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Ethnically Poems - Poems about Ethnically


Ahmad Faraz translations 2
... No Explanation! (I) by Ahmad Faraz loose translation by Michael R. Burch Please don't ask me how deeply it hurt! Her sun shone so bright, even the shadows were burning! No Explanatio......

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Categories: ethnically, angel, body, hurt, love,
Form: Free verse
Marriage To Alarmingly Ballooning
...Marriage to alarmingly ballooning... dramatically expanding spouse, when adorning buttons pop off undersized blouse which spurs yours truly to grouse, and ruffle mine tail feathers while li......

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Categories: ethnically, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme



The Gray Crumbling
...I used to roll inside a blanket hide from the blood-soaked wide-eyed; mind shuttered, ears deep into the soul of a candlewick womb. At such times, dad would enter my bedroom, tickle my ribs unti......

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Categories: ethnically, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Define Tribalism
...D/Dangerous E/encouragers of division F/frustrated with hatred I/isolative N/never believe in another tribe E/ethnically hatred T/tribalistic R/ready to isolate I/ignorant of unity ......

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Categories: ethnically, africa, humanity, love, truth,
Form: Acrostic
Two Lover Ix - Effects
...There is one way to know real Love Analogies of rivers, fires, light, dark are inadequate to describe it If you feel it, you know No submission to your plans Any controls you place on it Will......

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Categories: ethnically, discrimination, lost love, love,
Form: Free verse



My Penchant
...To 32 What a way to appear on screen With cascadic hair open umpteen Wishing me on the festival of lights Giving me extreme delights Oozing with passion from looks I say Glittering with fervour......

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Categories: ethnically, angel, appreciation, art,
Form: Couplet
Marriage To Alarmingly Ballooning
...Marriage to alarmingly ballooning... dramatically expanding spouse Eats her weigh out of home and house unsolicited feedback courtesy yours truly, she does grouse quite doubtful, she could pos......

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Categories: ethnically, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Halloween Costumes
...Halloween Costumes When I grew up we were free to be anything. But those days are over! I can only dress as my dog, Rover?? If I dress ethnically, some may get offended. We had innocent ......

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Categories: ethnically, culture, funny, halloween,
Form: Free verse
Marie's Security Blanket
..."MARIE'S SECURITY BLANKET" I told her she was confused. I told her she thought she was black. I told her she lived like she was black. I told her she made sounds, talked and mi......

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Categories: ethnically, abortion, absence, abuse, addiction,
Form: Free verse
Woman Fight For Your Place In the World
...Be not apologetic if you spend your efforts being happy and kind There's not enough happiness or kindness in the world In preparing for Life it's best to fall in love first to learn its vagaries A......

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Categories: ethnically, confidence, courage, racism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Flowing Through Quicksand
...Meritocracy is nurtured through discerning differences between regenerative and degenerative information. Aristocracy is controlled and maintained against revolutionary change by both regenerat......

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Categories: ethnically, anger, conflict, corruption, courage,
Form: Political Verse
By the Color of My Sin
...Hearts only grow harder and flesh is never thin, Some are much explicit while others hold it in, Dare i let it lay on the surface of my skin, Lest i be judged by the color of my sin. A man ......

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Categories: ethnically, discrimination, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Konna Papam Thenal Therum: a Plea To Cannibals
...You have killed me. Save yourself--eat me. Nail me to a pretzel Hang me by my feet Drown me in molten sugar And you may eat My candied fingers. My eyes will linger In the brittle as bubbles. But if......

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Categories: ethnically, introspection, me, me,
Form: Blank verse

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