Florida, How Many New Law's does It Need Each Year
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The sun still spills on the oranges' skin,
Bright as the lies we bury within.
The sea is patient, the palms still sway,
But silence gathers at the edge of the bay.
How many rules must the war...
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Categories:
trade in, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
BEN NOLA
...Lights dim, and a single spotlight illuminates the stage/Ben Nola has sumptin 2 say/
a page/ a stage/ two worlds were born from the seed of thought/
One, etched in ink, a monument meticulously wr...
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Categories:
trade in, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Mother
...M
a
y
I, you may
play dress up
with showers
treat your crown
to flowers
trade in the cold
for warmer hours
M
a
y
I, you may
tiptoe outside
whisper
to the zephyr
eye ...
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Categories:
trade in, flower, may, mothers day,
Form: Free verse
Stick Shift
...It is time to change the gear
you are causing a mountain of fear
people are running to and fro
looking for a safe place to go
the cars are climbing slowly up the hill
and there is a traffic jam ...
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Categories:
trade in, america, anti bullying, community,
Form: Narrative
Letter to my friend - 5
...How are you, my friend? Is there rain in the village?
Have you dried up like the Zhem River mirage?
Garden water is released only in due time, dear,
Did you plant a garden near the fence this y...
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Categories:
trade in, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Preceding Ice-T
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The very first rapper preceded
Ice-T by aeons and eons
Though his rap-a-tap-tap
never earned him lights in neon
Humbly plying his trade in forests far
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Categories:
trade in, bird, celebrity, rap, time,
Form: Rhyme
Branded Y2K
...Yankee-two-kilo
Yankee-two-kilo
Can you read me?
Y2K
The year 2000's on the way
The new millennium's almost here
To write January 1, 2000 will be weird
Star Trek's beam me up Scottie was
A fa...
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Categories:
trade in, appreciation, betrayal, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Riots From Rhymes
...There are only so many pages and so many stages
Of life I can riddle and write on through
Until the paper's a waste, and the words are bad taste
And I can't tell fiction from true
Until the pen ...
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Categories:
trade in, conflict, literature, nostalgia, writing,
Form: Rhyme
how it is
...Yeah yeah yeah
fair trade columbian fair trade in the cup
wishing it was sheets but I got
they tell me thats life
and I guess (though having o
other way to be convinced to
contrary result...
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Categories:
trade in, allegory, life,
Form: Free verse
War Mongers
...the ravishing revolution,
a wanton waltz of war,
where proud generals prance,
with bloody,
bruised hearts' saw,
their noble steeds,
a phalanx of fantasy,
trample the trembling,
tender...
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Categories:
trade in, conflict,
Form: Free verse
BELOW AND ABOVE THE SEAS SURF FACE
...BELOW AND ABOVE THE SEAS SURF FACE
Gone are the fishers pulling Lugs; the Gull its gizzard rusty hooked;
and barbed, limit its shelled Limpet supply as blown sand creeps;
smart gulls dunk and d...
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Categories:
trade in, beach, fish, fishing, sea,
Form: Free verse
Less Complimented Is The Name Of The Game
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It's colder than cold but the sun's shining brightly
Which makes a whole lot of difference to me
Must have been born on a bright sunny day
To expect that's how each day should be
Un...
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Categories:
trade in, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
There Is An Angel Who Sits Upon My Shoulder Who Goes By The Name Of Death
...There is an angel who sits upon my shoulder who goes by the name of Death,
And though I cannot always see him, upon my neck I can always feel his breath
As he whispers to me relentlessly, deftly us...
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Categories:
trade in, dark, hope, inspiration, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks
...I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks...,
(a poor excuse for legs),
and get me the latest
sophisticated prosthetics advancements,
whereat integration of cultured stem cells
into custom made...
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Categories:
trade in, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Let Haiti Be Absolutely Free
...Let Haiti be absolutely free
Haiti is the father of Freedom and Liberty
Haiti is the first nation to forever ban or abolish slavery
And the slave trade in the western hemisphere
And in the world
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Categories:
trade in, africa, america, black african
Form: Rhyme
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