this is why no one likes you
no one was saying anything to the bully.
some people were laughing uncomfortably
the woman was berating and belittling her six-year-old boy
my four-year-old daughter walked up to her and said,
“This is why no one likes you. You are mean and you are a bully.”
the woman burst into tears and ran home.
Another mother and I made eye contact.
Ashamed
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Categories:
likes, abuse,
Form: Free verse
but Dorthy likes to wear Dresses
pressure to conform
prissy Dorothy liked dresses
impractical though
burned rear on park bench
showed pink panties in the wind
she favors slacks now
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Categories:
likes, fashion,
Form: Senryu
THE FINEST GIRL IN MY STREET
There's this fine girl
In my street
She said I'm very sweet
She licks me like ice cream
When the play starts
She gives me high screams.
Her body shape
Just like the coca cola bottle
She said she likes my muscles
She likes the way I grab her
She got the best styles and wine
When we
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Categories:
likes, beautiful, creation, cute love,
Form: Narrative
THE FINEST GIRL IN MY STREET
There's this fine girl
In my street
She said I'm very sweet
She licks me like ice cream
When the play starts
She gives me high screams.
Her body shape
Just like the coca cola bottle
She said she likes my muscles
She likes the way I grab her
She got the best styles and wine
When we
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Categories:
likes, beautiful, creation, cute love,
Form: Narrative
By the Streetlamp
It fills space with sense of grace.
Vitality curved in stone.
Sips of serendipity,
linger on as sediment—
long after applause dispels
likes into cadent memoirs.
Mellow in contemplation!
Jelly-set in sentiment!
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Categories:
likes, care, sweet, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
she likes herself now
she has a rainbow disposition
personality of a confident woman
her ideas are eclectic and electric
she likes herself now
alone but not lonely
reflecting and reflective
brilliant mind, sharp theories
she likes herself now
she needs no one’s approval
standing on her convictions
developing her self-fulfilling intensity
she likes herself now
silence is her friend
she leans into it, gleaning spiritual favor
her guides are proud of her
she
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Categories:
likes, woman,
Form: Free verse
One Who Likes Honey
one who likes honey
sweetness whispered
whiff of wetness
portent of shadows
sleeping
off the cold
tundra
to utter…to utter
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Categories:
likes, animal, fear,
Form: Free verse
Clicks
Compulsions to create governed by fear and perpetual query,
Where affirmations are fossil fuels, scarce and costly.
Approval? Qualified? I Dangle upside-down, tethered to a rope questions.
Hovering over a pit of acceptance with a bloated cranium.
A pause in their scroll…
The press of a gesture nibbles away the rejuvenating thread.
How can a dozen feel worse than none?
These
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Categories:
likes, art, growth, journey, perspective,
Form: Free verse
she who likes animals
She was a proud Osage who loved her tribe, her family and her skunk.
He had adopted her when he was a baby; he loved her so….
Will he spray me? Potential suiters asked, a bit afraid of this fluff ball.
Only if he does not like you, Girl who Loves Animals replied.
Her father sat at the edge
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Categories:
likes, animal, native american,
Form: Free verse
He likes rain
Rain comes, rain goes; rain’s destructive, you never know.
She asked the people around, why they like the rain.
They said, "It signifies love, power, serenity,
And washes away the false self of one."
"We love rain, for no one can see us crying in it."
Rain is a time when memories are refreshed,
For some, it’s the first; for others,
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Categories:
likes, beauty, feelings, first love,
Form: Prose Poetry
my son told me he likes Beyonce's new song, 16 cabbages
it is good
and he's got imaginary games of cricket
being played in his head
he tells me the score
and what the pitch is like
in his head
in an attempt to find that innocence again
i started doing the same
so that when i'm at work
i'm not really there
but on that cricket pitch
in my head
i told my friend about it
he told
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Categories:
likes, anxiety, children, good morning,
Form: Free verse
Panda Who Likes Boxing Ring
Let’s throw him in the boxing ring and see what he does.
Come on! You know him, I warned them about our cousin Fuzz.
Fuzz ran out and hugged each opponent and gave some a kiss.
He won’t do at all! Wailed the sports hander, a boxer named Miss.
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Categories:
likes, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Comments and likes
Comments and likes
What's the need?
Oh,give you the zeal
That you will surely succeed
Your wounds heal
Your work getting appreciated
You feel satiated
With the urge to become better
And shimmer
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Categories:
likes, appreciation, uplifting, writing,
Form: Haiku
WHAT HE ALWAYS LIKES TO HEAR
as he likes to hear & speak truth mostly, peace find place in his mind daily.
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Categories:
likes, encouraging, truth,
Form: Monoku
She Likes To Beautify
She liked to beautify and decorate
Arrived at school early, never ever late.
We liked her ornaments and trims and such.
I loved her gaudy garnishes, I mean very much.
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Categories:
likes, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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