A Modest Enemy
...The argument of silence, absonant,
hammers into the pliant mind it’s hard
nails of craving.—a spirit thusly marred
will yield to any prickle, every scant
pressure to give in.—once the foreign i...
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Categories:
levies, anxiety, confidence, fear, imagination,
Form: Italian Sonnet
LEAP OF FAITH
...A connection endures,
As it's host surrenders,
To the possibilities,
An infinite world before thee.
A projected reality,
From 2 eyes i see,
A life created for me,
Stemming from t...
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Categories:
levies, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Guess who loved me so much
...Would you like to play a guess game?
What kind of the person would be like
Based on the following verbal comments
Made by people from all walks of life?
"A lousy parent, who had never driven a ...
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Categories:
levies, life, truth, words,
Form: Free verse
The State
...Corruption in the rumours and on the scenes
High profile slaps and cattle vaccines
Taxes, levies and airport leases
Pleasure decreases and pressure increases
Critics disappear in a bid to peddl...
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Categories:
levies, christian, political,
Form: Rhyme
Leap of Faith
...A connection endures,
As it's host surrenders,
To the possibilities,
An infinite world before thee.
A projected reality,
From 2 eyes i see,
A life created for me,
Stemming from t...
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Categories:
levies, america,
Form: Lyric
A MAN CALLED BAI BUREH
...In the olden, amidst an era where valor defined men, a towering figure emerged, Bai Bureh, the epitome of courage and leadership, a beacon of hope to his people.
Hailing from humble beginnings in ...
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Categories:
levies, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Oh say can you see
...Oh say can you see blood soaked
Baltimore reeking of falsified documents
blood soaked levies oh say can you see
corruption over board Atta Mohammed
and Bin Laden brought to trial on this land...
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Categories:
levies, allah,
Form: Masnavi
When Silence Prevails
...Silence covers
stormy seas churning within.
When all could be expelled,
sudden burst of raw emotion,
revealing every painful scar,
there's silence.
Looking into the sunset
seeking solace fro...
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Categories:
levies, endurance, lost love, love,
Form: Free verse
Majesty Queen Elizabeth Heavy Lies the Crown
...Hear Yee , Hear Yee
Elizabeth "The' Queen
Here she lie's dead in state entombed
in saintly grace
Her smile as is her likeness of she no more
Send her forth victorious in resplendent
ele...
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Categories:
levies, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Wild Rainstorms
...Unbearable heat;
My hormones mix with your sweat
mingling as one;
Earnest thunder roars;
Hail beats along with our hearts,
passionate measure;
Ravaged by lightning
flushed sky blends ...
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Categories:
levies, emotions, love, romance, storm,
Form: Free verse
Years Swiftly Flew By
...The last ten years swiftly flew by;
everyone seems so much older,
I barely recognize faces.
And over time, I've realized;
loyalties and friendships form
on a temporary basis.
Old ag...
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Categories:
levies, age, angst, change, how
Form: Verse
Promise Kept
...I
When Sidney died
I could have died
I could have cried
But fought to save my flat
African 'woonstel,' or 'apartment'
Under auction threat
By PRETOR, for "levies,"
Or security gate fees
Yet ...
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Categories:
levies, 12th grade, appreciation, black
Form: Rhyme
Everlasting Love
...Tethered to eternal and boundless souls:
God's an endless chain of unbroken love.
Dreams and fantasies fuel hopes and goals
tethered to eternal and boundless souls.
Unconditional love lev...
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Categories:
levies, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Triolet
Winter's Bite
...Geese follow a southern flight path,
fearing Winter's a psychopath;
and honk as they flee Her wrath.
Autumn's buried without a trace,
while Winter whiteouts set the pace;
and icy winds...
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Categories:
levies, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I'Ll Die For You
...when hunger howls & roars like lion
throwing rocks and pebbles at sun-drenched back
flipping its razor like fangs on helpless tummies
and striking with a devouring aplomb on defenceless intestines...
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Categories:
levies, abuse, confidence, home, humanity,
Form: Free verse
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