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Dust Trees of Manila

...They planted trees but forgot their water.
Each leaf a wrinkled newspaper clipping
from a world I never subscribed to.

Noise here is curated.
A choir of car horns, a sermon of drills
but I hea...
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Categories: subscribed, loneliness,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhen I choose to speak

...I’ve learned to move through this world
at a pace that feels honest to me—
not slow, not fast, just real.

People mean well, I know.
They offer paths, perspectives,
suggestions shaped by their ...
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Categories: subscribed, confidence, integrity, self,
Form: Free verse



The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris

...The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris

I led a boring life.
The end.

All joking aside, now the epilogue.

As a bookish fellow born Januar...
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Categories: subscribed, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberGolgotha

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*I normally don't like notes with poems but, a couple of things: I thought it would be interesting to capture the moment of Jesus' execution from the viewpoint of a non-believer. in addition, I wro...
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Categories: subscribed, death, faith,
Form: Haibun

Premium MemberEvents

...slang..
up-dogged = when you chip in to keep a conversation trend going
fit = gorgeous
buje = unexplainable glamor
football minute = a minute, that with time-outs, that lasts a half an hour.
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Categories: subscribed, drink, humor, perspective, school,
Form: Free verse



Threats On Doors

...The loud threats on the doors inscribed 
Were from a Union just proscribed
For struggles it bloodshed prescribed,
And for them four Networks subscribed.

A group the men on top proscribed
But s...
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Categories: subscribed, cry, people, political, violence,
Form: Rhyme

The Gift of Christ

...The gift of Christ
Verse 1:
They told me life is short man, enjoy it while it last
I said have fun like Zacchaeus, mehn I just want to rap
I glorify God through my craft people appreciate it
If ...
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Categories: subscribed, devotion, imagery, inspirational, peace,
Form: Lyric

No More Algorithms

...Let’s face it, Ironically subscribed,
While being subtracted from the equation.
Wicked witches from the west,
Travel to the east coast,
One named Faith, I’m like I need Hope.
Matter fact I need ...
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Categories: subscribed, allegory, destiny, education, imagery,
Form: Other

Time Instead of Teams

...When I was little, I enjoyed further more
soccer than today ... I liked  it so much
every day I went to my uncle's house who
subscribed to a magazine.
There I tried to read Times magazine ... to ...
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Categories: subscribed, allusion, creation, culture, life,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberThe World Is Flat

...The world is flat
   and that is that

The sun revolves around the earth
   for what it's worth

Tobacco calms shaky nerves
   it's been observed

Don't ever tell your kids "No"
   if you w...
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Categories: subscribed, change, history, perspective,
Form: Couplet

A Brave Soul

...Blindly he came forward.
Called out from the crowd.
He felt awkward, not knowing
for what purpose the call came.

He had come to feed his brothers,
soldiers in the King's army, 
men of strengt...
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Categories: subscribed, jewish,
Form: Free verse

Depression

...Punishes without any crime committed!
He makes individuals abye the amiss of others.
He could be a lifetime durance to one's soul
The victim walk flaneur like dead poles.

Their anguish cries on...
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Categories: subscribed, anger, depression,
Form: Personification

Premium MemberIf Ever I Had a Country : Lxiv and Lxv

...IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXIV - LXV


NOTE (facts to bear in mind while reading) : Under the French Penal Code, harm done to the infirm, minors and seniors (i.e. over 65) is punishable up to f...
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Categories: subscribed, allegory, anti bullying, corruption,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

For Sake and Someone More

...They poisoned almost everything
their grocery store could hold.
Where all they knew as additives
and modified was sold.

Then paid for politicians
to put labels on for mind.
That expedite desi...
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Categories: subscribed, abuse, analogy, assonance, destiny,
Form: Quatrain

Silence Between Us Tragic Heroes

...I hate that I can write this
Because it means on one level or another
One of us failed the other
Or perhaps we failed ourselves

Did I ever know I'd be your tragic hero?
It's hard to predict wh...
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Categories: subscribed, angst,
Form: Prose

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