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More They Stay The Same Poems - Poems about More They Stay The Same

Premium Member ANOTHER SYNDROME LIE
...It’s time we become aware of this syndrome lie: “The more things change; the more they stay the same.” Use your NI to simply check out this scamming phrase; Are not change and same oxymoronic juxt......

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Categories: more they stay the same, abuse, allegory, analogy, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member YESTERDAY REVIEWED AND RENEWED AGAIN
... YESTERDAY VIEWED AND RENEWED AGAIN It is being pontificated that we should be on the right side Of history; But if we were to do so, We would be on the wrong side Of ourstory:- While ......

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Categories: more they stay the same, allegory, black african american,
Form: Prose



Premium Member Two-And-A-Half Chewy Cheers
...Change is a constant while traditions die hard And they say the more things change the more they stay the same... Yet at the end of the game it's out with the old and ......

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Categories: more they stay the same, change, mystery, old, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Perspective of An Invisible People
..."Perspective of an Invisible People" Struggling for over four hundred years Drowning in rivers of tears Throughout the country's history Accepting black people, still a mystery Since the count......

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Categories: more they stay the same, america, emotions, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Name of the Game Is Change
...The more things seem to be changing The more they stay the same We must adapt and go with the flow Because change is the name of the game We struggle to keep our heads above water Ther......

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Categories: more they stay the same, life,
Form: Rhyme



The Essence of Me
... Born in the Goshen ghetto, bound by an Ashkenaz forged umbilical chain Beloved mother was Jim Crow lynch poor, adored father was the Uncle Sam same Third-generation slaves, pauper fre......

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Categories: more they stay the same, identity, spiritual, truth, wisdom,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Flaming Parts
...The more things change, the more they stay the same A bit of philosophy that still rings true, same old game Sometimes we win But much to our chagrin Things can turn out bad and parts bur......

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Categories: more they stay the same, philosophy,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member A Knight
...The more things change, the more they stay the same... NOT TRUE When's the last time you encountered a knight riding through Or a Model T Ford With some flappers aboard See what I mean, e......

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Categories: more they stay the same, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Wandering Thoughts of Liberation
...The King is dead and Malcolm too; Those who are left include me and you. Now is the time brother, what shall we do? The Black Power Stokley left behind Is gone into decline; faded away— No one......

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Categories: more they stay the same, allegory, analogy, black african
Form: Prose Poetry
Ghosts
...The morning moon, afloat now in the west Is white and insubstantial as a cloud So light is her impress And vapour hangs about her like a shroud She stuck around to greet the sun, before Dissol......

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Categories: more they stay the same, lost love, moon, spiritual,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member More They Stay the Same
...Watching people's actions in everyday situations Like parents bashing their kids out of frustration As I sit in my car Watching from afar Things remain the same with each new generation ......

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Categories: more they stay the same, life,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Different
...Different? The more things change, The more they stay the same, That’s what someone said, Who has no name. If you say “I’m different”, From this or for that, Isn’t it true? You’re just we......

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Categories: more they stay the same, conflict,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member When Justice Took a Holiday
...WHEN JUSTICE TOOK A HOLIDAY Justice took a holiday today; Peace fought back the tears. The mourners came to knell and pray: Guilt having choked the apathy of the years. No eulogy can change ......

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Categories: more they stay the same, america, anger, black african
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Name of the Game Is Change
...The more things seem to be changing The more they stay the same We must adapt and go with the flow Because change is the name of the game We struggle to keep our heads above water There are ......

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Categories: more they stay the same, life, happy, happy,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Change
...The more things seem to be changing The more they stay the same We must adapt and go with the flow Because change is the name of the game We struggle to keep our heads above water There are times it......

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Categories: more they stay the same, life, happy, happy,
Form: Quatrain

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