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Most Want the Same Thing
On immigration, most Americans want the same thing
Secure the border, as well as the dreams
of those already here in a land of opportunity ~
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Categories:
america, dream, immigration,
Form: Rhyme
NO TIME TO WASTEMade up Broadway Show
Had to put you in the know
Marquee is set
Visual aid effect
The theory of Fast
The thought of how long
Rehearsals have been for weeks
You are in for a treat
Just don’t retreat
Clock ticking
Almost showtime
Wardrobe change
The...
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Categories:
immigration, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, city,
Form: Rhyme
The SpeechlessO Luke o dare, Sad Truth Very Lucky
Kwick rape picker o thus boot passed away
O dare thus boot duck, wiggle
[Passport please ... okay you may go]
Will come two A merry car
Sew dishes A merry...
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Categories:
immigration, allusion, analogy, appreciation, character,
Form: Vogon Poetry
POLITICAL GAME 1
Political game is so dangerous,
Yoh! I wonder why the government
of United Kingdom
granted refugee status
to some Rwandans
while planing to send other asylum
seekers to Rwanda.
Political game is so dangerous
as...
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Categories:
africa, england, imagery, immigration,
Form: Free verse
The World of Cannot 2020Alas, my sweet child you shan't!
Get used to an insane, world of can't!
Our brilliant brains are fully scrubbed,
As sniling and kids in a foaming bath.
Rub-y-dee, rub-y dee-dub.
We've been brain-spanked to
not ask any questions.
We don't dare...
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Categories:
immigration, america, bereavement, change, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse
across the streetthe man across the street
walks tenderly
on hallowed soil
he can’t believe
has space
for him.
Every day
the man across the street
dusts off his two ...
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Categories:
fear, immigration,
Form: Free verse
Rio GrandeShe shimmers in the sun,
she's onyx in eventide,
Rio Grande.
She can be waters of a
new horizon,
or a river of Death.
Swimming in desperation,
mothers, fathers,
wanting coveted freedom
for their children to live
in USA-
a divided nation,
for an education, a chance,
to...
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Categories:
immigration, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
I Read A PoemI read a poem this morn
A poem of profound meanings
From the heart of a man
Exposing his soul
The trials he’s endured
The tears he’s shed
His quest for equality
His search for opportunity
A message for all
These troubled times
I...
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Categories:
immigration, america, black african american,
Form: Free verse
SUGAR-DADDYSUGAR-DADDY
BY QUAZI JOHIRUL ISLAM
On the subway a white sugar-daddy
Whispers to a brown girl, you stay with me
I will pay your rent and bills, tuition fee
Don’t be a fool, to my bid, disagree.
I promise will take...
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Categories:
9th grade, dark, immigration,
Form: Sonnet
Titanic - Fare Thee Well Poetry ContestI recall many brights stars
but no moon
for lack of guiding light
we will sink soon
I see ladies
with much fancier clothes
lowered with room to spare
in lifeboat rows
If only they were to let me
catch a...
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Categories:
endurance, farewell, imagination, immigration,
Form: Quatrain
The Soul is a Series of Episodic Vignettesfade out from the camera lens
the lotus bloomed from the broken glass soil
all things came into perspective
as every toil was put into focus
every shard set a different scene
a series kaleidoscopic
following film made of a red...
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Categories:
addiction, city, immigration, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Old Myzie OLD MYSIE
“As crazy as Old Mysie” my grandma used to say.
Land company made promises, too good to be true,
To fisherfolk from Isle of Skye, it seemed the thing to do.
Cleared up land and new built...
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Categories:
immigration, brother, death, depression, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
My Degree In Whining
My Degree In Whining
Miracle Man
December 13th 2023
Political lies and corruption,
always cause divides.
Antisemitism is forcing us,
into choosing sides.
Each day the wedge,
is being driven deeper.
Also each mountain faced,
is looking steeper.
Things are always changed,
supposedly for our best.
yet...
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Categories:
america, angst, corruption, immigration,
Form: Quatrain
Another DayI didn’t know if I was going to make it through the night, my feet were as cold as ice, my heart was where it was supposed to be, but I had this strange premonition...
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Categories:
immigration, blessing, business, change, courage,
Form: Narrative
RagsRAGS
You have rags
Of rags
Some bragging rags...
Must be your rag,
Because you have rags
With nothing in them
Except a bifurcate rag;
You have enough rags for life,
For a billion stars in the sky__
If there was a total number of...
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Categories:
immigration, 12th grade, africa, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
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