Shrugging Off
...Some people can shrug off their failures
Or laugh at their feeble attempts,
While others, like me,
Find frustration to be
What an aptitude never exempts.
For when trying to learn a new skill s...
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Categories:
exempts, me,
Form: Rhyme
The Parables of My Soul
...In the twilight of my melancholy existence, love savors its bravery, like a vulture allergic to the suspicious aspects of ephemeral glamour, in a final macabre choreography.
On the edge of the prec...
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Categories:
exempts, 12th grade, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Rampant and Endemic Police Brutality
...Rampant and endemic police brutality...
flourishes against United States citizens of color
going on three years
post George Floyd
short lived heightened awareness
when #blacklivesmatter
in...
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Categories:
exempts, absence, abuse, africa, anger,
Form: Free verse
Merging Adversity With Strength
...I saw...
An Ant hurried away carrying a loaf of bread for winter
A stray dog digging the mud to hide left over piece of bone to eat later
A grandmother soaking under the sun anticipating her final...
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Categories:
exempts, cat, dog, inspiration, life,
Form: Free verse
Ephemeral Online Moment
...Ephemeral online moment...
Yours truly plagiarizes himself with zeal
courtesy mental cogs and rusty wheel,
thus no literary crime committed to steel
I broadcast material shown thru rickety
bla...
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Categories:
exempts, absence, earth, imagery, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Rampant Police Brutality Against United States Citizens of Color First Round
...Agony, grief and particularly anger
roil these lovely bones
life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
exempts those graced with darker skin tones.
Rather than raucously riot,
I craft emotions co...
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Categories:
exempts, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Political Verse
Shake It Up
...Promises were made when you sought my vote
I swallowed your lies and it gets my goat
The changes you vowed did not come to pass
Where are those tax breaks for the middle class?
And what became ...
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Categories:
exempts, angst, political, social
Form: Sonnet