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Statue
... At the park, there’s a man built of black stone He stands shamed with an indifferent rifle that yawns at the sky His stallion is frozen in gallop, to be forever majestic In the sweltering day, t......
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Bantu West
Categories:
fifths,
black african american, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
the 3rd floor
...This was last Saturday night. We were at a rooftop party in downtown New Haven thrown by ‘DocHouse.’ Doc-House is kind of a frat-house, owned by Dr. Melon, where he and seven doctoral students live. ......
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Anais Vionet
Categories:
fifths,
humor, school, social, student,
Form:
Free verse
Isn'T It Nice
...Isn't it nice when the world's upside-down when people are crazed with-OUT Covid around When so many dark things seem to happen when nuclear war can again be imagined Yes, isn't it nice......
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Gershon Wolf
Categories:
fifths,
cool, crazy, perspective, poetry,
Form:
Couplet
Mama Say
...Sundays we hears de preacher's prays Hopes ends on ropes, swings 'n sways Gots ya nothin' jus' coz yer black Laws gets bent but ya pays no mind Give up tryin', no peace ta find Gots ya nothin'......
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Greg Gaul
Categories:
fifths,
black african american, children,
Form:
Rhyme
Indignation 1-6-21
...How dare you desecrate the Capitol with urine and feces! Even filthy pigs refuse to defecate near their own dwelling place. How dare you flaunt confederate flags, grim reminders of our bloody histo......
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Gloria Shell Mitchell
Categories:
fifths,
anger, discrimination, emotions, hurt,
Form:
Free verse
Cinquieme
...not to be diminished your fifths carry me to a realm of impossibility where one dares to dream far from the root damned to a life of iniquity octaves spun in figure eights your e......
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Ts Poetry
Categories:
fifths,
fate, love,
Form:
Romanticism
Father
...A tradesman’s son and temple secrets die in sixty nine years, never knowing why. Contempt delivered their first child perfect, your childhood gauntlet galvanized neglect. A mother’s son and h......
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Rob Carmack
Categories:
fifths,
bible, childhood, christian, faith,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
What More Than This
...SHE THOUGHT BETTER THAN TOSS THEM OUT THEY WERE PRIZED FOR THERE PERFECT SIZE SHE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO SHE HAD SO MANY FROM THE FIRST PICKING ONLY IF SHE HAD MADE BETTER PLANS ONLY IF SHE......
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Allan Terry
Categories:
fifths,
appreciation, celebrity, food, music,
Form:
Ballade
Fair Game
...If it's a fair game all can win. If it's a fair game the running and sweating is equal and the results can be timed. If it's a fair game, when the clock runs down, no miracle is asked or given,......
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John Rockk-Fiordelisi
Categories:
fifths,
fate, grief, identity, lonely,
Form:
Free verse
Savage
...Savage Why am I called a violent savage, uncivilized, unteachable, three-fifths of a person? Yet, it was I who was obnoxiously chased by strange men who invaded my homeland. As soon as their fee......
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Doretha Wright
Categories:
fifths,
adventure, africa, black african
Form:
Narrative
Music of Love
...Music of Love On cloudless, starry, starry nights, you sit on your moonlit patio, under the cool canopy of Royal Poinciana trees showing-off their flamboyant scarlet petals. Cradling yo......
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Pandita Sietesantos
Categories:
fifths,
beautiful, love, music, romantic,
Form:
Personification
Righting American History
...America's had lots of heroes through the years Helping the world overcome many fears Humankind hasn't always been kind Look closely at history, see what you find Our founders succeeded and fail......
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Greg Gaul
Categories:
fifths,
america, discrimination, history, immigration,
Form:
Couplet
Failure Fuel, Part I
...Ethan was determined to be the best, to put to shame all other guitarists, to rock the world in tight, leather pants, touring like a God across the land. So at thirteen years he learned three cho......
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David Welch
Categories:
fifths,
desire, dream, life, music,
Form:
Narrative
Do the Math
... Fifty stars and thirteen stripes Wavy patriotic mathematician do the math ... Subtraction or addition, what will the numbers be, 37 or 63? Slavery took away my parents’ human rights......
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
Categories:
fifths,
america, history, math, truth,
Form:
Narrative
Weird Science
...The Large Hadron Collider was built deep beneath the Earth to help reveal the secrets of the Universe's birth. I'm not quite sure what benefits this expensive research brings but I wish that they ......
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Viv Wigley
Categories:
fifths,
humor, science, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
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