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Sensitive
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Brandon Connor
| Lyric |
conflict, perspective, political, social,
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This Thought, This Time
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Neikima Simmons
| Rhyme |
deep, humanity, social, time,
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Nature's Best
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Davor Andrich
| I do not know? |
social, society,
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Antics Of A Buzzfeed Ding Housefly
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matthew harris
| Free verse |
social, 12th grade, 8th grade,
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What Matters
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Robert Candler
| Haiku |
social, beauty, friendship, happiness, peace,
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Can't You See
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Frank Black Blacharczyk
| Free verse |
social, allusion, emotions, fate, humanity,
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Like the sun, Like the sky
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Micheala Ruth September
| Free verse |
social, boy, feelings, life, sad,
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Someone Else's Home
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Wieslaw Musialowski
| Free verse |
life, sad, social, society,
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Social Media
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Jesse Rowe
| Concrete |
social, society,
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Wee Paris
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arthur vaso
| Free verse |
social, city, crazy, discrimination, giggle,
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Write as Rain
by Dave Collins
Nature, Nurture all sounds bliss
Disregard, Degrade, noisy people piss
The smell, the patter, just after a rain
The swell, its matters, that cleanses the pain,
It corruptly endures...
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Categories:
social, future, imagery, inspirational, philosophy,
Id Like To Shake The Hand
by M. L. Kiser
Who defined
“certifiably insane”?
You see, it too closely
defines those who are
running this world.
The place where technology steals jobs;
Airplanes, crash more than they fly;
Politicians...
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Categories:
social, allusion, anger, corruption, how
Zero Percent Contained
by Mike Grant
The pain is going to remain unchanged
Nothing is going to be the same
It doesn't matter if you have fortune or fame
Unable to turn back time
We...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
social, anxiety, appreciation, beautiful, confidence,
Baptism
by Carol Bowen-Davis
It started with
a drop that burnt my forehead at first,
then dissipated before it
had a chance to cool.
Denied passage on the path that traces my...
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social,
Baptism
by Carol Bowen-Davis
It started with
a drop that burnt my forehead at first,
then dissipated before it
had a chance to cool.
Denied passage on the path that traces my...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
social,
INVITED
by Line Gauthier
invited to join
the after-dinner ritual
scotch in the man cave
posted on August 3, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
social, boyfriend, father, food, growing
The artist
by Lewis Raynes
Told to invent, told to create,
Told to conceptually begin,
To touch all our souls from deep in our heart,
Told to express from within,
And dance...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
art, poets, social, society,
Twitter Rants
by Mark Toney
Twitter "shadow banning"
Latest flame fanning...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
social, anger, conflict, poetry, political,
Rhymes With Wealth
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Our most resonant health opportunities
appear to be
and to always have been
our most resilient harmonic wealth investments--
Absence of unnecessary
Left-nature fighting Right-spirit
cultures of fundamental Ego v SacredMatriarchal...
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Categories:
social, appreciation, caregiving, community, green,
--Two new lines--
by Erik Spector
God rest ye
merry Gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
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Categories:
social,
Identity crisis
by HARDIK SHAH
Lost Identity:
Missing someone?
Or missing you?
What if you on social media are far away from you?
Wanting of recognition or fear of being derecognized?
Losing yourself in rewarded...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
identity, social,
Song for Us
by Andrew Jung
Heard a song in the car today
'Bout girls that cheer and boys that play
They were their town's kings and queens
And everyone that knows them...
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Categories:
high school, school, social,
UP
by Jasmine Koria
Conservatives not going to 'loosen up'
Feminists say no to 'dressing up'
Millennials (still) refusing to shut up!
Cost of living going up
Police pointing guns- people held up
Peace...
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Categories:
political, satire, social,
I Wear A Mask Every Day Of My Life
by Marc Acrich
I Wear A Mask Every Day Of My Life
I wear a mask every day of my life.
Doesn't everyone?
I, like many of you, am trying...
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Categories:
social,
The cycle of nature
by Hemakumar Govindaraj
A strong thought was itching my mind,
on a bright morning breezy wind;
A thought questions the reality of world,
the beliefs that helped us mould;
The idea of...
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Categories:
absence, atheist, conflict, social,
Our Venomous End
by Kurt Philip Behm
Social Media….
the web we are all caught in
Waiting for the spider’s bite
—and our venomous end
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
death, social,
YAYA NE LIKHASI-Bukusu Poem
by MOSES KISIANG'ANI MAKHAKHA
NOTE: Submitted in the source language for comparative study and scholarly purposes.
Kwanera kwanera, mala kwabuka
Kamatere kachonjoma oli ko, ka mwaka,
Lisese wakela oli manya, sisombo
Ne khukholola...
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Categories:
social, adventure, africa, caregiving, character,
Shade tree
by Paul Easter
The crinkle in her hair
The bends of her waste
The fullness of her lips
I recognize as she sits under the shade of that tree
The dip...
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Categories:
social, black love, discrimination, feelings,
Who's the man behind the mask
by Stephen Mayne
Can you tell me, who's the man behind the mask?
Who gives a clever illusion, of a created past.
We've painted his portrait, but will the face...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
identity, judgement, mystery, social,
Expresso Expression
by Duncan R. M. Ferguson
Perched aft coddling harpoon
prime fodder for the spoon
Inept spun magnamous tale
tip scale fifty ton humongous whale
Maniacal grin leave ya in my wake
comical sin I...
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Categories:
perspective, social,