Battleground
...mighty conquerors
we vanquish and liberate
in the name of right
patriotic, strong and proud
valiantly, we risk our lives
the stalwart oppressed
we defend against tyrants
for our way of life...
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Categories:
nutrients, war,
Form: Tanka
I'm Hurt
...I wish you were there
When I needed you the most
I thought you were the only one
Who will protect me, at any cost
When my trembling hands
Wiped off the heat of tears
I was going through so...
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Categories:
nutrients, absence, betrayal, black love,
Form: Free verse
Fungi
...
I like my fungi
sauteed in butter
in a pan with a chopped clove
of garlic, parsley and plenty
of salt and pepper.
Or sliced and simmered
in chicken stock
with arborio rice
and topped wit...
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Categories:
nutrients, nature, poetry, senses,
Form: Free verse
Performing our Friendship
...What makes a person likeable?
How they look,
how they dress,
or maybe who they’re friends with?
I think it’s about how kind they are,
their willingness to be your friend.
“I guess w...
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Categories:
nutrients, 10th grade, anger, best
Form: Free verse
His Sunset Years
... in his sunset years he daily
traversed a mile to smile
waiting
w a t c h i n g
A L E R T
the lilt of phantomic voice to
O P E N his
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Categories:
nutrients, allusion, change, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
JUNE BERRIES
...
Juicy and sweet, these berries delight,
Unique flavor with a hint of almond's bite.
Native to North America's land,
Eaten fresh or dried, both are grand.
Baked into pies or made into jam,
En...
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Categories:
nutrients, fruit, june, native american,
Form: Acrostic
The Offspring Of The Floating Potheads
...They inhale the poisonous substance,
adduction had no power over resistance;
their brain's responsiveness is too slow:
look at them: their glance is so mellow!
This is the offspring of the floa...
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Categories:
nutrients, addiction, culture, drug, family,
Form: Rhyme
My Hair
...
As a teenager, I was so lean and lanky.
My mother worried over my physical stature.
She believed that all the nutrients in my diet,
were rapaciously devoured by my hair.
From childhood ...
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Categories:
nutrients, emotions, how i feel,
Form: Other
The Blade of Grass
...The rains are here, relentless as ever
The grass blade is excited like never
The season of hibernation is over
Swirling in water, as a duck dumpling
in sauce
The blade of grass has come home
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Categories:
nutrients, appreciation, earth, life, nature,
Form: Ballad
River's Beauty
...The river bends, and the river breaks.
The mind, so pliable, so fragile.
In relation in the oddest ways.
The river effortlessly wanders through the landscape,
The mind effortlessly travels throug...
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Categories:
nutrients, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Nature
...Nature
As I sit by the window
So early in the morning
I hear the birds chirping
Having their own conversation
A gentle breeze
The leaves ?? swiftly move
Its not hot yet
Its calm and ...
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Categories:
nutrients, nature,
Form: Free verse
My Roots
...My Roots
Pluck at my green leaves
Devour my fruit with gusto
Hack at my bark all day
Carve your name on my trunk
My roots remain steadfast
Snip at my blossoms
Relish in its colours and scent...
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Categories:
nutrients, africa, age, allegory, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Gardening
...Outside my house, there is a crane.
Much to my disdain.
Tearing up my lawn looking for fossils.
But is it really worth tearing up my garden that’s full?
Tempting, trouble.
There are no valuab...
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Categories:
nutrients, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
A Whisper of Life
...Within a sacred vessel, a miracle starts,
A tiny spark of life, beating tiny hearts.
No bigger than a poppy seed, a speck in the blue,
Yet programmed with potential, to dream and to do.
Th...
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Categories:
nutrients, absence, birth, blessing, miracle,
Form: Rhyme
Reconnection
...Reconnection
I want to be part of nature.
I want my flesh to turn into a tree.
I want the fresh oxygen to flow into my lungs.
I want to grow out of my fingers and toes.
I want my only scars to ...
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Categories:
nutrients, conflict, earth, growth, mental
Form: Free verse
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