Long Demetrius Poems

Her alluring abilities are what most draw them in.  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Helena risks both mind and body in pursuit of Demetrius, through the forest she finally catches up to him, his own...

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By this time I was so used to falling asleep in the worlds most uncomfortable chairs that could be found on any floor of the hospital I was at with my mom

With my eyes closed...

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Oh spite, oh hell – to the Hell in my own name too!
The hell in love, the hell in romance, the hell of all men!
He being in my name as well of course… as if...

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Once upon a time 
In a land far away
A Baby was born
On a bright winter’s day

He was a happy baby
His laughter quite the treat
He was perfect from his head
To the bottom of his feet

He was...

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Demetrius Trifiatis,...

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She is the gentlemen’s ultimate one dream girl,

She is a rogue who pompously goes the world in a swirl.

She is so called to be the best Queen Bee of all,

Deep inside is a rake Wanna...

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one must be addicted to truly love fortnite
i like to bully kids
it made me really want to chug jug with you
my dog REALLY has to poo
bullying is fun
too late he did something in my shoe
what...

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I've seen a few murders with the naked eye.
And if you're reading this poem no need to be surprised why.
The streets had me blind since I was 11 years old.
And now at the age 27...

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Demetrius Ogletree
December 15th, 2015

What if, a question asked by God himself.
An illusion to a time never known.
A question that continues to haunt. 
Filled with regrets and remorse.
It can stop the clock from passing. 
Allowing doubt...

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Told To Fit Mold

Now worn down and things are growing old;
Affirmative Actions forces us to fit a mold;
Forced to do;
Both me and you;
Am tired of doing what we have been told.

James Horn

Legislating civil rights creates...

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To many things unknown to me
So many realities I fail to see

To love and it's boundless effects
Which leaves many with confusion and deep regrets

To the search for answers in places unthinkable
In light of harsh and...

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Smiling, it squirts its juices, 
delighting in matchmaking,
just like Cupid, whose misaimed arrow, 
it recalls, once struck it.

Lucentio and Bianca:
a happy match;
they owe much to it, it knows.
Lysander and Hermia;
Demetrius and Helena…
well, they eventually thanked...

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Lysander, my father's decision does not favor us.
By law, he wants me to marry Demetrius.
If I do not marry him, it's either death or chastity.
Lysander, I love you.  You're the only one for me.
Tonight,...

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Puck, being a dummy is something you can't deny.
You took that flower's nectar, and put it on the wrong guy.
Lysander was intended to be the lover of Hermia.
Now, he has fallen in love with the...

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