inner and outer
...We all have inner and outer lives.
They’re messy, hopelessly intertwined, and more
than mere mannequins to hang our word-art upon.
I’m supported, in my unwritten life, by a structure
of moods, ...
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Categories:
personal life, boyfriend, conflict, humor, poetry,
Form: Free verse
You're My Superhero
...You're my superhero and you don't even know why
Its because you're there for every pain hurt and cry
You're there for those who matter excluding yourself
Superheros like you cant be found anywhere...
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Categories:
personal life, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
ya'lls bout rassling
...Larghissimo
very slowly; slower than largo Capsaicin
protect the legs of cowboys while
riding horses and when walking
through rough landscapes. Leather
is a thick and durable...
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Categories:
personal life, film, music, sports,
Form: Ballad
Etched in Stone
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Etched in Stone
In the soothing serene silence of a shining summer day
Strolling along a lonely alley laid in black stones
Bordered on both sides with verdant ...
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Categories:
personal life, appreciation, life,
Form: Free verse
Manifesto
...Government, corporations, military,
Healthcare, and the insurance you carry -
if you fight them in court, you have my respect.
Mega-systems don't care about lives they've wrecked,
and the b*****...
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Categories:
personal life, health, humanity, money,
Form: Rhyme
WORK
...When you’ve work
Six to eight hours on
A job and don’t get paid
For over-time, your work
Is done for that day
Why is it that you’re
Calling and e-mailing me
After hours about work
Situations...
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Categories:
personal life, anxiety, freedom,
Form: Free verse
awakening verse,
...Its an institutionalized war against a black man yet a fellow black man is glorifying his brother man who cheat and lie to his wife and family, this is bull how are we building the nation with lustfu...
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Categories:
personal life, beautiful, betrayal, confidence, conflict,
Form: Dramatic Verse
None Of This Would Have Ever Happened
...If we had kept our feelings to ourselves
and avoided stranger's eyes doubting us,
none of this would have ever happened;
this secret should have remained sealed.
We wanted to lead a personal li...
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Categories:
personal life, anxiety, courage, desire, happiness,
Form: Lyric
Can You Explain this Movie?
...We sat at the only empty table.
I'd never seen her before,
that elegant, thirty-something lady,
when I visited that shore.
I was twenty-two years old, with big ideas,
a little scruffy, a ...
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Categories:
personal life, confusion, political, romance,
Form: Rhyme
The Value Of Prayer
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The Value Of Prayer
Miracle Man
1/31/2024
My petition isn’t always answered with flare,
but I know first hand the value of prayer.
The results in my personal life will attest,
to t...
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Categories:
personal life, prayer,
Form: Quatrain
Odyssey
...It's not easy being a cat, you know
They say we have nine lives
But truth be told, like you, we have but one
In my personal life, in my odyssey to the road of being loved
I purred many days ...
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Categories:
personal life, cat, love,
Form: Free verse
Superstitions
...Written 2 December 2023
A Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Do`s and Don`ts
Avoid thirteenth of Fridays
for any new ventures
for any new businesses
Skip number 13 in buil...
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Categories:
personal life, humor, life, men,
Form: Verse
My Biggest Bully
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I'll never be enough for you
It dawned on me
You know my darkest secrets
And deepest fears
You hold the keys to the kingdom
It's my own mind
Where you made me a serf
Working da...
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Categories:
personal life, angst, dark, depression, how
Form: Free verse
The Freedom of the Digital World
... Our traces are an open book.
The digital world cuts into
pieces the starry,innovative
thinking.
The digital world is the secrecy
...
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Categories:
personal life, angel,
Form: Free verse
Tell It Like It Is
...In our personal life,
there is too much distraction
In our family life,
there is too much disconnection
In our political life,
there is too much division
In our social life,
there is to...
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Categories:
personal life, society,
Form: Couplet
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