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Finding Your Light

...They say love yourself,
As if it were that simple,
As if I could just flip a switch
And suddenly see what they see.

But every mirror I pass
Reflects back their whispers instead of my face,
Th...

Categories: scorecard, confidence, inspirational, mental health,
Form: Free verse

Marquee

...Every night a well-dressed puppet keeps score 
of the deaths and casualties of the freshest war.
Some nights the tally is low like a soccer match 
tonight, it's triple digits for the blue-collar m...

Categories: scorecard, pets, war,
Form: Free verse

The Ballad of Freddie and Flo

...This is a story about Freddie and Flo,
They lived in Baltimore a long time ago.
It might be called a May-September romance
And shows how love can blossom if it's given a chance.
Flo taught Sunday...

Categories: scorecard, humor,
Form: Ballad

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Breathing Room

...Breathing Room

       I feel the strong embracing lift
       buoyant and warm around me
       calming the waves of hope and fear
       joyous within each empty day
       inviting me to joi...

Categories: scorecard, confusion, devotion, prayer, religion,
Form: Free verse

No Time For Liars

...  No time for liars no time for cheats
scorekeeper kept my scorecard neat
I played the game clean 
you used a cheat sheet
you got what you wanted 
you'll get what you deserve 
now it...

Categories: scorecard, conflict, humor, life, slam,
Form: Rhyme

As Summer Evolves

...As summer evolves,
With heat and despair,
The boy I once knew,
Gazes up in the air,
He's enamored by freedom,
The choices supplied,
By three months vacation,
And magic implied,
Some friends a...

Categories: scorecard, freedom, summer, sun, sunshine,
Form: Rhyme

No Mas, No Mas

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No Mas, No Mas
Written: by Tom Wright
February 2015


Soon after rising my thought process,
Becomes consumed by negativity;
Not what I desire, but what life has bequeathed me,
Perha...

Categories: scorecard, life,
Form: Free verse

Lugubrious Losses, Choices, Voices and Tosses

...Remonstrations, protestations, recriminations
In the wake of a calamity that strikes below the belt
In communities decimated and disabled by insinuations
Brought to a head when fickle feelings mel...

Categories: scorecard, poems,
Form: Free verse

The Real Winner

...Walking all around in the sun and grass
Happy i was to get a job of high class

I worked hard and proved, with men , we are at par.
Now anxious to get reward, waiting for our annual scorecard

...

Categories: scorecard, character, discrimination, encouraging, heartbroken,
Form: Couplet

Broken Heart, For Sale

...I have always been alone
I have always been the lonely one
In the corner, quiet and silent
Inside of dreams to come

So with determination
I build and build and build
Possessions compounding
...

Categories: scorecard, beauty, fantasy, introspection, lonely,
Form: Free verse

The Golf Swinger

...National Enquirer’s the source
When a Tiger’s balls go off course
A scorecard obscene
Of links far from the green
That just might be cause for divorce...

Categories: scorecard, satire, work
Form: Limerick