Try Not to Laugh at This
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Consider the pigeon
It’s been itchin’
for a smidgen
of recognition
So it started
a bird-feed kitchen
That no bird die
of malnutri...
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Categories:
malnutrition, anxiety, bird, food,
Form: Rhyme
The enslaved
...The crops grows from the tears of the enslaved
The ground quakes from the harsh sound of the whip
Their calloused hands evidence of a life of painful labour
Wounds etched their skin
A twisted ...
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Categories:
malnutrition, discrimination, freedom, identity, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
FORBIDDEN APPARENT
...Rejection chain reaction
New Born Male Child
A babe suffering during while
A Mother who wanted her son to die
Heaven’s intervention rise
The new born experienced Asthma, Yellow Jaundice and Maln...
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Categories:
malnutrition, abuse, anger, betrayal, birth,
Form: Free verse
The Only Card To Play
...The sun has already gone down and there are no more places to roam
The kitchen is closed and the deal is on the road, take it or leave it even if you don’t believe it but this is the final card to p...
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Categories:
malnutrition, america, community, confidence, death,
Form: Free verse
We Need Your Kingdom
...O' Jehovah, it is to you we pray
for the coming of your Kingdom each day.
We pour out our hearts, even with tears
as we persevere in these final years.
We call to you from so many places
to wi...
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Categories:
malnutrition, future, god, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
RED
...RED
One hundred years ago in Pollockshaws
A man was laid to rest,
From humble beginnings to a martyr
They buried Scotland’s best.
A man who stood for the people
A man unshaken and proud,
T...
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Categories:
malnutrition, anger, appreciation, community, education,
Form: Rhyme
PART OF ME: A FALLEN CHILD
...Part of my soul severed by their ruthless oppression, demoralization and exploitation of a frightened and abandoned child.
Part of me drowning in detrimental sorrow as a 10 yr. old coerced by the ...
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Categories:
malnutrition, abuse, anti bullying, child
Form: Free verse
The Benefits Of Gene Editing
...Gene editing offers revolutionary possibilities in medicine, agriculture, and beyond.
In healthcare, it could eradicate genetic diseases, enhance immunity against infections, and personalize trea...
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Categories:
malnutrition, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Living In a Toxic Bottle
...black rotten salad shoved in between my lips
It was always the poison or a kick in the hips
I would’ve thrown it away but the witch caught my hand
Took a fork and shoved it in; I still can’t un...
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Categories:
malnutrition, abuse, betrayal, bullying, child
Form: Rhyme
Na
...my eyes are dried out,
not a single tear dares to come out,
my body aches from malnutrition even though it doesn’t seem that way,
my anger bottles up deeper within me,
my emotions taking over,
a...
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Categories:
malnutrition, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Man Eater
...Tongues twist,words roll;
Friends and family wonder;
What it is,that has eaten me up!
I'll not tell them anything,
I'll let them think and think-
Till they feel they have the answer.
Whatev...
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Categories:
malnutrition, depression, sad, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Date With Dracula
...Carriage drawn by four black steeds
Zombie coachman no blood to bleed
He is employed by Dracula
Who calls him fondly Tarantula.
Tonight he's on deadly mission
His masters suffering mal...
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Categories:
malnutrition, horror,
Form: Couplet
Sin of Sloth
...Is it simply laziness? The curious ask.
It's more, yet; moral of mind masquerading mask;
Caring one's self less; experts assuredly say,
Moving from moral values, sloth has its shrewd way...!
Do...
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Categories:
malnutrition, sin,
Form: Rhyme
Starsandstripes
...STARS & STRIPES
I know the Treasures held by the snow
I know pleasures unknown
And the measure of the shadows below.
They said Look what you've become.
Red, I replied I know. I've grown numb.
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Categories:
malnutrition, adventure, anxiety, art, bible,
Form: Free verse
Bitter Frost-
...lo frost bite bitter
so cold you freeze the hearts blood
dried broken bitter
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skins malnutrition
de-hydration frozen tongue
on the fence post iced...
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Categories:
malnutrition, analogy, anxiety, cool,
Form: Haiku
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