Ode to the Feline Companions
...From memory's gentle and sun-drenched haze,
A tapestry woven of cat-filled days.
They prowl through the heart, a paw print each one,
Leaving love in their wake when their time here is done.
Fir...
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Categories:
kiki, animal, best friend, cat,
Form: Ode
Kiki Lindstrom Had a Dog
...Kiki Lindstrom had a dog
A tiny puppy poodle
When she took it for a slog
It flipped a puppy's noodle
Kiki think about your pup
And think about the clover
When you try to pick it up
You have ...
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Categories:
kiki, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Kiki Lindstrom
...Kiki Lindstrom had a cat
For tea with Mrs. London
Stuck a feather in her hat
And said that she was well done
Kiki dear, how do you do
The feeling is electric
Everyone is fond of you
Because ...
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Categories:
kiki, beauty, crush, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
My Cats
...Ears twitching
After a long retiring sleep
Their eyes on tender hook
for one moment they are wild
The next moment tender
with a loving look
When illness falls my way
Their heart rallies to...
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Categories:
kiki, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Colourism of the Black Woman
...Born from slaved backbones of our forefathers and mothers
We have risen, Liberated, freed from encroachment
Apprised through noble heritage, an abundance of history
Mother Africa gave birth, infus...
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Categories:
kiki, africa, color, culture, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Cracks In My Walls
...The building of me stands erect
Perfectly, imperfectly flawed
My plastered, painted smile hides the cracks
inside my walls
From outside looking in
sun shines through the windows of my eyes
Bu...
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Categories:
kiki, body, confidence, home, image,
Form: Rhyme
Oh Brother
...(tales from the viral lock-down)
Brice (my brother) is cutting through what smells like a stack of cinnamon french toast.
My stomach growls at the aroma like a hunting cat.
I ...
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Categories:
kiki, 11th grade, brother, daughter,
Form: Free verse
Oncle Albert - Part 2
...In May the year of 1912 Albert left his home in Lyon.
He made his way to ecole Sommer at Genever's Mourmelon.
In June, with circuit d'Anjou done, and with his engineer,
Albert deployed a newe...
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Categories:
kiki, flying,
Form: Narrative
Oncle Albert - Part 1
...Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is...
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Categories:
kiki, flying, history,
Form: Narrative
Silent Dream
...In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life:"
Robert Frost
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Categories:
kiki, addiction, baby, care, depression,
Form: Etheree
Yuki
...Drake has a KiKi
But I have my Yuki
She is one of a kind
She’s always on the grind
Giving care like always
But her burdens weigh
Still smiling for everyone
Thinking of others before anyon...
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Categories:
kiki, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Ballad
Iseyin
...ISEYIN MY TOWN
If you don't know,
'Emi lomo ISEYIN ORO
'Oro omo EBEDI MOKO.
I know my town, I love my town,
I celebrate my town, as great town to everyone, I praise my town, and I cheer my town...
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Categories:
kiki, africa, allegory, thanksgiving, together,
Form: Bio
Locked Up
...Locked Up
Tomorrow I'll wake up
I'll stretch and look around
Not a single bar in sight
And yet no freedom to be found
Imprisoned in a life of hell
Where the captor takes my soul
He de...
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Categories:
kiki, abuse, anger, anxiety, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Tragic Life
...TRAGIC LIFE / TRAGIC DEATH ~
A Holocaust Story
The odds were stacked against us
With hearts that beat so strong
Our only crime was loving God
Please tell me how that's wrong
The sol...
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Categories:
kiki, art, holocaust,
Form: Rhyme
He Never Loved Me
...He never loved me
Well damn I just found out
Took a shot to the heart
Don't know where I should start
I guess I musta been strung out
Cuz I was straight up on his arm flashing that smile like ai...
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Categories:
kiki, anger, betrayal, break up,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
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