Every Week Poems

complacency brought us here

...for-A Draconian State Poetry Contest-Sponsored by: Sara Jama
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out into the midnight hour i was trudged-
silent eyes watched as i was bludged-
as i sat bloody and bruise...
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Categories: every week, dark, society,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberI DON'T FEAR YOU OR YOUR HYUNDAI

...PARKED AT MY HOME SENDING ME THREAT SMOKING BLUNTS WITH THE LOCALS ITCHING SCRATCHING YOUR SCABIES OUT BREAK AGAIN BREAKING INTO LAUNDROMATS HOMES HIDINGNOUTNIN MY NEIGHBORS DOG BED I WILL NEVER EVER...
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Categories: every week, allah,
Form: Naat


Premium MemberRESPECT YOURSELF JAMAICAN WOMAN

...MY GOD I FEEL SO SORRY FOR YOU I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAD AN AFFAIR WITH MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND 23 YEARS AGO NOW YOU ARE SWINGING WITH MY NEIGHBOR JIMBO AND HIS WIFE RESPECT YOURSELF HOLD YOUR HEAD UP NO...
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Categories: every week, allah,
Form: Naat

Premium MemberBalmy 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


Premium MemberDear 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

Premium MemberRainbow Village

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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

Premium MemberWho 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

Premium MemberImpossible 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

Premium Memberstreams 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

Premium MemberTrump'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

Premium MemberGrief 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

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