I Turn My Back on Bitterness
...I wish we could have justice,
not just under the law, but for those who mistreat, use, and deceive us.
For those who break promises and hearts with no compunction, no apology.
If I could sue you...
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Categories:
unbent, emotions, forgiveness, heartbreak, how
Form: Dramatic Monologue
WORSE THEN DOGS
...WORSE THAN DOGS
Mi step off di docks, salt burn in mi chest,
Suit sharp-press, hope pin to mi vest.
Windrush blood, calypso fire,
Dreams of gold — meet cold barbed wire.
“Welcome,” dem sneer w...
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Categories:
unbent, abuse, anger, black love,
Form: Spoken Word
The Pale Rider
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I stood on the isle, winds tearing the veil,
When the Lamb broke seals and Time grew pale—
First came the White, a conqueror proud,
With bow unbent and a crown like cloud.
He rides to conquer...
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Categories:
unbent, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Flower Chide VII, Pokenose
...Caelith pulsed in the starless seam,
No warmth, just orbit, cold with gleam.
“Equality is just a myth,” it sighed,
“And safety, merely a dreamleaf dried.
A lull to cradle wilt and thrall,
For le...
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Categories:
unbent, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
The Rose
...In the garden of the heart, where roses bloom,Your beauty awakens like dawn’s soft perfume.Each petal whispers a tale so sincere,A song of love only we can hear.
We are one, entwined in nature’s ...
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Categories:
unbent, art, color, feelings, flower,
Form: Free verse
Our natural state
...The sun begins the day,
Providing light to guide my way.
Yet still, I stumble upon
The weight of customs, illusions drawn.
I break each chain, one by one,
Unveiling life self-woven, undone.
F...
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Categories:
unbent, life,
Form: Rhyme
The 4 AM Voice
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(A lone voice whispers)
As we stroll this Long Walk together
On Boxing Day
Someone's prayer reached out through the Ether and asked me
Hey
Are we all silently walking in a spi...
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Categories:
unbent, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The Unfinished Archive
...In lacquered boxes, six feet down,
Rest whispers of the unbought crown -
The paintings left in mental drafts,
The kindness stored away in crafts.
Between the satin folds they place
The morning...
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Categories:
unbent, poetry, time,
Form: Rhyme
The Keeper’s Flame
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A lantern swings in the Keeper’s hand,
its light a whisper across the land.
Through veils of shadow, time stands still,
a flame persists, unbent in will.
Each word it guards, each breath it...
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Categories:
unbent, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The whispers of light
...In twilight, riding the soft winds so slight
Above peaks, about to cradle the stars,
Two avian are flights' whispers of light
Flowing gentle, where the horizon bars
Tracing the lovers; a ...
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Categories:
unbent, devotion, i love you,
Form: Rhyme
People And Their Opinions
...The tongues of men are quick to rise,
With words like arrows loosed at night;
Yet none will pause to scan the skies,
To seek the stars that lend them light.
They weave their judgments, thread b...
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Categories:
unbent, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Silent Atlas
...It's 5:30 AM, sky bruised and quiet,
And he’s there at my feet, my loyal companion,
Eyes bright, no judgment, just need.
Out we go, one steady step, then another,
Field sprawled wide, we chase th...
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Categories:
unbent, anxiety, courage, depression, fate,
Form: Free verse
The Strength Within
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I will not bow, nor bend, nor break,
For I have fire no storm can take.
My voice, though quiet, will rise and roar,
A wave that crashes on every shore.
No chains of silence will hol...
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Categories:
unbent, 9th grade, africa, appreciation,
Form: Spoken Word
Isreal and Palestine RAP
...Israel:
Yo, I’m Israel, the land of the brave,
From ancient times, my roots engrave.
A homeland promised, a dream fulfilled,
In '48, my state was willed.
I built my cities, made deserts bloom,...
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Categories:
unbent, war,
Form: Rhyme
Free Palestine
...In '48, a state was born,
But for Palestine, a time to mourn.
Nakba came, with lands displaced,
A people scattered, dreams erased.
In '67, the war did rage,
West Bank, Gaza, a new stage.
O...
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Categories:
unbent, holocaust, war,
Form: Rhyme
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