Ya'll what these People said
...They got off topic brainstorming for a song. They had know thing, not even a sound. The lead singing began talking and the trumpeter and French horn player began mocking her.They recorded the Muse an...
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Categories:
insulted, analogy, film, music,
Form: Ballad
Why us?
...Why as black women do we just have to accept everything
Can't complain just accept the bare minimum
Treated like mothers who didn't get a choice
Forced into a life of sacrifice
Treated like ...
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Categories:
insulted, discrimination, hate, jealousy, power,
Form: Free verse
The Jagged Edges
...Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16: 18
she stood tall on the jagged edges of the cliff
face worried as she noticed the rough seas
whi...
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Categories:
insulted, emotions, pride,
Form: Free verse
Smugded Face paint and a bruised ego
...The Merger of Clowns
where the two are out
performed by amatuers
Sorrow the pains of
birdseeds that
were thrown at the
frowning two
cursing and swearing
they ruined the moods of
many in att...
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Categories:
insulted, adventure, analogy, celebration, dance,
Form: Ballad
The Church of Rejects
...Hidden in the valleys
Towered by mighty peaks
Lies the church of rejects
The church of those called weak
Those the powerful sent home
Out of strong belief
That they were a contaminant
Not wo...
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Categories:
insulted, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Snow
...The untimed snow rushed insulted against the glassed shoulders on the poster,
and they were made of paper, they were bare…
It cried, scalded, on the painted, colorful faces,
and they were made of ...
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Categories:
insulted, allegory, allusion,
Form: Blank verse
Hey Lady You Know
...{based on a classic joke}
A lady briskly walked one day,
To work, not far, just blocks away.
She passed a shop with parrots near,
When suddenly, she paused to hear--
"Hey lady!" squawked the...
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Categories:
insulted, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Feeling Worthless
...We feel stepped on,
We feel left out,
We feel not loved,
We feel alienated,
We feel insulted,
We feel hurt,
We feel betrayed,
We feel hated,
We feel alone,
We feel slandered,
We feel dista...
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Categories:
insulted, betrayal, emotions, feelings,
Form: Other
To the Dreamers
...We were witches brewing potions from twigs and berries in our backyards
Amateur astronomers wide eyed under the stars
We were royalty having tea in makeshift tents in our living room floors
Child...
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Categories:
insulted, appreciation, dance, dream,
Form: Free verse
Rubato's Tenth of Stave's
...The part of Holy Week in Spain where participants wear capirotes (pointed hoods) and robes is called the Nazarenes
She spok
e his name and he found it slanderous.Hearing her voice
after what he ...
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Categories:
insulted, love, music, romantic love,
Form: Ballade
REACH OUT
...I reached out to shake your hand but you pushed it away
I asked you what was wrong but you had nothing to say
I reached out for a hug in a warm embrace but you pushed
me away and slapped my face...
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Categories:
insulted, friendship love,
Form: Rhyme
Where's the Respect for Your Elders?
...A long time ago when our first grandson was young -
I think around the age five or six -
there was a phone call we made to him
to say hello and talk with him for kicks.
We'd tried to make it sh...
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Categories:
insulted, grandson, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Yet they Smile
...Suite Suite!!
Presence of
White Pupuliary reflux
Macromers
endophthalmitis
senile, senile
Piggyback, piggyback!
Her deep shames and insercurties
white claw!
White Claw.
High Steak Royalitie...
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Categories:
insulted, anti bullying,
Form: Alexandrine
When Corruption Exceeds All Boundaries
...The president is charged and convicted
Corrupt senators are handcuffed
Greedy congressmen are imprisoned
Prostitution is doomed and prohibited
And the constitution is amended.
The Justice depa...
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Categories:
insulted, bullying, conflict, confusion, corruption,
Form: Free verse
I would love to share with you one talk, but my soul shakes 1
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Hey,
Everything started for you on Sunday night,
For me? It had begun on Friday, in plain sight.
How silly it was, I didn't think it through,
How did it not change or influence my view?
Becaus...
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Categories:
insulted, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
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