Mildred
Mildred
1. Like the flick of a brush to a canvas, her world was tainted by his love. Barely psychotic.
Led by the armor he wore, she rose like a phoenix. It was fierce and unapologetic.
His crooked smile and throaty laugh lulled her in, a
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Categories:
mildred, break up, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Lovng Day
Loving Day
When Richard and Mildred fell in love,
their fate was decided by a judge.
For he was white and she was black,
their marriage broke Virginia's Integrity Act.
Forced to move to Washington DC,
they opposed the ruling in 1963.
In 1967, a supreme court ruled that Richard and Mildred Loving could live together,
as an interracial married couple in their
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Categories:
mildred, 10th grade, black african
Form: Rhyme
Mildred Mcbreck
Here lie the remains of Mildred McBreck
She perished in a horrible car wreck
Seems her breaks failed on a curve
Sending her into an uncontrollable swerve
And that was the last of Mildred McBreck
Written June 23, 2022
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Categories:
mildred, death, grave,
Form: Epitaph
Mildred Fled
Mildred fled when Joe asked her if she
would let him see 'below' for a fee.
As she shot to a run
though, thread caught and unspun...
So instead, Joe got showed it for free!
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Categories:
mildred, fun, funny,
Form: Limerick
Mildred Noland
I wish I had just one more day,
to say the things I wish to say.
To walk along behind your wheelchair;
How you could out run me just wasn’t fair.
Have our morning coffee; sit and chat,
once again call you an old senile bat.
Millie, I always admired your will to fight.
Talking with you made everything all right.
Funny how
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Categories:
mildred, death, dedication, friendship, funeral,
Form: Couplet