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Suburbanites Poems - Poems about Suburbanites


Conception

...The day is conceived,
tossed bedsheets birth landscapes.

Apelike, a grin gawps.

In the backroom of a slow thought
I dress for breakfast -
recall the tropics,
sticky rice, coconut milk and
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Categories: suburbanites, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberUnity Is The Key

...Black Americans marching on the street
protest white cops on a black killing spree.
And many will likely be gassed or beat;
to unlock change; unity is the key.

The racist hounds of hell...
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Categories: suburbanites, 10th grade, america, anger,
Form: Sonnet



King of the Dogs

...Asphalt pours into road under melting rubber tires-
A horse with ribs like bars on a prison cell walks lazily under the suns oppression. 
Many people work for peanuts, unhinged cringes at the laugh...
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Categories: suburbanites, angst, city, culture, environment,
Form: Rhyme

Red Summer

...It was a summer of indifference
Billionaire Nazis who preach ethnic cleansing
And powerful ladies clad in iron
Play tug of war
With the hearts and souls of the people
While governors deceive the...
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Categories: suburbanites, abortion, america, black african
Form: Free verse

Ennui

......inspired by 'A Cooking Egg' by T.S. Eliot

 
Ronaldo sprawled in luxury
across from where the spaniel lay,
he soldiered on with Mallarme
and, yawning, re-read Chapter One.

The Grandfather...
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Categories: suburbanites, dedication, writing,
Form: Verse



Ennui

...In the style of T.S. Eliot.


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Ronaldo sprawled in luxury 
across from where the spaniel lay, 
pretending to read Mallarme 
and yawning, stuck in Chapter One. 
The Grandf...
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Categories: suburbanites, tribute, writing,
Form: Verse

Tonight I Met Memory's Ghost

...Suns fading across this sky while the clouds weep to noone passin by,
 
And still I think of the days we made out of dignity, grace, and pain,

 and it never seems to speak the same.

 So tell ...
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Categories: suburbanites, absence, break up, emotions,
Form: I do not know?

Ennui

...Ronaldo sprawled in luxury 
across from where the spaniel lay, 
pretending to read Mallarme 
and yawning, stuck in Chapter One. 
The Grandfather ticked heavily, 
there was no other sound in sigh...
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Categories: suburbanites, tribute,
Form: Verse

Ennui

...In the style of T.S. Eliot.


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Ronaldo sprawled in luxury 
across from where the spaniel lay, 
pretending to read Mallarme 
and yawning, stuck in Chapter One. 
The Grandf...
...
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Categories: suburbanites, tribute, writing,
Form: Verse

Ennui

......inspired by 'A Cooking Egg' by T.S. Eliot

 
Ronaldo sprawled in luxury
across from where the spaniel lay,
he soldiered on with Mallarme
and, yawning, re-read Chapter One.

The Grandfather ticked ...
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Categories: suburbanites, on writing and words,
Form: Quatrain

Ennui (Repost)

......inspired by 'A Cooking Egg' by T.S. Eliot

 
Ronaldo sprawled in luxury
across from where the spaniel lay,
pretending to read Mallarme
and yawning, stuck in Chapter One.

The Grandfather t...
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Categories: suburbanites, on writing and words
Form: Quatrain

Ennui

...Ennui

 
...inspired by 'A Cooking Egg' by T.S. Eliot

 

Ronaldo sprawled in luxury

across from where the spaniel lay,

pretending to read Mallarme

and yawning, stuck in Chapter One.
...
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Categories: suburbanites, nostalgia
Form: Quatrain

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