Jenny’s Outside
...…This little girl…
She’s someone new,
A miracle…
Who’s heart could pierce the moon
Although I don’t know her,
I see,
Her fall through the cracks of what’s unseen
She needs someone strong,
To ...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, anxiety, character, confidence, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
New ideas
...I open my mind
to fresh new ideas letting old
fall through the cracks...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, words,
Form: Senryu
Faith
..."Faith, in whatever your directives may be, will always be at a leap--and that must be so for it will justify the measure of your faith. Albeit, if you choose to will faith be delivered to you on a s...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, allusion, analogy, appreciation, bible,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
My Repeat Visitor
...I have not had the repeated visitor in my room for a while.
I thought maybe he was staying in his room. No such luck.
He was in the office when I went in to print something.
“What are you doing?” ...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, school,
Form: Narrative
He Knows Me - 1
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He knows my heart
My every thought
He sees my worst fear
Listens to my prayers
Even when I’m wrong
He never leaves me alone
He knows my soul
The air I breathe is His gift
He...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, appreciation, blessing, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
I Have Gained Nothing From White Supremacy
...I have gained nothing from white supremacy
with singular power, sans The Almighty
My faithful friend with sheets of white
my pal, poised, unpen itself to make things right
How squeaky clean each ...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, baptism, blessing, christian, encouraging,
Form: Couplet
I'M Not Perfect
...I may not be perfect but I'm still here.
Maybe I wasn't there for you.
Maybe I didn't fight hard enough or you,
for your rights.
I didn't fight the way you thought I should have.
I may not be ...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, allegory, appreciation, blessing, christian,
Form: Free verse
Polluted
...I confess…
This city is the reason why cancer exists
I tend to build buildings too high
And you burn too much coal,
Thinking every room needs to be warm
So I confess…
My lungs are beginning...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, analogy, city, imagery,
Form: Free verse
A Cliche Romance
...When it came to dating I had a soul full of sorrow
But all of my friends told me to hang in there
When we met I felt you looking into my soul
My soul laid bare ...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, feelings, lonely, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Ode To 'Crack'
...The crack of dawn
The crack of the bat...
A crack in the pavement
Fall through the cracks...
Crack cocaine
A crack fighter pilot...
A clever wisecrack
That cracked me up...
Cr...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, language, word play,
Form: I do not know?
One Child
...ONE CHILD
One child one chance, to get it right,
To love each child with all your might,
To show God's love, His light, and truth,
To set the stage for a future for our youth.
To inspire to ...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, child, children, family, future,
Form: Rhyme
Listen To the Warm
..."It happens just because we need to want, and to be wanted too, when love is here or gone to lie down in the darkness and... listen to the warm.” -Rod McKuen
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The night...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, feelings, lost love, love,
Form: Prose
The Slacker
...While others fall through the cracks of society,
I confront every crack with a willing dive and leap.
I am the greatest slacker that has ever come to be,
never contributing anything to anything or...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, people,
Form: Rhyme
Don'T Fall Through the Cracks
...When shadows creep on a darkened streets
and the lampposts have gone dim
When trouble lurks around each bend
and life's happy path turns grim
Will I be there to catch you
befor...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, fear, love, son,
Form: Rhyme
The Enemy's Child : Collab With Carolyn D
...The battles on the field are harsh and tough
The looting in their wake engorged with greed
Abundant spoils of war are not enough.
Atrocious in their acts that make no sense
The women and the g...
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Categories:
fall through the cracks, baby, social, war,
Form: Rhyme
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