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The Joy of summer reading and online summer school Tampa Florida July 4th 2020

...Busy month my family very sunny here in Lakeland during covid July 1st  2020 filled with plans for the 4th of July and celebrating my husband and I wedding anniversary my granddaughter loved baking f...

Categories: hillsborough, allah,
Form: Lento

Forced To Relive The Trauma Of A Manipulated Unfair Trial Seven Times A Year

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Dear Reader,

How does one pen the unspeakable? 
To endure injustice not once, but repeatedly—like a cruel wind that circles back to shred what little is left of a tattered soul.

The echoes o...

Categories: hillsborough, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

The Corrupt Judicial System, Hillsborough County, Florida

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the air reeks of stale coffee and ink-stamped lies,
judges sit like smug kings,
smirking over lives they'll never live,
dismissing truth with a gavel's cough.

innocent men shuffle like cattle...

Categories: hillsborough, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

MOST REVEREND ARCH BISHOP CARDINAL JEROME LISTEKI

...OTETS THE MANY DAYS AND NIGHT YOU LENT ME YOUR 
DIVINE EAR THROUGH PRAYER DURING HARDSHIP TIMES 
AND ILLNESS RAISING MY GRANDDAUGHTER KEEPING HER 
SAFE IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN OUR LADY OF...

Categories: hillsborough, allah,
Form: Villanelle

Swamp deaths in Florida

...Emmitt Till buried next to my father 
also unearthed next to my father 
bur oaks cemetery Chicago Illinois 
I never dreamed my death would be sought 
For my American poetry severe corruption 
AB...

Categories: hillsborough, allah, joy, love, obituary,
Form: Iambic Pentameter

Sister Perugia and the Fa Cup

...Exit gate C opened up,
And the followers flood
Turnstiles overcrowding,
And fallen ticket stubs
A namesake for the estate
Just off of 23,
On the way to my place
In the southern United States
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Categories: hillsborough, eulogy, introspection, sports, ,
Form: Free verse

96 Reasons - Hillsborough

...96 fans awoke that day 
travelled to Sheffield to see their heroes play 
96 had tickets for Leppings Lane 
96 never returned home again 
96 people packed in, gasping for breath 
praying for life...

Categories: hillsborough, football,
Form: Free verse

Liverpool a Day In the Life of the 96

...A day in the life of the 96

I heard the news today, Oh lord
About 96 humming birds
Breathing in the miracle heard

And though the news was rather sad
I had to laugh

A crowd of people stood and star...

Categories: hillsborough, loss, people, day, life,
Form: Free verse

Wednesay's Farewell

...The stadium waits, the crowd assemble
The band prepares the "Hillsborough" welcome
The air thick with anticipation
The fans intent on celebration
A strip of blue, a dash of white
Unmistakedly  a "Wednesdayite"

The cherished owl displayed with pride
Sym...

Categories: hillsborough, devotion, inspirational, passion, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Thank You (Dedicated To Jimmy)

...Everyday I wait
for you to come back.
It's a simple question of believing
and that is what I lack.

Nobody will ever forget 
the 8th wonder of the world,
because from the moment we saw you
ou...

Categories: hillsborough, death, loss, sad, day,
Form: Free verse