RE: Poeticisms Out From The Left Field
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Poets and poetesses ascribe to a greater call,
in their endeavors to make th...
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Categories:
trivialize, analogy, character, confusion, image,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Dictum Dichotomy
...Amulet graced by gems
clad for stratum prow
tawny glyphs
margin of witticism
& quagmire
extravagant dictum
trivialize shores trails
summer ousted
& waves of wrangles
sundered t...
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Categories:
trivialize, analogy, dedication, humanity, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Picture of the Kids
...At the great concession stand,
They hold back on souvenirs
Mostly, wet stuffed animals in the rain
They trivialize the culture
And submit to their careers
And raise the children to point the fin...
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Categories:
trivialize, america, child, future, prison,
Form: Lyric
Never Fail In Loving Yourself
...NEVER FAIL IN LOVING YOURSELF
Fall, as many time as it takes
But never trivialize your soul like flakes.
You are no less than a fantasy;
In sooth you're as esoteric as a sea.
Keep it real for th...
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Categories:
trivialize, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Kick It Ticket
...not easily dissuaded
but recently persuaded
to oscillate in ways
living my lingering days
all bets are off
often I have scoffed
demeaning my demise
postponing I trivialize
I have a list t...
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Categories:
trivialize, age,
Form: Rhyme
Demonize Or Energize
...Overanalyze and criticize, demoralize and ostracize
Modern pundits legitimize their vicious exercise
Scrutinize and standardize, compartmentalize and cannibalize
Wizards of efficiency synchr...
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Categories:
trivialize, america, anger, how i
Form: Rhyme
Poetry of a Mad Man
...The poetry of a mad man
Emerging thoughts take a toll
There’s a fine line between madness
And a balanced mind that makes us whole
So am I crazy?
Is what I perceive real?
The only thing I real...
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Categories:
trivialize, analogy, dark, farewell, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Ought To Be
...If I don’t know
How to raise my voice
Then I should not shout
If I don’t know
How to accept the reality
Then I should not rebel
If I don’t know
How to address a situation
Then I should n...
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Categories:
trivialize, poems,
Form: Free verse
Every Dog Has Its Day
...Every dog has its day
even the cactus will bloom one day
so try try try until you win
and one day, your life will begin
When the truth never prevails,
and the untruth fails to fail,
do believ...
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Categories:
trivialize, inspirational, success, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Caretakers of Your Heart
...Friends, like candles, enable you to see
personal faults, through sympathetic eyes,
and never flicker, should you disagree.
Even subjected to the third degree:
standing steadfast, they ...
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Categories:
trivialize, 12th grade, feelings, friend,
Form: Villanelle
Spring Will Be
...This year, sleeping spring refuses to rise
too long overdue but not a surprise
as the weak sun hidden in thick cloud lies
masked by stubborn mists in leaden grey skies
with temperatures way below...
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Categories:
trivialize, spring,
Form: Monorhyme
Despondency
...You may withdraw yourself from others
Become quiescent or lackadaisical
Disrupt sleep or appetite alter
Feel sluggish or delirious
When the echoes of your parents'altercations
Rack up your egg...
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Categories:
trivialize, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
The Other Kind of Pain
...Give me a headache
The fury of a migraine
The pounding of temples
The powder keg sensation
Of explosion a minute away
Give me a tummy ache
The kind that makes you double up
Fist pounding the bed
Han...
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Categories:
trivialize, pain,
Form: Free verse
Venting
...Why am I not allowed to vent my frustration, anger and annoyance at your incompetence?
Remain poised, you say.
Calm down, you say.
Don't be so passionate, you say.
Why can't I expose and tell you exa...
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Categories:
trivialize, devotion, education, school,
Form: Free verse
Pernicious Pols
...Drivel and
snivel or
swivel the words
to trivialize
the lies
and semantic games
played in the names
of citizens like ... Joe.
Pronounce
to pounce
and renounce
an opponent
in a smear wo...
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Categories:
trivialize, political
Form: Free verse
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