The Butterfly Catcher
..."THE BUTTERFLY CATCHER."
Chicano face.
California.
closer to death.
he just pulled up to a house where the car he's about to tow sits.
he tows a lot of cars,
talks to people every day.
h...
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Categories:
thumbtack, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Argh Infamous Pinwheel On Macbook Pro 2009
...Argh... infamous pinwheel on macbook pro 2009
alas and alack
myopic staring eyes
bulge out their sockets,
cuz yours truly taken aback
I espied sight more frightful,
than rookie dazed chess pl...
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Categories:
thumbtack, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Over and Back
...Here I am
a pin-cushioned thumbtack
stuck in my ways
like a stick in the mud
or a telephone pole
obstructing the gorgeous view
of a T-Mobile tower
flapping my wires
&
watching t...
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Categories:
thumbtack, racism,
Form: Free verse
The Man With the Crooked Smile and Big Hands
...A long long time ago
Before digital took over the planet.
My grandfather was n airman in WW2.
He never dropped a single bomb
or even fired a weapon in that war..
He was a bit of a pacifist
live...
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Categories:
thumbtack, england, grandparents, history, life,
Form: Free verse
A Knapsack Full of Thumbtacks
...if i had a thumbtack
for every
promise i made you,
i would
prick my own finger
in the
name of truth for i
never told
it
the donkey would run
for the
hills and float on
air while slow...
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Categories:
thumbtack, blue,
Form: Rhyme
The Modern Day Sojourner Truth
...THE MODERN DAY SOJOURNER TRUTH
Tired from the lack of work --------Trivial
Lazy, I am not.-------------------Search
Thinking about Non-Profit---------Self-Employment
Freelance Writing, Tutor...
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Categories:
thumbtack, africa, black african american,
Form: Acrostic
Thumbtack
...Fettered to stationary slave drivers,
I was a young bull prodded
by the stinging, rusted tips
of your cheekbones.
I'm not worried.
Tomorrow I will escape.
I have found my avenue,
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Categories:
thumbtack, beauty, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Fade To Black
...Look at me.
What do you notice?
Skin. Bone. A heart.
I am real…but no one sees me.
Though I stand full and dark against the wall I feel as though I blend in.
I fade…into the wall.
But I watched you ...
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Categories:
thumbtack, lonely, me, me, smile,
Form: Free verse