Pass It On
An aging gentleman sat ALONE in a city park.
Westgate Park was its name and it extended
For many blocks, outletting at the Pacific Ocean.
A young man came ALONG and sat on the bench
Next to the 75 year old gentleman. Both were
speechless for a few minutes. Then, with the
Feel of a searching heart, the yongster asked
A
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Categories:
dramatic, christian, life, thanks,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Slavery wasn't slavery
There's a man who I call DeSatan
From Florida to Sunshine State
who said that slavery for Black folks in America
was beneficial and great.
they were taught skills on how to be
better productive slaves
and those beatings, rapes and lynchings
was simply how white folks behave
no need for us to get bent out of
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Categories:
dramatic, slavery,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Categories:
dramatic, beautiful, blessing, surreal, voice,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Cantata of Wonder
I. Cosmos — Adagio maestoso
What was it Einstein mused…
when he spoke in a kind of mathematical show ’n tell?
“If I rode on a beam of light…
through the deep dark reach of space…
what would I see?
what would I be?
would I be anyplace?”
Then he chuckled,
stuck out his tongue,
made his eyes go wide —
“I’d be everywhere at once…
bent
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Categories:
dramatic, poetry,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Almost the Real Thing
That member when in use to procreate
is the very same men use to urinate.
Yet when released in an emergency
the pleasure’s pretty close to ecstasy!
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Categories:
dramatic, analogy,
Form: Dramatic Verse
In the Grip of a Panic Attack
"What's most horrible?" someone asked.
"What's most frightening?" another inquired.
Without a second, the soul replied:
"The panic attack."
One moment, I accept it;
The next, I encounter it.
Yes, it's a panic attack without any bear.
It begins with a sharp chest pain,
A tightness that mimics the heart arrest.
A lump rises in my threatened throat,
My heartbeat races, erratic and unsure.
My
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Categories:
dramatic, 2nd grade, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Destiny Helper
I find myself questioning my mental clarity and stability. My financial situation is neither affluent nor impoverished. It appears that a negative influence is attempting to encroach upon my well-being. Consequently, I have decided to dedicate Sundays to avoiding situations that may cause me distress.
I recognize the need for personal reassessment and development. Throughout
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Categories:
dramatic, allusion, anxiety, appreciation, business,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Love's Beating
Soul of one's life, does it live to exist
Perhaps emotional wreck of many desires breath
Love, hate, judgement to feel as if thought
Undying voice controlling journey of life
You can not kill for its idealistic
Realities truth to honesty in a race
Can not hide, darkness depths can't contain
Even the unkind feel
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Categories:
dramatic, character, deep, heart, identity,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Apartment 310
I
She died three days ago, the lady in
the apartment at the end of the corridor.
She was eighty-three. The medics rolled
her out in a shiny black body bag,
a not uncommon sight in this housing
complex for the elderly.
They found her on the kitchen floor,
to one side of a chair. She didn’t even
have
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Categories:
dramatic, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Racism in the Workplace
Racism in the Workplace**
Racism is a prevalent issue within workplace environments, often manifesting in the interactions among employees. Given that individuals spend a significant portion of their day—typically six to seven hours or more—at work, the interactions with colleagues frequently surpass those with family members. At my facility, which comprises approximately 500 to 600 employees
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Categories:
dramatic, anti bullying, anxiety, confidence,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Family Secrets
Eavesdropping**
"A good man is hard to find," my Nana used to say. I remember the day she said it, tears in her eyes as she carefully put money into an envelope for church on a Sunday morning. Earlier that day, she had been yelling at my granddad for what felt like hours. She was really
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Categories:
dramatic, betrayal, cry, endurance,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Individualistic
Not who you was but whom is portrayed
We all with evil, pulpits shouts redemption rise
Every is entitled to redeem heart of the soul
Upon themselves the desire to want change
Among mist of our depths lays stories, secrets
Darkness evil hidden away torcher's pain
Taught morals, respect, one looks for in another
The
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Categories:
dramatic, change, character, conflict, endurance,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Planche de Chair Cuite
She was not invited
She was arranged
They never wanted Jasmine
not the woman who brought basil-clean hands
and pomegranate soap
who harmonized soliloquies into pastries
while they offered only
hinges rusted shut
She was not guest
She was garnish
Not Jasmine the flower
but Jasmine the bulb
strangled in its own clay
frost biting at the marrow
buried beneath their polite
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Categories:
dramatic, betrayal, death, gothic, grief,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
DELIGHTS OF CHILD IN ME
Carnival nights make the child-in-me
delight vibrantly in freedom bliss
bask unmindfully midst colors of varied hues
create magical time of beautiful wonders
transforming chaotic world into marvelous haven.
Awesome kaleidoscopic moments
grasp me around engagements, indeed radiant
midst life turning oblivious from grim reality
bringing sheer laughter of amazement-joy.
Viewing the sights at exuberant perspective
carnival attractions invite
me toward attentiveness-bliss
joining rides midst
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Categories:
dramatic, appreciation, christian, faith, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Close All Doors
I knew, and you knew, that if I listened to "Unchained Melody," I would have surrendered to yesterday. Without the praises and disappointments, those deep, lingering sighs during moments of passion, our love seemed superficial by comparison. Everything changed the moment I saw his face in my dreams. Suddenly, the sweet sounds of Gheorghe Zamfir’s
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Categories:
dramatic, angst, betrayal, emotions, happiness,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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