Over 18 Poems


Black Coffee Memories

...As we wait for the day
To start over anew
We watch the sunrise
Dry the morning dew.
You have a paper,
And I have a bowl
This drink has stained everything,
Even seeped to our souls.
When we we...
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Categories: over 18, age, devotion, drink, grandparents,
Form: Rhyme

11 Years Ago

...Something happened eleven years ago that was sad.
After he battled Leukemia for many months, I lost Dad.
I thought he'd live longer but he died at the age of sixty-five.
He took chemotherapy for o...
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Categories: over 18, anniversary, cancer, dad, death,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberThe Twisted 2nd

...The idea that our founding fathers intended anyone over 18 to possess enough firepower to destroy the entire continental army of 1776 is absurd, arrogate and dangerous.

#repealthe2ndamendment 

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Categories: over 18, community, corruption, death, fear,
Form: Free verse

Hardest Advice I - Pastor Deo - Gave a Woman

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If you defended your purity and your Christian womanhood as you quickly defend your grown children, you would be used mightily by our Trinity (our Triune Godhead: Father Son Spirit)

II
A daugh...
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Categories: over 18, abuse, africa, god, spiritual,
Form: Didactic

Premium MemberWaiting

...Waiting

Sitting in the office…
of someone, 
I rather not see. 
To talk about things, 
I rather not say. 
To hear, 
what does not need,
to be said.

I am over 18. 
I can vote, 
I can dri...
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Categories: over 18, abuse, break up, depression,
Form: Free verse


Relive This Again

...Downtown, the wind gusts
It's starting to rain
I’ve walked this whole city, still nothing I gained
Protected by a  small coat and the shoes on my feet
No place I ain’t seen, no street I can’t nam...
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Categories: over 18, change, hope,
Form: Lyric

Bids For Slavery

...dismissed ethics allegations over 18 years ago
how winter is my 2002 Olympic
how sad is my song 
my soul my songs 
taken in the black and used 
to be a slave of money makers 
the scandal of Uta...
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Categories: over 18, abuse, america, anger, anti
Form: Bio

Bids For Slavery

...dismissed ethics allegations over 18 years ago
how winter is my 2002 Olympic
how sad is my song 
my soul my songs 
taken in the black and used 
to be a slave of money makers 
the scandal of Uta...
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Categories: over 18, abuse, bullying, celebrity, child
Form: Bio

Angel's Die Also

...Angels die also!
3/5/2016

Where does one began to find the words to express a unique bond and love that has developed over many years
A bond that is different from love of country, family, music...
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Categories: over 18, absence, death, devotion, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse

She's Not Cheap, He's Not Daft

...No lady is cheap and dude's are not fools, the lady you've been chasing for over 12 months was in bed with a guy just three days after they met.

The lady you had in your bed in less than a week, i...
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Categories: over 18, crazy, emotions, fantasy, feelings,
Form: ABC

15 Ridiculously Short Poems

...Here are 15 very, very, very short prose poems! I think it is better to do it this way 
than to add 15 very short single poems. Hope you enjoy them 
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Voodoo

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Categories: over 18, funnyday, me,
Form: Prose Poetry
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