Back It Up
...I hear the way you talk
of your friends without end,
the gossip goes on non-stop,
about them and their men,
so vicious the things you say,
shock to see, candidly,
imagine what you must claim
a...
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Categories:
peddle, anger, break up, crazy,
Form: Rhyme
The horrible bicycle ride
...1.The whole town was totally deserted,2.My hamlet was in the town's out skirted , 3.Dynamo lamp showed a beam of light,4.It was a troublesome new moon night. 5. I took my o...
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Categories:
peddle, 10th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Calming Rivers
...Calming Rivers
Touch like a feather.
Flowing calming rivers.
Milky skies to ivory.
Heavenly dreams radiant.
Green gardens are so fluent.
Delicate like a rose peddle.
Serene blessings.
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Categories:
peddle, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
The First To Drown
...The Earth isn't dying—no, she's screaming, a sound you've stopped hearing.
she cried when girls walked miles for rusted, tainted water,
when ancient forests become forgotten, ash–filled pyres,
no ...
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Categories:
peddle, imagery, inspirational, meaningful, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Peddle poppy
...You peddling poppy
You soul
Keep
Keep going
On and on
Go and go
Strive above and beyond
Boundaries and imagination.
The sky is far from your limit,
You get it.
Run. Run. Run
Swim. ...
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Categories:
peddle, change, happy, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Social Media
...Social media is a charade
A manic masquerade
Where charlatans peddle lies
And truth slowly dies
But you were led to the dance
And you thought you had a chance
So you either go ballistic
Or...
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Categories:
peddle, america, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
88 Keys
...88 Keys
Bass,middle, treble range.
Piano, favorite instrument.
Unique sound.
Array of strings abound.
Dust settles.
Million songs created.
88 keys.
Each sound is beautifully made.
P...
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Categories:
peddle, song,
Form: Rhyme
Sky Paths
...geese are arriving or going
straight lines crisscross the sky
a history of contrails
in a blue honking yonder
under
a brightly birthed daylight
eyesight cannot settle
but dazzles
upon fleet...
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Categories:
peddle, poetry,
Form: Free verse
After the Flood
...Stray cats slipped under a waterlogged night
only to drift back bedraggled,
as if today still pulled at their tails
Old Charley Winslow died
before the deluge,
before the river threw itself
o...
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Categories:
peddle, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The State
...Corruption in the rumours and on the scenes
High profile slaps and cattle vaccines
Taxes, levies and airport leases
Pleasure decreases and pressure increases
Critics disappear in a bid to peddl...
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Categories:
peddle, christian, political,
Form: Rhyme
Freedom Bares Its Teeth
...Freedom isn’t a delicate flower;
It’s the fist that goes through the ground,
the teeth that grind at the chains,
the howl of a wind
that won’t ask for permission.
I refuse to bow to the crumbs...
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Categories:
peddle, black african american,
Form: Free verse
End is Certain
...
The world is shifting, not the same,
We’ve faltered as a human race.
No one’s safe on this forsaken plane,
Even the righteous lose their grace.
In Kali Yuga’s shadowed prime,
One ple...
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Categories:
peddle, conflict, devotion, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Fledges Class
...footsteps as I walk to the podium*
Lights dim, where words writhe like serpents in the darkness, I concoct a brew of bitter brutalities.
“The cacophonies of criticism, discordant symphonie...
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Categories:
peddle, dark,
Form: Free verse
Look Closely
...Submerged in his fanciful palette of
feigned perfection his fetid smile
suffused through the cold laps of the
sun. A lantern of ruffled acquiescence,
a maquill...
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Categories:
peddle, anxiety, deep, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Nesting
...I will never be extinct, but I do nest
with the dodos
We all come from the same existence,
the same timeless egg.
The dodos sing to me, their voices,
are unpleasant to the ear, but
their futu...
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Categories:
peddle, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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