Wombstorm: A Herstory of Hysteria
...I. THE WANDERING
I was born with a life that bled—
a seafloor womb
dragging tides of fern
and marigold char
The priests brought saffron
and fear
crowning me with d...
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Categories:
misbehavior, body, history, mental illness,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Real Pain
...[Verse 1]
Everything you did, I kicked to the dust
Told me that you loved me, but that wasnt enough
Tired of bein’ second when you put them first
You let me down so much, now I got nothin’ to...
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Categories:
misbehavior, abuse, anger, betrayal, i
Form: Free verse
Sensory
...The human-felt sensations, in no particular order.
Through touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste. But also pain and occasional misbehavior
Gentle, hard, rough, loud, hot
Brittle, bruising - fee...
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Categories:
misbehavior, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
thin fractures
...Thoughts can be thin fractures in the order of things.
Sometimes my dorm room seems a sterile sarcophagus, like an accusation, or an interrogation about my romantic choices, with nothing warm or inv...
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Categories:
misbehavior, drink, forgiveness, integrity, morning,
Form: Free verse
boy with an unsafe homelife
...his defiant attitude was obstreperous
misbehavior unheard of and unseen in the sixties
other third-graders stared at him in disbelief
wondering what was wrong with him
not realizing he was beggin...
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Categories:
misbehavior, abuse,
Form: Prose Poetry
Lecherous Lever
...You pulled a lecherous lever,
hid behind the word forever;
Told me to never say never;
Misbehavior, misbehavior;
You did not expect me to win
but I knew just how to begin;
Enamor you as the ...
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Categories:
misbehavior, emotions, feelings, lust,
Form: Monorhyme
Anna Liisa
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Anna Liisa was Great-grandmother's name. She emigrated from Finland at the beginning of the 20th century.
I have only one memory of Anna Liisa from back when I was 10. She was elderly then and ha...
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Categories:
misbehavior, family,
Form: Haibun
Let No One Despise Your Youth
...Let no one despise your youth
May all disciples tell you the truth
In Word,
Not just the first, second, or third, let your thoughts be heard
And your feelings unstirred
Your heart Misguided and...
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Categories:
misbehavior, bible, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Shame and Guilt Sabotaged Mine Healthy Growth
...Shame and guilt sabotaged mine healthy growth...
and let yours truly not forget emasculation
that prickly emotional immobilization
whereby these lovely bones
subject courtesy senescence
upon...
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Categories:
misbehavior, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Chapter 98 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Teenager Invaders Misbehavior
...Late evening March 2045
The Teenagers were adventurous
They were venturing. DJ and
Damali Trech were both 18 years
Old. The Copy Cat Club was the
Place to be for teens. It mostly
Serve...
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Categories:
misbehavior, confidence, courage, emotions, father
Form: Alliteration
Harrier-
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Oh! mine oppressor
Why bully me?
I am quantum living energy
HARRIER
And the Creator has made me
You called me ugly
Tattered torn but yet I'm beautiful I am molded and forme...
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Categories:
misbehavior, abuse, allegory, analogy, anti
Form: Free verse
Be Kind To Falling Raptors
...Be kind to all my fallen failures.
Even when I’ve burnt my house down?
Even when I’ve broken homes in two?
Even when I am guilty of misbehavior?
I’ve experienced downward spirals mangled
Every...
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Categories:
misbehavior, divorce, father, forgiveness, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Accompanied By Mother Dear
..."all of us are on a journey and the answers are unspoken"
Quote by _Constance La France
As the world celebrates Mother’s Day with triumph
aff...
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Categories:
misbehavior, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Chapter 35 -- Delilah Damian Mallory: Intro Jason
...APRIL 2024-
Hours passed as 3 month old
Damian Junior slept. Dolly and
Molly Reminisced and thought
about the future and the pass about
Damian and Their families.
Dolly checked The time sayi...
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Categories:
misbehavior, absence, color,
Form: Alliteration
Robed In Jealousy
...How many colors in jealousy?
The participants - a favorite child,
parents, and a rainbow of siblings.
The lining feels good and comfortable
for the swaddled tale bearer, enough so
the dreamer dr...
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Categories:
misbehavior, bible,
Form: Free verse
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