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Premium Member Such a Time as This
...[The Lord] "Why do you throw up your hands at Me? Turn around and take what I give you!" [The Defeated] "These people stubbornly refuse your grace. Their brazen-faces threaten violence. They ......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, bible, christian, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse



A MAN CALLED BAI BUREH
...In the olden, amidst an era where valor defined men, a towering figure emerged, Bai Bureh, the epitome of courage and leadership, a beacon of hope to his people. Hailing from humble beginnings in ......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
In the hidden realm, seeker of mysteries
...In the hidden realm, seeker of mysteries, Where do you float, my boundless Origin? Like a falling star, you bestowed upon me A fragment of your essence, to give birth to me in depths... But now, ......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Battle
...Pikes held high, Flags fill the sky, Drummer boys sound the beat, Musket men are on their feet. White smoke swirls, ram down the ball really hard, Pour in the gunpowder to make the charge. ......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, anxiety, death, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Traffic
...In the hazy air, the camera drone  followed the stagnant river of traffic, telegraphing images to control. The thermals from the searing hot pavement fighting with the machine’s languid progress ......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, summer,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Divine Master
...The divine master is many things: He is a monolith to which we pray; He is the light and he is the way; He’s in each and every place - Like the commandments we shan’t debase. The divine maste......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, philosophy, self,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Within Me
...Within Me Trapped within, a tempest roars, Where demons dance and anguish pours, In the haunted halls of my soul's estate, Dwells a darkness deep, where love and hate await. Restless ......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, angst, dark, depression, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
On the Hidden Paths of the Soul
...On the Hidden Paths of the Soul Perhaps she once understood everything That I, only now, have taught myself to decipher - Moving away, as far from this spherical earth as possible, Almost at the ......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member ComPassion's Braver Angels
...Impressive values, like love, claim resources that liberally breed ecological natural physically happy health and conservatively feed emotional spiritual mentally glad wealth. Oppressive ......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, anxiety, earth day, health,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
The Hungry Stones III
...In scarce a week the place began to weave A weird fascination upon me, Nigh hard to bear, harder still to believe, I felt as if a dragon from a sea Was slowly digesting me in tight noose, A......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, allusion, bangla, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Dark Limerence
...You would think the obsession was a profession the way it worked on them day & night Their poker face came in handy hiding deep emotions but what the eyes spoke just wasn't right Compulsively wa......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, introspection, philosophy, psychological, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Air of Freedom
... In a world where chains restrict, my one wish would be for everyone to be free. If I could alter the fate of those forced into silence - I would unmute unheard voices. My gift to the world......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, abuse, freedom, women,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If the world would be like me
...If the world would be like me there will be no wars Peace will be the first decree overtly endorsed Love will be the law for good Common understanding Will prevail, just how it should Larks w......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, dream, myth, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
I AM AFRICA
...I am Africa, the cradle of mankind, Where ancient footprints in the sands of time entwined, The birthplace of humanity, divinely designed, In my esteemed valleys, where life first aligned. I am......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, africa, nature, society, visionary,
Form: Quatrain
Excerpts from Gilgamesh
...He Lived: Excerpts from “Gilgamesh” loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I. He who visited hell, his country’s foundation, Was well-versed in mysteries’ unseemly dark places. H......Read the rest...
Categories: oppressive, death, death of a
Form: Rhyme

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