Balmy Knights
...I told you so, I TOLD you so
But you never listen to me
You're loud, proud, and your head's in a cloud
And your eyes are too blind to see
You just use your head for a hat rack
And yo...
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Categories:
every week, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Power of Three Thousand
...Don’t tell me change is impossible.
I’ve done the math.
3,000 people.
$10 a week.
That’s $30,000 every week.
Invest it wisely, even at 3.25%.
That amounts to $1.6 million per year.
Enough to s...
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Categories:
every week, encouraging, humanity, inspirational,
Form: Narrative
Dear God - I'm Heartbroken
...I remember when I got them
They were only five days old
Their lips were big, and their eyes were small
And their tails were Orangie/gold
I used to feed them twice a day
Once in the morning a...
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Categories:
every week, child, fish, girl,
Form: Rhyme
Rainbow Village
...
There is a beautiful little village
Down a long rainbow coloured country lane
Known to only a few
Where collective colourful characters reign
The residents of Rainbow Village
Are a creativ...
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Categories:
every week, beautiful, color, community, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Who Needs Holidays
...Do we really need a holiday to say i love you
Do we really need a date to do the things we do
Spend money on a gift anytime of the year
Do we really need the fourth of July to relax and have a bee...
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Categories:
every week, appreciation, care, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Impossible Art
...Politics is the art of the possible
And of the impossible too
Politicians make you responsible
For all the bad things they do
The people from other countries
Despise you although they know
You’...
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Categories:
every week, political,
Form: Rhyme
lost my friend to Bipolar
...JY and I met through a mutual friend in 1991.
We strucked a deal with a handsome transaction,
In which we both were in a win-win situation.
Since then, we became close friends,
Every week, she tr...
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Categories:
every week, for her, for him,
Form: Free verse
streams of mud
...streams of mud
we played in shallow streams of muck
where there was no black, no white
we were all mud-packed kids
crusty-skinned little boys who knew the sludge would wash away
when ...
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Categories:
every week, black love, childhood, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Trump's Wild Tango
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One step back, two steps forward,
Swing around and do the dance,
Keep it fast, a little awkward
A whole world audience to entrance.
Now you've got them captivated
Up the tempo, raise the hea...
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Categories:
every week, america, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Quatrain
Grief Never Leaves You
...Grief never leaves you; memories keep loved ones close to your heart .
Quote by poet.
John and his young wife Maria had been apart for a year now,
but every week he'd drive across...
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Categories:
every week, death, memory, rose, wife,
Form: Free verse
regret your vote
...do you feel regret?
regret for your vote?
Do you feel remorse?
realizing you're a minority too?
we stole this land, now the original inhibitors are in camps.
this country is built on the blood s...
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Categories:
every week, political,
Form: Free verse
We could
...There are 8.2 billion people in the world
If we all invested ten dollars each every week
We could create employment
For every unemployed person in the world
parents with fair wages
can feed...
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Categories:
every week, community, encouraging, imagination,
Form: Narrative
Jumping Fences
...Did you know you’re trespassing?
Gated communities with white pickets; white teeth.
All of their new blood rushes towards leagues of Ivy and ROTC gold.
Loud engines.
Window signs.
(...
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Categories:
every week, community, family, growing up,
Form: Free verse
PETER AND THE CARDINAL
...IT'S THURSDAY AGAIN ALMOST PENACOST SUNDAY AND HOLY WEEK WE GRAZED THROUGH ASH WEDNESDAY MY MIND FOCUSING ON OUR FAMILY OUTING TAKING FLOWERS TO MA I ALWAYS ADORED THE YELLOW ONES FOR MA AND TINY PIN...
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Categories:
every week, allah,
Form: Lento
What did you do last week
...So yall, an email was sent out asking, “What did you do last week?”
Me, I did the same thing I do every week and every day.
Worship God
Praise God
Trust God
Pray to God
Thank God...
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Categories:
every week, change, faith, god, gospel,
Form: Narrative
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