life happens.
It’s fall, it’s midterms
It’s election time.
New Haven’s giving a lot of fall.
I’ve been starting to feel the chills,
but things are turning cold and extra breezy,
so it all maks sense.
The good and bad can coexist closely,
is our energy dropping? Nope.
Whenever I think of voting,
I go back to American Idol.
My first voting experience.
It was 2009 and I was 14.
I was into Adam Lambert.
he didn’t win, and sure, I felt
a child's appreciable sense of outrage
millions and millions of us did
but we didn’t storm FOX Network
We cried into pillows and took it in stride.
Now Adam sings with Queen.
So I guess it worked out.
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Songs for this
??Bohemian Rhapsody by Adam Lambert
Do It Again (feat. Carolyn Leonhart & Robert Smith) by The Juju Orchestra
Categories:
midterms, autumn, emotions, heartbroken, humor,
Form: Free verse
I've posted a new short story.
Because the length of pieces we can post here is crazy limited.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/grades_ruin_everything_9428
Categories:
midterms, angst, break up, friendship
Form: Free verse
All my #2 pencils are chewed and the erasers are gone.
Half the pages of my books have been folded.
Sections are highlighted and notes are scribbled
in all over the place! *shaking head*
The page margins are jammed with doodles,
of flowers, cats, stars, hearts and names.
*flipping pages to early in the year*
September doodles are all John, john, JOHN.
Who’s John? *thinking back*
Oh, yeah. *smiling* OH YEAH.
It’s good to review the book before midterms.
Categories:
midterms, 11th grade, february, school,
Form: Free verse
The Aftermath of Midterms
By Franklin Price
11/7/2018
The aftermath of midterms
Is quickly taking shape
The Democrats have won the house
Yesterday they broke the tape
Republicans have the Senate
May have even gained a few
The question to be answered now
Is, what will this congress do?
Now that there is some balance
For the folks up on the hill
Maybe they'll think of We the People
For most of us have had our fill
Initial voices heard today
Now that all have left the polls
Until one party has it all
That will not be their goals
Attacking one another
Will be there for quite some time
No care for ones who put them there
Save that for another time
Looks like We the People
Are not the ones they care about
Now we'll have to wait 'til '20
To vote their stupid asses out
I would like to be an optimist
On the results of this last vote
And I pray it's not the way it seems
And they do not sink the boat
Categories:
midterms, political,
Form: Rhyme