I Never Believed in Ghosts
...The apparition was cautious
Materializing in a slow, steady way
I had never believed in ghosts
Spirit was something I pretended to believe in
At church
But I didn’t.
My schemata would not a...
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Categories:
schemata, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Zealot
...Zany zealot
Fervently on fire
Enthusiastically single-minded
Fanatical and furiously frenzied
He tries to convert everyone he meets
He cannot get a job, has had twelve interviews
We cannot help...
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Categories:
schemata, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
determined to be morose macabre and melancholy
...she resigned herself to feeling morose macabre and melancholy
determined to be miserable, was our cousin, Miss Harriet Holly.
Focusing on wretched negativity, and all things bad.
Tossing good thin...
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Categories:
schemata, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Each Day Is Your Choice
...what you think of you
determines your choices
reflecting your schemata
every day actions
show your character
are you lethargic or productive?
every day is a blank page in your book of life
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Categories:
schemata, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
We See Things As We Are
...We see things as we are
Not as other people or things are
We see things according to
Our prejudices
Our assumptions
Our ideas
Our background
Our experiences
How else could we possibly see the...
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Categories:
schemata, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Crazy Truth
...All Chevy drivers are dangerous; they cannot drive.
I search for a few minutes, finding the Chevy emblem.
Watch stealthily, sure enough he cuts in front of me.
Proving my theory.
Now I change m...
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Categories:
schemata, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
I Am Painting Trees
...I am painting trees with facial features
They are orange, pink, green, black….
Some with stripes
Some with slashes
Some plain
I lie
Plain does not fit into my schemata
I want to paint a azur...
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Categories:
schemata, art,
Form: Free verse
Her Mystical Ideas Were Foreign
...young of course
but strong
homeless sometimes
resilient always
she came to us on a Tuesday
walked up the hill carrying an old suitcase
full of her plays and poems
her ideas were magical.
they...
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Categories:
schemata, imagination,
Form: Free verse
The Mad Woman of Chi
...The mad woman of Chi knew it all.
Her head made her exceedingly tall.
Her schemata was wide.
Held way down deep inside.
In an arrogant brain that was closed and small....
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Categories:
schemata, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Limerick
Where Are Your Words
...Where are your words?
Who wants to know?
What should you be saying that you have forgotten to say?
What should you be saying to yourself? To revitalize yourself?
Self-deprecation does not work ...
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Categories:
schemata, self,
Form: Free verse
My Mindless Dream Dance
...Charisma wafts into my dreams
Teasing my wise brain dendrites
Showing them connections
to my pathway toward empathy.
Enthusiasm is squarely winning
Taking charge of my artistic muse
who is pe...
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Categories:
schemata, dream, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Edlah Was a Walking Apology
...Edlah was a walking apology.
You knew he was coming by his stance.
Shoulders slumped, head down.
Insecurities pre-announced him a block before his arrival.
Someone had done a great job convinci...
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Categories:
schemata, life,
Form: Lyric
I Felt Something Magical Coming
...I felt your aura arrive days before you did;
the sun shone brighter than she ever had.
She pranced in the garden, streaking the flowers,
adoring the faeries, lifting my soul.
Something is about...
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Categories:
schemata, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Lyric
Please Do Not Confuse Me
...Whirling comprehensions
Swirled into dendrite paths
Confusing me greatly
Shook my schemata
Woods and wind blowing through brain
Howling at me, challenging beliefs
Not ready
Who would be?...
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Categories:
schemata, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
She Floated Into My Dreams That Day
...She floated into my dreams that day,
Stealing my wealth,
Shaking my roots, ignoring my prior convictions.
She had a different opinion,
Determined to shake me and shine me.
I was a boot, toss...
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Categories:
schemata, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Blank verse
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