Sonnet Gender Poems

A hot day in July

He stood in the shade of the awnings of a shop
closed for lunch, the street was nakedly empty
no breeze disturbed the...

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To know and not know.

Red moss, crimson blood of a slaughtered calf
I knew seen it before but could not recall
where and when.
Like seeing a landscape...

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The person you are inside,
Your real self, your personality,
Is not who you look like on the outside
You are not show in reality
Body and mind are...

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Look into the mirror
What do you see
A false suit of armor
That doesn’t let you free
Of its heaviness
The false part of you,
The part that brings unhappiness
Makes...

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I know of a man so rigid at heart;
His claims are so tender by juicy touch, 
Hosted so hot by pricks urge or stab ...

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Most people will assume a girl can cook,
but men can make great chefs, while there are girls
who never at a cookbook took a look!
And some...

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Different People

To one, I am him
A guy and a generic cis male
To another, I am zim
Me, and not a front to sale
To one, I act...

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Firstly, it's a manufactured word to suit
the gay community - I'm not impressed;
let's say fifty one per cent are against,
forty five per cent are just...

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Help me get through this, Mr. Therapist,
I want to know if there's something I missed;
I'd been transported to heaven for de-briefing,
it was remarkable that they'd...

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Choice Words

A woman's place was always in the home
To stand beside her man and disappear
To pride herself in matters of his worth
And never talk about...

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Don’t define me by what you think I am
I refuse to label myself 
Exclude me from your pre-program
I don’t follow your parallel
How I express things...

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The family is the microcosm of the society
The home is the residence of the family
The home is the representation of the country
The family is the...

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As I gaze upon your ghost-like skin and silken hair
I am reminded of those halcyon days we spent
Working in the fields. From row to row...

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THE TOKEN POETRY EDITOR

Sexless, unloved, this poem tycoon
Reads the heart’s treasures as the brain's boon,
And riven with erudition, explores the spaces
Where uninvited couplets kill the...

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Uplifting Thoughts

A warm smile always beats a cold hard frown.
 Gather in that joy bring sweetness on down.
Give a positive thought to your worries and...

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