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Out Loud Poetry Poems

These Out Loud Poetry poems are examples of poetry about Out Loud Poetry. These are the best examples of Poetry Out Loud poems written by international poets.


Beautiful doesn't mean Safe
The Sun is pretty–Yes ,we know,
It makes the sky and flowers glow.
But look too long, and you will find,
It's beauty scars. It's strikes you blind....

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Categories: poetry, imagery, inspirational, meaningful, metaphor,



The Silent Screams
There are voices all around us
Not loud, not obvious,
But aching to be heard.

Within this poem lies three unheard stories
Three souls, each silenced by society
A woman...

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Categories: poetry, 10th grade, angst, anti

Premium Member Perhaps
At times upon the grassy hill
a brisk breeze will blow teasing my hair
And within that breeze I will hear
questions asked of me as I lie...

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Categories: poetry,

Melanin Glow
Born from the sun's ancient kiss,
A gift wrapped in golden brown bliss,
I carry the stories of ancestors proud,
Their strength echoing clear and loud.

Melanin flowing through...

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Categories: poetry, black african american, black

MY INDEPENDENCE DAY
I wake to choices, mine to make,
No predetermined path to walk,
No scripted lines I have to talk.

This Fourth of July I celebrate
Not just a nation's...

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Categories: poetry, independence day, inspirational, introspection,



Greatest Love Story
It took many years for me to love me 
For rich or for poor the body keeps the score.

Society is always on the go no...

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Categories: poetry, freedom, introspection, mental health,

She Wasn't Built to Fold
Inspired by the USPS "19th Amendment: Women vote"
forever stamp (2020)

They stamped her face–
like that could contain her fire.
Purple, white, and gold–
not colors, but warning,
wrapped around...

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Categories: emotions, inspirational, meaningful, poetry,

She Burned the Script
after still I Rise by Maya Angelou 

They said, "too loud, too wild, too much"—
so she learned to burn with a softer touch.
But thunder lived...

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Categories: emotions, hope, inspirational, poetry,

Give Me Horses
I’ve ridden long ’cross windswept land,
Seen men lie with a shake of hand.
Smiles can fool, and words can bend—
But a horse stays honest ‘til the...

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Categories: poetry, horse, hurt, peace,

The Caged Phoenix
They locked her in a box of gold,
with chains that shimmered, stories told.
"Stay pretty,  still–don't ask for more,
The fire in you? Just folklore". 

she smiled...

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Categories: poetry, emotions, inspirational, meaningful, philosophy,

Loud quiet
I am wildly conscious of the fact
I don’t know how to speak up anymore.
I feel like I’m yelling and no one can
Hear me
I was told...

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Categories: poetry, abuse, anxiety, depression, mental

A Dream
Good to you, good for you, good with you… All things I’ve always dreamt of being. But also all things I never will be. You...

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Categories: poetry, betrayal, crush, cry, deep,

What The Fire Didn’t Take

The power of grief can consume you—?not all at once,?
but like water swelling inside a sinking ship.
?Quiet at first,?
until you're drowning in the silence.
It doesn’t...

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Categories: poetry, dark, emotions, grief, journey,

I Was Drunk
Whispers
Long and lost
Loud and low
“S e i z e  t h e  d a y”
Touched my ears,
Poured into my soul,
Vanished my inner ghoul,
The...

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Categories: poetry, beautiful, beauty, poems, poetess,

Premium Member Smiles
Smiles
Real smiles
Phony smiles
Trick pony smiles
Gray stony buck wild
Ulterior motive styled
Easy to drink like water
Cheesy white dreams you slaughter
Captured by a whimsical soul’s smile
Black and gold...

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Categories: appreciation, corruption, poetry,


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