Family Spoken Word Poems

I open my mouth
My anger spills out
I say things I don’t mean
And mean things I won’t say
Damage

Oh such damage

Strangers or friends
Words I can’t defend
Family is...

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There is a silent visitor inside you now —

softer than fresh-baked bread,
more precious than gifts from wise men of the East.
A second heartbeat,
gently echoing beneath...

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In January, the kaboom of fireworks
Redefining glitter above us: What if
The sky was pink, should purple rain besmirch us
Yet, don a cheer for New Year.

In...

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I had not woken from sleep.
Feeling weightlessness, I peeked,
observing my body laid decease.
Slowly arisen to uncalmly peace,
realizing that I had passed in sleep.
Abnormal emotions so...

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The bridge/ Hear that?/ Snap it pop it / Not the one of stone and steel, holding cars and trains  aloft/ This bridge hums/...

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Hearts crushed and broken.
Words unspoken. 
Still the pains remain.

Words left unsaid
Could heal instead
but left the ones in pain.

The time to run 
to make undone
the damage...

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I pray your plan for my life comes to fruition,
I trust in you always have and always will.
Remove the fear and anxiety that overwhelm me,...

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So, I’m home for winter break
and trying not to break
because I thought I could break away from my problems, my chains—
but my wrists break instead...

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WHY DO I FEEL SO ALL ALONE I HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY BUT STILL IM ALONE I SEE THEM SMILING AND SHOWING EACH OTHER LOVE...

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OH BOY DID YOU HAD ME FOOLED WITH ALL THE SLICK TALKING AND THE SHOWING YOUR THEETH OHHH AND THAT GOOD SMELLING COLOGNE AND THAT...

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Bend the horn to find the note/
 In the depths of the universe, you find harmony and rhythm, spinning planets in jazz sync, a cosmic...

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Sit around as I tell you a Christmas story..where the lights hang low, the chimneys are stuffed and the carolers are stuck in snow.

 ‘‘Twas...

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Without my partner, our kids, mates, and family,
I'd be lost, adrift, no direction.
Literally up the creek without a paddle.

What would I do?
How would we navigate...

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               God told Abraham, Go forth from your father’s...

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We say mum, but in poetry, we say a strong, independent woman who loves unconditionally from birth and puts her children in the forefront of...

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