Life Inside A Florida Prison
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the walls sweat like old drunks
union correctional, they call it—
correction my ass,
this place was built for breaking.
men bleed here, quietly,
a shiv under the ribs,
a mop bucke...
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Categories:
hungrier, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
One Real Encounter And You'll Never Forget
...Smile world things will be okay.
God is everywhere, everyday.
Set aside for Him a special time.
To focus on Him only with your mind.
Imagine Him there within your room.
Awareness of his presence...
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Categories:
hungrier, 10th grade, america, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Maddening minds
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So the song thrush sings his tunes to the darkening sky.
Is it to give thanks to some bird god or just for you and I?
As we watch the evening’s dying light and say goodbye to another day lost i...
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Categories:
hungrier, age, appreciation, care, day,
Form: Free verse
Loneliness
...This winter, the dogs are hungrier than ever
And birds get away from the rotten trees
The children abandon the orchard every afternoon
And the street cats wail in the lonely nights
Every dusk o...
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Categories:
hungrier, animal, autumn, garden, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Hungry
...The ghosts never attack.
They never leave either.
They just steal all my favorite snacks.
They leave crumbs, and I sweep all day.
When I close the panty, I worry.
When I open the pantry, I’m mes...
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Categories:
hungrier, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Like Water
...Like water
I was the river
You were the sea
I dissolved into you
And thought I was free.
Out of the cage I flew
But landed on my knees
As I tried to flee
The heavy clouds
And storms, of r...
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Categories:
hungrier, allegory, betrayal, confusion, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Chapter 117 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Celebration of Life Ii --- a Family Affair
...August ushered in a Rain storm
lasting 2 days. Damian laid in bed
11 in the night listening to the pouring
Rain beside Dolly. He touched Dolly
"Come to me Mrs. Me I need you
Delilah baby." Dol...
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Categories:
hungrier, 9th grade, absence, business,
Form: Alliteration
The Cooler
...ice can be sculpted
into an ax, a ring; shatter;
soap, a thumb pop;
used to keep water
and soda pop
chill and give the kids a reason
for sitting still.
ice can slide over the neck,
legs, a...
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Categories:
hungrier, drink, kid,
Form: Free verse
Out of Breath
...In my dream, a wise old man reads my palm and then warns me of
apocalypse, sufficient turbulence to wake me up dizzy with sweat and fear.
God, where is your saving grace? I then notice the clock on...
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Categories:
hungrier, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Why We Watch Hoarders a Tv Show
...My identical twin and I have little in common, yet we have this one thing.
In order to start cleaning we have to watch Hoarders, a TV show with zing.
It shows women whose houses are cluttered with ...
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Categories:
hungrier, women,
Form: Rhyme
The Activist
...Something happens in our lives causing us to question what we know.
We open our eyes and seek the truth learning more as we go.
The more we uncover the hungrier we get for more understanding,
but ...
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Categories:
hungrier, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
The Sadist and the Masochist 2
...There is a reason though that we met when we did in that time, and the answer to that question is what still burns in my mind
See you never showed me this version of you, this coldhearted sadist tha...
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Categories:
hungrier, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Same Time
...sometimes the more we eat the hungrier we are
hearing voices floating from afar
the missed songs of ancient ancestors
the youth we have given to the earth
the many skins that need to be unwrapped...
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Categories:
hungrier, life, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Ode To Faith
...Way down in the depths of my heart,
Is a name whose fame is seizing my soul.
Golden pools of piercing eyes,
Entwined with time and divide my thoughts
Into flames
Till I am reeling times.
Your ...
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Categories:
hungrier, africa, beauty, body, crush,
Form: Ode
Hard Work Beats Talent
...The hard work in the room is always goes to beat the talent guy, who doesn't work hard .!
In the end maybe not every time, but in the end HARD WORK WINS..!
Talent doesn't guarantee you anything i...
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Categories:
hungrier, dream, inspiration, leadership, motivation,
Form: Rhyme
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