Dubs Poems

Premium MemberSubs v Dubs

...In the debate between dubbing and subbing 
I side with subs to savor the original 
mellifluous French, Tamil, Korean, Italian...
Reading the subtitles assists the deaf 
and hard of hearing althou...
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Categories: dubs, film, french, international, language,
Form: Free verse

The Originality of You

...Mirrored reflections offering dubs losing themselves 
trying to be you
The house full of mirrors was never a home & they're
obsessed with the fact they'll never be you
It's true we're the same on...
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Categories: dubs, confidence, destiny, faith, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme


They Are Hurting

...Shield yourself
the flying monkeys are hurting.

They want casualties,
they want recognition,
fame,
and it has to be you
that made then so furious and sad,
it is you they blame.

God helps ...
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Categories: dubs, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTelephone Poles On a Country Road

...Like telephone poles on a country road
    the years stretch endlessly before him
  One no different than the other
    an 'only family,' no sisters, no brothers

  The first stretch he calls 'o...
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Categories: dubs, analogy, time, work,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDismay Matters

...She dubs
worn thin
sounds
that assault
bounce back
further spread
in barbed spikes
of dark and
ruby delicacy 

mutters
of consternation
furthermore, 
panics
she will
break or
go d...
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Categories: dubs, analogy,
Form: Other


Big Bang By Mrx Poems

...Scientists claim the big bang was the first sound ever, not knowing how hard milkyway had to beg forever so they could team up to imitate us, first in supernovas, then in rainbows and Pleiades cluste...
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Categories: dubs, art, butterfly, cute love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Awakening Abyss

...Agape brain, there is a deep abyss, dull and endless.
But, I'm falling, acquiring whatever may be blessedness.
Conversely, there is only a void, and I am doomed.
Daily life's pull r...
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Categories: dubs, analogy, bereavement, confusion, depression,
Form: ABC

A Foreshadowing

...I've heard it all my life: Wahoo!
"Sticks and stones may break your bones
but words will never hurt you."  
It’s all in the accents and tones.

"A toodlerump! Jonathan Blasterscripp!”
yelled a ...
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Categories: dubs, 11th grade, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberJust a Moment

...Just a moment...he jumped in ours. The camera said, “Whoa! What just happened?” Another man? Could his heart stand… He snapped...what was in front of his eyes. Had he a momentary blink. He rub-a-dub-...
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Categories: dubs, humorous,
Form: Haibun

Ableism

...What's that robed in gleaming emeralds rare,
Among the so-called dark-hued junkets plain? 
So in blackest nooks glittering gems do glow,
Where prejudice would like them labelled vain?

Bravest a...
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Categories: dubs, racism,
Form: Didactic

An Encomium On One Who Needs None

...He has a Roman nose, bright eyes, flashy teeth,
Chocolate brown complexion,
Features which animate only when he interacts—
Otherwise, typical unscholarly looks!
A nonconformist in religion, a rev...
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Categories: dubs, friend, friendship,
Form: Free verse

Travails of Vivisection

...The future dubs.
A pride is shattered.

The philanderer moon
sprawls over the
candlewick.

A ghost walks 
through the wall.

A thin blade of
grass, holds the sun
for ransom.

Fireflies ...
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Categories: dubs, art,
Form: ABC

Summer Storms

...A dear friend says I'm brave to go it solo in the city…
she has a husband - seven kids - two dogs - and a neurotic cat
        yet she dubs me brave!
 
I'm not brave, I'm transparent amidst glass...
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Categories: dubs, city, summer,
Form: Blank verse

Volkswagen Widow

...Crack open an eye on Saturday morn,
and reach out to give him a cuddle.
To find he's been up since break of dawn,
and crouched in a black oily puddle.
Began with the Polo, a fast one I guess,
On...
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Categories: dubs, funny, car, sick,
Form: Rhyme

Ampm

...JORDAN SHOES
an eight piece suit
FITTED HAT
brief case back pack
A PJ'S GANGSTA
a choir director
69 OLD SCHOOL ON DUBS
a vw bug
THE HOODS PRINCE
from politics to the president..................
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Categories: dubs, epic
Form: I do not know?

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