orange is my delight
...I am a girl, and pink is okay
but orange is my delight
Give me orange or nothing at all
I like it in polka dots, plaids, and paisleys
Stripes are not my favorite, but I would take stripes
If it ...
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Categories:
preteen, art, me,
Form: Free verse
Misty Summer Dreams
...
sultry days, Summer sun
budding breasts, bikini
a pre-teen flower blooms
tan skin, baby oil shine
misty water beading
making sweet rainbow dreams
Some Kind O...
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Categories:
preteen, beach, dream, girl, growing
Form: Free verse
Girls Cannot Get Along in Threes
...Three preteen girls tried to be friends with each other
They will never be able to do it, says Dorthea’s brother
Never say never, warns his savvy sage stepmother.
Wisely saying nothing, is David, ...
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Categories:
preteen, girl,
Form: Rhyme
A Murder Of Crows
...Photo # 1
A night of fright and mayhem after dark,
nightmare dreams, laughter, and screams get combined;
to a masked preteen, Hallowe...
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Categories:
preteen, angst, anxiety, children, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Unconscious Bias
...Ad Hoc Ad Litem: CHAPTER 1
Conscious/ness is a product of decisive reasoning; a sound mind, and based on scientific averages, a standard knowledge of what is right and, what is wrong.
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Categories:
preteen, analogy,
Form: Free verse
I Survived '75
...KEY - W: Will/Me - F: Friend - M: Mom
Thanksgiving week of '75, as a concurrent student earning multi-degrees from two campuses, and one off. I lived above the Uni, uphill, panicview Hilo ...
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Categories:
preteen, 9th grade, angel, boy,
Form: Dramatic Verse
I am an Apache Brave
...I am an Apache brave, the preteen rat said.
He had always wanted to be one, this critter, Ed.
Why not a Wyandotte, an Osceola or a Sioux?
This confused the rat, who did not know what to do.
I g...
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Categories:
preteen, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
really mommy
...Really Mommy? The annoyed preteen kitty cat said.
I am trussed up and there are antlers on my head.
Do not fuss said Mama Cat or you can be the tree.
Stuck with a blinking star and tinsel scratchy...
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Categories:
preteen, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Puppy Love
...Precious
Unfortunately
Preteens
Preconceived
Youthful
Love
Only
Verifies
Esteem...
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Categories:
preteen, age,
Form: Acrostic
Insect innocence
...
Drink the poison from my blood, breathe the rot from my lungs.
Take all that has been decaying inside me and nurse it to health like an injured bird.
A child who was once pure, turned sour like...
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Categories:
preteen, angst, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Free verse
my neon ghost
...October 28th, 1965
Slumber party
Six preteen girls
They are telling ghost stories
They have tales of horror to share
No one will be sleeping tonight
I see a neon ghost in the corner
He puts ...
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Categories:
preteen, nostalgia,
Form: Prose Poetry
THE HEIR
...THE HEIR
Beneath banners bold, a baby boy blooms,
His shaped realm royalty reign looms.
Heir to the hallowed, heartened throne room.
In his reign, a kingdom, he promised to prune.4
Tiny toes...
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Categories:
preteen, 1st grade, boy, mother,
Form: Alliteration
Sabrina
...Sabrina was a woman who knew her own soul
People learned fast not to try and hoodwink her
She did not fall down, kick or scream when confronted
Knowing when to walk away, she left drama behind
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Categories:
preteen, woman,
Form: Prose Poetry
Chapter 91-- Damian Delilah Mallory: Changes
...Date: April 2041
It's been one week now. There
Was no sign of the Black China
Men. The other Hakim family
Members decided to take residence
Closer to the foundational family.
Which was Gr...
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Categories:
preteen, africa, black love, books,
Form: Alliteration
Beth Hart
...She missed out on music lessons as a child.
Her parents taught her piano, which was so mild.
For years, she worked poorly and was lackluster.
And quit piano as a preteen as she couldn'...
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Categories:
preteen, analogy, appreciation, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
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