Ode To The Crow
...Steeped in mysterious magic
fearlessly they go
an eerily mischievous bird
you’re never far from a crow
Mystical messenger of the occult
blackest black obsidian plume
baneful omen of death the...
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Categories:
opportunists, bird, dedication, imagery, magic,
Form: Quatrain
One Day Wonders
...The World's 'One Day Wonders,' 'the' is borrowed
it's an article, they are transmitting
a way of thinking, theirs--much rather showed
--be their forte. What's that word, sort of, goad
pe...
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Categories:
opportunists, allusion, analogy, betrayal, change,
Form: Bio
Homeless Love Story
...
You and me against the World.
Living on a prayer, for real.
I will protect you girl, from the cold,
as it ravages the breath and sends them inside.
I will protect you from hunger,
"t...
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Categories:
opportunists, art,
Form: Free verse
A boat called Liberty
...
It was one day in December,
another day in the calendar,
but for him, a different one.
That day his life took a turn,
fed up with his misery,
wandering alone in the streets,
a poor young man ...
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Categories:
opportunists, adventure, allegory, allusion, blessing,
Form: Narrative
Betraying and Sabotaging Haiti
...Everybody desires something from our beloved Haiti.
Everybody is stealing from our embattled country.
The same individuals or goons, who are complaining,
Are the ones conniving, backstabbing and s...
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Categories:
opportunists, corruption, desire, discrimination, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and Perestroika
...Whatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?
Hobbit those characters who lived
within the realm
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squ...
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Categories:
opportunists, absence, angel, atheist, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Opportunists
...Some opportunists
Can tell you
That Africa is
A jungle.
Just because they don't want
Some people to visit
Africa.
Just because they want some
People to look down
Africa.
Just beca...
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Categories:
opportunists, 12th grade, africa, america,
Form: Free verse
Caw Caw Caw
...What do these crows say?
Certainly, they’re not wasting
their voice. Perched on the
branches of the bay tree,
they don’t fly in the sizzling
sunlight. Long, short, swift,
slow, vibrant, w...
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Categories:
opportunists, bird,
Form: Free verse
The Enemy Within
...The enemy within
There has been a war up North but after some times
the occupying forces surrendered and took the train
back where they came from.
Newspapers and magazines were (for a while) f...
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Categories:
opportunists, abuse, addiction, angst,
Form: Blank verse
Veil of Youth
...The veil of youth obscures the truth,
in minds susceptible to lies.
For they are newly exposed to
reality's underbelly.
A duck-blind for opportunists;
the veil of youth obscures the t...
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Categories:
opportunists, angst, anxiety, culture, extended
Form: Quatern
If I
...If I were rich
I wouldn't speak
keep it all to myself
Lost in a world where they ain't true
I call it selfish
Put my emotions in a book
And place it all on a shelf
The day finally came
A...
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Categories:
opportunists, 11th grade,
Form: Ballad
A Fictitious Queen of Nowhere In Particular
...From the word 'born', she was made to be a queen.
From the weight numbers 7.7 lbs., she was born to be queen.
She was daddy's girl and mother's pearl, a gift to the world.
Not all queens are stron...
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Categories:
opportunists, leadership,
Form: Narrative
Resurrected Heroe
...RESURRECTION OF A HEROE:
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES...
CHORUS:
Far from comparison, far from fear.
Failure part of the journey; shed no tears.
Man...do... the best you can do.
Talents in yo...
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Categories:
opportunists, beautiful, beauty, hero,
Form: Lyric
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and Perestroika
...Whatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?
Hobbit those characters who lived
within the realm
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squ...
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Categories:
opportunists, adventure, appreciation, bullying, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Capture the My Moments
...The question is not whether you are an opportunist,
many of whom are packaged with questionable motives.
Such would not be great candidates for an important mission.
Opportunists tend to wait for ...
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Categories:
opportunists, easter,
Form: Verse
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