TOO MUCH SIMLICITY IS ENOUGH
...TOO MUCH SIMPLICITY IS ENOUGH*
Poem writte for "Too Much Is Enough Poetry Contest," Margarita Lillico, sponsor, August 2, 2025
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Categories:
forefront, 12th grade, inspirational, simple,
Form: Free verse
Belle's Birthday
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She was born on this day in ‘66
A Belle that rings above all other chicks
She’s dated some gems and dated some pricks
And beyond it all she keeps her wits
So on this day she can breathe a sig...
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Categories:
forefront, birthday, jesus,
Form: Lyric
Jazz Out
...(Sam Trio stands at the mic, snaps fingers lightly, takes a drag on a Marlboro, and smiles to the crowd) Dig this, we’re going back in time, way back to the smokey jazz clubs and cool sounds and jazz...
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Categories:
forefront, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Weary Is My Mind
...Weary Is My Mind
I promise, I swear, I will never, I will always
That blaring sentiment of a pattering ghost that I detest
Among the empty hollowing of her mouth and eyelids
There lies darkness...
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Categories:
forefront, anger,
Form: Free verse
Mind Over Matter
...Wishing clouds bring about constant rain
It eluminates the body with joy and pain.
So, the air we breathe is constantly being absorbed
By the love within our hearts and the sad remorse.
The ...
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Categories:
forefront, poems,
Form: Rhyme
The Picture
...Over the mantle,
a hand, a candle,
breaking bread—ample.
A white head bowed down,
old and worn with frown,
pensive and in prayers.
A bowl sits with pears,
two other side-chairs.
Partial...
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Categories:
forefront, bible, old, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Headed to the call
...The future called and I responded, armed with scars my years of acquired wisdom and rife experience, declared with voice of reason, a projection of matter, called for fellow age group, but trend and ...
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Categories:
forefront, change, character, confidence, courage,
Form: Free verse
The Tunnel
...Little does my mind rest
Wailing and scraping at the walls of my brain
The feeling of being lost forefront
Guiding lights leading me astray
To find the end an impossible outcome
Yet lying down ...
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Categories:
forefront, anxiety, depression, desire, fate,
Form: Free verse
Living With Uncertainty, Chaos and Corruption
...The world is constantly changing
People are steadily rearranging
Life seems to be a gigantic nightmare
Keep moving, but never getting there
This country was built on the backs of slaves
O...
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Categories:
forefront, confusion, corruption, spoken word,
Form: Free verse
Munich Massacre celebration BXO82 operation brown sugar baby powder
...I'm fondly reminded of touring Europe our housing quarters and daycare i worked were under planned attacks blessing the attack meant for women and children would strike celebration of black September...
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Categories:
forefront, allah,
Form: Quatern
A Sotho lady
...Misfortune passed me today, with days of constant pursuit, a leg dropped me a pass, my tongue twisting, my long well rehearsed script, grew lines I new not their whereabouts, it was calmness and char...
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Categories:
forefront, africa, dedication, feelings, flower,
Form: Free verse
In the windy land of Chhattisgarh, the honour of the Sapta Rishis is there
...In the windy land of Chhattisgarh, the honour of the Sapta Rishis is there.
Muchkund, Agastya, Angira, all of them are great scholars.
The tale of Sage Muchkund is adorned with valour.
He ca...
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Categories:
forefront, 7th grade, angel, deep,
Form: Prose Poetry
Blood Red Carpet
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Melted in the background of the forefront of my mind
Thinking about all of the thoughts I've left far behind
Now everything within my head seems so very intertwined
The asterisk ...
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Categories:
forefront, corruption, dark, deep, power,
Form: Couplet
We Say
...We say mum, but in poetry, we say a strong, independent woman who loves unconditionally from birth and puts her children in the forefront of everything she does.
We say dad, but in poetry, we say...
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Categories:
forefront, abuse, anger, children, family,
Form: Spoken Word
Eve and the Apple
...Have you ever wanted something so bad?
because you know you can't have it
motherhood is something I'm expected to conform to
I never liked to conform, yet I always did
being a mum was always o...
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Categories:
forefront, 11th grade, appreciation, birth,
Form: Free verse
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