Long Mics Poems

Trust, Trust, Trust
By Dr. Tina Medina
Whether it is Benghazi or Kansas City,
You will call and she won’t answer
The pattern and practice is established
You will call and she won’t answer
That is why I do not trust...

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His full given name is Barack Hussein Obama
The etymology of his first name, "Baraka," a Swahili word meaning "Blessed"


      It's easy to see why he's my favorite POTUS
  ...

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The People's Coop
is a warm inviting place,
for some
a reading and meditation
and arts practice and performance space,
for others
a place to ride sleek bicycles
with self-and-other improvement book racks
while peddling energy into the cooperative Grid,
sheltered by solar panel...

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I write like bakers bake
my rhymes make earth shake
Going into contest with me was your biggest mistake
I control the earths plates, tectonics, your rhymes are bollocks
I cause land slides and earthquakes
I don't hate but I...

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One thing I'll neva do is provide a pre-packaged product for you
I'm quality food, so mouth shut, shallow and chew 
Speaking in tongues. I came to shower people with love 
like, you're not breathing enough,...

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this is the story of a special place in my life;

In my family home of 50 years
In the Queens suburbs of N.Y.C.
There was a special place that saw
the bulk of my laughter, and my tears
That...

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QUARTET

A friend    young    like myself    declined
These concert tickets    and    here am I
“Quartet”
U of Indiana’s Department of music’s pride and joy

I...

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In my magnitude solitude
Within my loud silence is a rumination the past, 
The worst happened so fast 
You went, I stayed, still fresh
This a hurt for the heart and flesh
In my magnitude solitude you become...

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I lost myself inside the rhythms last night
Soul roll out these speakers
‘Cuz the boom bap blast right

Too many rappers wanna smash mics
But I cradle notepads
And travel pen strokes like nomads

Fakes just don’t have the gonads
To...

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rhyme cause i want to
all about the thought
develop my delivery
summarize a plot
story telling chivalry
too many double shots
its my medium believe me
when i say id never stop
disguised in scenery
inspiration off top
i absorb to administer
interpretations caught
one with...

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Politics is all about haves and have nots.
Who gets ahead.  Who waits in line.
Privileged ones, and the rest get denied.

Politics is about relative truth.
Data be damned.  Conspiracies claimed.
Favors for votes.  Constituents maimed.
Politics...

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its in me, the music in my blood my veins it flows continuously.
my heart speaks lyrically as my mind rejoice spiritually.
i live and die for this, music how can you not vibe to this.
let the...

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Get offline. Meet me at the corner! 

My words are like the wind,
whistling in unassuming; 
Your words are filled with daggers,
attention seeking shouters;

Can’t come up with ideas of your own,
you’re too focused on yourself to...

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What bound my soul is as hard as bromite
i might not be so intricate with words 
i leave sixth sense condescending
my metaphors absolutely power driven
you'd be using Greek mythology if you tying to describe me
like...

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My name is Mario,
I know yall may not know me yet, but you will soon.
I got poetry for days, stacked on my Youtube playlist, ready to be viewed by millions.

I have been writing for almost...

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I could care less about 
getting a haircut or 
finding hair color to 
dye my nappy roots
So what my nails need
a fill and my feet look like
I've been walking on eggshells
and frustration
I don't give a...

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Tried to stop them, think I failed
everyone who listened, dead or been jailed.

Countries been taken from sea to sea
citizens imprisoned, not roaming free.

We must to try save this great nation
they're tracking monitored communications.

Cameras everywhere, watch...

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Plants need water; stamps need glue.
Bricks need mortar; hair: shampoo. 
Cars need gas; food needs spices.
Technogeeks need new devices.

Dogs need leashes; letters: stamps.
Folks in wheelchairs need nice ramps.
Zoos need visitors, so do shows.
Igloos wait for...

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For those of you who aren't 
Musically au fait 
Let me describe to you
How to set up gigs to play

Despite your best efforts 
And the preparation done 
Inevitably some snag 
Will bite you on the...

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I finally ficsed my scatter brained poetic mind
My friend Bacster gave me an unorthodocs answer
He informed me about tacses and IRS back pay
We discussed the ecsploitation of a falsified matrics
As well as why acse murderers...

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