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Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy
...Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy Which lame excuse I exclaimed, when my dear old mom asked rather told me in her scolding voice to tidy up my bedroom, cuz this......

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Categories: shortlisted, 7th grade, abuse, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Once again, yours truly takes poetic license
...Once again, yours truly takes poetic license. Whenever the missus irks me or complains... I tell her don't "Hock me in chinik" nor kvetch before long tête-à-tête escalates in2 Kanipshin whereby......

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Categories: shortlisted, adventure, age, america, angel,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member If It Wasnt For Poetry
...From the very depths of my inner being I cherish poetry, without the written verse I’d be impoverished as a person, literary projects spur me on to otherworldy epic peaks, an open channel with f......

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Categories: shortlisted, art, august, celebration, creation,
Form: Free verse
Primo Levi Holocaust Poem: Shema
...Shema ("Listen") by Primo Levi loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch You who live secure in your comfortable homes, who return each evening to find warm food and a hearty welco......

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Categories: shortlisted, holocaust, house, jewish, men,
Form: Free verse
Eastleigh
...I lose my fingers keeping count the number of kids lost by murder count in the eastern districts media houses dread Patches of brown-black roofs on aerial view Aunt hills of buildings single room......

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Categories: shortlisted, africa, slam, society,
Form: Free verse



Miss You
...You are my sun Shortlisted from a billion of stars Emitted a pulse, pushed me fall in love Unintentionally, I couldn't refuse But more like a dreamboat, lately What I expressed, not more sayin......

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Categories: shortlisted, miss you, missing, missing
Form: Free verse
Signs
...Love creates signs Visualized into how walks made The signs may be late People read signs Interpreted into expressions The signs may be high Walks and exprssions Simultaneous in simplifyin......

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Categories: shortlisted, love, simple,
Form: Free verse

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