Brains and Guts: The Write, Right, Rite of Revolution
...Brains and guts orbit the soul—
that polar star searing in the marrow of being.
I was born somewhere between Einstein’s neurons
Ginsburg beat poetry, the birth of rock and roll, revolution march...
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Categories:
solvable, courage, destiny, history, imagery,
Form: Spoken Word
Voice of America -----Silence of the lambs
...Voice over
Wind catcher
Coffee maker
Coffee creamer
A streak of moonlight
A scent of sunlight
YOU ARE NO
I am the wrong way
Unlearn
Yield.
Voice over
Wind catcher
Coffee maker
Coffee c...
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Categories:
solvable, allegory, analogy, angel,
Form: Carpe Diem
The Velum of Clouds
...For all the planning
and learned preparation
poetry remains part
mystery
a write only dimly solvable
a poet wisely advised to
proudly accept
all credits, while adhering failures
to sacr...
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Categories:
solvable, heart, inspirational, love, muse,
Form: Free verse
symphony
...Blade to my wrist like a violin
Pain can produce beautiful melodies
Composing a constant struggle
Orchestrating my own orchestra
The cold sharp bow against my strings
Vital arteries are ...
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Categories:
solvable, 12th grade, dark, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Beyond Your Control
...Sometimes a problem’s beyond your control,
Affecting the way that you rock and you roll
And though a solution, of course, is the goal,
There isn’t one you can uncover.
You Google and agonize, s...
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Categories:
solvable, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Sadness
...Sea shells in a child's hands get snatched away by the sea waves.
Long-earned wealth, in cash and kind, is stolen by the burglars.
Kith and kin, who have been in thick and thin, end up in graves.
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Categories:
solvable, sad,
Form: Sonnet
Fall
...Sudden slump of that which was erect
Which by standing up tries to correct -
Continually, we meet a fall,
As athletes compete; during football,
Nearly always suspending a game,
Referees whistl...
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Categories:
solvable, allusion, analogy, cry, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Unexpected
...UNEXPECTED
The most desired but most unexpected guy
appeared perchance.
Me enchanted, charmed, delighted.
Everything ...
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Categories:
solvable, lost,
Form: Free verse
Know Your Neighbours
...KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS
Considering any acquaintance,
proximity is the first preference
to overcome over all loneliness.
Helplessness solvable by neighbours!
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Categories:
solvable, 12th grade, appreciation, community,
Form: Rhyme
Good Things To Know
...If a donkey carries a load of wise books,
that doesn't make the beast intelligent.
It’s still a donkey.
An ass is always the offspring of an even bigger ass.
God is you doing bad things, blam...
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Categories:
solvable, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Weeds
...Weeds
Why do I do so well at growing things,
I don't want to grow,
and do so badly and the other plants,
I work hard to keep alive?
The value of weeds is a question
I have pondered at l...
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Categories:
solvable, angel, caregiving, cat, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Every Bum In Our Slum
...I know like a solvable sum
Every Samson’s riddle bum
Roaming our banal slum
Besides my tricky chum
With his insincere dum-dum–dum!
Not in his favor
His ear- assaulting chewing gum,
A thing to ...
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Categories:
solvable, age, anti bullying, boy,
Form: Rhyme
Why
...Life is such a mystery,
Why are we here?
Life can bring misery,
or much happiness.
I am but a mere pebble,
in the vast universe.
Sometimes I am a rebel,
with no direction at all.
Father...
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Categories:
solvable, life, mystery,
Form: Quatrain
Rubik's Sphere
...Rubik’s Sphere
Rubik’s Cube turned round.
Still fun continued, not less,
being solvable,
j...
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Categories:
solvable, 12th grade, appreciation,
Form: Tanka
Read the Label, Please
...Read the label, please
There's an ever present misery measure we humans live/die to choke
blame on anything/one that's not us involved.
Rationalization, my right hand,gossip, the tool of th...
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Categories:
solvable, allegory, allusion, america, angst,
Form: Free verse
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