Problem
...Ulay kasano'y kadagsen di problemam
Adikan itolok ay mabege ka, labanam
Ta maga to met lang di odom ay kaseseg-ang
No baken sika ay manang
In Kankanaey ( one of the dialects of the Cordille...
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Categories:
odom, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
The 'With You' Is Silent
...The "With You" is Silent
By:Valerie Odom
February 27,2020
Am i worth more than what my past treated me?
Everything is applied
But my eye suggest that I'm not really apart of the Brady Bunch
J...
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Categories:
odom, cry, deep, emotions, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
This Life
...This Life
By: Woodrow Odom Lucas
Sometimes as I listen to the Beatles,
I find a sadness that I need to feel,
I find a shadow that resents God for my suffering,
And hates the devil for ...
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Categories:
odom, beautiful,
Form: Blank verse
Totem -- Odom
...A basketball player named Odom
Wants to dribble the balls in his scrotum
He tries to bounce them
Hardwood boards renounce them
Odom can't put 'em back ~ has to tote 'em!...
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Categories:
odom, humorous, sports,
Form: Limerick
Today Was Cloudy
...Today Was Cloudy
By: Woodrow Odom Lucas
Today was cloudy,
Dark all day,
I wish I had hope,
Come what may,
I saw a homeless man,
And gave him a kind word,
His smile lifted me to flight like a ...
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Categories:
odom, day, god,
Form: Blank verse
Verses Prt'2
...Verses prt.2
By Valerie Odom
July 27, 2017
I need a girl that’s gone
Keep it tight
Eat it right
Never leave me
Just stay by my side
I need a girl that’s gone
Keep it real
Show me the wh...
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Categories:
odom, addiction, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Really Realize Prt'1
...Really Realize prt.1
By Valerie Odom
May 19, 2017
Things are not how they used to be
Look up from your phone and then you’ll see
There is no love in these streets
It’s hard for someone to ...
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Categories:
odom, girl, hurt, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme
No Greater Sin
...No Greater Sin
By Valerie Odom
April 13, 2017
Black man
White man
This man
You man
He drinks
He smokes
He steals
And he provokes
He's polytheistic
And he works on Sunday
He makes c...
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Categories:
odom, anger, god, how i
Form: Rhyme
All Lives Matter
...All Lives Matter
By Valerie Odom
June 17, 2017
How can All Lives Matter when your
are bombing kids in the Middle East?
How can All Lives Matter when you
are killing black people as you plea...
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Categories:
odom, bullying, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Crack That You Sniff
...Crack That You Sniff
By Valerie Odom
May 22, 2017
Once your gone youre gone
That means youre dead for real
Its like the healings going backwards
Man im tryna heal
I cant take all this suffe...
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Categories:
odom, death, deep, depression, how
Form: Rhyme
7 Talk Love
...7 Talk Love
By Valerie Odom
May 19, 2017
If you want to talk to me then I'll always have the time
I may be busy everyday but you'll still be on my mind
If you need someone to love then I'll r...
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Categories:
odom, betrayal, break up, how
Form: Rhyme
Never the End
...Never The End
By Valerie Odom
Dear whoever reads this,
I just wanted to say it wasn’t your fault that you did this but humanity itself for creating a beautiful light and destroying an undying...
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Categories:
odom, depression, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Mr Brown Baby
...Mr. Brown Baby
By Valerie Odom
February 14, 2017
Mr. Brown Baby
You either knows too little or too much
The white man still gonna beat you on the daily
While you're still accused of raping ...
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Categories:
odom, abuse, america, baby, black
Form: Villanelle
Gmo,Get Me Off, All the Way Till I Die
...GMO(Get Me Off) All The Way Till I Die
By Valerie Odom
March 14, 2017
A processed way,
A processed life
No more factories
GMO all the way till I die
Bacon, ramen, flavored nuts
Get me off...
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Categories:
odom, addiction, food, how i
Form: Rhyme
Blackface
...Blackface
By Valerie Odom
March 24, 2017
Blackface
White man down
Black paint
Yell our race, stand in the crowd
While you screaming “All Live Matter”
Our men being shot to the ground
Bla...
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Categories:
odom, black african american, bullying,
Form: Rhyme
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