Dirty Child's Dime
...I know the blame and the shame,
like a dirty picked up dime
forgetting its once shiny place
and a instrument that paves
I'm now the fresh concrete,
you all walk over,
as teens scribble love...
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Categories:
slip in, child abuse, childhood, innocence,
Form: Rhyme
The Night Light
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It was after midnight,
when he slipped out of bed,
careful not to disturb,
the trailing streamers
of dreamers in la la land.
The house held its breath warm—
willing all within its walls
t...
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Categories:
slip in, night,
Form: Lyric
The Slip-ins
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"The Slip-ins"
Why should I continue to write
these feathery songs,
these blanched banjo tomes,
these wilting poésies
of a lost little life ever circling
like a me...
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Categories:
slip in, muse,
Form: Free verse
The Draft by the Door
...The draft by the door can only mean…
That there is someone behind the screen.
They claimed it was just a gust of wind.
That wandered in.
But I know that they can be sneaky.
Suddenly the hous...
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Categories:
slip in, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
One Condition
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I see a problem with religion,
It's like a competition,
You can't just slip in.
They want you to fit in.
To help heal your sin.
"You can stay, on One Condition."
Tything an impo...
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Categories:
slip in, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Rain
...Love falls like rain,
Onto my waxed face.
Blending into tears of pain,
From an unknown place.
I can’t think straight,
I can’t see clearly,
I can’t love anymore.
My sight blurr...
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Categories:
slip in, 11th grade, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Satin Scrunchie
...Modesty is not
Dresses and scarves
But action and thought
Gentle and measured.
I wear a satin scrunchie
On my wrist, it reminds me
I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
There is strength in sof...
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Categories:
slip in, christian, encouraging, faith, woman,
Form: Free verse
Chiming in
...Mental manipulation,
Spreading the nation,
Broadcast on every station,
Here is a free phone,
Just for the occasion.
It's an invasion,
It's their way in,
Getting under your skin.
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Categories:
slip in, abuse, addiction, america, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Gobbledegook
...Garbage written in ‘How To Assemble’
Outlandish nonsense with English attempted
Borderline craziness it can resemble
Baffled, I mutter, “May I be exempted?”
Lun...
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Categories:
slip in, nonsense,
Form: Acrostic
Frozen Emotive Clock
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time stops to slip in ebony night,
emotive clock freezes
eternal pathos in congealed instants,
silhouetted in the shadow of past,
smears the strata of darkness,
designed to dis...
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Categories:
slip in, emotions, sorrow, time,
Form: Free verse
Never been good at hiding
...I have never been good at hiding
At least not from those who truly pay attention
I’ve never been good at hiding so instead, I became great at deflecting
I slip in words to distract and detract f...
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Categories:
slip in, angst, anxiety, depression, lonely,
Form: Free verse
Leave all your sadness on my doorstep
...Leave all your sadness on my doorstep,
To sit with me, weary as a shadow,
When you stealthily slip in your dear memory in the night,
And let my tears collect, pearls on the damp face of time.
Let...
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Categories:
slip in, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The body talks
...Psst hey sub c, you feel that? Seems like she’s making changes, but do you think she really means it this time.
As her sub c, I can feel the shift within her attitude. Specifically towards the part...
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Categories:
slip in, blessing, meaningful, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
Magically circle
...Life is a circle.
Situations are a mixture.
A circle of thinkable and unthinkable
opportunities gets you jumping irrelevantly.
The slipy nature of happiness goes in haste;
you want to stop, ...
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Categories:
slip in, age, america, analogy, anti
Form: Free verse
Poetry's for Me
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Poetry’s for me
Don’t need Plot
Character
or Theme
Nor Beginning
Middle
or Ending
Activate the senses
Stir up an emotion
or two
Slip in a...
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Categories:
slip in, fun, me, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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