Long Substandard Poems
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FailedHow dare you walk around all cocky and self righteous
Nailing your ASS is going to be my final gift
U know what u did covering it up because you had to
You don't fool me Doc I...
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Categories:
substandard, abuse, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
Inspection Took Place February 17th, 2023Inspection took place February 17th, 2023...
At 1330 hours (indicated
courtesy notification slipped under door
less than twenty four hours)
hence foretold ill fate
by property (crooks and quade) management
the head honcho zaftig, wanker,
(who replaced the warden)
and Rich (BOLD FACE...
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Categories:
substandard, adventure, america, anger, anniversary, anxiety, crush, fate,
Form:
Free verse
The Dark Side of CanadaI do not have to go far away
but just look within canada to see
there is starvation poverty and death
now, this...
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Categories:
substandard, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Breaking My Heart
chinese food dripping sauce
spicy beef and noodles
steaming vegetable rice
eggrolls and plum dip
spareribs and garlic
delightful
food
oh so delicious- most of us have all the food
we want but wait...
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Categories:
substandard, death, food, history,
Form:
Free verse
Dear AmericaEveryone is searching for answers in the midst of current tragedies
Two unarmed black men and five white cops gunned down mercilessly
Black in Americans are incensed over the slaying of so many black men...
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Categories:
substandard, america, black african american, encouraging,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Rebuild Your BorderMy heart goes weary; shrinking,
I can't think right.
My thoughts float sinking,
It won't go filming delight.
When all we build for all,
Break into pieces and flew in dust.
We wish but it...
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Categories:
substandard, 1st grade, art, caregiving, christian, deep, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
EventuallyEvrntually..
Eventually I know that someday everything will be OK
Maybe not right at this very moment but someday
How do I know? Is that easy for me to say?
Definitely NOT but its all...
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Categories:
substandard, feelings, miss you, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
Paying a High PriceRussia's losses have been greater with their Ukrainian invasion
Compared to nine years in Afghanistan, another miscalculation
Many towns and cities in Ukraine are now being taken back
As Ukrainian defenders launch, a devastating counter attack.
At a river...
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Categories:
substandard, conflict, murder, prison, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Finding MarblesStrewn to the floor he collected his marbles and memories
Had played for hours as a child with his friends in the flat
Passed innumerable hours never bored always enthralled
Abraded by wear of near instant replay nostalgia...
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Categories:
substandard, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Madison's TearsVirginia, June 8, 1789
James Madison penned the constitution
And on December 15, 1791
It became America’s resolution
The first amendment clearly states
No abridging of the freedom to speak
We may assemble peacefully
With either praise or critique
Facts gathered respectfully
Researched and...
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Categories:
substandard, introspection, life, people, social, words, integrity,
Form:
Rhyme
Cost Overrun In BolehlandCost Overruns
Here in Bolehland, one thing that can be observed and learnt...
It is that Government initiatives are noble and well meant...
Probably each working paper or proposal is well researched and presented...
In order that ample...
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Categories:
substandard, allegory, allusion, anxiety, community, corruption,
Form:
Free verse
We Need Another KingfishLousiana, we've been behind in everything for way too long.
We need another leader like Huey P. Long.
We need for us all to live like queens and kings.
To grant Louisiana's economic wish we need another kingfish.
Huey...
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Categories:
substandard, people, philosophy, places, political
Form:
Rhyme
Six Hundred BoysSix Hundred Boys
Six hundred boys were singing in the hall
Six hundred boys were singing in the hall
Six hundred boys were singing there
Singing out a secret prayer
Six hundred boys were singing in the hall
Angelic voices bouncing...
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Categories:
substandard, psychological, rights, satire, school, boy,
Form:
Rhyme
Nation's Damnable BlightNation’s Damnable Blight
Black slender man, bent twig on the branch of a slave’s family tree,
Planted in white culture during infamous time of our history,
From seed transported in the belly of those infernal...
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Categories:
substandard, abuse, america, angst, corruption, discrimination, political, rights,
Form:
Didactic
Nations Damnable BlightBlack slender man, bent twig on the branch of a slave’s family tree,
Planted in white culture during infamous time of our history,
From seed transported in the belly of those infernal slave ships.
Bitter...
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Categories:
substandard, anger, discrimination, evil, hate, poverty, sin, slavery,
Form:
Didactic
Cost of Doing BusinessPlanes crash...
Cheaper to kill
Than fix a problem
That costs $600 a plane
Do you think our values are ill?
Are we all just insane?
Wrong prescription filled
Patient dies...
Pardon us,
The fault merely lies
In cheaper employees
Training incomplete,
Cost of correcting??
Well then,
We couldn't...
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Categories:
substandard, confusion, death, faith, history, sad, satire, war,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Rest My Body In the Know of MineI want a plain substandard coffin,
Wide enough to contain my wishes,
The dreams that danced like fireflies,
Flickering in the night of my soul,
A much more humbled prospect; ...
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Categories:
substandard, death, dream,
Form:
I do not know?
The Bird BoxIt’d been a long day at work
So he sat in the sun
Enjoying the beer he’d earned
The day finally done
Closing his eyes he relaxed
When a persistent peep
Interrupted his dreaming
And he started from sleep
A brown and grey...
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Categories:
substandard, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
He Expected the Worst In EveryoneHe had a perpetual angry sneer
A lip that curled and an attitude that said
Back off
Expressed dissatisfaction with you
before you reached his eye level
you could feel his disgust
He expected the worst in everyone
Substandard treatment, racism,...
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Categories:
substandard, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Substandard Life Under a Thunderous CloudHell has opened its mouth and spit forth Apollyon.
A brutal beast wrapped in a cloak of deceit.
A grandiose idealist with evil intention.
A reaper of racism.
A shameless rapist of intellectually rigid minds.
An artful ruler of schism.
He...
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Categories:
substandard, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Sonic SonnetSonorous, saporous symphonies: strong;
soothingly spirited, sublime sweet songs.
Satisfied sigh, sees salubrious springs;
sharp, sizzling sunburn scream: saltwater stings.
Searing sharp satirists, snarkily snide;
subtle smart sophists show soft, specious side.
Skimpy, salacious shows sell sexy spice;
somber, sad serials scarcely...
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Categories:
substandard, sound,
Form:
Rhyme
MisplacedI look around to see the beauty
of a long lost wonderland
that tells many stories.
Like those wild flowers
growing up together.
They survive and fight
like a real warrior.
I look around to see the beauty
of a long...
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Categories:
substandard, life, places,
Form:
Narrative
Substandard TiresSubstandard Tires
The customer rants and raves at me saying it’s all my fault
And my colleague’s and my employer that he’s got no family
He threatens all of us with court and is off to see the...
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Categories:
substandard, america, anger, betrayal, business, work,
Form:
Blank verse
Substandard"One who meditates of death, has disguised his life as one.
One who meditated of death, in order to disguise, knows life."
- "Should I meditate of life then?"
You probably will be 'living death'
(P.s. explanation -
A...
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Categories:
substandard, dark, deep, imagery, philosophy, word play,
Form:
Verse
A Poem On Not Shaving For MonthsHow Unkempt and awful I look when
I forget to shave for weeks
Often have I to put off shaving for months
Once I went unshaved for a year
Either under stress,
or workplace pressure
as a result,
female colleagues
Avoid talking...
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Categories:
substandard, adventure, funny, inspirational, me, me,
Form:
Free verse