detox
...self disgust
and disappointment
for the slip-up
but I need to know
what cheapens intimacy
devaluing myself
devalues anyone
with whom I
would share something
valuable
it's why
I'm deto...
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Categories:
slip up, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Aging Ungracefully
...Crappy, crepey skin
What a shape I'm in
Is it inherited though
Watch out daughters for
The warning signs or
It will slip up on you so
Fast as speeding car
Superman by far
Get on...
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Categories:
slip up, age,
Form: Rhyme
Chapter 166-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: The figuring of complications
...September 2051
Early afternoon part of one plan unfolded
Amaliah asked, "You can really cook?" Damian replied, "aaye sis I've been a bachelor with my own place for some years before I marri...
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Categories:
slip up, age, baby, birthday, black
Form: Free verse
I Do
...In a marriage, what is “for life?” or, until death do you part?
Or is it until one cheats, gets sick, loses their job, go to jail, get on drugs, become abusive…? Because if neither one of yall are d...
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Categories:
slip up, change, divorce, husband, love,
Form: Narrative
The Person I want to be
...I dream of being bold, without a want or care,
To charm the crowd with wit, and much fanfare,
A fearless soul, who plays to the crowd every night.
Never doubting, never ever wrong, ever forever ri...
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Categories:
slip up, education, self,
Form: Rhyme
Up, up and away
...Heyyy friend, since we always UP to something, I wanna give a tribute to the word UP, because everyday of our life we do something meaningful with the word up.
So with that being said, I wanna know,...
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Categories:
slip up, cheer up, life, meaningful,
Form: Narrative
Slower Paths
...A chill wind snatches his thoughts away.
Arctic crocodiles slip up and down his spine.
There was a time
when deep winter walking was a brisk challenge,
but that younger man
is now, ...
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Categories:
slip up, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Virtual Reality
...All of me is open for review
every moment spent in time with you,
the wakening with the rise of the sun
washing, dressing, breakfast on the run,
warmly heated cars rushing off
driving along t...
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Categories:
slip up, analogy, imagination, surreal,
Form: Rhyme
Clamorous Calamity
...Calmoruus calamity
Calm, in feather doona encumbered,
slept soundly.
Even the stars twinkled
in hushed, squelched, muted tones.
Silence reigned in solemnity, in peace.
All of a sudden
the d...
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Categories:
slip up, silence, sleep,
Form: Free verse
My Coping Method Fraught With Utmost Futility Thus
...My coping method fraught with utmost futility thus...
My professional treatment plan
predicated upon duress in extremis
hence Electroconvulsive therapy,
a last ditch effort I avail
and surrend...
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Categories:
slip up, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Setting the Matter Straight
...There are times when you’re distracted
And you even can forget
To take care of business; maybe
It’s not happened to you yet.
But in time, it’s bound to happen
And perhaps you’ll be dismayed
F...
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Categories:
slip up, business,
Form: Rhyme
Lucille and the Law
...Lucille bought herself a three-wheeled trike
Better for her than a two-wheel bike
Her age was catching up
When she had a slip-up
Running over a three-year-old tyke.
Police charged ...
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Categories:
slip up, humor,
Form: Limerick
How Sad
...7/3/22
Still mulling
Soon to be culling
Something always pulling
The same can be said for lulling
As well as constant gulling
With little if any way of nulling
From neglect sharpened ob...
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Categories:
slip up, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
When the Sun Was Gone
...She thought I loved her for the texture of her hair
Yes, but I also loved her for her flair
We thought that our love will always float in the air
We were sure, and for this we stood foursquare ...
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Categories:
slip up, for her,
Form: Free verse
Snow
..."Snow ??"
(Verse 1)
It comes down as a flurry
Then it comes as sleet and snow
It's a beautiful image for sho
It shows you the steps and the procedure
To turn liquids into solids
Somewhe...
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Categories:
slip up, winter,
Form: Free verse
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