Tone Of Voice Poems

The Corrupt

...The Corrupt 
Always chasing after money. 
Tone of voice, overbearing. 
Running from consequences. 
With no discipline. 
A rebellious youth. 
For dishonest gains. 
Given false testimony. 
The ...
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Categories: tone of voice, lost,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWhy Can't You Be Serious?

...Why Can't You Be Serious?

I Am Always Asked That;
And I Try To Think
Of An Honest Answer
All Of The Time.

I Am Serious.
I Am Too Serious.
I Am WAYYY TOO SERIOUS!

Thanks A Lot!

(Effin...
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Categories: tone of voice, life,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberSlow motion or is it a Pull back with breakups

...In current times, breaking up is often referred to as a slow-motion breakup, or as the new generation might say, "pulling back." The lyrics of songs reflect the sentiment that breaking up is challeng...
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Categories: tone of voice, absence, allegory, allusion, anxiety,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberI Call Them Spirits

...I call them spirits
They contact me in a variety of ways
I can smell one of them; he smells like Old Spice
My father

I can see one of them
Also my father
I also glimpse a native American spir...
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Categories: tone of voice, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAngry Words

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Angry Words
Miracle Man
3/30/2024

At times, without thought,
come the words I say.
Carelessly spoken words
will my heart betray.

It can be through anger
that I’ve let them fly.
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Categories: tone of voice, anger, how i feel,
Form: Lyric


Energy

...I can feel a room as if it was my skin,
the emotion swirling endlessly
a drop in tone in a voice 
the eyes narrowing.

the rise of a chest
the fall of a mood
quite moments
empty spaces
a lia...
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Categories: tone of voice, sad, words,
Form: Free verse

Free At Last

...What right do you have to put me down?
Why do you try to replace my smile with a frown?
It is within each and every one of us to achieve greatness,
We can rise to the challenge and accept nothing ...
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Categories: tone of voice, character, destiny, freedom, joy,
Form: Rhyme

Ester - A Tribute To Ester Rolle

...I AM AWAKE, LATE, ON A PARTICULAR NIGHT...AND I FIND MYSELF STROLLING THROUGH FOOTAGE OF 70's SITCOMS...

I WELCOMINGLY COME ACROSS AN ICON!


DEAR MS. ESTER~
YOUR IMPACT, ESSENCE OF YOUR EARTH...
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Categories: tone of voice, angel, appreciation, celebration, celebrity,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberEverything Is Peachy Keen

...Peachy Keen was thrown into the ether by a young disc jockey
His name was Jim Hawthorne, and it was nineteen forty-eight
Hailing from Pasadena, California, he was loved by the teenage crowd
Always...
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Categories: tone of voice, word play,
Form: Free verse

The Boy Who Became a Wolf

...Her scars told a story of a time
When life tried to break her but failed 
And she was filled for a while
with tearful wails
Maybe she was disappointed for
She expected him to love the way she di...
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Categories: tone of voice, introspection, sad love,
Form: Romanticism

Premium MemberAlways Part of Me

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When I was a very young girl a tragedy filled my world
I watched my sister's blood soak the snow on the street
she died while I stood with mom ... I still hear mom screaming
and I...
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Categories: tone of voice, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberInsincerity

...If you don't mean it,
I'd rather you'd not say
Anything to me
If it's not said sincerely
Then let it be.

Your body language
Say's it all,
And your tone of voice is rough.
I do not need an a...
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Categories: tone of voice, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWisdom From a To Z

...always is not usually an appropriate word to use, it generalizes.
be cognizant of your tone of voice and your body language
creativity and courtesy are more important than anything else
do not hes...
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Categories: tone of voice, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian

Apology To the Missus At Nighttime

...Apology to the missus at nighttime...
first day of January
two thousand and twenty three.

While the wife then in the process
of leaving a telephone message
for our eldest daughter,
(on vacati...
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Categories: tone of voice, angst, anniversary, appreciation, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme

Tone of Voice

...I am afraid of the tone of your voice
The second it changes from a
Sweet melody to a low rock song
Switching so quickly my head is
Spinning and the noise is getting 
Loud so I do not think I wil...
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Categories: tone of voice, betrayal, deep, relationship, storm,
Form: Free verse

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