The Black Experience
...Black History Month began as "***** History Week"
Our holiday was adopted at a time when the country was bleak
Created in 1926 by noted African American Historian, Carter G. Woodson
Today, we cele...
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Categories:
security guard, appreciation, black african american,
Form: Free verse
The Flamboyant Hallway
...Morning comes alive and the sound of fire crackers erupted in the skies; the traffic began to flow smoothly and I could hear a distance sound resonating in the background and as I get closer to my de...
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Categories:
security guard, america, business, community, courage,
Form: Narrative
2012 die hard PTA 2013 die hard PTA baptism holy communion 2014 die hard PTA helping veterans
...2012 Celtic 2013 Shamrock 2014 choir music ministry 2015 helping my son care for his wife during chemo finally 2016 welcoming my granddaughter six weeks old whose mother was battling cancer watching ...
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Categories:
security guard, allah,
Form: Naat
Magic Of A Rose
...She's standing
Like a security guard
Someone giving her a rose
Her face transition
From a serious one
Change to a charming
Sweet Officer....
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Categories:
security guard, appreciation, life, rose,
Form: Light Verse
murder in new city
...seven women in new city have been murdered
in less than three months
news anchors keep the fear level high
women are afraid to leave their homes
especially at night
they have stopped clubbing
s...
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Categories:
security guard, murder,
Form: Narrative
what now
...Sheila dyed her hair burgundy and we asked “what now?”
She got rid of her chickens, her horse, her donkey and her cow.
Replacing them with a peacock, dog, cat, pelican and lion.
Her husband ran of...
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Categories:
security guard, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Bells
...Every morning,
When the first bell rings,
I bite down a curse,
And try to give up sleep.
I fail, of course,
As I run down the street,
Skipping breakfast,
So that cranky old thing
Won’t win...
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Categories:
security guard, high school, horror, humor,
Form: Free verse
Punctilious Puns
...I was a happy, fluent linguist, fruitfully helping revive endangered languages,
As colorful rainbows walk across the sky, in buttery hours, turned languorous.
I enjoyed doing practical fieldwork,...
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Categories:
security guard, fantasy, imagery, language, nature,
Form: Couplet
The Antics of a Yoyo Thief
...The Antics Of A Yoyo Thief
Potential life of as juvenile delinquent
(ala bam mean future streetwise thug)
stopped dead in the tracks – manacles
the above two lines hopefully gives hint
nearly ...
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Categories:
security guard, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Wrongful Arrest
...She barged through the doors of the bank with her gun
And shot the security guard just for fun
She fired her gun and yelled “Down on the floor,
I’ve shot me one man, I could shoot a few more!”
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Categories:
security guard, innocence,
Form: Rhyme
Twas the Night Before Christmas
...'Twas the night before Christmas and I was still shopping
when I would much rather have been bar to bar hopping.
I juggled bags of presents that cost far too much dough.
The sidewalks were crowded...
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Categories:
security guard, christmas, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Badazkillr
...#BadAzKillR
he squeezed gently
pinching the lever once again
and felt the intense power being let
loose travel up his arm …
whiffs of sulfur smoke acting like a
drug on his sinuses
eyes wide...
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Categories:
security guard, tribute,
Form: Free verse
The Antics of a Yoyo Thief
...Now scores of years
after botched minor theft penchant
courtesy security guard
analogous to inquisitorial trenchant
unforgettable verbal lashing
(suppressing me ululation to vent)
unwittingly...
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Categories:
security guard, 5th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Rhyme
Economics 2021
...I overdrew my bank account.
Then told the bank to print more money to cover it.
They told me there was no interest in doing that.
I suggested a moratorium on pursuing the matter.
They suggested I...
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Categories:
security guard, humor, irony, money,
Form: Free verse
Madder Than An Adder
...My Fellow Soupers,
I rarely get mad anymore, but today I am madder than an adder. Not long ago, an unemployed security guard in Florida accepted an $11/hour job at a company named CIS. Th...
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Categories:
security guard, business, work,
Form: Other
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