Hard times
...Depression and change
moments of grace in cut downs
some could sleep in air and darkness
before the humbleness and conquests
places and faces to duties thirst
jumping and unlocked laughter's
tr...
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Categories:
round up, appreciation, black african american,
Form: Free verse
His Last 8 Seconds
...The only child
but favorite
of two ‘outlaws’
mare and stud
He bucked each
gelded moment
on their wild ride
of love
Until that day
he up and left
their branding iron
of pain
To wande...
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Categories:
round up, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme
Title and Deed,
...Thank you for this dance,
This chance to experience,
You from a distance.
Resistance the tool,
Used to teach a fool,
A universal school,
Guiding the pool.
Grab a stool and sit,
Get yourself r...
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Categories:
round up, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
No Time for Routine
...The Lep, has washed hands of St. Pat’s, does lean
and fiddles in space, against tree, routine.
The pot at the end of sun,
was found a bit late; one won.
Lep’s blind to the coot who handles gold-g...
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Categories:
round up, betrayal, money,
Form: Limerick
Three Wishes
...I wish that I don't go to jail tonight/
But if I go to jail I wish I don't do life/
And if I do, I'll be alright/
I just wish I do it right/
Sometimes I feel like a cliff hanger, can't hold on mu...
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Categories:
round up, character, courage, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
Between all the Pages
...
I have a problem with my eyes
Being bigger than my brain.
I mean I have a weakness
Of owning more books than water makes rain.
I purchase them by the dozen
Whenever they’re on sale,
At ...
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Categories:
round up, books, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Middle Age Women Drill
...When the weather is fine I will go for a joyful ride
When the weather is fine, I will get what is mine
I will ride my bike up the hill and do the middle age women drill.
When the weather is fine...
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Categories:
round up, adventure, africa, america, business,
Form: Narrative
Summer Days
...Lights are glowing gently
The curtains have been drawn
The radio plays softly
An old, well loved song
The summer night is calm
With the moon on the rise
Racoons head for the corn
Much to no on...
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Categories:
round up, life, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Fair and Square Humorous Patter Sayings Poetry Contest
...Round up all them sweet wallflowers
don't let them sit alone for hours! :(
You're having fun-- I've got a hunch ;-P
They're sick of watching, drinking punch
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Categories:
round up, dance, jealousy, loneliness, longing,
Form: Lyric
April 7 Why Trump
...
April 7—Figure something out in a poem
Why Trump?
For the last six years
I have been trying
To figure out
Why 40 percent
Of my fellow Americans
Still support Trump.
Still believe ...
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Categories:
round up, america, evil, political,
Form: Political Verse
Calibration
...Here I stand, entirely symmetrical
with the longitudinal lines
that thrusts perfectly through
the balance of our planet
with not a moment of fluctuation.
Stiffly positioned in a direct sta...
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Categories:
round up, 12th grade, blessing, care,
Form: Free verse
Chapter 154-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Time To Go --Eventually
...Date: April 2051
Next day:
Fresh air in the middle of paradise morning!
"Yeah" everything is fine. Alright every
Time." Damian was thinking out loud
And Dolly being the inspector she
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Categories:
round up, africa, allusion, black love,
Form: Alliteration
PEARL HARBOR
...P Propelled into the war after tora, tora, tora.
E Escalation arrives in Oahu, paradise explodes.
A Amorous and hula skirts set aflame at once.
R Reveal of a takeover plan, pot shots extreme.
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Categories:
round up, america, war,
Form: Acrostic
What the Boys Thought
...When we were just young kids hanging around
the one grocery store there was in town
drinking Yoo-Hoo and chewing Bazooka Joe
While we were joking, cussing and spitting
playing baseball, swim...
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Categories:
round up, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Chapter 44 -- Damian and the Boys Family News
...That following month Damian
Started spending more time with
His sons. He opened a new
Billards hall in town. He made
The trip into town with two of
His sons, leaving the youngest,
Joshua Ju...
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Categories:
round up, birth, bridal shower, child,
Form: Alliteration
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