Breaking the silence
...I avoid discussing politics and religion.
Not because I am indifferent or uninterested,
they're both rabbit holes I care to visit but on my own.
My polite silence seems no longer sustainable.
T...
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Categories:
speedboat, anxiety, conflict, future, political,
Form: Free verse
The thought
...Ever wanted to take a ride
Not now but someday.
To cool down not to run away
To take time and communicate with your pride
for it to bear with you in a certain way,
Hoping it listens to you one d...
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Categories:
speedboat, anxiety, confusion,
Form: Lyric
RIP Junior Pope
...R.I.P JUNIOR POPE
~~~~~~~~~
In sombre silence & mournful melody,
A threnody for one who passed on sadly,
Who lost his life without a life jacket,
Crashed without precaution on a speedboat.4
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Categories:
speedboat, 1st grade,
Form: Elegy
Drowning
...No-one has to die
As the waters swirl around
Your feet are trapped
Or so you think
Your epitaph 'They Drowned'
You feel your neck is stretching
Your fate soon to conclude
But honestly, I see...
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Categories:
speedboat, scary, sea, water,
Form: Rhyme
The Secret Life
...“What is this strange place we find ourselves in
trapped in the open we are free within”
The speedboat skipped like a stone on the lake,
The Commander took charge for the crew’s sake.
If the...
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Categories:
speedboat, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Let's Turn On the Telle
...Turn on the telle watch wives with knives
Murder on CCTV, victims lose their lives
Turn on the telle, no one write a script
There’s a post-mortem in a darkened crypt
Cops chasing crims, drunken s...
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Categories:
speedboat, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Water Skiing, Tribute To Maggie
...~Water Skiing,Tribute to Maggie~
Ah, indeed a summer teenage delight!
My Cousin Maggie assured me, would
make a water skier of me.
Ah, my young heart lost all frightening
premontions and too...
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Categories:
speedboat, adventure, beach, girl, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Poetry Contests Are Silly
...Poetry contests. How ridiculous. Silly even. It is like comparing:
dogs with underarms,
underarms with toothbrushes,
toothbrushes with giraffes,
giraffes with garden parties,
garden parties wi...
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Categories:
speedboat, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: List
Who Do You Think You Are
...Who do you think you are ?
I’m better than you;
I’m a dexterous writer and poet ;
Am I proud ?,For saying the truth, No!,
I love alliteration more than pun.
So therefore ,I’m a rhymer and Rapper...
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Categories:
speedboat, emotions, funny,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Singing Cloud
...Fall is finally here
Yellow leaves are glowing everywhere
Big trees stand proudly in air
Sucking the energy far and near
and mingling with the crowd
I walked around the fire circle in a carefr...
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Categories:
speedboat, angel, beautiful, celebration, change,
Form: Free verse
Field
...Well twenty whales met ten goldfish at rush hour on the A9 but the heavily congested B85 was chewing on some straw that had fallen off a bridge. Hay deepens a drag from a nomadic tractor-trailer. And...
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Categories:
speedboat, baptism,
Form: I do not know?
Rose and Go On Son
...~~~~GO ON... SON~~~~
At the edge of your nail
dancing of success
requesting for time and effort
from you, to have a grasp
I needs must sweat
to have endless acquire
What one acquires with on...
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Categories:
speedboat, innocence, inspirational, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Love Or Infatuation
...Oh fair maiden pure and sweet
How I long for us to meet
And share a love song so full of heat
That gives a melodious everlasting
beat
On Facebook and Twitter start to
tweet
Pierce me with...
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Categories:
speedboat, absence
Form: ABC
Love Or Infatuation
...Oh fair maiden pure and sweet
How I long for us to meet
And share a love song so full of heat
That gives a melodious everlasting beat
On Facebook and Twitter start to tweet
Pierce me with you...
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Categories:
speedboat, absence
Form: ABC
Love Or Infatuation
...Oh fair maiden pure and sweet
How I long for us to meet
And share a love song so full of heat
That gives a melodious everlasting beat
On Facebook and Twitter start to tweet
Pierce me with you...
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Categories:
speedboat, absence
Form: ABC
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