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Just Me

...Written By:  D. Collins 7/30/25



A heart from New Orleans.
A soul in South Central L.A.
Regardless of what anyone thinks.
That is who I am today.


I feel good in my skin for what I've do...

Categories: south central, appreciation,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

Does the Gog and Magog war of Ezekiel 38 and 39 happen during the tribulation part four Q and A

...rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.  Ezekiel 38:12

Q:  What are the modern day names of these nations: Sheba, and Dedan and the
      merchants of Tarshish and all of h...

Categories: south central, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose

pandas for Christmas

...Santa Claus is coming.
This isn’t a luck situation.
He knows things, like if you’re sleeping.
Which is kind of creepy if you think about it.
I suppose I’m an open book.
It’s an implacable realit...

Categories: south central, boyfriend, christmas, friendship, fun,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Kwerekwere

...Kind people 
With good respect 
Educated from different universities and Schools 
Responsible in their lives and knowing well to 
Economize their small or big  budgets. 
Knowing to speak Kikwere...

Categories: south central, 12th grade, africa, encouraging,
Form: Acrostic

Lying La Times

...In California where the dream is of sunshine, and ocean beaches
There are those who drape themselves in the freedom of the presses
However they use that ink to create fake think
How dare people wa...

Categories: south central, america,
Form: Free verse

Maldives Is Not Bad Dives, My Time To Offer Prayer During Corona

...Maldvies, Malaysia, Malta, more - Up for my prayer during Global Pandemic

LORD, I humbly greet You, return to my prayer list with "M" countries
(I would like to intercede for Mexico, so cl...

Categories: south central, angst, bible, environment, international,
Form: Sonnet

A Cotswolds Walk and a Ploughmans Lunch

...This morning I went for a country stroll
Saw greenery of summer at its best
But off road walking had taken its toll
So the next stop was an Inn for a rest .

Ploughman's I ordered wit...

Categories: south central, food, nature, summer,
Form: Sonnet

Picture This Half of the Sky

...Picture This Half Of The Sky

A terrified woman in India
Burned beyond recognition
Her husband enraged
... She could not beg.

An outcast girl in Iran
Beaten, shamed, then stoned
the adultre...

Categories: south central, appreciation, courage,
Form: Political Verse

August 11th

...South Central cloaked in evening gray
streetlights plotting our course

that wheel in daddy’s hands
like the pages in a book
turning, revealing
more and more of our story

a reality in the fo...

Categories: south central, remembrance day, rights, society,
Form: Free verse

It Happened In Marseilles

...At a corner cafe', in south central Marseilles,
While drinking imported Chablis 
As people passed by, from the corner of my eye
Came a lady, she was smiling, at me
Well I looked around, feeling l...

Categories: south central, adventure, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme

Ten Mile Universe

...thirteen year old boy 
south central 
stagnating pond 
in a ten mile universe 

he had dreams 
aspirations 
knew there was more 
education, it propels 
he would teacher 
(aim lower doug) 
a social wo...

Categories: south central, life, universe,
Form: I do not know?

Tell Me How To Get To Seaseme Street

...i couldn't find sesame street on my G.P.S
 it was somewhere down by electric ave i guess
but every time i put in where i wanted to go 
i ended up somewhere in the 91210

i thought that was quite...

Categories: south central, funny,
Form: Ballad

The Other Mary: Mary Owens Part I

...Abraham Lincoln took notice
when she, Mary Owens,
a blue eyed, dark haired beauty
was in New Salem in 1833; visiting.
Of course he took notice!
She was born on September 29, 1808
in Green Count...

Categories: south central, people, green,
Form: I do not know?