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My 9-Line Life, 5 To 17
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curtis johnson
| Narrative |
america, childhood, poverty, racism,
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We have same world together
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richard nnoli
| Epic |
racism, abuse, africa, corruption, humanity,
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Let the kids play
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fauxcroft wade
| Free verse |
racism, change, innocence, inspirational, kid,
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FAKE King Harry Kane
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matthew harris
| Dramatic Verse |
racism, 11th grade, 12th grade,
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Yet She Smiled
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Khalid Khan
| Political Verse |
racism, aubade, dark, daughter, death,
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IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXIV and LXV
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T Wignesan
| Dramatic Monologue |
racism, allegory, anti bullying, corruption,
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Synagogue Of Satan
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edward johnson
| Free verse |
racism, america, bible, black african
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The Snow Angel
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Rico Leffanta
| Limerick |
racism, angel, culture, discrimination, god,
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SoulQueen Questions
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
racism, caregiving, culture, health, integrity,
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GHOST OF EMMITT TILL SPEAKS
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Jack Peachum
| Dramatic Monologue |
racism, black african american, death,
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Colors
by Mark Massey
~The purest tint is but a canvas bare
in wait of rapture from the Master's brush,
for all the pigments from the palette share
in textured beauty as...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
racism,
Racists Would Have Been Logical
by Adeleke Adeite
The most precious thing is breath;
It's the wall between life and death.
A universal and unifying energy
that gives mortal bodies synergy.
More than a mixture of elements,
It...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
racism, anti bullying, identity, inspiration,
Unwashable Handshakes
by TS Lewis
White Faces
and We the People
go hand in hand.
White hands
shake
white hands
without ever washing
their hands.
Handcuffs,
In God we trust
Affirmations
rendered on
God's word
promotes equality
Yet,
same crime
different times
feels like
slavery after...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
corruption, racism, slavery,
Tree Ring Circus
by Rico Leffanta
Donald Trump was as stumped as a man can be
"How could LeBron James be anything like me?"
A wise old owl
Commenced to howl
"Quite different branches grow...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
racism, black african american, culture,
Dispossessed
by Roy Pett
Down and out, destitute
In dire need , no help or
Support only war or dispute,
Poverty for those we adore,
Overlooked, become invisible
Spiritually and morally
Subjected...
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Acrostic |
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Categories:
racism, abuse, conflict, discrimination, identity,
Your Children Are Listening
by Caren Krutsinger
It is never fun to be the new kid.
If you are exude too much fun, you are labelled weird.
If you get excited and loud, the...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
abuse, feelings, racism,
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : XLVI and XLVII
by T Wignesan
IF ever I had a country : XLVI - XLVII
XLVI
IF ever I had in Andromeda a country
And if ever by rights I were the Chief...
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Dramatic Monologue |
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Categories:
racism, allegory, destiny, future, humanity,
Poor Sam Hose
by Jeff Martin
Poor Sam Hose was tied to tree
Soaked in kerosene, lit a thousand degrees
His flesh roasting, the mob sliced off pieces
Laughing at his screams for mercy...
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Verse |
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Categories:
racism, black african american, evil,
Naps in Your Nice Hair
by Jasmine Koria
My hair fills the circumference of itself
And takes up space with little help
It goes the only way it knows
In tightly bound cornrows
In church the...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
beauty, hair, race, racism,
Remember the dream
by Taylor Holiday
“America is a melting pot”,
at least that’s what we thought.
Now, don’t try to be like, look like
anything that you’re not.
I’m white like Obama and
I’m black...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
racism, america, anti bullying, black
Trade Wars
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Authoritarian DonaldJohn
authoritatively, yet irresponsibly,
declares the U.S. has the worst trade deal
in all of colonizing history.
I suppose
under his free autocratic authority
to re-interpret historic wealth
we were better...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
racism, culture, gender, health, history,
Untouchable II
by Gregory R Barden
I sip Long Island Tea, watch your bare knees upon the tiles,
The suits and Blaneks...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
analogy, poverty, prejudice, racism,
Questions of Skin
by Todd Aguilar Jr.
Look into my eyes?
What do you see?
Do you see me?
Do you see a human being?
What is it that makes you hate me?
What makes you degrade...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
racism, america, discrimination, immigration, integrity,
Roseanne Barr
by Roy Pett
Roseanne Barr a funny lady, so sweet
until her true self appears in an awful tweet,
If the cause was Ambien she should try Horlicks
sleeping pills causes...
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Clerihew |
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Categories:
racism, sad,
Onerous Ordeal
by matthew harris
(strike while the iron's hot, else...
up prize cold hard steel Goldfinger
rewind: the following case in point).
Believe me you (stranger out there
along the information super highway),
perhaps...
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Dramatic Verse |
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Categories:
racism, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Skin
by Kenneth R. Jenkins
Brown
Black
White
Red
That's the skin I am in
My skin that I am in.
Look real close
What do you see?
A human...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
color, race, racism, spoken
Not Surprised
by TS Lewis
I am not surprised
by America's
surprisingly
old development
happening
in new developments
This is the reaction
of what happens
when black
reaches the white house
There's no more
mass exodusse
of neighborhoods
or churches.
There's nowhere
else your...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
america, racism,
Be America Again
by Darlene Arment
Free from Independence of ignorance of hatred and the jealousy of ignorance of others to change the world. We have to open one's heart to...
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ABC |
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Categories:
racism,
NorthernWhiteMale Privileges
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Some people
see reverse racism
as justified by genetic meritocracy
and historical seniority of sacred monocultural grace
not quite so generously bestowed
as one might more paradise
have multiculturally hoped.
So,...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
racism, culture, earth, gender, hate,
Putheism
by Serge Lyrewing
You smoke, you drink, you have no wife,
It's Putin making your bad life.
And when it's hot, and when it's cold,
It's all Vladimir Putin's fault.
When you're...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
emotions, philosophy, political, racism,