If an apple a day
keeps the doctor away
to such proverb
he'd not subscribe
as the income lost
to defray his cost
foolish he would ascribe
and instead
if looking sickly feeling ill
on my deathbed
a home visit plus pill
he'd quickly prescribe
as a patient I used to be
but now a customer that is me
and the Hippocratic Oath
he ducks like a quack
as to quote it he is quite loath
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Who benefits from my belief?
Because the last I checked it wasn't me
I mean I am a black girl
Living In a racist misogynistic world
Because why would I worship a god who allowed my people to suffer
Yet caters to the needs of our oppressors
Allows them to call us s
Why would I believe
Why would I worship
Why would I pray
To a god who ignored my ancestors
Please go ahead
Make me understand
How your god created this world
But allows racism
So tell me how religion benefits a black person
Because to me and many others
It seems like a weapon
To keep us broken
In a world that sees us as subhuman
As 'god' watches us suffer
Whilst having the power
To fix this problem
So I ask again
Who benefits from my belief
The only correct answer
Is those who don't look like me
So why would I subscribe
To a religion
To a god
Who clearly hates me
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Form: Free verse
The New Yorker is having a birthday –
It’s made it to one hundred years.
With each story, cartoon, poem or essay,
It’s jump-started many careers.
Despite what it’s called, you can buy it
At newsstands or else go on line
And subscribe – since my brother did try it,
He gets his in the mail before mine!
Colorado is where he is living;
We both read it and then we discuss
All the articles that it keeps giving
To curious people like us.
I have some complaints – sometimes writing
Prattles on many pages too long
And most poems, instead of delighting,
Make no sense and I don’t think I’m wrong.
Yet I’m happy for every arrival,
With a crossword to tackle, as well,
And I hope its continued survival
Will outlast those whom truth would dispel.
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Form: Rhyme
Producing Music videos that touch our hearts.
Maria Williams and her husband Ron receive high marks.
They put Poetry into Visual Musical Sounds and
leave the viewers Amazed and Spellbound.
So talented are they both to create and share.
Just ask the Poet's of their work, together as a pair.
Go to YouTube type in Poetic Rythms and see.
All Maria Williams supporters, watch, and comment Please.
Maria and her husband Ron have done
videos for Tom Woody, Silent One, and
others on the Soup. Please support her
Channel Poetic Rythms on YouTube
and comment on all the great Poetic
Videos Maria and Ron have done. My
two favorites are Step Ever So Light,
and Tom Woody's The Spirit, The Water,
& The Blood. She is currently working
on one of mine. All that support Maria
with her Poetry please go to her YouTube
Channel Subscribe and comment, I am
sure she will appreciate it, and who knows,
your poem might be next she and Ron
produce. Again please subscribe to her
channel. Those that do thank you and
I'm sure Maria appreciates it...
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Like, subscribe, and hit that bell,
Comment here and comment well.
Tell me about this or that,
And other things, have a chat!
It helps the channel, can’t you see?
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Translation: I want more cash!
Your actions make my wallet flash.
Even trolls with words to fight,
Each comment brings my bank delight.
So thank you all, for every view,
Your clicks and words will very well do,
To make my financial dreams come true!
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I'll tease my thoughts to be more than the same
to wish change of self is a promised gift
this gift given would subscribe to no blame
and find it true that my world would shift
a finer poet and writer I'd be
to seal golden thoughts on a once-blank page
then display these writings for all to see
to be more understanding as I age
I'll claim no more or less than my pursuits
to be better than I am with my script
find reason more powerful than disputes
write words from my heart without censorship
improved is the poet I want to be
know wisdom and knowledge are always free
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Form: Sonnet
"Her productions are perfection every time,
allowing all viewers to easily follow the storyline.
While other reactors react like wanna be celebrities,
Jules reacts real, unscripted, naturally,
and she does so with the most endearing personality.
So if you enjoy reaction videos on YouTube, like I do,
then Jules Reacts is the channel you ought to subscribe to."
This has been a BILLYtheKidster Jules Reacts review.
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Form: Rhyme
The sun & moon align to cast a shadow
for a time
revealing plans of space & time
There's no place to hide from divine timing's
rhyme or reason
as we're in the season of unveiling
Mother nature reigns supreme & even kings of
things must follow its rules
Only a fool goes against the nature of things
tempting fate by trying to change
what's staring them in the face
Subscribe to what is written in the stars
no matter how far away these
words are or may seem
What's seen is only a twinkle in the eye that
winks from up high
to offer you a glimpse into something
that amounts to only a
fraction of what is
We're all kids on this universal playground
grounded in the ideas
of projected image
Imagine being made in the image of all
that is & playing small
because you were
given the wrong ideas
We are so big in its eyes that even our
smallest thoughts
can grow to incredible size
Your alignment will eclipse anything blocking
your shine
as you realize you're only in the
shadow of one
This realization is an idea based in a reality
that plays second to none
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Form: Free verse
I bask in open sunshine
I bathe in tranquil waters
Each moment pacifies my soul
I work to feed my hunger
I watch past seasons slumber
Well knowing time will take its toll
I subscribe to mend my faults
I strive for strength and knowledge
Believing wisdom comes with age
I laugh gasping my last breath
I lie silent in my grave
As I ascend another stage
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Form: Rhyme
Subscribe, like and hit that notification button,
and also make sure to leave your comments.
Trolls, feel free to leave your comments too.
I'll even engage in a war of words with you.
All of the above will help with my channel's algorithms,
which will allow me to provide you with more quality content.
Translation
I Want Money,
so do all of the above, then YouTube will reward me monetarily.
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Form: Rhyme
I get my updates on the news
From certain magazines
And papers, which are quite in sync
With how my mindset leans.
Of course, their editorials
Make so much sense to me
That I can’t understand
How anyone could disagree.
However, there are outlets
For the news which do not jibe
With my beliefs, endorsing those
To whom I don’t subscribe.
I neither read nor listen to
These views, which I oppose
And likewise, they’ve no interest
In what my side might propose.
All those preaching to the choir
Know that time and time again,
They would trade the chance of open minds
To hear one more “Amen!”
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Form: Rhyme
My heart and mind have thought and felt together
with soul and spirit intertwined as one
And shaken from this sleep of dying embers
the words regifted wrapped in morning sun
Days both long and short have etched their meaning
onto the pages time does not subscribe
Each rise and fall the tide of love remaining
as seasons change—when fire and ice collide
(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)
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Form: Rhyme
Sodom and Gomorrah
their tale retold
Ignoring scripture
the world grown cold
Semitic factions
that seek and kill
Their hate on fire
their rage instills
Sodom and Gomorrah
two faiths subscribe
The Quran and Bible
their fate describes
Brother kills brother
the hour late
“Vengeance Is Mine”
—damnations fate
(The New Room: November, 2023)
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Form: Rhyme
My love grows for her by leaps and bounds every day
Life is so much more electric I am happy to say
Every time our eyes meet sparks begin to fly
Stoking the flames of romance new things to try
Holding her in my arms brings a sense of warmth I can't describe
Her guide to love making I must subscribe
Our time together brimming with fun
A walk on the beach soaking up the rays of the sun
We find a place for a picnic on the sand
Hugs and kisses are exchanged life is so grand
Beautiful memories we will create together
We have discovered a lot of ways to bring each other pleasure
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Form: Rhyme
I choose no religion,
Unlike you the legion,
I do not know which is right,
That is why I have to write,
God is not a Muslim,
Neither does he subscribe to Judaism,
I do not know much about deists,
But I know something good about jainists,
I will never be an atheist,
I'll rather be an agnotist,
I do not pledge to any of these,
I'm certain God is not concerned with this,
The day of reckoning is about to come,
Call me to yours and I will come,
I do not know hows it's going to be,
Something will happen to the human being
I have heard much in Christianity,
They advocate spirituality and purity,
Some of them do not drink in the open,
But they sing and dance to the gospel,
@Tha Formidable Cheru.
#themonk.
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Form: Rhyme
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