form: Couplet
Eric Clapton Inspiration
...Eric Clapton (born March 30, 1945, in Ripley, Surrey, England)
British guitarist who influenced rock.
Later became a famous singer-songwriter.
Clapton was born to a teen mom and a Cana...
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Categories:
dominos, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, history,
Form: Bio
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