Words Don't Have PowerWords Don't Have Power
Their Intended Meaning Does.
Their Un-Intended Meaning Does.
Two (Too.)
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Since I Am Not
The Only One Reading This
I Have No Clue:
What Power They Have
Over YOU.
-Gray Squirrel
06-11-2025...
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Categories:
power, life,
Form: Rhyme
My Father's Love Echo
The arrival of his departure
(A numb and cruel upheaval starter)
was an emotional core rupture;
a visual goodbye to my father.
I saw his final, last inhale
that would never flow to release.
I saw his life light fade to pale
before leaving to forever peace.
In time, I joyously came to know
his essence was such a strong force,
he could bend...
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Categories:
power, death, deep, emotions, father
Form: Free verse
Here’s what I should have done
I should have heard all the indications that the level of danger was low; no shots fired, no weapons, no anger or injuries, and no screaming, just a possible exchange of counterfeit currency.
I should have arrived on scene happy and glad that this was not a place of terror from gun shots, citizens hurt and...
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Categories:
corruption, hate, power,
Form: Free verse
The myth of justiceI knew justice was a myth
The first time I heard about trayvon martin
Killed over skittles
His killer
George zimmerman
Acquitted
He became a celebrity
And trayvon
He became another statistic
Another black kid
Erased by the system
He didn't get justice
I knew justice was a myth
When tamir rice
A 12 Yr old boy
Killed for playing with a toy
He...
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Categories:
myth, power, prejudice, racism,
Form: Free verse
Thanks to these storms to which I owe the power to wield my angst like a shining swordThanks to these storms to which I owe the power to wield my angst like a shining sword,
For they have taught me to shake off my fears and crush them at my weary feet,
I feel a whirlwind of air entering my anxious being, freeing me from the shadows of fear,
I owe them their icy stillness,...
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Categories:
power, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Information in VibrationVibrations are hiding information,
Tune in to the right station,
And have no expectation,
To accept the full translation.
Your participation in creation,
Creates a unique vibration,
Rippling across the nation.
Reality in transformation,
Feel the invasion,
As love finds it's way in,
Raising the vibration,
Within the collective we play in.
Creating a state...
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Categories:
power, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Naked Greed Meets Raw Power
Electricity crackles in the air
roller-coaster careening
off its track as silver trumpets blare
Gangs teem and thrive in jungles
from Africa to American streets
shells of...
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Categories:
dark, power, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Hanging onHanging on
By a thread
Trying to remember
What to believe
When hope is gone
And only dread remains
You strike a match
And let it burn
The candle flickers at both ends
For any respite the heart still yearns
Before the darkness again descends
Striving
Straining
Stumbling
Falling
She has forgotten how to fly
Forgotten how to try
Forgotten how to cry
Her...
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Categories:
power, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
FOR ALL THAT IT'S WORTHFOR ALL THAT IT’S WORTH – BY HAMID SINCLAIR
In God… we find the godless.
So-called transformers of faith—
Neo-Decepticons, New Age ravers,
Ravenous sheep… in wolf’s clothing.
Hapless victims—bitten by the serpent.
They entered humanity’s paradise… and robbed him.
No—her.
Wait… is it her/him?
Everyone catching the vapors of...
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Categories:
power, america,
Form: Spoken Word
A tale is told of a cruel manA tale is told of a cruel man
who once cast a stone at a righteous dervish’s head.
The poor man, too meek to strike back,
picked up the stone and kept it close?—?
waiting.
Time passed.
The king, angered by that cruel man’s misdeeds,
cast him into a bottomless, dark pit.
The dervish came to the edge,
aimed?—?
and hurled the same stone down...
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Categories:
allegory, conflict, endurance, power,
Form: Free verse
The ComposerI am 1,248 songs of complicated rhythm. Prose and verses tell a story of my decisions…my indecision. I am skin shaped, in 42 different shades of foolery, a life lover doing my best to avoid an other, but they seem to be everywhere these days. Crawling out from under rocks, or latent in my twisted...
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Categories:
power, inspiration, mental health, motivation,
Form: Free verse
MIRACULOUSA Greyhound Bus
Scheduled #102 to depart from Jackson, Mississippi
With destination signage for Memphis, Tennessee
The Greyhound Bus Driver was given the signal to depart
Every seat was accounted for and the bus was full
The bus was heading for the highway
Through the downtown Streets of Jackson leading to the journey that would begin
It was night and weather uncertain
Light...
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Categories:
power, america, blessing, care, journey,
Form: Free verse
Rare Bird
'It takes one to know one', so they do state,
but that won't take you far,
as we're never told exactly who these 'they' are.
'It's not what you know, it's who you know',
so the saying goes,
but the devil is in the details,
and I say, 'It's what you know about whom you know,'
which really goes to show,
whomsoever holds...
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Categories:
power, humor, humorous, word play,
Form: Rhyme
haiku : hiku : rose haiku : rose
red rose her power
petals bright hold cherished scent ~
black spider inside
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hiku
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r e d
r ...
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Categories:
power, 12th grade, allusion, color,
Form: Haiku
ChokeThe sweat sang to me
more than anything.
From outside, it must
have looked like a
dog fight.
But in the clash,
in the din, in the
bruises and blood,
there was enough heart
to choke the vultures
circling above us....
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Categories:
celebration, music, power,
Form: Free verse
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