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Hard Currency Poems - Poems about Hard Currency

Esmeralda, As Told By the Poet Pierre Gringoire - With Apologies To Victor Hugo

...I had been placed in chains Where the cripples shed their canes And the blind regained the art of seeing. It was a robbers’ den And as all God fearing men, I had assets needed freeing. So......

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Categories: hard currency, allegory, desire, literature, romantic,
Form: Lyric

Turbulence To a Whisper

...Eyes to a back hand Wipe away my tears Swipe me a clean slate Abondon my abusive years Closed ears to a focused mind An insomniac's cry for a dream Murmurs of a silent heart Even in peace ther......

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Categories: hard currency, how i feel,
Form: Lyric

African Synergee

...Chloro-feel feeds my poetree Feet tap to my own tapestree It’s roots nourishment to my ancestree Fruit ripe aloft a thriving family tree A cultural emergence of vibrancy To uproot generational ......

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Categories: hard currency, africa, inspiration, integrity,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Wonder and Despair

...Wonder and Despair, Twin brothers born of our need to know; These the tainted fruits These the light and dark Born of laboring knowledge. Learning's vanities Illuminate the limits. The hard cu......

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Categories: hard currency, introspection, mystery, nature, philosophy,
Form: Choka

Treading Water

...Treading water Where did it all go wrong? What happened To those dreams and hopes Of yesteryear? Traded in for hard currency They're drifting further and further away And you can't summon u......

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Categories: hard currency, angst, death, introspection, loss,
Form: Free verse