A suicide none dare declare
Shàngó!
Where are your fiery eyes,
that spit fear into burning coal,
that blaze with warmth and glow,
a conflagrator dancing with flames?
Who dares invoke your name in sin,
and not have their tongue seared?
You summon thunder as a hound to hunt,
their wealth and souls it strikes at once,
swift as lightning no man can withstand.
You are a god with no
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Categories:
none, africa, eulogy, fire, god,
Form: Epic
I Know That None Of You Are Dictators, Or Are You
they shave the heads of their citizens
without ever lifting a blade,
it’s all numbers, files, and boots on the street.
they steal the laughter from kitchens,
turn love into ration cards,
make hope a felony,
make truth disappear down stairwells at midnight.
they don’t need to kill everybody,
just enough to keep the rest quiet.
fear is cheaper than bread.
they smile in portraits,
gold
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Categories:
none, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
And Then There Were None - For Agatha Christie
I’ve only desired to light old lamps with young wicks
(the tongues of flame must be blinking hard with vigilance)
Across dark, mildewed alcoves that smell of ink —her writing ink —
But one thing led to the other, and the ink I
Found froze in my eyes, the bottle instantly petrified among desert ruins.
I searched, from my village
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Categories:
none, tribute,
Form: Ode
None Of AI
None Of The
Human Launched
Missions In
Space, To The
Moon Or Mars
Or Elsewhere
Orbiting The Sun
Have Been Staged
Yet.
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Categories:
none, life,
Form: Free verse
none so blind as those who refuse to see
Something's happening,
that's destroying the world...
piece by bloody piece!
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Categories:
none, fate,
Form: Haiku
WATER
Water not luxurious
But very valuable
Water got no enemy
Very essential for living.
Water is everything, for all living things
I swear none can live or do without it.
About 71% of earth
Is covered by water
About 50-71% of the body
Is made up by water
Water is everything, not just a liquid
I swear a daily necessity
For all living
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Categories:
none, africa, community, deep, education,
Form: Epic
the sum of none
together we are nothing but one ~ apart everything except one
even if finally undone ~ we still ain’t finished before we’re done
By David Kavanagh
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Categories:
none, meaningful, perspective, word play,
Form: Monoku
THE DRAMA
When them hate
Don't work
They start
Creating scene
Seeking others attention
Either for applause
Or to ruin another person reputation.
Acting selfishly
Creating scenarios
We the villains
Them the victor
Telling what's not true
Disunity them agendas.
Their messages
Disunited many
Setting the city ablaze
Many were scapegoat
Leaving them traumatized
Hurting another unknowingly
Without empathy or sympathy
Alas, None a born
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Categories:
none, africa, betrayal, corruption, deep,
Form: Narrative
TIMING
A reason to be born
Know what to live or die for
Destiny had been written
Do what it takes
Make good use of your time
Giving your life a meaning
Leaving a legacy behind
None reigns forever.
Good times
Don't last forever
Just like
You won't live forever
Don't be abusive
Whenever you're on top.
Use your power
Don't abuse
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Categories:
none, africa, children, christian, community,
Form: Blank verse
Like None Of It Matters
Hold your hand in mine,
And my heart with yours.
Give it a squeeze then
I'll tell you how it felt.
Write upon mine with pens,
Kiss it while it melts.
Betting all on my emperor,
Hold me like nothing matters.
Lick the fire and shadows,
Draw on the burns and scars
As we dance downtown in cars.
I bite rocks in the meadows,
Break my teeth,
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Categories:
none, creation, emotions, growth, identity,
Form: Free verse
Other Days, But None Alike
Other Days, But None Alike
Miracle Man
11/19/2024
Yesterday is a storage bin for all my past adventures,
there recorded is wins and losses of all my past ventures.
Today is that brief span of time stuffed in between,
and when it quickly passes, no more will it be seen.
Tomorrow never comes yet I may experience more.
I oft pause and wonder
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Categories:
none, life, today,
Form: Couplet
A Place Like None
I rise and fall like a fountain
Sometimes I live, sometimes I die
sometimes I soar above the mountain
Sometimes I trade my laugh with sigh
I once lived in this place for long
Until my toil stole my time
And with you all, I wrote my song
Until my time refused to rhyme
But
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Categories:
none, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
None charms me more
No month charms me better than October,
It needs no strong drink to make me sober.
Cool as a cucumber, it brings delight,
And joy as vast as Jupiter's great might.
You bid farewell to September's with cheers,
As you have always done for many years,
Soon November's hue will fade away,
For December's chill too to hold sway.
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Categories:
none, cheer up, december, joy,
Form: Rhyme
I've Gone Before Judge's Since Age Nine
they sat up there
high and clean,
robes that reeked of power
and I stood down below,
a kid,
hands in pockets
or chained behind my back.
since nine, it was always the same—
the faces changed,
but the eyes,
they stayed cold as stone.
I learned young
not to look for mercy,
not to plead,
just nod
and listen to them talk about me
like I wasn’t there,
like I was
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Categories:
none, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
None Of This Would Have Ever Happened
If we had kept our feelings to ourselves
and avoided stranger's eyes doubting us,
none of this would have ever happened;
this secret should have remained sealed.
We wanted to lead a personal life,
stay out of the limelight, feeling free;
we sworn fidelity as husband and wife,
built a house and dreamt by the sea.
We are sure nothing would ever happened,
honoring
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Categories:
none, anxiety, courage, desire, happiness,
Form: Lyric
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