Phoenix Arizona
...I have some fruit trees in my backyard.
Cooler dawns we ripely say hello, sweet
and sour occasions~ the lemons you know.
With a little cooperation, fertilizer, a bit
more water when dry, I fin...
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Categories:
toning, environment, garden, july, places,
Form: Free verse
Mama Said Mama Said
...______________________________________________________________
It still hurting alot
Mother, it hurts so much
methinks my head is about to, I can
fathom that thought of my head will ...
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Categories:
toning, mother son,
Form: Shape
Why The Wild Flowers Grow
...I sense a kinship
(why the Wild Flowers grow)
how wildly they grow
freely they grow
unkempt fields
Spring's showery quench
seeming no care of pruning --
Sun the selfless charge ...
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Categories:
toning, caregiving, christian, devotion, garden,
Form: Free verse
Old People Sounds
...It begins every day
with strange sounds I would say
rising up, to a mornings sun rays.
There is cracking and creaking
and parts even squeaking
strange music my bones seem to play.
There is ...
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Categories:
toning, age, humor,
Form: Rhyme
An Intimate Message From God To You Part Two and Collections
...I am also the Father who comforts you in all of your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are broken hearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18 As a shepherd
carries a lamb, I have carried you...
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Categories:
toning, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Light Skinned
...Light skin, fair skin
All clamoured for by
Creams to the rescue
Fading creams, toning creams
All bleaching creams
Women and men, old and young
all clamouring for light skin.
Looks enhancers...
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Categories:
toning, africa, color, mental health,
Form: Free verse
My Focus
...It's all in my eyes
What you see is no disguise
My intent is so sincere
I'm aiming and shooting without fear
My energy is indefatigable
I can meet night with day and still be excitable
In...
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Categories:
toning, confidence, courage, devotion, growth,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Wild Willow Tears
...Wild willow tears
A poignant elegy to ecstasy
weeping as if embraced by a light breeze
Suspended in a sad splash of water
Her eyes drooped
regarded the aqua pond
There are willows...
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Categories:
toning, analogy, bereavement, tree,
Form: Metrical Tale
Naira
...Naira
Naira
OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF - NativePen
TIME OF THOUGHT- 12:45am
DATE OF THOUGHT-8/05)2019
Naira
Oh Naira !!
Gone are the days of your radiant gleam
Now a tattered fabric, t...
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Categories:
toning, 7th grade, sad,
Form: Free verse
Off Kilter
...Do we ever get to expose the real person inside?
When the layers of sub diversion and control create our disguise.
Do we ever stop toning and shaping our feel of what’s wrong or right?
So many i...
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Categories:
toning, age, appreciation, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Worth Noting
...5/9/22
Let me change my toning
Skills mastered and others still honing
I am not droning
People to this day passed away from a stoning
Continually condoning
With no cease to cloning
It's beco...
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Categories:
toning, dark, death, deep, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Miracle of Colours
...The colours of arts
Blending of colours
To form new colours
New perspectives
A miracle
A rainbow of colours to choose
Not only for painting pictures
Life is also a choice of colours
A sort of...
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Categories:
toning, color, feelings, happiness, life,
Form: Free verse
Daily Delirium
...I closed the car door and stood there looking out the window of the parking lot, third floor, cigarette in my mouth and the city running in the fog. there is no day that looks better than this. they ...
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Categories:
toning, life, mirror, sorrow,
Form: Prose Poetry
Plane Aggrivating
...one sip on
a midflight wearied...
- as -
my eyes wandered
seeked and worried...
- over -
any chance at
that washroom door...
- so -
while i knotted my calm
no leak came passing
- with -
t...
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Categories:
toning, angst, destiny, fate,
Form: Free verse
Amid Falling Leaves
...Amid falling leaves,
Beneath the rasping trees,
Nature sounds
A little groggy with sleep.
Proud and defiant wind
Puffs its lips
Out with i...
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Categories:
toning, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
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