Child Truth Poems

In a somber house on Maple Street, where shadows creep,
Lived Lily, a child, in silence she'd weep.
With every creak of the floorboards at night,
She'd hold...

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Balance is difficult for me -- 
generally leaning one way 
or the other

if not oscillate
more apt to choose that
additional cold beer, 

wanting to capture sunset

squeeze...

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(In a Lush Garden Somewhere Out There)

The student stands where shifting sands of thought,
Once firm with reason, now elusive truths are sought.
Its splendor wanes, a...

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Before you get married, my child
There are a few things you should remember
The most important being
To always tend to your farm

You should look for a...

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They stole my election,
Everybody knows I won,
But they’ll all  pay for it
When justice is really done.
I’m super rich said Trump,
Bur the money is all...

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Changes, for the sake of nation!
Better take it as a child
Takes new toy, in pure elation
Happy with its childish mind 
What was settled, gone forever
Reconstructed...

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Speak not in riddles or metaphors
State the truth simply, in black and white
Are we not hemmed in by space and time
Bemused is mind and clouded...

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The Truth Of This Magnitude”

Obstinate defiance from an indignant child 
Consummate reliance on the spirit of the Wild 

Intricate compositions of meticulous art 
A syndicate...

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You hear to many people now
look at success like it’s a crime,
that anyone who’s achieved it
only got it through acts malign.
That everyone who’s made it...

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I crossed over this caring bridge the sun shined 
so bright I hardly noticed the humvee at the light 
signaling green to go and what...

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(Probably more a short story than free verse
In any case it’s true, 
seen through my eyes as a child)

He was a heavy smoker sat by...

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My parents gave me answers
that arced and formed a dome.
Outside seemed beyond my grasp,
inside I would roam.
So even while I freely played
-in some ways I...

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Hook:
I spit my truths in my rhymes
the depths of my mind
put my life on the line
my wrongs to be right

what more do they want

my rap...

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All I ever do is see your face faith as I see the light in you displayed upon your face brightly so shine the dawn...

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Let my heart be open,
to give and to receive.
May the words I've spoken,
give a reason to believe.

I will try to be humble,
along with gentle and...

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