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The Organized Crime Rhyme
...In the 1920's labor had fights Employers hired toughs, both sides ignored rights Unions hired the Mafia, thought they’d be strong The tactic was effective, but unwise and wrong. The Mafia knew ......
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Gem Stone
Categories:
toughs,
drug, freedom, rights,
Form:
Lyric
Pied Piper
...Pied Piper in the village square – a man With a wooden flute and a golden plan – Whatever are you doing here? Did the elders panic, call you in To purge the town of salt and sin? Are you here ......
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John Oldham
Categories:
toughs,
music,
Form:
Rhyme
Untitled
...The possessions I pray upon, Are not meant for me to grasp, Toughs of becoming a man, Is unreachable like the stars. Joy I once had turned into fear, Prayers, miracles and faith, Are words th......
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Leotis Hargrove
Categories:
toughs,
appreciation, life, natural disasters,
Form:
Free verse
Potted
...I can’t get the moors out of my skin - me the wild bog asphodel now planted in a pot in tame Ohio. The moors grind you into peat and gritstone, they keep walking you around while the open ......
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Eric Ashford
Categories:
toughs,
poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Walking With Rumi
...WALKING WITH RUMI It’s a religious routine, his impious use of scripture and prayer calling on god for salvation and sustenance, purity of heart, perhaps a way better job, or some actual proof ......
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Emanuel Carter
Categories:
toughs,
love,
Form:
Free verse
I Find Myself To Be This Longing
...I can’t get the moors out of my skin; me the indirect descendant of Jim Bowie, the wild colonial boy now planted like a ‘Wandering Jew’ in a pot, in tame Ohio. Planted in a State where few v......
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Eric Ashford
Categories:
toughs,
poetry,
Form:
Free verse
East End, Where the Toughs Hang Out
...If you want to find out what it's all about, Go to East End, where the toughs hang out; Where street-smart girls, their skirts unfurled- Through the wicked streets whirl. Nights down there-alwa......
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Evelyn Judy Buehler
Categories:
toughs,
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Beautiful Scars Bestow Ivory Grace
...Due to an injury, love's scars can be seen. In matters of love scars fade like a dream Scars of beauty they are declared. Some refer to as ugly because they're scared. Love leaves scars which mos......
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Michael Craig
Categories:
toughs,
love, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
Mother
...Mother, you surpass all Your care like layers packed Altogether to cater forever That beyond leisure you treasured Mother, the way you smiled When I wailed And the way you laughed off my to......
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Moses Kisiang'Ani Makhakha
Categories:
toughs,
appreciation, best friend, birthday,
Form:
Verse
Asylum Seekers
...Children get seized at the border; parents are led away in cuffs. Under Presidential order ICE morphed into a gang of toughs. The United States has no shame they sold their soul to the......
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Emile Pinet
Categories:
toughs,
12th grade, age, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
Toughs of Life
...Truth shall hold, and set one free Righteousness shall reign, and let one be Ornaments that fold, unfold at three Under father of rain, Son Spirit be Brighter rising against cold, sun must set f......
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Moses Kisiang'Ani Makhakha
Categories:
toughs,
angst, cry, depression, scary,
Form:
Acrostic
Maxon Hadcock's Long Ride, Part Ii
......The two toughs turned, both their eyes went wide, then as one they stared in laughing, “Look at this fool, he thinks he’s a cowboy! I think his head must’ve taken a rapping.” They advanced w......
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David Welch
Categories:
toughs,
death, evil, god, journey,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Cuffs
...At protests in the 60's We were dragged away in cuffs. The cops arrested everyone - The peaceniks and the toughs. As we grew up, the only cuffs Were those found on our pants. Designers did de......
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Ilene Bauer
Categories:
toughs,
perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Everything Turns Surreal
...A sassy moon hangs in the sky, the bar's full, and you're feeling spry. And amidst the laughter and jeers, the waiter shouts, "last call for beers." This tavern is the best, bar none, ......
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Emile Pinet
Categories:
toughs,
angst, anxiety, death, drink,
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes Viiil: Sexual Harassment - the Feminist Kind
...Unquotable Quotes VIIIL : SEXUAL HARASSMENT* - the feminist kind (*”aggressive pressure or intimidation”: Is it really “any different” in most cases in the act, judging by Hollywood standards?)......
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T Wignesan
Categories:
toughs,
beautiful, crush, cute love,
Form:
Free verse
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